The best crime movies of all time

TOPICAL scores 815 films listed as crime; here are the top 250, best first. The top three are The Godfather (1972), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Silence of the Lambs (1991). A film can be in more than one genre. The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	The Godfather	1972	100.0	1
2	Pulp Fiction	1994	99.2	2
3	The Silence of the Lambs	1991	98.8	3
4	The Godfather Part II	1974	98.6	4
5	The Dark Knight	2008	97.0	12
6	Taxi Driver	1976	96.8	14
7	GoodFellas	1990	96.6	15
8	No Country for Old Men	2007	96.0	20
9	Inception	2010	95.1	29
10	On the Waterfront	1954	94.9	31
11	L.A. Confidential	1997	94.7	33
12	The Departed	2006	94.4	36
13	Chinatown	1974	94.1	39
14	Some Like It Hot	1959	93.8	43
15	The Sting	1973	93.0	54
16	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	92.6	59
17	One Battle After Another	2025	92.5	60
18	Fargo	1996	92.4	62
19	The French Connection	1971	90.8	88
20	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	2017	90.6	91
21	Double Indemnity	1944	90.4	95
22	Rashomon	1950	90.1	100
23	City of God	2002	88.7	126
24	Dog Day Afternoon	1975	88.6	129
25	The Wolf of Wall Street	2013	88.5	130
26	A Clockwork Orange	1971	88.4	132
27	Bonnie and Clyde	1967	87.6	149
28	The Irishman	2019	87.3	156
29	The Maltese Falcon	1941	87.2	158
30	Mystic River	2003	87.1	162
31	The Conversation	1974	86.4	176
32	The Big Lebowski	1998	85.9	188
33	Cool Hand Luke	1967	85.8	191
34	In the Heat of the Night	1967	85.5	198
35	Thelma & Louise	1991	85.3	204
36	West Side Story	1961	85.2	206
37	Anatomy of a Murder	1959	85.1	209
38	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	84.7	218
39	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	84.7	219
40	The Usual Suspects	1995	83.8	244
41	Gaslight	1944	83.6	249
42	The Night of the Hunter	1955	83.5	250
43	Adaptation.	2002	83.5	251
44	American Hustle	2013	83.3	258
45	Witness for the Prosecution	1957	83.1	261
46	Catch Me If You Can	2002	82.3	284
47	Trainspotting	1996	81.6	307
48	The Untouchables	1987	81.4	312
49	Se7en	1995	81.4	313
50	Once Upon a Time in America	1984	81.3	316
51	Drive	2011	81.1	320
52	Heat	1995	81.1	321
53	Shoplifters	2018	81.0	324
54	The Green Mile	1999	80.7	335
55	A Place in the Sun	1951	80.6	337
56	Breathless	1960	80.2	349
57	Chicago	2002	79.9	359
58	Anatomy of a Fall	2023	79.8	361
59	Mildred Pierce	1945	79.6	369
60	Casino	1995	79.3	380
61	Batman Begins	2005	79.2	383
62	Joker	2019	79.1	385
63	Requiem for a Dream	2000	78.9	394
64	Reservoir Dogs	1992	78.8	395
65	Traffic	2000	78.5	407
66	Léon: The Professional	1994	77.8	429
67	Shadow of a Doubt	1943	77.7	434
68	Scarface	1983	77.6	437
69	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011	77.6	438
70	Sicario	2015	77.5	440
71	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	77.4	443
72	Blue Velvet	1986	77.0	459
73	Atlantic City	1980	77.0	460
74	Mississippi Burning	1988	76.8	467
75	Boys Don't Cry	1999	76.6	475
76	Dancer in the Dark	2000	76.4	479
77	Glengarry Glen Ross	1992	76.1	490
78	Touch of Evil	1958	75.8	502
