Best romantic crime films - Charts
Best romantic crime films
1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis
2. How to Steal a Million (1966)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole
3. 3-Iron (2004)
South Korea / Japan, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ki-duk Kim
Cast: Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Jae
4. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Bajram Severdžan, Zabit Memedov
5. The Best Offer (2013)
Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess
6. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
9. The Crying Game (1992)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson
10. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane
11. Mildred Pierce (1945)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson
12. The Next Three Days (2010)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks
15. Les Misérables (1998)
UK / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush
16. Wild at Heart (1990)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern
17. We're No Angels (1955)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray
18. Exhale (2023)
Czech Republic, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Tomáš Mašín
Cast: Jana Plodková, Marián Mitaš
19. Heaven (2002)
UK / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi
20. Jealousy (1925)
German Empire, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ewald André Dupont
Cast: Emil Jannings, Lya De Putti
21. After the Thin Man (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
22. The Man Without a Past (2002)
Finland / Germany, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
23. The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn
24. Fallen Angels (1995)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis
25. The Consequences of Love (2004)
Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani
26. Out of the Past (1947)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
27. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
Spain, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas
28. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Finland / UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke
29. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
30. Any Number Can Win (1963)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon
31. Buffalo '66 (1998)
USA / Canada, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Vincent Gallo
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci
32. The Child (2005)
Belgium / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François
33. Port of Shadows (1938)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Marcel Carné
Cast: Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan
34. A Perfect Murder (1998)
USA, Thriller / Romance
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Cast: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow
35. Bound (1996)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon
36. The Pink Panther (1963)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers
37. Desire (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper
38. Mauvais Sang (1986)
France / Switzerland, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Leos Carax
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche
39. Shoot the Pianist (1960)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois
40. Obsession (1943)
Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti
41. Windstruck (2004)
South Korea, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Jae-yong Kwak
Cast: Ji-hyun Jun, Soo-ro Kim
42. Underworld (1927)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson
Cast: George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent
43. The Little Soldier (1963)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Michel Subor, Anna Karina
44. Small Time Crooks (2000)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman
45. Natural Born Killers (1994)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis
46. The Educators (2004)
Germany / Austria, Crime / Romance
Directed by: Hans Weingartner
Cast: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch
47. White Night (2009)
South Korea, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Shin-woo Park
Cast: Ye-jin Son, Suk-kyu Han
48. The Burning Plain (2008)
USA / Argentina, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Guillermo Arriaga
Cast: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger
49. Sound of Noise (2010)
Sweden / France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
50. Hustle & Flow (2005)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Craig Brewer
Cast: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson
51. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke, George Cukor
Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell
53. Love Is My Profession (1958)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Claude Autant-Lara
Cast: Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot
54. The Letter (1940)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall
55. The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Daniel Vigne
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
56. Revenge (2008)
Austria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Götz Spielmann
Cast: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko
57. To Catch a Thief (1955)
USA, Mystery / Romance
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
58. The Lady Eve (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
59. Assa (1987)
Soviet Union, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sergei Solovyov
Cast: Sergej Bugajev, Tatyana Drubich
60. Siberia (1998)
Netherlands, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Robert Jan Westdijk
Cast: Roeland Fernhout, Hugo Metsers
61. Made in Hong Kong (1997)
Hong Kong, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Fruit Chan
Cast: Sam Lee Chan-sam, Ricky Lau
62. The Petrified Forest (1936)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Archie Mayo
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis
63. Public Enemies (2009)
USA / Japan, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale
64. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Argentina / Spain, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Juan José Campanella
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil
66. Body Heat (1981)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner
67. Sea of Love (1989)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin
68. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Canada / France, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Denys Arcand
Cast: Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau
69. Summer of Sam (1999)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Spike Lee
Cast: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody
70. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
New Zealand / Germany, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet
71. The Living Daylights (1987)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo
72. Bandits (2001)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton
73. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway
74. Dernier été à Tanger (1987)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alexandre Arcady
Cast: Valeria Golino, Thierry Lhermitte
75. Pierrot le Fou (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina
76. The Air I Breathe (2007)
USA / Mexico, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jieho Lee
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy
77. Anything for Her (2008)
France / Spain, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Fred Cavayé
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger
78. Jagged Edge (1985)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Cast: Glenn Close, Peter Coyote
79. Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
South Korea, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Hyeong-cheol Kang
Cast: T.O.P, Se-kyung Shin
80. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Lucia Bosé, Massimo Girotti
82. Stakeout (1987)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: John Badham
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez
86. City Streets (1931)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney
87. Golden Marie (1952)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Becker
Cast: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani
88. The Gates of Paris (1957)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Henri Vidal
89. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
USA / UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell
90. West Side Story (2021)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler
91. Simple Men (1992)
Italy / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Hal Hartley
Cast: Robert John Burke, Bill Sage
93. The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Leigh Jason
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
94. Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: Ching-Po Wong
Cast: Sammo Hung, Andy Tien
95. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
USA, Crime / Romance
Directed by: John McTiernan
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo
96. A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Japan, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Tomu Uchida
Cast: Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari
97. Dead Man Down (2013)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace
98. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Taiwan, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Edward Yang
Cast: Chen Chang, Elaine Yin-Ling Kam
99. As Tears Go By (1988)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung
100. The Blue Light (2003)
Japan, Drama / Crime
Directed by: 蜷川幸雄
Cast: Anne Suzuki, Kazunari Ninomiya