Movies by Lists - Neo Noir (157 [162]) 
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| Across 110th StreetTwo New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war. | 1972 | Barry Shear | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| After Dark, My SweetAn ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom m | 1990 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (3.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| American Friend, TheTom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man. | 1977 | Wim Wenders (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (15.7K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| American PsychoA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. | 2000 | Mary Harron | Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.6 (546.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Amores PerrosA horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love. | 2000 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (235.1K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Angel HeartA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. | 1987 | Alan Parker | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (85.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Animal KingdomA seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him. | 2010 | David Michôd | Crime, Drama | 7.3 (56.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| As Tears Go By [Wong Gok ka moon]Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly. | 1988 | Kar-Wai Wong | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (9.9K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Atlantic CityIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger. | 1980 | Louis Malle (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (16.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Bad LieutenantWhile investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption. | 1992 | Abel Ferrara | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (42K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Bad Times at the El RoyaleEarly 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be. | 2018 | Drew Goddard | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (141.6K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Basic InstinctA violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist. | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (192.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Beat That My Heart Skipped, The [De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté]Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist? | 2005 | Jacques Audiard | Crime, Drama, Music | 7.3 (19.5K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Beautiful Prisoner, The [La Belle CaptivelWalter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and end | 1983 | Alain Robbe-Grillet | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (1.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Big Easy, TheA corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders. | 1986 | Jim McBride (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.5 (12.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Black Dahlia, TheTwo policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation. | 2006 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 5.6 (73.6K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Black RainTwo NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan. | 1989 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (53.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Black RainbowA christian medium sees a vision of a hitman killing his target. The vision turns true, and the same hitman is assigned to kill her. Her drunk father/manager doesn't believe she got the gift, and a curious journalist tries to protect | 1989 | Mike Hodges (*) | Horror, Thriller | 5.9 (1.7K votes) | 103 | 20220414 |
| Black WidowA federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance. | 1987 | Bob Rafelson (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (9.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. | 1982 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (738.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Blood SimpleThe owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered. | 1984 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (94K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Blue SteelA rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her. | 1990 | Kathryn Bigelow | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (14.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Blue VelvetThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. | 1986 | David Lynch (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (192.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Body HeatIn the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. | 1981 | Lawrence Kasdan (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.4 (34.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Body of EvidenceA lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him. | 1992 | Uli Edel | Drama, Thriller | 4.5 (15K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| BoundTough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar. | 1996 | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (54.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| BrickA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. | 2005 | Rian Johnson | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (104.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Cape FearA lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail. | 1962 | J. Lee Thompson | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (28.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Cape FearA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. | 1991 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (187.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Card Counter, TheRedemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past | 2021 | Paul Schrader (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (22.4K votes) | 111 | 20220315 |
| Carlito's WayA Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C. | 1993 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (211.9K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Catchfire [Backtrack]A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her. | 1990 | Dennis Hopper, Alan Smithee | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 5.3 (3.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Conversation, TheA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (108K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Coolie Killer [Sha chu xi ying pan]Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the countryside, where he aims to find out who's behind this and to gain the strength to fight back. | 1982 | Terry Tong | Crime, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (71 votes) | 92 | 20230728 |
| Cop LandThe Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption. | 1997 | James Mangold | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (91.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Crimes of PassionA mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher. | 1984 | Ken Russell (*) | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (7.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Crimson Rivers, The [Les Rivieres Pourpres]A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college. | 2000 | Mathieu Kassovitz | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (60.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Crow, TheA man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder. | 1994 | Alex Proyas | Action, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.6 (177.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| CruisingA police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men. | 1980 | William Friedkin (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (22.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| CureA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Cure, The [Cure]A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Cutter's WayRichard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. | 1981 | Ivan Passer | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (6.3K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| D.O.A.A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a freshman girl's dorm. The next day: more murders around him. Will he find the killer in time? | 1988 | Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (10.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Dead Mother, The [La madre muerta]A criminal, shoots and kills a painting restorer during a bungled burglary, and shoots her daughter as well. Twenty years later, the daughter has been left mute and with a mental age of a child, spending most of her time in a mental | 1993 | Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Decision To Leave [Heojil kyolshim]A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. | 2022 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.3 (28.4K votes) | 139 | 20230126 |
