High School High
1996 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 223 votes
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Crime Movies
Discover popular and highly rated crime movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Bereavement
2010 · TMDB 5.3/10 · 220 votes
In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Ball of Fire
1941 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 246 votes
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Small Apartments
2012 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 164 votes
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Johnny Dangerously
1984 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 216 votes
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rowdy Rathore
2012 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 116 votes
A small-time thug comes across a young girl who claims him to be her father, following which he realizes he has a lookalike who's being hunted by goons. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Infiesto
2023 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 222 votes
As the coronavirus upends their lives, two detectives doggedly pursue those responsible for an abduction they realize is part of a sinister pattern. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Singing Detective
2003 · TMDB 5.1/10 · 149 votes
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Brother
2000 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 536 votes
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mikey and Nicky
1976 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 205 votes
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Resurrection
1999 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 314 votes
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Witness
2018 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 104 votes
An ordinary man witnesses a cruel murder and becomes entangled in circumstances out of his control. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Parts You Lose
2019 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 120 votes
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Grand Canyon
1991 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 215 votes
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The General
1998 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 131 votes
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Thieves and Robbers
1983 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 141 votes
A Lothario, in trouble for fooling around with a Senator's wife, becomes an unwitting witness to a mob murder. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
On the Other Side of the Tracks
2012 · TMDB 5.6/10 · 706 votes
Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Stranger
1946 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 647 votes
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Class Action
1991 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 177 votes
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Corrupted
2019 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 104 votes
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.