Best Crime Films

Pulse of Cinema's crime catalogue holds 4656 films, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. The highest Pulse-rated are The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, a good place to start.

Films

96

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

95

The Godfather

1972

94

The Godfather Part II

1974

92

GoodFellas

1990

92

Pulp Fiction

1994

92

The Dark Knight

2008

91

Se7en

1995

91

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

90

The Green Mile

1999

90

City of God

2002

90

High and Low

1963

89

Le Trou

1960

89

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

88

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

88

Léon: The Professional

1994

88

A Brighter Summer Day

1991

88

The Usual Suspects

1995

88

Heat

1995

88

Close-Up

1990

87

O.J.: Made in America

2016

87

The Departed

2006

87

Scarface

1983

87

M

1931

87

Double Indemnity

1944

87

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2011

87

Decalogue V

1989

87

Nayakan

1987

86

A Clockwork Orange

1971

86

Some Like It Hot

1959

86

Reservoir Dogs

1992

86

Casino

1995

86

Thalapathi

1991

86

Time of the Gypsies

1988

85

National Theatre Live: Prima Facie

2022

85

Taxi Driver

1976

85

Memories of Murder

2003

85

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

2008

85

Requiem for a Dream

2000

85

Trainspotting

1996

85

The Sting

1973

85

Rocco and His Brothers

1960

85

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003

85

Paper Moon

1973

85

Chinatown

1974

85

Dogville

2003

85

L.A. Confidential

1997

85

Black Friday

2004

85

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