Best crime comedies - Charts
Best crime comedies
1. The Sting (1973)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
2. Some Like It Hot (1959)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis
3. Snatch (2000)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham
4. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans
6. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher
8. The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad
9. Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
10. Fantomas (1964)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: André Hunebelle
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
11. Zootopia (2016)
USA, Animation / Mystery
Directed by: Byron Howard, Rich Moore
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman
12. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
14. Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
15. Paradis Express (1997)
Germany / Netherlands, Action / Crime
Directed by: Thomas Jahn
Cast: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers
16. Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Ladislav Smoljak
Cast: Jiří Zahajský, Marek Brodský
17. How to Steal a Million (1966)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole
18. My New Partner (1984)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte
19. Shut Up! (2003)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Francis Veber
Cast: Jean Reno, Gérard Depardieu
20. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Bajram Severdžan, Zabit Memedov
21. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
22. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
23. The Big Lebowski (1998)
USA / UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman
24. Knives Out (2019)
USA, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas
25. Down by Law (1986)
USA / West Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie
26. Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
27. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Yugoslavia / Italy, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic
29. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon
30. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
31. Holy Year (1976)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy
32. The Fugitives (1986)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Francis Veber
Cast: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu
33. Hold-Up (1985)
France / Canada, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Alexandre Arcady
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall
34. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold
35. In Bruges (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
36. Pair et impair (1978)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
37. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer
38. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Michiyo Ookusu
39. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane
40. Cop or Hood (1979)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret
41. Police Story (1985)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin
42. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
43. Un cadavre au dessert (1976)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Robert Moore
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote
44. Hit the Bank (1981)
Poland, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Juliusz Machulski
Cast: Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak
45. Police Academy (1984)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall
46. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest
47. The Brain (1969)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil
48. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
UK / USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer
49. Police Story 2 (1988)
Hong Kong, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung
50. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
51. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
USA, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd
52. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh
53. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
USA / Germany, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: John Tormey, Woody Allen
54. Happy New Year (1973)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian
55. The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Anthology
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
56. Hot Fuzz (2007)
UK / France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
57. Iron Monkey (1993)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Ringo Yu, Donnie Yen
59. The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Peter Segal
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
60. The King of Comedy (1982)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis
61. Mystery Train (1989)
USA / Japan, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Yūki Kudō
62. Capek's Tales (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Vladimír Hlavatý
63. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori
64. We're No Angels (1955)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray
65. Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Jiří Sequens st.
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Vinklář
66. After the Thin Man (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
67. The Man Without a Past (2002)
Finland / Germany, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
68. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Charles Crichton, John Cleese
Cast: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis
69. Deja vu (1990)
Poland / Soviet Union, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Juliusz Machulski
Cast: Jerzy Stuhr, Галина Петрова
71. Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1994)
USA, Short / Comedy
Directed by: Dr. Dre
Cast: Snoop Dogg, Cylk Cozart
72. Shallow Grave (1994)
UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston
73. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
Spain, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas
74. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Finland / UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke
75. Midnight Run (1988)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin
76. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
77. Crime Busters (1977)
Italy, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
78. Penny Dreadful (2013)
USA, Short / Comedy
Directed by: Shane Atkinson
Cast: Oona Laurence, David Stevens
79. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
80. RocknRolla (2008)
UK / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson
81. The ComDads (1983)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Francis Veber
Cast: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu
82. American Made (2017)
USA / Japan, Biography / Action
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson
83. Taxi (1998)
France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Gérard Pirès
Cast: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal
84. Flickering Lights (2000)
Denmark / Sweden, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen
85. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio
86. Antique (2008)
South Korea, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Gyoo-dong Min
Cast: Jae-wook Kim, Ji-hoon Joo
87. The Black Hole (2008)
UK, Short / Drama
Directed by: Philip Sansom, Olly Williams
Cast: Napoleon Ryan
88. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway
90. Ther Death of the Black King (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Jiří Sequens st.
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha
91. Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Australia / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Rolf de Heer
Cast: Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito
92. Despicable Me 2 (2013)
USA / France, Animation / Sci-fi
Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig
94. Tango & Cash (1989)
USA, Crime / Action
Directed by: Albert Magnoli, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
95. Going Places (1974)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere
96. My New Partner at the Races (1990)
France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte
97. We're the Millers (2013)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis
98. Buffalo '66 (1998)
USA / Canada, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Vincent Gallo
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci
100. Shadows and Fog (1991)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow