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.

  • Last Man Standing (1996) Cover

    Last Man Standing (1996)

    Hill's 1996 Walter Hill remake of Yojimbo. Bruce Willis as the drifter who plays two Prohibition-era gangs against each other. Texas dust, Christopher Walken.
    Action • Crime
    May 17, '26
  • Little Caesar (1931) Cover

    Little Caesar (1931)

    LeRoy's 1931 pre-Code gangster film. Edward G. Robinson as Rico. The film that established the rise-and-fall gangster template. Scarface 1932 came right after.
    Crime • Gangster
    May 17, '26
  • Seven Psychopaths (2012) Cover

    Seven Psychopaths (2012)

    McDonagh's 2012 Hollywood meta-comedy. Farrell, Rockwell, Walken, Harrelson. A screenwriter cannot finish his screenplay. McDonagh's second feature.
    Comedy • Crime
    May 17, '26
  • The Godfather Part II (1974) Cover

    The Godfather Part II (1974)

    Coppola's 1974 sequel-and-prequel. De Niro as young Vito, Pacino as Michael. The film that proved sequels could exceed originals.
    Crime • Drama • Gangster
    May 17, '26
  • A Shock to the System (1990) Cover

    A Shock to the System (1990)

    Egleson's 1990 dark comedy. Michael Caine as an executive who discovers he can kill his way to the top and nobody will notice. The cleanest 90s satire of corporate culture.
    Comedy • Crime
    May 17, '26
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941) Cover

    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    Huston's 1941 directorial debut. Bogart as Sam Spade. The film that established American film noir as a coherent style.
    Crime • Film Noir
    May 17, '26
  • Double Indemnity (1944) Cover

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    Wilder's 1944 insurance-fraud noir. MacMurray, Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. Chandler co-wrote with Wilder. The template every later noir borrowed from.
    Crime • Film Noir
    May 17, '26
  • Chinatown (1974) Cover

    Chinatown (1974)

    Polanski's 1974 Los Angeles neo-noir. Nicholson, Dunaway, Huston. Robert Towne screenplay. The water-rights conspiracy that defined New Hollywood pessimism.
    Crime • Film Noir
    May 17, '26
  • Lord of War (2005) Cover

    Lord of War (2005)

    Andrew Niccol's 2005 Nicolas Cage international arms trade drama. Among the most accomplished commercial cinema examinations of the industry.
    Crime • Drama
    May 16, '26
  • American Gangster (2007) Cover

    American Gangster (2007)

    Ridley Scott's 2007 Frank Lucas biopic. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in parallel protagonist tracks. Vietnam-Harlem heroin connection.
    Biopic • Crime
    May 16, '26
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