| Departed, TheAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. | 2006 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.3M votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| DisclosureA computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life. | 1994 | Barry Levinson (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (49.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Dragged Across ConcreteOnce two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation. | 2018 | S. Craig Zahler | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (43K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| DriveAn action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic who moonlights as a getaway driver, and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. | 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Drama | 7.8 (607.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Driver, TheA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective. | 1978 | Walter Hill | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.2 (15.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Empty Man, TheOn the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity. | 2020 | David Prior | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (21.7K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Exorcist IIIA police Lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward. | 1990 | William Peter Blatty | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (30.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Fallen AngelsThis Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner. | 1995 | Kar-Wai Wong | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.7 (35.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fatal AttractionA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. | 1987 | Adrian Lyne (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (83K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Fear XWhen his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder. | 2003 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Thriller | 6.0 (7.6K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (29.8K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Flesh and BoneDecades later, a son of a killer falls in love with a girl, whose family's horrifying murder he saw in childhood. | 1993 | Steve Kloves | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.2 (5.5K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Fourth Man, The [De Vierde Man]A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom. | 1983 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| FranticIn a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder. | 1988 | Roman Polanski (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (52.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. | 1971 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Game, TheAfter a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him. | 1997 | David Fincher (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (377.6K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Get CarterWhen his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate. | 1971 | Mike Hodges (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (32.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Getaway, TheA recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. | 1972 | Sam Peckinpah (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (31.4K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Gone GirlWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent. | 2014 | David Fincher (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (932.2K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Guilty as SinA female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another. | 1993 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.6 (5.5K votes) | 107 | 20221116 |
| Hard Core Criminal, TheA conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in California's porno pits. | 1979 | Paul Schrader (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (10.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| HardcoreA conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in California's porno pits. | 1979 | Paul Schrader (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (10.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| He Lives By night [Ye jing hun]A killer wears women's clothing and stalks others that wear fish-net stockings. | 1982 | Po-Chih Leong | Comedy, Horror | 6.6 (149 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| HeatA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. | 1995 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (623.4K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| Hitcher, TheA young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes. | 1986 | Robert Harmon | Action, Thriller | 7.2 (47K votes) | 97 | 20220414 |
| Hunters, The [Jägarna]A Stockholm cop moves back home to his brother near Norway and Finland. He investigates out of control deer poaching. He confiscates rifles with no permits. Everybody, even his brother and local cops, are against him. Things escalate | 1996 | Kjell Sundvall | Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (8.5K votes) | 113 | 20220414 |
| I as in Icarus [I...Comme Icare]Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it. | 1979 | Henri Verneuil | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (3.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| In DreamsA suburban housewife learns that she has a dreamworld connection to a serial murderer, and must stop him from killing again. | 1999 | Neil Jordan | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | 5.5 (13.4K votes) | 100 | 20230806 |
| In the Cold of the NightScott is a fashion photographer concerned about the sudden appearance of nightmares in his nightly dreams. In these, he seems to be involved in the murder of a beautiful young woman. When he actually meets this dreamwoman in reali... | 1990 | Nico Mastorakis | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 4.6 (1.7K votes) | 112 | 20230619 |
| Inherent ViceIn 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. | 2014 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.7 (101.3K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| InsomniaIn a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting. | 1997 | Erik Skjoldbjærg | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (14K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| InsomniaIn a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting. | 1997 | Erik Skjoldbjærg | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (14K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Internal AffairsAn Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption. | 1990 | Mike Figgis | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (19.4K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Jackie BrownA flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the FBI for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the drug dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed. | 1997 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (337.3K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Jennifer 8John Berlin, a former Los Angeles homicide detective, investigates a multiple murder case in San Diego. The only witness is a blind girl to whom he is immediately attracted. | 1992 | Bruce Robinson | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (16.6K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| JindabyneAfter four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the water, they choose to delay reporting it and continue fishing. | 2006 | Ray Lawrence | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (6.9K votes) | 123 | 20221116 |
