43		Escape from Alcatraz (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1979)
42		Brubaker (Crime, Drama, 1980)
42		Undisputed 3: Redemption (Action, Crime, Drama, 2010)
42		Undisputed (Action, Crime, Drama, 2002)
40		Above the Rim (Crime, Drama, Sport, 1994)
40		A Better Tomorrow (Action, Crime, Drama, 1986)
40		Gridiron Gang (Crime, Drama, Sport, 2006)
40		The Football Factory (Crime, Drama, Sport, 2004)
40		Green Street Hooligans (Crime, Drama, Sport, 2005)
39		The Green Mile (Crime, Drama, Fantasy, 1999)
38		The Town (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
38		Dancer in the Dark (Crime, Drama, Musical, 2000)
38		Midnight Express (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1978)
37		Animal Factory (Crime, Drama, 2000)
37		Just Cause (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
37		Desperate Measures (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
37		Les Misérables (Crime, Drama, History, 1998)
37		Contraband (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
37		Hancock (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
37		Red Corner (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
37		Pride and Glory (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
37		...and justice for all. (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1979)
37		A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Crime, Drama, 2006)
37		Ricochet (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
36		Thief (Action, Crime, Drama, 1981)
36		The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1981)
36		The Shawshank Redemption (Crime, Drama, 1994)
35		Bad Boys (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1983)
35		Papillon (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1973)
35		American History X (Crime, Drama, 1998)
35		Serpico (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1973)
34		To Live and Die in L.A. (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
34		White Heat (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1949)
34		The Untouchables (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1987)
34		Touch of Evil (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1958)
34		Witness (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1985)
34		To Kill a Mockingbird (Crime, Drama, 1962)
34		L.A. Confidential (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
34		Memories of Murder (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
33		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
33		Carlito's Way (Crime, Drama, 1993)
33		Inside Man (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
33		The Godfather: Part II (Crime, Drama, 1974)
33		Blow (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2001)
33		The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
33		The Long Good Friday (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1980)
33		High Sierra (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1941)
33		In the Heat of the Night (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1967)
33		Taxi Driver (Crime, Drama, 1976)
32		Young Adam (Crime, Drama, 2003)
32		16 Blocks (Action, Crime, Drama, 2006)
32		Blown Away (Action, Crime, Drama, 1994)
32		Edge of Darkness (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2010)
32		A Perfect World (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
32		Faster (Action, Crime, Drama, 2010)
32		Trash (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 2014)
32		Gangs of New York (Crime, Drama, 2002)
32		New Jack City (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
32		Black Mass (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
32		Freedom Writers (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2007)
32		Lock Up (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1989)
32		Owning Mahowny (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
32		Heaven (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
32		Dark Blue (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
32		Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (Action, Crime, Drama, 2006)
32		Son of a Gun (Action, Crime, Drama, 2014)
32		Blackhat (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
32		Kidulthood (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2006)
32		The Way of the Gun (Action, Crime, Drama, 2000)
32		Cop Land (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
32		Edison (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
32		Gangster Squad (Action, Crime, Drama, 2013)
32		Ain't Them Bodies Saints (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2013)
32		The Chamber (Crime, Drama, 1996)
32		The Place Beyond the Pines (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2012)
32		The Limey (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1999)
32		Out of Sight (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1998)
32		The Negotiator (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
32		Traitor (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
32		The Corruptor (Action, Crime, Drama, 1999)
32		Felon (Crime, Drama, 2008)
32		The Escapist (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
32		The Salton Sea (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
32		Get the Gringo (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
32		Oliver Twist (Crime, Drama, 2005)
32		Kill the Irishman (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
32		Natural Born Killers (Crime, Drama, 1994)
32		Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
32		Out of the Furnace (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
32		The Yards (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2000)
32		Mulholland Falls (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
32		Setup (Action, Crime, Drama, 2011)
32		Revolver (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
32		Starred Up (Crime, Drama, 2013)
32		The Counselor (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
32		Sweet Sixteen (Crime, Drama, 2002)
32		American Heist (Action, Crime, Drama, 2014)
32		Atlantic City (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1980)
32		Once Upon a Time in America (Crime, Drama, 1984)
32		American Gigolo (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1980)
32		The Great Train Robbery (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1979)
32		Game of Death (Action, Crime, Drama, 1978)
32		Death on the Nile (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1978)
32		The Infiltrator (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2016)
32		Scarface (Crime, Drama, 1983)
31		Death Wish II (Action, Crime, Drama, 1982)
31		Dog Day Afternoon (Crime, Drama, 1975)
31		Body Heat (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1981)
30		Badlands (Crime, Drama, 1973)
30		Blue Thunder (Action, Crime, Drama, 1983)
30		The Silence of the Lambs (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1991)
30		12 Angry Men (Crime, Drama, 1957)
30		The Dark Knight (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
30		The Cotton Club (Crime, Drama, Music, 1984)
30		Murder on the Orient Express (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1974)
30		The Sugarland Express (Crime, Drama, 1974)
30		Streets of Fire (Action, Crime, Drama, 1984)
30		The Day of the Jackal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1973)
30		The Outsiders (Crime, Drama, 1983)
30		Enter the Dragon (Action, Crime, Drama, 1973)
30		The Usual Suspects (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
30		Léon: The Professional (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1994)
30		Death Wish (Action, Crime, Drama, 1974)
30		A Clockwork Orange (Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1971)
30		Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Action, Crime, Drama, 1974)
30		Se7en (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
30		Pulp Fiction (Crime, Drama, 1994)
30		Goodfellas (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1990)
30		French Connection II (Action, Crime, Drama, 1975)
