Traffic (1971), Carlos (2010), D.O.A. (1981), $ (Dollars) (1971), The Kennel Murder Case (1933), Heat (1995), Mesrine: Part II - Public Enemy 1 (2008), Port of Shadows (1938) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Crime Film movies.
Storyline: Heavy traffic and oddball encounters plague Mr. Hulot's (Jacques Tati) journey from Paris to Amsterdam in a recreational vehicle.
Plot Keywords: crime, drugs, gangsters, smuggling, france, action, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young Venezuelan Marxist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (Edgar Ramírez) is recruited by the leader of a Palestinian terrorist organization (Ahmad Kaabour) to perform several jobs in Europe in the early 1970s, culminating in the audacious kidnapping of several OPEC oil ministers. From that small-scale beginning, he becomes an infamous international terrorist for hire, known in the media as Carlos the Jackal, who performs violent acts across the globe for a wide variety of nations and organizations.
Plot Keywords: political thriller, historical drama, crime film, terrorism, based on true events, international conspiracy, espionage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A look at the Sex Pistols, the British band best representative of the punk rock movement of the late 1970s.
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, thriller, film noir, murder, detective, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A security expert (Warren Beatty) and his hooker girlfriend (Goldie Hawn) loot the safe-deposit boxes in a German bank.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, heist, germany, undercover, police, suspense ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Detective Philo Vance sifts through clues and comes up with seven possible suspects in the murder of a sportsman.
Plot Keywords: murder mystery, detective story, classic film, 1930s, film noir, crime investigation, whodunit ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending....
Plot Keywords: crime, action, thriller, police, shootout, heist, los angeles ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jacques Mesrine becomes France's most-wanted criminal.
Plot Keywords: crime, action, biography, gangster, french, violence, manhunt ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Life's a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. He lucks into civilian clothes, a little bit of money, a passport, and a dog, and he also meets Nelly, a 17-year-old who's grown up too fast. She's the object of lust of men: including a boyfriend Maurice, her putative protector Zabel, and Lucien, a local hood. Jean falls for her, faces down Lucien, and gives her courage to stand on her own feet. A ship is leaving for Venezuela; can at least one of them be on it, or is that just a dream?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: french film, film noir, 1930s, crime film, social outcasts, fatalism, atmospheric ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately, giving him the chance to reflect on the morality of crime. After his release, though, his mother dies, and he rejects the support of friends Jeanne and Jacques in favour of returning to pickpocketing (after taking lessons from an expert), because he realises that it's the only way he can express himself...
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, french cinema, black and white, realism, moral dilemma, loneliness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a young man, Aaron, is charged with the horrific murder of Archbishop Rushman, hot-shot Chicago lawyer Martin Vail takes on his defense at no charge. Aaron was a homeless street kid before he was taken in by the Archbishop. He's shy and speaks with a stammer. Vail is convinced that Aaron is innocent but after discovering a video that shows Aaron may have had good reason to want the Archbishop dead, he begins to question that conclusion. When Aaron lashes out at the psychologist examining him another personality, Roy, is revealed. With the trial already underway, Vail cannot change Aaron plea and so has to find a way to introduce his client's condition. Aaron has something of a surprise for him as well.
Plot Keywords: legal drama, courtroom drama, psychological thriller, crime film, mystery, richard gere, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Debora, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music?
Plot Keywords: action, crime, music, car chase, heist, escape, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man (Louis Koo) tries to help a kidnapped widow (Barbie Hsu) after she contacts him via cell phone.
Plot Keywords: action, sci-fi, thriller, crime, mystery, drama, psychological ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings. When a girl is accidentally killed by a stairway collapse, the Girl and Boy go to reform school where they are treated brutally.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: silent film, drama, crime film, moral dilemma, religious conflict, american film, 1920s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore) is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. Prince Alexis (Reginald Denny) is accused of a theft that he insists he didn't commit. The evidence is stacked against him, but Holmes' trusted friend, Dr. Watson (Roland Young), vouches for the prince. As the famed detective investigates, he's brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet -- Professor Moriarty (Gustav von Seyffertitz).
Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, classic, black and white, silent film, deduction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The star attraction of the Piccadilly Club is the dancing team of Mabel and Vic. Victor is infatuated with Mabel, but she rejects his advances, since she is in love with Valentine Wilmot, the club's owner. One night, as Mabel and Vic perform their act, there is a disruption caused by a customer who is unhappy about a dirty plate. When Wilmot goes back to the kitchen to investigate, he finds several employees in the scullery watching Shosho, one of the dishwashers, dancing on a table. That night, Wilmot fires both Shosho and Victor. But the club's sagging fortunes soon lead him to re-evaluate Shosho's talent.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: silent film, black and white film, british film, drama, crime film, musical, romance ...
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