Best historical crime films - Charts
Best historical crime films
1. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
2. Mississippi Burning (1988)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
3. Changeling (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
4. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
5. Spotlight (2015)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Tom McCarthy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton
6. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
7. The Act of Killing (2012)
Denmark / Norway, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
8. Richard Jewell (2019)
USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell
9. Z (1969)
France / Algeria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas
10. Les Misérables (1998)
UK / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush
11. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
12. The Last Hangman (2005)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson
13. Compulsion (1959)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi
14. 1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Joon-hwan Jang
Cast: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha
17. The Hour of the Pig (1993)
France / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Leslie Megahey
Cast: Colin Firth, Ian Holm
18. Assa (1987)
Soviet Union, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sergei Solovyov
Cast: Sergej Bugajev, Tatyana Drubich
19. Public Enemies (2009)
USA / Japan, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale
20. The Report (2019)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening
22. Private Eye (2009)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Dae-min Park
Cast: Jeong-min Hwang, Deok-hwan Ryu
23. Executive Action (1973)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: David Miller
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan
24. Srečna nova '49 (1986)
Yugoslavia / Republic of Macedonia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Stole Popov
26. Detroit (2017)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter
27. The King's Case Note (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Hyeon-seong Moon
Cast: Sun-kyun Lee, Jae-hong Ahn
29. Violette (1978)
Canada / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran
30. Detective K (2011)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Suk-Yoon Kim
Cast: Myeong-min Kim, Tae-hoon Kim
31. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Richa Chadda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
32. Bonnot's Gang (1968)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Philippe Fourastié
Cast: Bruno Cremer, Jacques Brel
33. The Goldman Case (2023)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Cédric Kahn
Cast: Arieh Worthalter, Jeremy Lewin
34. Boston Strangler (2023)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Matt Ruskin
Cast: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon
36. Drug King (2018)
South Korea, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Min-ho Woo
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Jeong-seok Jo
37. Killer Legends (2014)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joshua Zeman
Cast: Joshua Zeman, Cindy Butler
38. The Long Riders (1980)
USA, Western / Crime
Directed by: Walter Hill
Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine
39. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Australia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Charles Tait
Cast: Frank Mills, John Tait
40. The Grand Heist (2012)
South Korea, Historical / Adventure
Directed by: Joo-ho Kim
Cast: Tae-hyeon Cha, Ji-ho Oh
41. Melchior the Apothecary (2022)
Estonia, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Elmo Nüganen
Cast: Märten Metsaviir, Alo Kõrve
43. The Hessen Affair (2009)
Belgium / Canada, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Breuls
Cast: Billy Zane, Lyne Renee
44. Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (2022)
Estonia, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Elmo Nüganen
Cast: Johan Kristjan Aimla, Alo Kõrve
45. Two Constables (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Hong-seon Kim
Cast: Hae-in Jeong, Ji-hoon Kim
46. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chadda
47. The Murder Farm (2009)
Germany / Switzerland, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bettina Oberli
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Monica Bleibtreu
49. The Hero (2016)
Netherlands, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Fedja van Huêt
50. Chasing the Dragon (2017)
Hong Kong / China, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jason Kwan, Jing Wong
Cast: Andy Lau, Donnie Yen
51. Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)
South Korea, Historical / Comedy
Directed by: Suk-Yoon Kim
Cast: Myeong-min Kim, Dal-su Oh
52. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
UK, Music / Historical
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith
53. The Laundromat (2019)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman
54. Amsterdam (2022)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: David O. Russell
Cast: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie
55. The Four (2012)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Gordon Chan, Janet Chun
Cast: Chao Deng, Crystal Liu
57. Schüsse in Marienbad (1973)
East Germany / Czechoslovakia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ivo Toman
Cast: Václav Neužil st., Josef Abrhám
58. No Surrender - One Man vs. One Army (2018)
Egypt, War / Action
Directed by: Peter Mimi
Cast: Amir Karára, Scott Adkins
59. The Manson Family (1997)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jim Van Bebber
Cast: Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman