Best crime thrillers - Charts
Best crime thrillers
2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
4. Léon: The Professional (1994)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman
5. L.A. Confidential (1997)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe
7. Lethal Weapon (1987)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
8. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
USA / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods
9. The Usual Suspects (1995)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne
10. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans
11. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher
13. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
14. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
15. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman
17. Prisoners (2013)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal
18. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth
19. The Departed (2006)
USA / Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
20. Lord of War (2005)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan
21. L'enlèvement (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
24. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich
25. Falling Down (1993)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall
26. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
27. The Professional (1981)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly
28. Les Apparences (2014)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Fincher
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
29. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
30. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
UK / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Michel Auclair
31. High and Low (1963)
Japan, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
32. Mississippi Burning (1988)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
34. L'Echange (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
35. 21 Grams (2003)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
36. Double Indemnity (1944)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
39. The Killing (1956)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray
40. The Invisible Guest (2016)
Spain, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Oriol Paulo
Cast: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener
41. Wind River (2017)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen
42. The Defiant Ones (1958)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
43. The Name of the Rose (1986)
Italy / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham
44. Fargo (1996)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy
45. Chinatown (1974)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
46. Dial M for Murder (1954)
USA, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
47. Metro Manila (2013)
Philippines / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla
49. A Perfect World (1993)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood
50. The Hole (1960)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Becker
Cast: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy
54. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
55. Basic Instinct (1992)
USA / France, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
56. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
57. Knives Out (2019)
USA, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas
58. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
60. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
61. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway
62. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon
63. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
64. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
65. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
67. Dogville (2003)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson
68. ...And Justice for All (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden
69. Road to Perdition (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin
70. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
71. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
73. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane
74. Traffic (2000)
USA / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle
75. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
76. Scarface (1932)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak
77. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
78. Strangers on a Train (1951)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman
79. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
80. No Country for Old Men (2007)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
81. Blue Velvet (1986)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper
82. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
West Germany / Switzerland, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Ladislao Vajda
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Siegfried Lowitz
84. Lost Highway (1997)
USA / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette
85. The Life of David Gale (2003)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet
86. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
87. Primal Fear (1996)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney
88. Headhunters (2011)
Norway / Sweden, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund
89. Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
90. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III (2005)
Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Zlatko Burić, Slavko Labovic
91. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
92. In Bruges (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
93. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
94. Following (1998)
UK, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw
95. Le Cri des larmes (1992)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson
96. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Paul Newman, Edward Asner
97. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh
98. The Purity of Vengeance (2018)
Denmark / Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Christoffer Boe
Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares
99. On the Waterfront (1954)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
