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IMDb
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Best Crime Thriller Movies
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.DirectorNishikant KamatStarsAjay DevgnShriya SaranTabu ... An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.DirectorShoojit SircarStarsJohn AbrahamNargis FakhriRaashi Khanna ... Amidst the chaos of World War II, eager and idealistic Byomkesh Bakshy is determined to uncover a murder mystery that soon turns into a battle against time to save Calcutta from Japanese invasion.DirectorDibakar BanerjeeStarsSushant Singh RajputAnand TiwariNeeraj Kabi
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Collider
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The 25 Best Crime Thriller Movies of All Time, Ranked
May 15, 2025 - From the iconic The Silence of the Lambs to beloved classics such as Le Trou, these are the best crime thriller movies of all time so far.
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Reddit
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r/MovieSuggestions on Reddit: I'm in the mood for a gripping crime thriller. What are your top picks?
October 13, 2023 -

Hey fellow movie enthusiasts! I'm currently in the mood for a gripping crime thriller that will keep me on the edge of my seat. I love intense plots, complex characters, and unexpected twists. What are your top picks in this genre? Share your recommendations, and let's discuss some thrilling crime movies. Thanks in advance!

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IMDb
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BEST OF CRIME/THRILLER MOVIES (DETECTIVES, LAWYERS,-SERIAL-KILLERS, MURDER AND DISAPPEARANCE INVESTIGATION,COURTROOM DRAMA/THRILLER, ETC)
Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.DirectorJennifer LynchStarsJulia OrmondBill PullmanPell James
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Entertainment Weekly
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The 40 best crime movies of all time
October 27, 2023 - From Steven Soderbergh's wild and flirty Out Of Sight to the unforgettably clever Inside Man by Spike Lee, crime movies can be unforgettable testaments to the power of great scripts and even better casts.
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Flickchart
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The Best Crime Thrillers of All Time - Flickchart
"Pulp Fiction", "The Dark Knight", "High and Low", "The Silence of the Lambs", & "Se7en" are on The Best Crime Thrillers of All Time on Flickchart.
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Metacritic
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Best Thriller Movies - Metacritic
Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. [Warner Bros.] ... John Frankenheimer's gripping political thriller about a group of American soldiers who are captured and brainwashed into becoming sleeper agents. (MGM) ... The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century.
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Time Out
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100 Best Thriller Movies Of All Time To Watch Now, Ranked
May 13, 2025 - The killer moment: A dagger-eyed hospital showdown between Huston and Annette Bening (as Cusack’s outrageously oversexed partner in crime) supplies enough fireworks for a shelf of thrillers. ... The Coen brothers arrived with this bruised-black noir, a tale of brutality and betrayal in the American Southwest the pair wouldn’t quite duplicate until No Country for Old Men. Frances McDormand, also making her movie debut, is dynamite as a small-town woman whose survival instincts are significantly underestimated by the many gross men out to get her.
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Medium
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The Thrill of it all: Top 20 Greatest Crime Thriller Movies Of All Time. | by Kendall Rivers | Medium
January 30, 2022 - The script and direction by Carl Franklin was done with such care as Franklin digs into the warmth of the black neighborhood community of the 1940’s. Easy Rawlins as played by Denzel is one of the all time great movie heroes and deserves more recognition as such. The Dark Knight. 2008. ... You might be thinking: “A comic book\superhero movie is your number 1 choice for greatest crime thriller?” Ah, but you see, The Dark Knight has never been just simply a comic book\superhero movie.
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StudioBinder
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73 Best Crime Movies of All Time, Ranked for Filmmakers
July 13, 2025 - Similar to our last film, this is a crime thriller takes place in the days of Al Capone and the golden age of organized crime. Albert H. Wolff, the last survivor of the real-life Untouchables, was a consultant on this movie, and helped Kevin Costner with his portrayal of Eliot Ness. ... Some of the best crime movies of all time are centered around white collar crime, which is just as damaging to law abiding folk.
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Netflix Tudum
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24 Best Thriller & Suspense Movies To Stream Now - Netflix Tudum
If you’re looking for chaos, grit, and adrenaline, this crime thriller starring Tom Hardy dials the action all the way up. After a drug deal goes wrong, jaded homicide detective Walker (Hardy) is forced to navigate the city’s criminal underworld to track down a politician’s estranged son. In the process, he’s finally forced to confront the demons of his past that he’s kept buried for a very long time.
Published   November 11, 2025
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Entertainment Weekly
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The 40 best thriller movies of all time ranked, from 'Psycho' to 'Zodiac'
September 2, 2025 - Like Seven and Panic Room, Zodiac is a gripping, grimy crime story filled with intense performances and slick cinematography. ... Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo and Tatsuya Mihashi as Kawanishi in 'High and Low'.
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The Telegraph
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The 30 best crime thrillers of all time – ranked
October 9, 2024 - The film that popularised the gangster genre and helped set the formula – also one of the greatest examples of rapid-fire, old-timey gangster speak, see. Like so many gangster movies that came after, it’s a tale of the American dream gone dark. Caesar “Rico” Bandello (Edward G Robinson) wants to make his name – “Be somebody!” he declares – and rises from two-bit street hoodlum to the boss of Chicago’s Northside. He grabs headlines along the way, earning celebrity status. In fact, Rico’s sensational crimes, like other movie gangsters of the era, came directly from real-world headlines.
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Parade
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102 Best Thriller Movies of All Time (Suspense, Mystery, Crime) - Parade
February 13, 2025 - The best thrillers include the movies Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and Parasite. We've ranked the most suspenseful thriller movies ever made, including crime, suspense, Hitchcock classic films and more.
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Collider
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50 Best Thriller Movies of All Time, Ranked According to IMDb
August 28, 2025 - The Secret in Their Eyes is an Argentinian crime thriller that was able to make massive waves across the world with its exceptional pacing and engaging central story, even winning the Academy Award for Best International Film.
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The Guardian
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The 25 best crime films of all time | The Guardian
Our guide to the greatest crime films of all time, part of the Guardian and Observer's Film Season 2010
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The Guardian
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The 25 best crime films of all time + Thrillers | The Guardian
Observer critic Philip French gives a brief history of the crime films to accompany our pick of the finest 25, from the first train robbery to the new wave of time-shuffling thrillers
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StudioBinder
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Best Thriller Movies of All Time, Ranked for Filmmakers
February 4, 2025 - The plot and characters may be a bit thin, but Good Time delivers as a crime thriller that never lets up until the credits. ... David Lynch is known for making weird movies, but Blue Velvet tones it down a bit to present a gripping mystery in a small town.
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Quora
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What are the top 10 crime and thriller movies? - Quora
Answer (1 of 13): Top 10 my favourite crime films * Heat (1995) * L.A. Confidential (1997) * Training Day (2001) * The Departed (2006) * Goodfellas (1990) * Scarface (1983) * Black Mass (2015) * The Town (2010) * The Godfather (1972) * The Fugitive ...
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Time Out
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40 Best Murder-Mystery Movies, Ranked, To Test Your Sleuthing Skills
1 month ago - It’s not, perhaps, the traditional murder-mystery structure whether the killing comes early and spurs the plot, but Robert Altman’s skewering of the English class system isn’t your standard crime thriller. Trying to figure which of the egregious posh people assembled for a shooting weekend might have killed another of their number is Stephen Fry’s hapless inspector. But honestly, one of the dead pheasants present has a better chance of cracking the case. ... Sleuth: Capt. Finlay (Robert Young) Sleuthing style: Meticulous. This Oscar-nominated B-movie brought the stain of antisemitism to the noir genre.