What are the best gangster movies? There is a famous inside quote in Hollywood that if you want to win Academy Award (or any Other major award) then you should portray a real life gangster or criminal on Screen. If you take a look on the “Best Actor” or “Best Supporting Actor” award list of Oscars you will find that most of the award are bagged for portraying a real life gangster in crime genre. Interestingly Crime movies not only become cult and critics favorite but also do good business at box office. Many critics quote that the real depth and versatility of a actor is seen in crime movies where he/she have to portray a wide range of emotions and sometimes in a single scene. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DiNero, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis and Sean Penn who are widely regarded as the Best Hollywood Actors of All time, have portrayed real life gangster on screen.
As a fan i must admit that i have always admired crime movies as far back as i remember. Who doesn’t like the tensed drama and the over controversial life portrayals of gangsters on screen. The history of crime genre dates back to the 1920s when the talkies were at dawn. The very first and most popular crime film is said to be the 1931 film The Public Enemy where James Cagney portrayed gangster Tom Powers. After that there was a flood of movies in the crime genre. Lot of actors gained a huge fan base for their criminal movies.
One thing that was common in almost every gangster/crime film was to show heavy and rich lifestyle of a mafia where not only he has a treasure of money but also was feared of in the society and had deep connections in the SYSTEM. May be the reason that even villains were portrayed as heroes in crime films, was what attracted many actors to try hands in this genre.
Here i have compiled a list of 100 greatest Crime films of all time. Please note that i have tried to include not only just gangster movies but also various sub genres of crime such as crime thriller, crime comedy, crime action, crime mob, crime heist, and crime drama. So you will find a wide range of best crime movies in the list.
Here is the list of 100 Most Popular Crime Movies of all time:
Contents
100. Boyz N Hood
Director – John Singleton
Cast – Cuba Gooding Jr., Larry Fishburne, Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 2 July 1991
Box Office – $57.5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
99. The Man Who Wasn’t There
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Richard Jenkins, Frances McDormand, Jon Polito, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Badalucco, Scarlett Johansson
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 26 October 2001
Box Office – $18.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
98. A Bronx Tale
Director – Robert De Niro
Cast – Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Robert De Niro, Francis Capra
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 29 September 1993
Box Office – $17.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
97. Miller’s Crossing
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, J. E. Freeman
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – September 21, 1990
Box Office – $5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
96. The Places Beyond the pines
Director – Derek Cianfrance
Cast – Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Ryan Gosling, Emory Cohen, Ben Mendelsohn, Bradley Cooper, Rose Byrne
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – September 7, 2012
Box Office – $47 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
95. Rounders
Director – John Dahl
Cast – Edward Norton, Famke Janssen, John Malkovich, Matt Damon, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – 11 September 1998
Box Office – $22.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
94. Wall Street
Director – Oliver Stone
Cast – Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 11 December 1987
Box Office – $43.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
93. Witness
Director – Peter Weir
Cast – Lukas Haas, Harrison Ford
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 8 February 1985
Box Office – $68.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
92. The 400 Blows
Director – François Truffaut
Cast – Claire Maurier, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 3 June 1959
Box Office – $30.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
91. Elite Squad
Director – José Padilha
Cast – André Ramiro, Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 17 August 2007