| Kansas CityA pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City. | 1996 | Robert Altman (*) | Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller | 6.4 (4.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Kid Detective, TheA once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. | 2020 | Evan Morgan | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 7.0 (18.1K votes) | 100 | 20220723 |
| Killers, TheSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why. | 1964 | Don Siegel (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (7.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| King of New YorkA drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community. | 1990 | Abel Ferrara | Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (36.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang BangAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery. | 2005 | Shane Black | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (223.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| KluteA small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute. | 1971 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (25.1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| La CeremonieA newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers. | 1995 | Claude Chabrol (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (11.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| La Femme NikitaConvicted felon, Nikita, isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin. | 1990 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.3 (70.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Last Wave, TheA Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions. | 1977 | Peter Weir (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (9.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Leon [The Professional]12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade. | 1994 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Light SleeperA drug dealer reconsiders his profession when his boss plans to go straight and an old flame reappears. | 1992 | Paul Schrader (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (7.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Limey, TheAn extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death. | 1999 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (32.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Long Goodbye, ThePrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder. | 1973 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (30.5K votes) | 112 | 20220414 |
| Longest Nite, The [Am faa]A corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business. | 1998 | Tat-Chi Yau, Johnnie To | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (2.1K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Lord of IllusionsA private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks. | 1995 | Clive Barker | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (17.5K votes) | 109 | 20220315 |
| Lost HighwayAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray. | 1997 | David Lynch (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (138.4K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Man Hunt, The [La garce]Lucien Sabatier is a police inspector. One night, while he is on his round, he retrieves a young girl ejected from a car. This meeting with Aline, a 17-year-old orphan, will be decisive for the rest of her life. | 1984 | Christine Pascal | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.2 (223 votes) | 93 | 20240201 |
| Man Who Wasn't There, TheA laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong. | 2001 | Joel Coen (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (107.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| ManhunterFormer FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media. | 1986 | Michael Mann (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (71.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Match PointAt a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law. | 2005 | Woody Allen (*) | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.6 (214.3K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Mean StreetsA small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors. | 1973 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (106.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. | 2000 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (1.2M votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Miller's CrossingTom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties. | 1990 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (132.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Morning After, TheA washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger? | 1986 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.0 (6.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Mulholland DrAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. | 2001 | David Lynch (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (343.7K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| Mute WitnessA mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there, she witnesses a brutal murder, and must escape capture. | 1995 | Anthony Waller | Crime, Horror, Thriller | 6.7 (5.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| My Heart Is That Eternal Rose [Sat sau woo dip mung]Two lovers are willing to do anything to reunite after criminals separate them. | 1989 | Patrick Tam | Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (468 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Mystic RiverThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. | 2003 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (444.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| NarcWhen the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case. | 2002 | Joe Carnahan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (40.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Night MovesLos Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister. | 1975 | Arthur Penn (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (14.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Ninth Gate, TheA rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones. | 1999 | Roman Polanski (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (176.5K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. | 2007 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (924.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| No Sudden MoveA group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways. | 2021 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (30.4K votes) | 115 | 20220315 |
