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Best Crime Movies of the 1940s

This collection ranks 1,050 crime movies released in the 1940s. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. The #1 film is Double Indemnity.

1,050 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  3. 3

    Rope

    1948· 1h 21m· en

    7.93.1K
  4. 4

    White Heat

    1949· 1h 54m· en

    7.6548
  5. 5

    The Big Sleep

    1946· 1h 54m· en

    7.61.2K
  7. 7

    Gaslight

    1944· 1h 54m· en

    7.5588
  11. 11

    Oliver Twist

    1948· 2h 1m· en

    7.5262
  13. 13

    Key Largo

    1948· 1h 40m· en

    7.5598
  14. 14

    Stray Dog

    1949· 2h 2m· ja

    7.6372
  17. 17

    The Killers

    1946· 1h 43m· en

    7.4441
  20. 20

    Ball of Fire

    1941· 1h 51m· en

    7.4252
  21. 21

    Brute Force

    1947· 1h 38m· en

    7.3215
  24. 24

    High Sierra

    1941· 1h 40m· en

    7.1365
  28. 28

    The Letter

    1940· 1h 35m· en

    7.3246
  32. 32

    Obsession

    1943· 2h 20m· it

    7.5272
  33. 33

    The Set-Up

    1949· 1h 13m· en

    7.3179
  34. 34

    Odd Man Out

    1947· 1h 56m· en

    7.3229
  42. 42

    Tension

    1949· 1h 35m· en

    6.854
  43. 43

    Criss Cross

    1949· 1h 28m· en

    7.1182
  45. 45

    Fallen Angel

    1945· 1h 38m· en

    6.5135
  48. 48

    Panic

    1947· 1h 39m· fr

    7.393

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Frequently asked questions

How many crime movies came out in the 1940s?

1,050 crime movies from the 1940s carry real rating data.

How are these crime films ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

What is the highest-rated crime movie of the 1940s?

Double Indemnity holds the top position in this collection.