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Top Crime Films (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
2 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
3 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 14
4 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 17
5 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 18
6 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 24
7 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 31
8 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 42
9 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
10 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 54
11 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles 55
12 The 400 Blows 1959 François Truffaut 60
13 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 64
14 Breathless 1960 Jean-Luc Godard 65
15 M 1931 Fritz Lang 69
16 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa 72
17 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 75
18 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 80
19 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 97
20 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan 100
21 Seven 1995 David Fincher 102
22 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 108
23 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 112
24 West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 118
25 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 127
26 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 128
27 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 133
28 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 136
29 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 157
30 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 172
31 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 177
32 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
33 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 202
34 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 206
35 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 207
36 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet 208
37 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick 228
38 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
39 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese 249
40 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 253
41 Strangers on a Train 1951 Alfred Hitchcock 263
42 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 264
43 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
44 Cool Hand Luke 1967 Stuart Rosenberg 285
45 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 289
46 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 294
47 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 305
48 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 308
49 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 335
50 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh 336
51 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 343
52 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mamoru Oshii 374
53 Le Samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 375
54 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 379
55 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 381
56 Los Olvidados 1950 Luis Buñuel 387
57 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 398
58 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 403
59 Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin 420
60 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 421
61 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 422
62 Pickpocket 1959 Robert Bresson 427
63 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 429
64 The Killer 1989 John Woo 437
65 The Thin Blue Line 1988 Errol Morris 438
66 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
67 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 440
68 A Fish Called Wanda 1988 Charles Crichton 446
69 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick 447
70 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 464
71 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 466
72 Close-Up 1990 Abbas Kiarostami 469
73 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 471
74 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 476
75 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
76 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 481
77 Hate 1995 Mathieu Kassovitz 485
78 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 489
79 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 505
80 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 506
81 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 508
82 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 512
83 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger 513
84 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
85 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
86 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 520
87 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 532
88 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 533
89 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks 534
90 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 542
91 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 551
92 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie 556
93 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 559
94 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 562
95 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 564
96 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 565
97 Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo 567
98 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 568
99 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 576
100 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras 584
101 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 594
102 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 604
103 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 617
104 Dogville 2003 Lars von Trier 626
105 Bullitt 1968 Peter Yates 627
106 Bowling for Columbine 2002 Michael Moore 630
107 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 642
108 Pandora's Box 1929 Georg Wilhelm Pabst 644
109 Boyz N the Hood 1991 John Singleton 649
110 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 654
111 Le Cercle rouge 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville 656
112 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 657
113 Drive 2011 Nicolas Winding Refn 659
114 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow 661
115 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 662
116 Heathers 1989 Michael Lehmann 663
117 Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 669
118 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 673
119 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 677
120 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Andrew Dominik 681
121 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak 685
122 The Killers 1946 Robert Siodmak 686
123 The Great Train Robbery 1903 Edwin S. Porter 688
124 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 694
125 Batman Returns 1992 Tim Burton 698
126 Body Heat 1981 Lawrence Kasdan 702
127 Down by Law 1986 Jim Jarmusch 703
128 Detour 1945 Edgar G. Ulmer 707
129 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 710
130 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 720
131 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 721
132 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino 722
133 Rocco and His Brothers 1960 Luchino Visconti 727
134 A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Edward Yang 729
135 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Melvin Van Peebles 730
136 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman 753
137 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 759
138 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent 761
139 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner 763
140 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet 767
141 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 768
142 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest 773
143 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 774
144 Atlantic City 1980 Louis Malle 784
145 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 804
146 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Joel Coen 806
147 Shoot the Piano Player 1960 François Truffaut 807
148 Elevator to the Gallows 1958 Louis Malle 820
149 Lolita 1962 Stanley Kubrick 823
150 Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 826
151 Heavenly Creatures 1994 Peter Jackson 831
152 Night and the City 1950 Jules Dassin 834
153 Bound 1996 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 839
154 A Prophet 2009 Jacques Audiard 842
155 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh 846
156 Force of Evil 1948 Abraham Polonsky 850
157 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho 852
158 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 855
159 Witness 1985 Peter Weir 857
160 Boys Don't Cry 1999 Kimberly Peirce 859
161 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 860
162 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 865
163 Wall Street 1987 Oliver Stone 868
164 Donnie Brasco 1997 Mike Newell 878
165 Klute 1971 Alan J. Pakula 880
166 Les Vampires 1915 Louis Feuillade 903
167 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley 914
168 Straw Dogs 1971 Sam Peckinpah 915
169 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 917
170 Brick 2005 Rian Johnson 919
171 Sexy Beast 2000 Jonathan Glazer 941
172 Papillon 1973 Franklin J. Schaffner 948
173 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 954
174 Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 1922 Fritz Lang 957
175 The Crying Game 1992 Neil Jordan 958
176 Bad Lieutenant 1992 Abel Ferrara 961
177 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 979
178 Little Caesar 1931 Mervyn LeRoy 983
179 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh 984
180 Band of Outsiders 1964 Jean-Luc Godard 985
181 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 988
182 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 John Carpenter 989
183 They Live by Night 1948 Nicholas Ray 991
184 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 992
185 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 993
186 Near Dark 1987 Kathryn Bigelow 998
187 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 1037
188 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 1039
189 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer 1040
190 Risky Business 1983 Paul Brickman 1044
191 The Last Seduction 1994 John Dahl 1047
192 Crash 2004 Paul Haggis 1054
193 3:10 to Yuma 2007 James Mangold 1059
194 Fireworks 1997 Takeshi Kitano 1069
195 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 John McNaughton 1073
196 Funny Games 1997 Michael Haneke 1080
197 Monsieur Verdoux 1947 Charles Chaplin 1092
198 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 Jim Jarmusch 1093
199 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Sam Peckinpah 1097
200 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 Mervyn LeRoy 1100
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