| On the Run [Mong ming yuen yeung]When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the hitwoman, who did it arrested, but must find out t | 1988 | Alfred Cheung | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.1 (328 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| One False MoveA small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers. | 1992 | Carl Franklin | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (11.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Out of SightA career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped. | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (90.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Parallax View, TheAn ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines. | 1974 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (17.9K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Blue [Pafekuto buru]A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. | 1997 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (69K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| PiercingA man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute. | 2018 | Nicolas Pesce | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.5 (7.7K votes) | 81 | 20220822 |
| Point BlankAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him. | 1967 | John Boorman (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (20.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Prince of the CityA New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted. | 1981 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (8.1K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| PrisonersWhen Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. | 2013 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (675K votes) | 153 | 20220414 |
| Red Rock WestUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue. | 1993 | John Dahl | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (21.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Reversal of FortuneWealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal. | 1990 | Barbet Schroeder | Biography, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (16.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| RushTwo small-town Texas cops go undercover to catch a major drug dealer and are sucked into the drug culture, compromising their assignment. | 1991 | Lili Fini Zanuck | Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.7 (8.8K votes) | 120 | 20220414 |
| Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner. | 1967 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (49.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| ScissorsA woman trying to recover from a sexual attack is locked in a posh apartment with a corpse of the very man she's been dreaming would murder her. She tries to hang on to reality when objects around her seem to come to life. | 1991 | Frank De Felitta | Horror, Thriller | 5.2 (2.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Shutter IslandIn 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. | 2010 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (1.2M votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| SliverA woman moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building, which she soon discovers houses tenants with all manner of shocking secrets. | 1993 | Phillip Noyce | Drama, Thriller | 5.1 (30.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| So Long StoogeA story of an odd friendship - and the unexpected consequences. | 1983 | Claude Berri | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (2.7K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| So Long, Stooge [Tchao pantin]A story of an odd friendship - and the unexpected consequences. | 1983 | Claude Berri | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (2.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| SutureAfter his brother tries to kill him, a man survives only to find himself in another man's body. | 1993 | Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (1.9K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| SwoonThe true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the investigation, trial and final fate of the two men. | 1992 | Tom Kalin | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (1.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. | 1976 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (780.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Thesis [Tesis]While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty... | 1996 | Alejandro Amenábar | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (38K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| ThiefAn ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight. | 1981 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (29.5K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| TwilightA retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds. | 1998 | Robert Benton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (12.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| U TurnA man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong. | 1997 | Oliver Stone (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (51.4K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Under the Silver LakeSam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre. | 2018 | David Robert Mitchell | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (42.3K votes) | 139 | 20220822 |
| Usual Suspects, TheA sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. | 1995 | Bryan Singer (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1M votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Vanishing, TheRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor. | 1988 | George Sluizer | Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (37.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Violent Cop [Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki]A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs. | 1989 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (11.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Voyeurs, ThePippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite, this will set in motion a chain of events that will lead to disaster. | 2021 | Michael Mohan | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 5.9 (13.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Way Of The Gun, TheTwo criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother carrying a baby for a powerful, shady man. | 2000 | Christopher McQuarrie | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (33.6K votes) | 119 | 20220723 |
| Where a Good Man Goes [Joi Gin a Long]Fresh from a prison term, a former Triad boss resides in a hotel in Macau, where he befriends its owner and her young son. | 1999 | Johnnie To (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (498 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Who Framed Roger RabbitA toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. | 1988 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.7 (194.3K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Wicked City [Yôjû toshi]Two agents, a male human and a female demon, attempt to protect a signatory to a peace treaty ceremony between the human world and the demon world from radicalized demons. | 1987 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (7.4K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| WidowsFour women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. | 2018 | Steve McQueen (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (94K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Wild at HeartYoung lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. | 1990 | David Lynch (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (90.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza, TheAmerican private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza. | 1974 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (8.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Yards, TheLeo is released from prison after serving time for car theft. His plan to go straight falls apart when he meets his corrupt uncle for a job and later an old friend working there. It culminates at the (railroad) yards. | 2000 | James Gray | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (21.5K votes) | 115 | 20220822 |
| Beck: Spår i mörker | 1997 | Morten Arnfred | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Midnight Eye: Gokû | 1989 | nan | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lupin | 2021 | nan | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Garaget | 1975 | Vilgot Sjöman | Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |