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1. Malena (2000)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
Votes: 112,372 | Gross: $3.45M
2. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
Votes: 110,943 | Gross: $8.11M
3. Serpico (1973)
R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Votes: 135,399 | Gross: $29.80M
4. Spiral (2021)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols
Votes: 68,646
5. Pride and Glory (2008)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich, Jon Voight
Votes: 63,395 | Gross: $15.71M
6. The Yards (2000)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Leo tries to go straight, but his plans are derailed after reuniting with his old crew and a well-connected railway contractor.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan
Votes: 23,140 | Gross: $0.88M
7. Code of Silence (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese
Votes: 9,442 | Gross: $20.35M
8. Limetown (2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Follows Lia Haddock, a journalist for American Public Radio (APR), as she unravels the mystery behind the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee.
Stars: Jessica Biel, Sherri Saum, Stanley Tucci, Omar Elba
Votes: 3,280
9. By the Grace of God (2018)
137 min | Crime, Drama
Three men, abused by the same priest during their childhood, engage in a fight for justice that will expose their personal experiences and question their life with their wife, family, and colleagues.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud, Éric Caravaca
Votes: 8,253
10. Shéhérazade (2018)
TV-MA | 109 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.
Director: Jean-Bernard Marlin | Stars: Dylan Robert, Kenza Fortas, Idir Azougli, Lisa Amedjout
Votes: 2,666
11. Crime School (1938)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of underprivileged teenagers are sentenced to serve two years in a reform school after almost killing a criminal fence who attacked them.
Directors: Lewis Seiler, William Clemens | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids, Gale Page, Billy Halop
Votes: 1,424
12. What Richard Did (2012)
TV-MA | 88 min | Drama
A promising young man about to start university suddenly throws his life into uncertainty when he accidentally commits a serious crime.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Jack Reynor, Fionn Ó Loingsigh, Gavin Drea, Patrick Gibson
Votes: 5,333
13. Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, History
Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a... See full summary »
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza, U Thant
Votes: 2,796 | Gross: $0.09M
14. Summerfield (1977)
95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher discovers one of his students has a rare blood disease, and is drawn into a mystery that culminates in a thrilling climax.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Nick Tate, John Waters, Elizabeth Alexander, Michelle Jarman
Votes: 412
15. Sicilian Ghost Story (2017)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Against a heavy cloak of secrecy, a 12-year-old girl smitten with her handsome classmate ventures deeper and deeper into the enchanted Sicilian forests to find him, unaware of just how thick is the mystery behind his strange disappearance.
Directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza | Stars: Julia Jedlikowska, Gaetano Fernandez, Corinne Musallari, Andrea Falzone
Votes: 2,401 | Gross: $0.02M
16. The Violent Four (1968)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Don Backy, Ray Lovelock, Ezio Sancrotti
Votes: 877
17. Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
Tom Brown (John Howard Davies) starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman (John Forrest), the school bully.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter, John Charlesworth
Votes: 523
18. La siciliana ribelle (2008)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama
The true story of 17-year-old Sicilian Rita Atria (Veronica D'Agostino) -- who broke the Sicilian Mafia's code of silence and testified against the "family business" after both her father ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Amenta | Stars: Veronica D'Agostino, Gérard Jugnot, Marcello Mazzarella, Mario Pupella
Votes: 1,903 | Gross: $0.07M
19. The Game of Death (1974)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action
A Karate champion and his manager are invited to participate in a martial arts tournament held in an island ended up fighting for their lives while rescuing kidnapped models.
Director: Jun Gallardo | Stars: Ramon Zamora, Evangeline Pascual, Eddie Garcia, Panchito
Votes: 131
20. Just a Game (1983)
89 min | Drama
A family on vacation must deal with its long-held dark secret when the traumatized eldest daughter tries to break the silence and make her father stop sexually abusing her. Unfortunately, that may prove to be next to impossible.
