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60		Frequency (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2000)
57		L.A. Confidential (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
57		Fallen (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
56		Inside Man (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
56		Glengarry Glen Ross (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1992)
56		In the Heat of the Night (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1967)
55		The General's Daughter (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1999)
55		Dead Again (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1991)
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55		Edge of Darkness (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2010)
55		Wonderland (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
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53		Se7en (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
52		Broken City (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
52		Memories of Murder (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
52		Les Misérables (Crime, Drama, History, 1998)
51		Mystic River (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
51		The Hateful Eight (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
50		High Crimes (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
50		A Walk Among the Tombstones (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
50		Frantic (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1988)
50		Murder on the Orient Express (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1974)
50		Death on the Nile (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1978)
50		88 Minutes (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
50		Nothing But the Truth (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
50		Kiss the Girls (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
50		Marnie (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1964)
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50		Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
49		Heat (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
48		The Lady from Shanghai (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
48		The Big Sleep (Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, 1946)
47		Eye for an Eye (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
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47		Dark Blue (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
47		Magnum Force (Action, Crime, Mystery, 1973)
47		Prisoners (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2013)
47		Murder at 1600 (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
47		Gone Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
47		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
47		Witness for the Prosecution (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1957)
47		Anatomy of a Murder (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1959)
47		15 Minutes (Action, Crime, Drama, 2001)
47		Double Jeopardy (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1999)
47		The Brave One (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
47		Body Heat (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1981)
46		Bad Day at Black Rock (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1955)
46		Primal Fear (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
46		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2011)
45		The Black Dahlia (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
45		Veronica Mars (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
45		American Gigolo (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1980)
45		Jennifer 8 (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1992)
45		Paranoid Park (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
45		Horsemen (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2009)
45		Devil in a Blue Dress (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
45		The Salton Sea (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
45		Ripley's Game (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
45		Narc (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
45		Meeting Evil (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2012)
45		Passion (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2012)
45		City by the Sea (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
45		Mulholland Falls (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
45		Twisted (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2004)
45		The Pelican Brief (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1993)
45		Swimming Pool (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
45		In the Valley of Elah (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
45		Suspect Zero (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2004)
45		All Good Things (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2010)
44		Taxi Driver (Crime, Drama, 1976)
44		Laura (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
44		Out of the Past (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
43		Breathless (Crime, Drama, 1960)
43		The Usual Suspects (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
43		The Killers (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
43		Scarface (Action, Crime, Drama, 1932)
43		Badlands (Crime, Drama, 1973)
43		In Cold Blood (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
43		Brother (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1997)
42		The Negotiator (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
42		A Wednesday (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
42		Year of the Dragon (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
42		Infernal Affairs (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
42		Edison (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
42		Judgment Night (Action, Crime, Drama, 1993)
42		Trespass (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
42		Harry Brown (Action, Crime, Drama, 2009)
42		To Catch a Thief (Crime, Mystery, Romance, 1955)
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42		Alex Cross (Action, Crime, Mystery, 2012)
42		Heist (Action, Crime, Drama, 2001)
42		Kidulthood (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2006)
42		Death Warrant (Action, Crime, Mystery, 1990)
42		Ricochet (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
42		Under Suspicion (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
42		Capote (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2005)
42		The Great Train Robbery (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1979)
42		Chaos (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
42		Heaven (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
42		Mr. Brooks (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
42		Stolen (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
42		The Next Three Days (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2010)
42		Croupier (Crime, Drama, 1998)
42		Set It Off (Action, Crime, Drama, 1996)
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42		Brooklyn's Finest (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2009)
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41		Lucky Number Slevin (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
41		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
41		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2009)
41		Lone Star (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
41		Gone Baby Gone (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
41		The Long Good Friday (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1980)
41		The Best Offer (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2013)
41		Blow-Up (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1966)
41		Changeling (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
40		Where the Truth Lies (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2005)
40		Irreversible (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
40		Secret in Their Eyes (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
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40		Wild Things (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1998)
40		Femme Fatale (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
40		Deception (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
40		The Limey (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1999)
40		Extreme Measures (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
40		The Bone Collector (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1999)
40		Closed Circuit (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2013)
40		Léon: The Professional (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1994)
40		Faces in the Crowd (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2011)
40		Clockers (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
40		We Need to Talk About Kevin (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2011)
40		The Glass House (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001)
40		Vantage Point (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
40		Regression (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
40		Talaash (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2012)
40		Don't Say a Word (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001)
40		The Captive (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
40		True Story (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
40		Freedomland (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
40		State of Play (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2009)
40		The Limits of Control (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2009)
40		Unknown (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
40		The Dead Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
40		Goodfellas (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1990)
40		Fracture (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
40		The Pledge (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001)
39		No Country for Old Men (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
39		The Green Mile (Crime, Drama, Fantasy, 1999)
39		Reservoir Dogs (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1992)
39		Diabolique (Crime, Drama, Horror, 1955)
39		White Heat (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1949)
39		The Baader Meinhof Complex (Action, Biography, Crime, 2008)
39		Touch of Evil (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1958)
38		The Killing (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
38		Dancer in the Dark (Crime, Drama, Musical, 2000)
38		Rope (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
38		The Public Enemy (Crime, Drama, 1931)
38		Dead Man Walking (Crime, Drama, 1995)
38		Following (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1998)
38		The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Crime, Drama, 1989)
38		Sicario (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
38		Training Day (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
38		High Sierra (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1941)
38		Lady Vengeance (Crime, Drama, 2005)
38		Zodiac (Crime, Drama, History, 2007)
37		Red Corner (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
37		The Skulls (Action, Crime, Drama, 2000)
37		Mad City (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
37		No Way Out (Action, Crime, Drama, 1987)
37		Just Cause (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
37		J. Edgar (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
37		The Life of David Gale (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
37		I Confess (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1953)
37		Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
37		Punisher: War Zone (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
37		A Perfect Murder (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
37		The Outsiders (Crime, Drama, 1983)
37		The Devil's Own (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
37		Child 44 (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
37		New Jack City (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
37		Perfect Stranger (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
37		Cleaner (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
37		Klute (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1971)
37		The International (Action, Crime, Drama, 2009)
37		Sleepers (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
37		Copycat (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1995)
37		The Escapist (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
37		Lonely Hearts (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2006)
37		Death Wish (Action, Crime, Drama, 1974)
37		Pride and Glory (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
37		Young Guns (Action, Crime, Drama, 1988)
37		The Son of No One (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
37		Kill the Irishman (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2011)
37		Menace II Society (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
37		Raising Cain (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1992)
37		Get Carter (Action, Crime, Drama, 2000)
37		Animal Kingdom (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
37		Out for Justice (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
37		Oliver Twist (Crime, Drama, 2005)
37		Bugsy (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1991)
37		Traitor (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
37		The Punisher (Action, Crime, Drama, 1989)

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