29		A Wednesday (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
29		Infernal Affairs (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
29		Silverado (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
29		Year of the Dragon (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
29		Gone Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
29		Heat (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
29		Anatomy of a Murder (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1959)
29		Casino (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1995)
29		The Night of the Hunter (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
29		Witness for the Prosecution (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1957)
29		Running on Empty (Crime, Drama, Music, 1988)
29		Prisoners (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2013)
29		The 400 Blows (Crime, Drama, 1959)
29		Con Air (Action, Crime, Thriller, 1997)
29		Fargo (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
29		Spotlight (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
29		No Country for Old Men (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
29		Out of the Past (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
29		The French Connection (Action, Crime, Drama, 1971)
29		Dogville (Crime, Drama, 2003)
29		Diabolique (Crime, Drama, Horror, 1955)
29		Laura (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
29		Talvar (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
29		Dirty Harry (Action, Crime, Drama, 1971)
29		Mississippi Burning (Crime, Drama, History, 1988)
29		Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1986)
29		River's Edge (Crime, Drama, 1986)
29		The Last House on the Left (Crime, Drama, Horror, 1972)
29		Double Indemnity (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
29		Mean Streets (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1973)
29		Mona Lisa (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1986)
29		Z (Crime, Drama, History, 1969)
29		At Close Range (Crime, Drama, 1986)
29		Hell or High Water (Crime, Drama, 2016)
29		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1969)
29		Reservoir Dogs (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1992)
29		On the Waterfront (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1954)
29		The Departed (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2006)
29		Death Wish 3 (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
29		No Retreat, No Surrender (Action, Crime, Drama, 1986)
28		Blow-Up (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1966)
28		In Cold Blood (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
28		Vera Drake (Crime, Drama, 2004)
28		Lolita (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1962)
28		Run Lola Run (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
28		Changeling (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
28		THX 1138 (Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1971)
28		Straw Dogs (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1971)
28		Crash (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
28		The Counterfeiters (Crime, Drama, War, 2007)
28		End of Watch (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2012)
28		Pierrot le Fou (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1965)
28		Boys Don't Cry (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1999)
28		Rope (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
28		Training Day (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
28		Mystic River (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
28		The Man Who Wasn't There (Crime, Drama, 2001)
28		Drive (Crime, Drama, 2011)
28		The Asphalt Jungle (Crime, Film-Noir, Drama, 1950)
28		Key Largo (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
28		The Lady from Shanghai (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
28		Gaslight (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
28		Bang Bang You're Dead (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
28		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2009)
28		Mildred Pierce (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1945)
28		The Killers (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
28		Road to Perdition (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
28		Traffic (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
28		Hodejegerne (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
28		The Public Enemy (Crime, Drama, 1931)
28		Angels with Dirty Faces (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1938)
28		Catch Me If You Can (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2002)
28		Scarface (Action, Crime, Drama, 1932)
28		Breathless (Crime, Drama, 1960)
28		Dead Man's Shoes (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
28		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2011)
28		Collateral (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
28		Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
28		Bad Day at Black Rock (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1955)
28		Lilya 4-Ever (Crime, Drama, 2002)
28		American Psycho (Crime, Drama, 2000)
28		Man on Fire (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
28		The Killing (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
28		West Side Story (Crime, Drama, Musical, 1961)
28		Zodiac (Crime, Drama, History, 2007)
28		Sicario (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
28		Miller's Crossing (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
28		True Romance (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1993)
28		A Bronx Tale (Crime, Drama, 1993)
28		Gone Baby Gone (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
28		Lord of War (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2005)
28		3:10 to Yuma (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 2007)
28		The Hateful Eight (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
28		Straight Outta Compton (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
28		Once Were Warriors (Crime, Drama, 1994)
28		Lucky Number Slevin (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
28		Nightcrawler (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2014)
28		The Godfather: Part III (Crime, Drama, 1990)
28		Days of Being Wild (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1990)
28		Brother (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1997)
28		Desu nôto (Crime, Drama, Fantasy, 2006)
28		Glengarry Glen Ross (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1992)
28		Blood In, Blood Out (Crime, Drama, 1993)
28		Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2014)
28		Misery (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
28		Falling Down (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
28		The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Crime, Drama, 1989)
28		Hard Boiled (Action, Crime, Drama, 1992)
28		Wall Street (Crime, Drama, 1987)
28		Frantic (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1988)
28		No Way Out (Action, Crime, Drama, 1987)
28		Boyz n the Hood (Crime, Drama, 1991)
28		Victoria (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
28		Donnie Brasco (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1997)
28		Near Dark (Action, Crime, Drama, 1987)
28		Less Than Zero (Crime, Drama, 1987)
28		The Best Offer (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2013)
28		Colors (Action, Crime, Drama, 1988)
28		Lone Star (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
28		Tequila Sunrise (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1988)
28		American Gangster (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2007)
28		Dead Man Walking (Crime, Drama, 1995)
28		Young Guns (Action, Crime, Drama, 1988)
28		Primal Fear (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
28		This Is England (Crime, Drama, 2006)
28		Lady Vengeance (Crime, Drama, 2005)

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