Box Office – $14,067,078
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
90. Blood Simple.
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Dan Hedaya, John Getz, M. Emmet Walsh, Frances McDormand, Samm-Art Williams
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 18 January 1985
Box Office – $3.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
89. Mean Streets
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – David Proval, Richard Romanus, Robert De Niro, Amy Robinson, Harvey Keitel
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 14 October 1973
Box Office – 3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
88. The Next Three Days
Director – Paul Haggis
Cast – Brian Dennehy, Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks, Lennie James, Olivia Wilde
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 51%
Release Date – 9 November 2010
Box Office – $67.4 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
87. The Blues Brothers
Director – John Landis
Cast – Dan Aykroyd, Ray Charles, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, James Brown, Cab Calloway
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 16 June 1980
Box Office – $115.2 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
86. Mr. Brooks
Director – Bruce A. Evans
Cast – William Hurt, Demi Moore, Danielle Panabaker, Kevin Costner, Dane Cook, Marg Helgenberger
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 55%
Release Date – 1 June 2007
Box Office – $48.1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
85. Falling Down
Director – Joel Schumacher
Cast –
Barbara Hershey, Michael Douglas, Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall, Rachel Ticotin
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 26 February 1993
Box Office – $40.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
84. Lawless
Director – John Hillcoat
Cast – Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Shia LaBeouf, Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – 29 August 2012
Box Office – $54.4 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
83. Layer Cake
Director – Matthew Vaughn
Cast – Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman, Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, George Harris
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 10 June 2005
Box Office – $11.9 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
82. Seven Psychopaths
Director – Martin McDonagh
Cast – Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 12 October 2012
Box Office – $33 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
81. 25th Hour
Director – Spike Lee
Cast – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Edward Norton, Anna Paquin, Barry Pepper
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 16 December 2002
Box Office – $23.9 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
80. The Lincoln Lawyer
Director – Brad Furman
Cast – Josh Lucas, Matthew McConaughey, Bob Gunton, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, Marisa Tomei, Michael Peña
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 10 March 2011
Box Office – $87.1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
79. Chicago
Director – Rob Marshall
Cast – Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, John C. Reilly, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 10 December 2002
Box Office – $306.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime, Musical
Awards – Won 6 Oscars
Plot –
78. Natural Born Killers
Director – Oliver Stone
Cast – Robert Downey, Jr., Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Juliette Lewis
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 47%
Release Date – 6 August 1994
Box Office – $50.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
77. True Romance
Director – Tony Scott
Cast –
Dennis Hopper, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Patricia Arquette, Val Kilmer
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 8 September 1993
Box Office – $12.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
76. 21 Grams
Director – Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast – Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Naomi Watts
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 21 November 2003
Box Office – $60.4 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
75. The Talented Mr. Ripley
Director – Anthony Minghella
Cast – Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Jack Davenport, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gwyneth Paltrow
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 12 December 1999
Box Office – $128.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
74. Perfume: The Story of A Murderer
Director – Tom Tykwer
Cast – Alan Rickman, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Whishaw, Rachel Hurd-Wood
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 7 September 2006
Box Office – $135 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
73. Burn After Reading
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 12 September 2008
Box Office – $163.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
72. Lord of War
Director – Andrew Niccol
Cast – Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke, Nicolas Cage, Ian Holm, Jared Leto
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 16 September 2005
Box Office – $72.6 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
71. Man on Fire
Director – Tony Scott
Cast – Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Denzel Washington, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 39%
Release Date – 21 April 2004
Box Office – $130.3 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
70. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Director – Shane Black
Cast – Michelle Monaghan, Robert Downey Jr., Corbin Bernsen, Val Kilmer
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 20 October 2005
Box Office – $15.8 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
69. This Is England
Director – Shane Meadows
Cast – Stephen Graham Joseph Gilgun, Thomas Turgoose, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 27 April 2007
Box Office – £5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
68. American Psycho
Director – Mary Harron
Cast – Samantha Mathis, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Christian Bale, Josh Lucas, Jared Leto, Bill Sage
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 14 April 2000
Box Office – $34.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
67. End of Watch
Director – David Ayer
Cast – Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Jake Gyllenhaal, Frank Grillo, Natalie Martinez, Anna Kendrick
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – September 8, 2012
Box Office – $57.6 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
66. Gone Baby Gone
Director – Ben Affleck
Cast – Michelle Monaghan, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 19 September 2007
Box Office – $34.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
65. The Town
Director – Ben Affleck
Cast – Jon Hamm, Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, Rebecca Hall, Slaine, Jeremy Renner
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 17 September 2010
Box Office – $154 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
64. In Bruges
Director – Martin McDonagh
Cast – Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, Clémence Poésy, Brendan Gleeson
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – January 17, 2008
Box Office – $34.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
63. Carlito’s Way
Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Penelope Ann Miller, Al Pacino, Sean Penn
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 1 January 1993
Box Office – $63.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
62. Mystic River
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Laura Linney
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 3 October 2003
Box Office – $156.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
61. Dirty Harry Series
Director – Don Siegel
Cast – Harry Guardino, Clint Eastwood, John Vernon, Andy Robinson
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 21 December 1971
Box Office – $36 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
60. Irreversible
Director – Gaspar Noé
Cast – Albert Dupontel, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 57%
