Best biographical crime films | Charts

1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

USA, Western / Drama

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford

89.0%

31,619 Ratings rating

2. Papillon (1973)

USA / France, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman

87.7%

29,760 Ratings rating

3. Goodfellas (1990)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta

87.5%

34,527 Ratings rating

4. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

USA / Canada, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks

87.0%

82,375 Ratings rating

5. American Gangster (2007)

USA / UK, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe

86.7%

43,260 Ratings rating

6. Changeling (2008)

USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich

84.5%

31,498 Ratings rating

7. Serpico (1973)

USA / Italy, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph

84.1%

9,060 Ratings rating

8. Loving Vincent (2017)

UK / Poland, Animation / Biography

Directed by: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman

Cast: Douglas Booth, Holly Earl

83.7%

5,085 Ratings rating

9. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

USA, Biography / Comedy

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill

83.4%

64,476 Ratings rating

10. Blow (2001)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Ted Demme

Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz

82.7%

34,461 Ratings rating

11. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

France / Canada, Action / Drama

Directed by: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier

82.4%

8,901 Ratings rating

12. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Brian Knappenberger

Cast: David Sirota

83.3%

829 Ratings rating

13. Donnie Brasco (1997)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Mike Newell

Cast: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp

82.3%

17,250 Ratings rating

14. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

Germany / France, Action / Drama

Directed by: Uli Edel

Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu

82.3%

6,360 Ratings rating

15. Midnight Express (1978)

UK / USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Alan Parker

Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle

82.3%

4,707 Ratings rating

16. An American Crime (2007)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Tommy O'Haver

Cast: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland

82.0%

10,210 Ratings rating

17. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale

81.9%

5,898 Ratings rating

18. Straight Outta Compton (2015)

USA, Biography / Music

Directed by: F. Gary Gray

Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins

81.7%

7,389 Ratings rating

19. Lawless (2012)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: John Hillcoat

Cast: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf

81.0%

24,846 Ratings rating

20. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

USA, Action / Drama

Directed by: Arthur Penn

Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway

80.7%

6,424 Ratings rating

21. The Basketball Diaries (1995)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Scott Kalvert

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco

80.0%

11,129 Ratings rating

22. Monster (2003)

USA / Germany, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Patty Jenkins

Cast: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci

80.0%

14,361 Ratings rating

23. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

France / Canada, Action / Drama

Directed by: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France

79.6%

10,221 Ratings rating

24. Richard Jewell (2019)

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell

79.3%

6,866 Ratings rating

25. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

UK, Action / Crime

Directed by: Julian Gilbey

Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone

78.9%

2,966 Ratings rating

26. Freedom Writers (2007)

USA / Germany, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Richard LaGravenese

Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey

78.1%

7,412 Ratings rating

27. The Whistleblower (2010)

Canada / Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave

77.9%

2,418 Ratings rating

28. Jack Strong (2014)

Poland, Action / Biography

Directed by: Wladyslaw Pasikowski

Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska

77.5%

1,355 Ratings rating

29. The Last Hangman (2005)

UK / USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Adrian Shergold

Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson

77.4%

1,038 Ratings rating

30. American Made (2017)

USA / Japan, Biography / Action

Directed by: Doug Liman

Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson

76.7%

17,937 Ratings rating

31. Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)

Italy / France, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo

Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla

78.2%

291 Ratings rating

32. The General (1998)

UK / Ireland, Crime / Thriller

Directed by: John Boorman

Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar

77.0%

643 Ratings rating

33. Molly's Game (2017)

USA / Canada, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Aaron Sorkin

Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba

75.8%

9,014 Ratings rating

34. Capote (2005)

USA / Canada, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Bennett Miller

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener

75.1%

5,130 Ratings rating

35. Bugsy (1991)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Barry Levinson

Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening

75.1%

2,366 Ratings rating

36. The Irishman (2019)

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino

74.9%

15,904 Ratings rating

37. BlacKkKlansman (2018)

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Spike Lee

Cast: John David Washington, Adam Driver

74.8%

12,054 Ratings rating

38. Kill the Irishman (2011)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh

Cast: Ray Stevenson, Val Kilmer

74.4%

6,131 Ratings rating

39. Just Mercy (2019)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton

Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx

74.5%

2,575 Ratings rating

40. The Story of a God-Father (2013)

Czech Republic, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Petr Nikolaev

Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Lukáš Vaculík

74.3%

18,456 Ratings rating

41. Papillon (2017)

USA / Czech Republic, Biography / Adventure

Directed by: Michael Noer

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek

74.3%

6,090 Ratings rating

42. War Dogs (2016)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Todd Phillips

Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill

73.8%

15,663 Ratings rating

43. The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

France, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Daniel Vigne

Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye

77.1%

131 Ratings rating

44. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

USA / Canada, Western / Crime

Directed by: Andrew Dominik

Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck

73.3%

12,569 Ratings rating

45. Public Enemies (2009)

USA / Japan, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Michael Mann

Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale

73.1%

28,271 Ratings rating

46. Heavenly Creatures (1994)

New Zealand / Germany, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet

72.7%

3,205 Ratings rating

47. Hoffa (1992)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Danny DeVito

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito

72.8%

1,329 Ratings rating

48. The Infiltrator (2016)

UK / USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Brad Furman

Cast: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo

72.0%

5,085 Ratings rating

49. Cass (2008)

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Jon S. Baird

Cast: Nonso Anozie, Natalie Press

72.0%

896 Ratings rating

50. Find Me Guilty (2006)

Germany / USA, Drama / Comedy

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Cast: Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco

