Genre: Crime

Crime stories live on the wrong side of the law — the planning, the act, and the fallout. They follow criminals, victims, and the line between them.

  • Blood Simple (1984) Cover

    Blood Simple (1984)

    Coen brothers' 1984 debut. A Texas neo-noir small-cast murder spiral. The film that announced the Coens' mature voice on the first try.
    Crime • Indie
    May 17, '26
  • Pulp Fiction (1994) Cover

    Pulp Fiction (1994)

    Tarantino's 1994 anthology crime film. Three interlocking stories. Palme d'Or. The film that made indie a commercial proposition. Still works.
    Crime • Indie
    May 17, '26
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992) Cover

    Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    Tarantino's 1992 debut. A heist film with no heist. Seven men in suits in a warehouse. The screenplay that launched American indie of the 1990s.
    Crime • Indie
    May 17, '26
  • M (1931) Cover

    M (1931)

    Fritz Lang's 1931 German film. Peter Lorre as a child murderer hunted by both police and the criminal underworld. The first proper serial killer film.
    Crime • Foreign Movies
    May 17, '26
  • Breathless (1960) Cover

    Breathless (1960)

    Godard's 1960 French New Wave debut. Belmondo and Seberg in Paris. The jump cuts that broke continuity editing for the rest of cinema.
    Crime • Foreign Movies
    May 17, '26
  • A Bittersweet Life (2005) Cover

    A Bittersweet Life (2005)

    Kim Jee-woon's 2005 Korean crime drama. Lee Byung-hun as a hotel enforcer one mistake from death. Compressed, controlled, lethal.
    Crime • Foreign Movies
    May 17, '26
  • Infernal Affairs (2002) Cover

    Infernal Affairs (2002)

    Lau and Mak's 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller. Two moles on opposite sides. The film Scorsese remade as The Departed. Often called the better version.
    Crime • Foreign Movies
    May 17, '26
  • Memories of Murder (2003) Cover

    Memories of Murder (2003)

    Bong Joon-ho's 2003 procedural. Korean cops hunt a serial killer in the 1980s. Based on the real Hwaseong murders. Pairs with Zodiac.
    Crime • Foreign Movies
    May 17, '26
  • High and Low (1963) Cover

    High and Low (1963)

    Kurosawa's 1963 kidnapping procedural. Mifune as the shoe executive. First hour in one room, then the film cracks open. Adapted from an Ed McBain novel.
    Crime • Foreign Movies
    May 17, '26
  • The Dark Knight (2008) Cover

    The Dark Knight (2008)

    Nolan's 2008 Batman sequel. Bale, Ledger, Eckhart. Ledger's posthumous Oscar. The film that proved comic book films could be major cinema.
    Action • Comic Book • Crime
    May 17, '26
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