Release Date – 22 May 2002
Box Office – €5.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
59. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Director – Guy Ritchie
Cast – Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Steven Mackintosh, Nick Moran, Dexter Fletcher
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 28 August 1998
Box Office – $28.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
58. Catch Me If You Can
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Baye, Leonardo DiCaprio
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 25 December 2002
Box Office – $352.1 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
57. Drive
Director – Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast – Carey Mulligan, Ryan Gosling, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – May 20, 2011
Box Office – $81.4 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
56. Strangers on a Train
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 30 June 1951
Box Office –$2,932,000
Genre – Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
55. Bonnie and Clyde
Director – Arthur Penn
Cast – Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Warren Beatty, Michael J. Pollard
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 13 August 196
Box Office – $70 million
Genre – Action, Biography, Crime
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
54. Papillon
Director – Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast – Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Steve McQueen, Anthony Zerbe, Dustin Hoffman
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 16 December 1973
Box Office – $53,267,000
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
53. Fast and Furious Series
Director – Rob Cohen
Cast – Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Rick Yune, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Ted Levine, Chad Lindberg
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 18 June 2001
Box Office – $207.3 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
52. Sherlock Holmes Series
Director – Guy Ritchie
Cast – Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., Eddie Marsan, Mark Strong
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 69%
Release Date – December 25, 2009
Box Office – $524 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
51. Collateral
Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Bruce McGill, Tom Cruise,Jada Pinkett Smith, Peter Berg
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 6 August 2004
Box Office – $217.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
50. Public Enemies
Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, Stephen Lang, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Dorff
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – June 19, 2009
Box Office – $214.1 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
49. The French Connection
Director – William Friedkin
Cast – Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman,
Marcel Bozzuffi, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 7 October 1971
Box Office – $75 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –
48. Jackie Brown
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, Pam Grier, Robert Forster
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 25 December 1997
Box Office – $74.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
47. Blow
Director – Ted Demme
Cast – Jordi Mollà, Ray Liotta, Franka Potente, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Paul Reubens
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 55%
Release Date – 29 March 200
Box Office – $83.3 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
46. A History of Violence
Director – David Cronenberg
Cast – Maria Bello, Ashton Holmes, Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 23 September 2005
Box Office – $60.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
45. Road to Perdition
Director – Sam Mendes
Cast – Paul Newman, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 12 July 2002
Box Office – $181 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
44. The Bondoock Saints
Director – Troy Duffy
Cast – Sean Patrick Flanery, David Della Rocco, Willem Dafoe, Norman Reedus
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 22%
Release Date – 22 January 1999
Box Office – $30,471
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
43. Double Indemnity
Director – Billy Wilder
Cast – Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr, Fred MacMurray, Jean Heather, Barbara Stanwyck, Porter Hall,
Richard Gaines
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 24 April 1944
Box Office – $5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Awards – None
Plot –
42. Rope
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Farley Granger, John Dall, Douglas Dick, James Stewart, Joan Chandler, Douglas Dick, Constance Collier
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 23 August 1948
Box Office – $2.2 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
41. Dial M For Murder
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Grace Kelly, John Williams, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 28 May 1954
Box Office – $6 million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
40. The Untouchables
Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Andy García, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 2 June 1987
Box Office – $106.2 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
39. Cool Hand Luke
Director – Stuart Rosenberg
Cast – George Kennedy, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin, Paul Newman, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 1 November 1967
Box Office – $16.2 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
38. The Maltese Falcon
Director – John Huston
Cast – Gladys George, Humphrey Bogart, Barton MacLane, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 3 October 1941
Box Office – $1,772,000
Genre – Film-Noir, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
37. Once Upon a Time In America
Director – Sergio Leone
Cast – Burt Young, James Woods, Robert De Niro,Tuesday Weld, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 17 February 1984
Box Office – $5.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
36. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Director – George Roy Hill
Cast – Strother Martin, Paul Newman, Katharine Ross, Henry Jones, Robert Redford, Jeff Corey
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 23 September 1969
Box Office – $102.3 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –
35. Gangs of New York
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 73%
Release Date – 9 December 2002
Box Office – $193.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
34. Leon: The Professional
Director – Luc Besson
Cast – Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 14 September 1994
Box Office – $46.1 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
33. Training Day
Director – Antoine Fuqua
Cast – Eva Mendes, Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, Cliff Curtis, Scott Glenn
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 5 October 2001
Box Office – $104.5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
32. American Gangster
Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Denzel Washington, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 19 October 2007
Box Office – $266.5 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
31. American History X
Director – Tony Kaye
Cast – Edward Furlong, Edward Norton, Elliott Gould, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 30 October 1998
Box Office – $23.9 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
30. Trainspotting
Director – Danny Boyle
Cast – Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 23 February 1996
Box Office – $72 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
29. Taxi Driver
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Albert Brooks, Robert De Niro, Peter Boyle, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 8 February 1976
Box Office – $28.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
28. L.A. Confidential
Director – Curtis Hanson
Cast – Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Kevin Spacey, David Strathairn, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 19 September 1997
