Best drama crime films - Charts
Best drama crime films
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
2. The Green Mile (1999)
USA, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse
4. The Godfather (1972)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino
5. 12 Angry Men (1957)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
6. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson
8. The Batman: Deleted Arkham Scene (2022)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Barry Keoghan
9. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
10. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
11. The Sting (1973)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
12. Léon: The Professional (1994)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman
13. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
14. L.A. Confidential (1997)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe
16. Casino (1995)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone
17. American History X (1998)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
19. Papillon (1973)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
20. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
USA / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods
21. Goodfellas (1990)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta
22. The Usual Suspects (1995)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne
23. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy
24. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
USA / Canada, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks
25. Trainspotting (1996)
UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner
27. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
28. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman
30. Prisoners (2013)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal
31. The Departed (2006)
USA / Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
32. Lord of War (2005)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan
33. Taken (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
34. A Bronx Tale (1993)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Robert De Niro
Cast: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri
37. The Godfather: Part III (1990)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton
38. Two Men in Town (1973)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: José Giovanni
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon
39. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich
40. Falling Down (1993)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall
41. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
42. The Professional (1981)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly
43. Crash (2004)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle
44. Gone Girl (2014)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Fincher
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
45. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
46. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
UK / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Michel Auclair
47. High and Low (1963)
Japan, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
48. Mississippi Burning (1988)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
50. Once Were Warriors (1994)
New Zealand, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison
51. Changeling (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
52. 21 Grams (2003)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
53. Double Indemnity (1944)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
54. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Germany / Netherlands, Action / Crime
Directed by: Thomas Jahn
Cast: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers
57. The Killing (1956)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray
58. The Invisible Guest (2016)
Spain, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Oriol Paulo
Cast: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener
59. The 400 Blows (1959)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier
60. Wind River (2017)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen
61. 3-Iron (2004)
South Korea / Japan, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ki-duk Kim
Cast: Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Jae
62. The Defiant Ones (1958)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
63. Serpico (1973)
USA / Italy, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph
64. The Name of the Rose (1986)
Italy / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham
65. Fargo (1996)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy
66. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
68. Chinatown (1974)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
69. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
70. Metro Manila (2013)
Philippines / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla
72. A Perfect World (1993)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood
73. Thelma & Louise (1991)
USA / UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis
74. The Hole (1960)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Becker
Cast: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy
76. Loving Vincent (2017)
UK / Poland, Animation / Biography
Directed by: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
Cast: Douglas Booth, Holly Earl
79. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
80. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
81. Los olvidados (1950)
Mexico, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
82. Basic Instinct (1992)
USA / France, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
83. The Best Offer (2013)
Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess
84. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
85. A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Poland, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz
86. Knives Out (2019)
USA, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas
87. Gone, Baby, Gone (2007)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan
88. Down by Law (1986)
USA / West Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie
89. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
90. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
91. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Yugoslavia / Italy, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic
92. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
93. In Cold Blood (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson
94. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
96. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
98. Dogville (2003)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson
99. ...And Justice for All (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden
100. Road to Perdition (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin