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Best American Crime Movies

This collection ranks 9,540 american crime movies. 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. At the top of the list is The Shawshank Redemption.

9,540 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  5. 5

    Pulp Fiction

    1994· 2h 34m· en

    8.530.7K
  6. 6

    GoodFellas

    1990· 2h 25m· en

    8.414.7K
  8. 8

    Se7en

    1995· 2h 7m· en

    8.423.6K
  11. 11

    The Departed

    2006· 2h 31m· en

    8.216.5K
  12. 12

    Scarface

    1983· 2h 50m· en

    8.213.3K
  13. 13

    Joker

    2019· 2h 2m· en

    8.128.2K
  16. 16

    Prisoners

    2013· 2h 33m· en

    8.113.4K
  18. 18

    Heat

    1995· 2h 50m· en

    7.98.6K
  29. 29

    Fargo

    1996· 1h 38m· en

    7.99.3K
  30. 30

    Casino

    1995· 2h 59m· en

    8.06.7K
  31. 31

    Knives Out

    2019· 2h 11m· en

    7.814.4K
  35. 35

    The Sting

    1973· 2h 9m· en

    8.03.1K
  38. 38

    The Batman

    2022· 2h 57m· en

    7.712.4K
  39. 39

    Nightcrawler

    2014· 1h 58m· en

    7.712.0K
  40. 40

    Chinatown

    1974· 2h 10m· en

    7.94.4K
  43. 43

    Cruella

    2021· 2h 14m· en

    8.010.2K
  45. 45

    Drive

    2011· 1h 40m· en

    7.613.9K
  46. 46

    Zodiac

    2007· 2h 37m· en

    7.511.8K
  48. 48

    Mystic River

    2003· 2h 18m· en

    7.77.6K

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

9,540 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies 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.

Which movie is ranked #1?

The Shawshank Redemption currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.