71.4%

5,886 Ratings rating

51. I Want to Live! (1958)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Robert Wise

Cast: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland

73.6%

118 Ratings rating

52. The Report (2019)

USA, Biography / Historical

Directed by: Scott Z. Burns

Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening

71.0%

1,419 Ratings rating

53. Legend (2015)

UK, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Brian Helgeland

Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning

70.5%

14,021 Ratings rating

54. The Traitor (2019)

Italy / France, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Marco Bellocchio

Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio

70.7%

1,122 Ratings rating

55. Team Foxcatcher (2016)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Jon Greenhalgh

75.8%

53 Ratings rating

56. Rheingold (2022)

Germany / Italy, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Cast: Emilio Sakraya, Kardo Razzazi

72.8%

114 Ratings rating

57. Al Capone (1959)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Richard Wilson

Cast: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain

71.1%

232 Ratings rating

58. House of Gucci (2021)

USA, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver

69.6%

11,425 Ratings rating

59. Argentina, 1985 (2022)

Argentina / USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Santiago Mitre

Cast: Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

70.6%

190 Ratings rating

60. Fortapàsc (2009)

Italy, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Marco Risi

Cast: Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini

72.6%

73 Ratings rating

61. Regeneration (1915)

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Cast: Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson

76.6%

29 Ratings rating

62. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

USA / Canada, Crime / Thriller

Directed by: George Clooney

Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore

68.6%

8,570 Ratings rating

63. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Joe Berlinger

74.4%

32 Ratings rating

64. Veronica Guerin (2003)

Ireland / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley

67.7%

2,071 Ratings rating

65. 10 Rillington Place (1971)

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Cast: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt

68.6%

165 Ratings rating

66. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Joe Berlinger

Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins

67.5%

9,736 Ratings rating

67. Infamous (2006)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Douglas McGrath

Cast: Toby Jones, Daniel Craig

67.6%

1,009 Ratings rating

68. The Iceman (2012)

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Ariel Vromen

Cast: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder

67.4%

2,689 Ratings rating

69. The Clan (2015)

Argentina / Spain, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Pablo Trapero

Cast: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani

67.8%

277 Ratings rating

70. Pink Gang (2014)

India, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Soumik Sen

Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla

70.8%

39 Ratings rating

71. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

USA / Canada, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Cast: 50 Cent, Terrence Howard

67.2%

5,794 Ratings rating

72. Loving Pablo (2017)

Spain / Bulgaria, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Fernando León de Aranoa

Cast: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz

67.0%

8,421 Ratings rating

73. Dillinger (1973)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: John Milius

Cast: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson

67.4%

303 Ratings rating

74. Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)

USA, Action / Crime

Directed by: Roger Corman

Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot

69.3%

54 Ratings rating

75. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: John McNaughton

Cast: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles

66.9%

1,906 Ratings rating

76. The Robber (2010)

Germany / Austria, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Benjamin Heisenberg

Cast: Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz

67.7%

115 Ratings rating

77. Nokas (2010)

Norway, Crime / Action

Directed by: Erik Skjoldbjærg

Cast: Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther

66.8%

568 Ratings rating

78. Alpha Dog (2006)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Nick Cassavetes

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake

66.6%

9,722 Ratings rating

79. Siberian Education (2013)

Italy, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Gabriele Salvatores

Cast: Arnas Fedaravicius, John Malkovich

66.6%

570 Ratings rating

80. American Animals (2018)

UK / USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Bart Layton

Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan

66.3%

863 Ratings rating

81. Lea (2015)

Italy, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana

Cast: Linda Caridi, Mauro Conte

67.1%

79 Ratings rating

82. Stander (2003)

Canada / Germany, Drama / Action

Directed by: Bronwen Hughes

Cast: Thomas Jane, Deborah Kara Unger

66.1%

509 Ratings rating

83. Dance with a Stranger (1985)

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Mike Newell

Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett

66.5%

129 Ratings rating

84. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Tim Metcalfe

Cast: James Woods, Ellen Greene

66.3%

214 Ratings rating

85. Snowtown (2011)

Australia, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Justin Kurzel

Cast: Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adriaens

65.9%

698 Ratings rating

86. One Hundred Steps (2000)

Italy, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana

Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano

66.6%

85 Ratings rating

87. American Me (1992)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Edward James Olmos

Cast: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe

66.5%

92 Ratings rating

88. Bronson (2008)

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast: Tom Hardy, Kelly Adams

65.6%

7,142 Ratings rating

89. Breach (2007)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Billy Ray

Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe

65.6%

1,787 Ratings rating

90. Big Boys Don't Cry (2020)

UK, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Steve Crowhurst

Cast: Michael Socha, Zoë Tapper

65.4%

103 Ratings rating

91. All the Money in the World (2017)

USA / Italy, Mystery / Biography

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg

65.0%

4,921 Ratings rating

92. Jamesy Boy (2014)

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Trevor White

Cast: Spencer Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker

65.0%

483 Ratings rating

93. Black Mass (2015)

USA / UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Scott Cooper

Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton

64.9%

7,910 Ratings rating

94. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

USA, Western / Biography

Directed by: Nicholas Ray

Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter

65.2%

23 Ratings rating

95. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

USA, Action / Crime

Directed by: Marc Forster

Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan

64.6%

6,747 Ratings rating

96. Ted Bundy (2002)

UK / USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Matthew Bright

Cast: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss

64.6%

2,002 Ratings rating

97. Devil's Knot (2013)

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Atom Egoyan

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth

64.5%

2,512 Ratings rating

98. City of Lies (2018)

UK / USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Brad Furman

Cast: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker

64.3%

1,252 Ratings rating

99. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Chris James Thompson

Cast: Frankie Latina, Nick Sommer

63.8%

26 Ratings rating

100. Lady Gucci: The Story Of Patrizia Reggiani (2020)

Italy, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Jovica Nonkovic

64.0%

50 Ratings rating

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