Director: Brigitte Sauriol | Stars: Madeleine Arsenault, Lothaire Bluteau, Jimmy Bond, Raymond Cloutier
Votes: 29
21. I guappi (1974)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some ... See full summary »
Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Fabio Testi, Lina Polito
Votes: 415
22. The Scarlet Letter (1934)
G | 69 min | Drama, Romance
In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, Cora Sue Collins
Votes: 504
23. Apaches (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama
A group of beautiful but morally bankrupt teenagers live the fast life in the dark side of beautiful Corsica, but things spiral out of control when one of their number wants to confess their crimes.
Director: Thierry de Peretti | Stars: François-Joseph Culioli, Aziz El Hadachi, Hamza Meziani, Joseph-Marie Ebrard
Votes: 351
24. Pacto de silencio (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
In the forties, Erich Priebke, a former Nazi SS commander hides in Bariloche, Argentina . The German community of Bariloche lives conditioned by the spirit of the Third Reich and supports ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Echeverría | Stars: Carlos Echeverría, Erich Priebke, Jorge Priebke, Herbert Best
Votes: 58
25. Troopers Three (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the ... See full summary »
Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Norman Taurog | Stars: Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver, Roscoe Karns, Slim Summerville
Votes: 39
26. Mauer des Schweigens (2022)
19 min | Short, Drama, Thriller | Completed
A police officer faces a moral dilemma after an operation in which their partner shoots a suspect for no apparent reason.
Director: Leonard Mink | Stars: Anke Sevenich, Thomas Bartling, Nils Kreutinger, Frank Voß
27. O Silêncio (2012)
70 min | Documentary, History
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) put an end to the Republican government supported in Parliament by liberal Republicans, communists, and socialists. The conservative winners started a ... See full summary »
Directors: António Loja Neves, José Manuel Alves Pereira | Stars: António Fontes, Arlindo Espírito Santo
29.
The Final Report (2006– )
Episode:
Getting Gotti
(2006)
45 min | Documentary
When John Gotti emerged as head of the Gambino crime family, the media took notice of this charismatic new boss who was tried several times but never convicted. NGC revisits Gotti's rise to... See full summary »
Stars: Jimmy Turnbull, George Gabriel, John Gleeson, Jerry Capeci
Votes: 7
30.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Honor Among Thieves
(2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU finds themselves sparring with the Russian Mob, but even more puzzling is the behavior of one of the victims.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,666
31.
No One Saw a Thing (2019–2021)
Episode:
The Killing of Ken Rex McElroy
(2019)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
Known as the town bully, Ken Rex McElroy terrorized tiny Skidmore, Missouri for decades. Then on July 10, 1981, the town had enough. Over 60 people surrounded his pickup truck and shot him ... See full summary »
Director: Avi Belkin | Stars: Trena McElroy, Britt Small, Kirby Goslee, Leona Hayes
Votes: 71
32.
America in Color (2017– )
Episode:
Organized Crime
(2018)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, History
It's the 1920s. America is on the rise, and so is a dark underworld run by a new kind of criminal, one that is organized, sophisticated, and ruthless. For the next 40 years, legendary ... See full summary »
Stars: Eric Meyers, Tony Accardo, Max Beesley, Al Capone
Votes: 17
33.
72 Hours: True Crime (2003– )
Episode:
Double Cross
(2004)
22 min | Documentary, Crime
A man whose identity is unknown is found stabbed to death in a secluded parking lot.
Director: Jonny Silver | Stars: Diane D'Aquila, Rafael Petardi, Tim Sell, Derek Boyes
34.
Outlaw Bikers (2007– )
Episode:
Masters of Mayhem
(2007)
Documentary, Crime, History
The Mongols motorcycle club meets undercover agent Billy Queen.
Stars: Billy Queen, Budd Johnson, Scott Ereckson, Donald Jarvis
35.
Mob Stories (2002– )
Episode:
Born to the Mob
(2003)
Documentary, Drama
Episode 2: Born to the Mob On a warm spring day in 1997, a 73 year old man lay facedown, motionless in the middle of the Hamilton neighbourhood where he was born and raised. John Papalia, ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Gabourie | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Hector Colantoni, Louis Simone, Allesandro Neglia
36.
Mob Stories (2002– )
Episode:
Don of St. Leonard
(2003)
Documentary, Drama
Director: Laine Drewery | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Giampiero Daniele, Renato Pincivero, Murielle Gabrielle
37.
Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode:
Costa Del Crime
(2011)
Documentary, Crime, History
The gripping story of the arrest of the five six million pound Security Express robbers, who, like many British crooks, sought sunny retirement on the Costa del Sol.
Director: Hugo Smith | Stars: John Knight, Freddie Foreman, Wensley Clarkson, Roy Hamm
38.
Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
Episode:
The Real Goodfella
(2011)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Drama
Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in the New York mob.
Director: Mark Lewis | Stars: Henry Hill, Cale Epps, Carissa Dalton, Joe Jones
Votes: 56
39.
Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode:
Boston's Irish Mob
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History
"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter examines the complete story of the South Boston Irish Mob. From the 1800s to the early 1970s, Irish street gangs waged war for control of Boston's ... See full summary »
Director: Marielle Woods | Stars: Kevin Weeks, Kurt Sutter, Pat Nee, Rick Marinick
Votes: 18
40.
Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode:
Nuestra Familia
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Established in the California prison system as a way for members from Northern California to fend off violence from the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia has become renowned for its ... See full summary »
Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Johnny Angel Martinez, Kurt Sutter, Angel Botello, Anthony Aria
Votes: 13
41.
Alaska Daily (2022–2023)
Episode:
A Place We Came Together
(2022)
TV-PG | 41 min | Drama
When Roz and Eileen find a lead in Gloria's case, Eileen calls in a favor to help them track down the person of interest. Meanwhile, Claire investigates why beloved local restaurant Rita's ... See full summary »
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Grace Dove, Meredith Holzman
Votes: 523
42.
Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode:
Italian Mafia
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
They're the most infamous crime empire of all time, bound by the bonds of blood and family. How the Gambino family became one of the most powerful crime syndicates, only to be taken down by... See full summary »
Director: Marielle Woods | Stars: Kurt Sutter, Dominick Montiglio, Michael Franzese, Albert Anastasia
Votes: 20
43.
Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil (2023)
Episode:
La femme du monstre
(2023)
TV-MA | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
In June 2003 Belgian authorities arrest Michel Fourniret for attempted kidnapping and assault. After linking him to two other cases, they begin interrogating his wife Monique.
Stars: Marie-Jeanne Laville, Francis Nachbar, Gérard Chemla, Didier Verlaine
Votes: 91
44.
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode:
52-47
(2010)
Documentary, Crime, History
The countdown of America's most infamous mysteries continues and looks at General Custer's last stand, explores who whacked Bugsy Siegel, and investigates a deadly attack on Wall Street in 1920.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, Rick Beyer, Jeff Broome, Michael Green
45.
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode:
25-20
(2010)
Documentary, Crime, History
We've reached the top 25 in our countdown of unsolved mysteries including a famous outlaw who escaped his grave, an infamous gangland massacre never solved, and a secret mob assassin revealed.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Rick Beyer, Paul Aron, Michael Newton, Clifford Clift
46.
Get Gotti (2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2023)
Documentary, Crime
When Paul Castellano, the head of the Gambino crime family, is murdered on a busy street, there's only one suspect: his former protégé John Gotti.
Director: Sebastian Smith | Stars: Laura A. Ward, Eric Shawn, Andrea Giovino, Anthony Ruggiano Jr.
Votes: 138
47.
Feli from Germany (2018– )
Episode:
Do Germans Talk about World War II? What Do They Teach about the Holocaust?
(2023)
33 min | Documentary
The history of how Germany internalized the experience of the Thrid Reich following World War Two and how it is more recently handled in public schools.
Star: Felicia Hofner
48.
Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode:
Vito Genovese
(2012)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.
Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Thomas Reppetto, Douglas Valentine
Votes: 13
49.
Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode:
Joseph Valachi
(2012)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
How Joseph Valachi knew there was a 'hit order' out on him, and lived in so much fear that he revealed Both the existence of, and the whole structure of the Mafia for the first time. ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Colin Tierney, Charles Bronson, James Cagney, Joseph Coffey
Votes: 9
50.
Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode:
The Italian Mob and the Real 'Godfathers'
(2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
While many mobsters ended up in jail or killed, still more found ways to keep themselves in power as well as profit - we explore the Italian mob and the real godfathers of New York and Las Vegas.
Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke