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Crime movies

A deep dive into the underworld of gangsters, detectives, and heists where the line between right and wrong blurs.

Subgenres include: Organized Crime, Heist, Con Artist Crime.

Herod's Law

1151. Herod's Law

Comedy Crime Mystery Drama
7.8

19992h 3min

Mexico

Director: Luis Estrada

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.


The Bone Collector

1152. The Bone Collector

Crime Thriller Drama Mystery
6.7

19991h 58min

United States

Director: Phillip Noyce

A renowned criminologist and a young police officer are on the trail of a bloodthirsty maniac who leaves ciphers and hidden clues beside his victims. Each new discovery raises the stakes in this deadly game.


The Limey

1153. The Limey

Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
6.9

19991h 29min

United States

Director: Steven Soderbergh

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.


Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1154. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Crime Drama
7.5

19991h 56min

France, Germany

Director: Jim Jarmusch

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.


Blue Streak

1155. Blue Streak

Action Comedy Crime
6.4

19991h 33min

United States

Director: Les Mayfield

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.


In China They Eat Dogs

1156. In China They Eat Dogs

Action Comedy Crime
7.3

19991h 31min

Denmark

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.


Boys Don't Cry

1157. Boys Don't Cry

Crime Drama
7.5

19991h 58min

United States

Director: Kimberly Peirce

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.


Bang, Boom, Bang

1158. Bang, Boom, Bang

Crime Action Comedy
7.5

19991h 50min

Germany

Director: Peter Thorwarth

Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.


In Too Deep

1159. In Too Deep

Drama Action Thriller Crime
6.2

19991h 35min

United States

Director: Michael Rymer

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.


The Thomas Crown Affair

1160. The Thomas Crown Affair

Drama Crime Romance
6.9

19991h 53min

United States

Director: John McTiernan

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Banning, the insurance company's investigator, takes an interest in Crown, he may have met his match, and a complicated back-and-forth game with seductive undertones begins between them.