79	Training Day	2001	75.4	519
80	Gangs of New York	2002	75.3	522
81	Hell or High Water	2016	74.8	542
82	It Was Just an Accident	2025	74.6	548
83	Z	1969	74.3	563
84	The Big Sleep	1946	74.1	569
85	Nightcrawler	2014	74.1	570
86	Ocean's Eleven	2001	73.9	577
87	Badlands	1973	73.7	585
88	A Prophet	2009	73.7	587
89	Michael Clayton	2007	73.6	591
90	Memories of Murder	2003	73.5	595
91	High and Low	1963	73.4	597
92	M	1931	73.3	603
93	Bad Day at Black Rock	1955	73.2	604
94	Killers of the Flower Moon	2023	72.8	622
95	The Thin Man	1934	72.8	624
96	Angels with Dirty Faces	1938	72.7	627
97	Capote	2005	72.6	632
98	The Secret Agent	2025	72.5	635
99	Dogville	2003	72.4	638
100	American Gangster	2007	72.3	642
101	Boyz n the Hood	1991	72.3	643
102	The Godfather Part III	1990	72.2	648
103	Road to Perdition	2002	72.2	649
104	The Public Enemy	1931	72.0	654
105	Leviathan	2014	72.0	657
106	Spellbound	1945	71.9	658
107	Collateral	2004	71.9	661
108	Strangers on a Train	1951	71.8	665
109	Divorce Italian Style	1961	71.6	671
110	Prisoners	2013	71.6	672
111	Zodiac	2007	71.5	677
112	The Crying Game	1992	71.5	679
113	Paper Moon	1973	71.2	690
114	The Asphalt Jungle	1950	71.2	691
115	Out of the Past	1947	71.2	692
116	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	71.1	694
117	A History of Violence	2005	70.9	701
118	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	2003	70.8	708
119	Inside Job	2010	70.4	724
120	Knives Out	2019	70.4	727
121	Witness	1985	70.3	728
122	Serpico	1973	70.1	737
123	The Killers	1946	70.0	742
124	Baby Driver	2017	69.8	753
125	Promising Young Woman	2020	69.7	757
126	The Talented Mr. Ripley	1999	69.6	761
127	Mean Streets	1973	69.6	763
128	Midnight Express	1978	69.5	766
129	O.J.: Made in America	2016	69.1	785
130	Cruella	2021	69.1	786
131	21 Grams	2003	68.8	800
132	Eastern Promises	2007	68.7	801
133	BlacKkKlansman	2018	68.2	825
134	The Defiant Ones	1958	67.8	844
135	Rocco and His Brothers	1960	67.7	852
136	His Girl Friday	1940	67.6	856
137	Batman	1989	67.2	875
138	In Cold Blood	1967	66.9	890
139	Kung Fu Hustle	2004	66.8	894
140	Dirty Harry	1971	66.7	898
141	In Bruges	2008	66.5	906
142	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	1920	66.4	913
143	Carlito's Way	1993	66.4	915
144	Scarface	1932	66.3	917
145	Monster	2003	66.2	923
146	Infernal Affairs	2002	66.1	927
147	The Blues Brothers	1980	65.9	938
148	Key Largo	1948	65.8	943
149	Crimes and Misdemeanors	1989	65.8	944
150	White Heat	1949	65.7	950
151	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	2000	65.6	955
152	Bugsy	1991	65.5	958
153	Inside Man	2006	65.4	961
154	Bullitt	1968	65.4	962
155	Wild at Heart	1990	65.4	965
156	Ball of Fire	1941	65.1	976
157	A Bronx Tale	1993	65.1	977
158	Jackie Brown	1997	64.8	991
159	Donnie Brasco	1997	64.6	1,005
160	Nightmare Alley	2021	64.5	1,010
161	John Wick: Chapter 4	2023	64.4	1,013
162	Beverly Hills Cop	1984	64.4	1,016
163	Sleuth	1972	64.1	1,029
164	Cape Fear	1991	64.0	1,036
165	Klute	1971	63.8	1,047
166	Snatch	2000	63.7	1,053
167	The Lavender Hill Mob	1951	63.5	1,061
168	Wall Street	1987	63.3	1,072