Box Office – $126.2 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
27. Snatch.
Director – Guy Ritchie
Cast – Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Benicio del Toro, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Rade Sherbedgia
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 73%
Release Date – 23 August 2000
Box Office – $83.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
26. Fargo
Director – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast – Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, Peter Stormare, William H. Macy, Harve Presnell
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 8 March 1996
Box Office – $60.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
25. The Bourne Series
Director – Doug Liman
Cast – Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Matt Damon, Clive Owen, Chris Cooper
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 6 June 2002
Box Office – $214 million
Genre – Action, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
24. Donnie Brasco
Director – Mike Newell
Cast – Johnny Depp, James Russo, Al Pacino, Bruno Kirby, Michael Madsen
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 28 February 1997
Box Office – $124.9 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
23. Zodiac
Director – David Fincher
Cast – Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Elias Koteas, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – February 28, 2007
Box Office – $84.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
22. Bicycle Thieves
Director – Vittorio De Sica
Cast – Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 24 November 1948
Box Office – $371,111
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
21. The Sting
Director – George Roy Hill
Cast – Robert Shaw, Robert Redford, Charles Durning, Paul Newman
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 25 December 1973
Box Office – $159.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
Plot –
20. The Shawshank Redemption
Director – Frank Darabont
Cast – Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Bob Gunton
IMDB Rating – 9.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 22 September 1994
Box Office – $58.3 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
19. Dog Day Afternoon
Director – Sidney Lumet
Cast – John Cazale, Al Pacino, Charles Durning, James Broderick
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 21 September 1975
Box Office – $50 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
18. Chinatown
Director – Roman Polanski
Cast – John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Burt Young
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 20 June 1974
Box Office – $29.2 million
Genre – Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
17. Casin0
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Sharon Stone, Kevin Pollak, Robert De Niro, Don Rickles, Joe Pesci
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 22 November 1995
Box Office – $116.1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
16. White Heat
Director – Raoul Walsh
Cast – Virginia Mayo, Margaret Wycherly, James Cagney, Edmond O’Brien, Steve Cochran
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 3 September 1949
Box Office – $1.9 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
15. James Bond Series
Director – Terence Young
Cast – Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 5 October 1962
Box Office – $59.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
14. The Dark Knight Series
Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine
IMDB Rating – 9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – July 14, 2008
Box Office – $1.005 billion
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
13. Taken
Director – Pierre Morel
Cast – Leland Orser, Maggie Grace, Liam Neeson, Katie Cassidy, David Warshofsky, Jon Gries
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 27 February 2008
Box Office – $226.8 million
Genre – Action, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
12. The Usual Suspects
Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, Gabriel Byrne
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 26 May 1995
Box Office – $34.4 million
Genre – Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
11. Se7en
Director – David Fincher
Cast – Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Richard Roundtree
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 15 September 1995
Box Office – $327.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
10. Pulp Fiction
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Harvey Keitel, Samuel L. Jackson, Amanda Plummer, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Maria de Medeiros
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 10 September 1994
Box Office – $213.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
9. The Silence of the Lambs
Director – Jonathan Demme
Cast – Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 13 February 1991
Box Office – $272.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –
8. City of God
Director – Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Cast – Phellipe Haagensen, Alexandre Rodrigues, Jonathan Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Alice Braga
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 18 May 2002
Box Office – $30.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
7. No Country For Old Men
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 November 2007
Box Office – $171.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –
6. Reservoir Dogs
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Chris Penn, Harvey Keitel, Lawrence Tierney, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 25 June 1992
Box Office – $2.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
5. The Departed
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Jack Nicholson, Ray Winstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga,
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 26 September 2006
Box Office – $291.5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –
4. Heat
Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Tom Sizemore, Robert De Niro, Ashley Judd, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Amy Brenneman, Wes Studi, Diane Venora
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 15 December 1995
Box Office – $187.4 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
3. Scarface
Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Al Pacino
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 1 December 1983
Box Office – $65.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
2. Goodfellas
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
IMDB Rating – 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 12 September 1990
Box Office – $46.8 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
1. The Godfather Series
Director – Francis Ford Coppola
Cast – James Caan, Sterling Hayden, Marlon Brando, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino, John Marley
IMDB Rating – 9.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 14 March 1972
Box Office – $245–286 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
Plot –
So Which of the above crime films is your favorite? Who is your favorite on Screen Gangster? Did we missed any good gangster film or did we over rated or under rated any film? If you think so then do let us know in comments.
