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Top Crime Films (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 2
2 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 8
3 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 14
4 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 17
5 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 18
6 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 20
7 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 23
8 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 36
9 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 51
10 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 57
11 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa 65
12 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet 66
13 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 67
14 The 400 Blows 1959 François Truffaut 70
15 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 79
16 The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 81
17 M 1931 Fritz Lang 84
18 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles 87
19 Seven 1995 David Fincher 90
20 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 95
21 Breathless 1960 Jean-Luc Godard 97
22 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 101
23 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 103
24 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 104
25 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan 109
26 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 116
27 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 133
28 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 134
29 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 139
30 West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 146
31 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 153
32 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 157
33 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 162
34 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 167
35 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 182
36 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 213
37 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 215
38 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 220
39 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
40 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet 227
41 Léon: The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 259
42 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 262
43 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick 272
44 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese 283
45 Strangers on a Train 1951 Alfred Hitchcock 286
46 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 295
47 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 296
48 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 300
49 Cool Hand Luke 1967 Stuart Rosenberg 308
50 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii 324
51 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 343
52 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 345
53 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 351
54 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 372
55 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 402
56 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 403
57 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 404
58 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 413
59 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 415
60 Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin 419
61 Hate 1995 Mathieu Kassovitz 442
62 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 445
63 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh 447
64 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 454
65 Le Samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 455
66 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 458
67 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 461
68 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 467
69 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow 470
70 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 480
71 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann 488
72 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 493
73 Boyz N the Hood 1991 John Singleton 497
74 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick 502
75 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 506
76 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 507
77 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 519
78 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 520
79 Close-Up 1990 Abbas Kiarostami 531
80 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 533
81 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 538
82 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 540
83 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 553
84 Batman Returns 1992 Tim Burton 560
85 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 564
86 The Killer 1989 John Woo 569
87 Los Olvidados 1950 Luis Buñuel 570
88 Le Cercle rouge 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville 577
89 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 591
90 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 594
91 A Fish Called Wanda 1988 Charles Crichton 598
92 The Thin Blue Line 1988 Errol Morris 604
93 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 609
94 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 613
95 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 616
96 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 630
97 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh 631
98 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 632
99 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 641
100 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 642
101 Man on Wire 2008 James Marsh 644
102 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 645
103 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 648
104 Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo 649
105 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 656
106 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho 657
107 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 658
108 A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Edward Yang 659
109 Boys Don't Cry 1999 Kimberly Peirce 663
110 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks 665
111 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 666
112 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 671
113 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie 678
114 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino 688
115 A Prophet 2009 Jacques Audiard 692
116 Bound 1996 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 698
117 Elevator to the Gallows 1958 Louis Malle 706
118 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 707
119 Winter's Bone 2010 Debra Granik 709
120 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai Keung Lau and Alan Mak 711
121 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Andrew Dominik 713
122 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 721
123 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 727
124 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 730
125 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 733
126 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 737
127 Bullitt 1968 Peter Yates 741
128 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 744
129 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 750
130 Pickpocket 1959 Robert Bresson 752
131 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 763
132 A History of Violence 2005 David Cronenberg 769
133 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 770
134 The Crow 1994 Alex Proyas 772
135 The Great Train Robbery 1903 Edwin S. Porter 777
136 Spotlight 2015 Tom McCarthy 783
137 Pandora's Box 1929 Georg Wilhelm Pabst 788
138 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 789
139 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 791
140 Bowling for Columbine 2002 Michael Moore 795
141 Big Hero 6 2014 Don Hall and Chris Williams 804
142 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet 825
143 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 834
144 Rocco and His Brothers 1960 Luchino Visconti 838
145 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 850
146 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 855
147 Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 856
148 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner 862
149 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 866
150 Dogville 2003 Lars von Trier 869
151 Blow Out 1981 Brian De Palma 872
152 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 875
153 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 883
154 Joker 2019 Todd Phillips 893
155 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest 908
156 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent 912
157 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 916
158 The Crying Game 1992 Neil Jordan 924
159 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 925
160 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras 929
161 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 939
162 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 945
163 Band of Outsiders 1964 Jean-Luc Godard 953
164 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Melvin Van Peebles 956
165 Body Heat 1981 Lawrence Kasdan 957
166 Down by Law 1986 Jim Jarmusch 961
167 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh 962
168 The Raid: Redemption 2011 Gareth Evans 965
169 The Irishman 2019 Martin Scorsese 976
170 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 980
171 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 1001
172 In Cold Blood 1967 Richard Brooks 1020
173 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 1021
174 Capturing the Friedmans 2003 Andrew Jarecki 1031
175 Pépé Le Moko 1937 Julien Duvivier 1033
176 Klute 1971 Alan J. Pakula 1035
177 Taken 2008 Pierre Morel 1048
178 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 John Carpenter 1057
179 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer 1061
180 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman 1068
181 Les Vampires 1915 Louis Feuillade 1069
182 The Act of Killing 2012 Joshua Oppenheimer 1070
183 Uncut Gems 2019 Benny and Josh Safdie 1073
184 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 1074
185 Funny Games 1997 Michael Haneke 1077
186 Shoplifters 2018 Hirokazu Koreeda 1082
187 Heavenly Creatures 1994 Peter Jackson 1086
188 Lolita 1962 Stanley Kubrick 1089
189 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Joel Coen 1090
190 Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 1101
191 The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Peter Greenaway 1102
192 Night and the City 1950 Jules Dassin 1106
193 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017 Martin McDonagh 1109
194 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 1112
195 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 John McNaughton 1115
196 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Sam Peckinpah 1128
197 Knives Out 2019 Rian Johnson 1135
198 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 1141
199 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Martin Brest 1143
200 Baby Driver 2017 Edgar Wright 1146
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