169	Insomnia	2002	63.3	1,073
170	Face/Off	1997	63.1	1,083
171	The Informer	1935	63.0	1,090
172	Natural Born Killers	1994	62.4	1,122
173	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	2019	62.2	1,128
174	The Killing	1956	62.2	1,132
175	True Romance	1993	61.9	1,149
176	Kill Bill: Vol. 2	2004	61.6	1,162
177	Elevator to the Gallows	1958	61.5	1,167
178	Dial M for Murder	1954	61.3	1,178
179	Gone Baby Gone	2007	61.2	1,185
180	Sleepers	1996	61.2	1,186
181	Blood Simple	1984	61.1	1,191
182	Le Samouraï	1967	61.0	1,199
183	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	2007	60.4	1,228
184	Bullets Over Broadway	1994	60.4	1,229
185	Prizzi's Honor	1985	60.1	1,245
186	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	2006	60.1	1,246
187	The Ladykillers	1955	60.0	1,253
188	Scream	1996	59.9	1,256
189	A Short Film About Killing	1988	59.9	1,258
190	Uncut Gems	2019	59.8	1,264
191	The Town	2010	59.6	1,274
192	The Seed of the Sacred Fig	2024	59.5	1,281
193	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	1998	59.3	1,292
194	Changeling	2008	59.3	1,295
195	West Side Story	2021	59.2	1,296
196	Fury	1936	59.1	1,302
197	The Best Offer	2013	58.9	1,315
198	The Big Heat	1953	58.8	1,325
199	Birdman of Alcatraz	1962	58.7	1,328
200	The Long Goodbye	1973	58.6	1,333
201	Miller's Crossing	1990	58.6	1,334
202	Marathon Man	1976	58.5	1,342
203	Brother	1997	58.4	1,344
204	Heathers	1988	58.4	1,346
205	Animal Kingdom	2010	58.2	1,358
206	Sin City	2005	58.1	1,363
207	Frenzy	1972	58.1	1,366
208	The Batman	2022	58.0	1,369
209	Wait Until Dark	1967	57.9	1,374
210	The Accused	1988	57.8	1,383
211	Hot Fuzz	2007	57.6	1,393
212	The Letter	1940	57.6	1,395
213	A Perfect World	1993	57.5	1,401
214	Papillon	1973	57.3	1,410
215	Out of Sight	1998	57.2	1,418
216	Raising Arizona	1987	57.1	1,423
217	Big Deal on Madonna Street	1958	57.0	1,427
218	Molly's Game	2017	57.0	1,428
219	Ernest & Celestine	2012	56.5	1,459
220	Despicable Me	2010	56.5	1,462
221	A Time to Kill	1996	56.4	1,463
222	Better Days	2019	56.4	1,465
223	Dheepan	2015	56.1	1,482
224	Rope	1948	56.0	1,488
225	Falling Down	1993	55.9	1,493
226	The Naked City	1948	55.8	1,502
227	Kingsman: The Secret Service	2014	55.6	1,513
228	The Pink Panther	1963	55.6	1,515
229	Cape Fear	1962	55.5	1,520
230	Maria Full of Grace	2004	55.3	1,536
231	Monsieur Verdoux	1947	55.1	1,544
232	Lilya 4-ever	2002	55.1	1,546
233	A Simple Plan	1998	55.0	1,549
234	How to Steal a Million	1966	55.0	1,550
235	Richard Jewell	2019	54.9	1,557
236	The Man Who Wasn't There	2001	54.6	1,575
237	Wind River	2017	54.6	1,577
238	Affliction	1997	54.6	1,578
239	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	2022	54.4	1,588
240	Red Dragon	2002	54.4	1,591
241	Bad Education	2004	54.3	1,593
242	Purple Noon	1960	54.3	1,595
243	Assault on Precinct 13	1976	54.3	1,597
244	The Castle of Cagliostro	1979	54.0	1,617
245	Time of the Gypsies	1988	54.0	1,618
246	The Rainmaker	1997	53.9	1,624
247	Primal Fear	1996	53.7	1,634
248	In the Line of Fire	1993	53.6	1,642
249	Midnight Run	1988	53.5	1,650
250	Elephant	2003	53.4	1,651