95		Out of the Past (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
82		Sea of Love (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1989)
81		The Asphalt Jungle (Crime, Film-Noir, Drama, 1950)
77		Dark Blue (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
77		The Last Seduction (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1994)
76		White Heat (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1949)
74		Touch of Evil (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1958)
73		Dog Day Afternoon (Crime, Drama, 1975)
73		In the Heat of the Night (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1967)
73		End of Watch (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2012)
72		The Negotiator (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
72		In the Valley of Elah (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
70		Scarlet Street (Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, 1945)
69		The Killing (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
69		I Confess (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1953)
69		L.A. Confidential (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
68		Serpico (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1973)
67		A Most Violent Year (Action, Crime, Drama, 2014)
67		Eye for an Eye (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
67		Unlawful Entry (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1992)
67		Tracers (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
67		Death Wish (Action, Crime, Drama, 1974)
67		Bad Lieutenant (Crime, Drama, 1992)
65		Se7en (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
64		Laura (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
63		High Sierra (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1941)
63		Killer's Kiss (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
63		The Public Enemy (Crime, Drama, 1931)
63		Falling Down (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
63		Scarface (Action, Crime, Drama, 1932)
63		The French Connection (Action, Crime, Drama, 1971)
63		A Better Tomorrow (Action, Crime, Drama, 1986)
62		Hostage (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
62		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
62		The Sweeney (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
62		French Connection II (Action, Crime, Drama, 1975)
62		16 Blocks (Action, Crime, Drama, 2006)
62		The Brave One (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
62		Chaos (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
62		Set It Off (Action, Crime, Drama, 1996)
62		Hard Rain (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
62		Edge of Darkness (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2010)
62		Heaven (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
62		15 Minutes (Action, Crime, Drama, 2001)
59		Heat (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
58		Vera Drake (Crime, Drama, 2004)
58		On the Waterfront (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1954)
58		West Side Story (Crime, Drama, Musical, 1961)
58		Days of Being Wild (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1990)
57		Paranoid Park (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
57		Gangs of New York (Crime, Drama, 2002)
57		New Jack City (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
57		Year of the Dragon (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
57		Body Heat (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1981)
57		Maria Full of Grace (Crime, Drama, 2004)
57		The Devil's Own (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
57		Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Crime, Drama, 2009)
57		Brooklyn's Finest (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2009)
57		Max Payne (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
55		The 400 Blows (Crime, Drama, 1959)
55		The Visitor (Drama, 2007)
54		Love Story (Drama, Romance, 1970)
54		The Departed (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2006)
54		Fargo (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
54		A Wednesday (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
53		Mystic River (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2003)
53		Donnie Brasco (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1997)
53		In Cold Blood (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
53		Hard Boiled (Action, Crime, Drama, 1992)
53		Blood In, Blood Out (Crime, Drama, 1993)
52		Triple 9 (Action, Crime, Drama, 2016)
52		Narc (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
52		Brick (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
52		Summer of Sam (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1999)
52		Notorious (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2009)
52		Escobar: Paradise Lost (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2014)
52		Thelma & Louise (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1991)
52		Edison (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
52		Killer Joe (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
52		Frantic (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1988)
52		Colors (Action, Crime, Drama, 1988)
52		Nowhere to Run (Action, Crime, Drama, 1993)
52		Assault on Precinct 13 (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
52		Unknown (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
52		Out for Justice (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
52		Run All Night (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
52		Les Misérables (Crime, Drama, History, 1998)
52		Point of No Return (Action, Crime, Drama, 1993)
52		Mr. Brooks (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
52		Singham (Action, Crime, Drama, 2011)
52		Elephant (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
52		Pride and Glory (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
52		Death Wish 3 (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
50		The Wrong Man (Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
50		The Baader Meinhof Complex (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2008)
49		The Ledge (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2011)
49		Wolf (Drama, Horror, Romance, 1994)
49		Taxi Driver (Crime, Drama, 1976)
49		Breathless (Crime, Drama, 1960)
49		Basic Instinct (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1992)
49		Prisoners (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2013)
49		Derailed (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
49		Insomnia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2002)
49		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1969)
49		Edmond (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
48		Once Were Warriors (Crime, Drama, 1994)
48		In a Lonely Place (Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, 1950)
48		Inside Man (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
47		Fallen (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
47		Trash (Adventure, Crime, Drama, 2014)
47		Contraband (Action, Crime, Drama, 2012)
47		Rise of the Footsoldier (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2007)
47		Witness (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1985)
47		Clockers (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
47		River's Edge (Crime, Drama, 1986)
47		Freedomland (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
47		Faces in the Crowd (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2011)
47		Cop Land (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
47		Murder at 1600 (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
47		Regression (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
47		Rising Sun (Action, Crime, Drama, 1993)
47		Broken City (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
47		Trust (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
47		We Own the Night (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
47		Solace (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2015)
47		Dead Again (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1991)
47		Public Enemies (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2009)
47		Devil's Knot (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2013)
47		The Pledge (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2001)
47		Hannibal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
47		Dead Man Down (Action, Crime, Drama, 2013)
47		Righteous Kill (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
47		Out of Sight (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1998)
47		Fracture (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
47		Raajneeti (Action, Crime, Drama, 2010)
47		Matchstick Men (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
46		Chinatown (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1974)
46		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
45		Key Largo (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
45		Rope (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
45		The Night of the Hunter (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
45		Magnolia (Drama, 1999)
45		House of Sand and Fog (Drama, 2003)
45		Dark City (Action, Drama, Fantasy, 1998)
44		Fruitvale Station (Biography, Drama, Romance, 2013)
44		Double Indemnity (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
44		The Killers (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
44		Remember Me (Drama, Romance, 2010)
44		Ace in the Hole (Drama, Film-Noir, 1951)
44		Intacto (Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2001)
44		The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
44		Infernal Affairs (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
44		The Lady from Shanghai (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
43		Mildred Pierce (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1945)
43		Miller's Crossing (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
43		Gaslight (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
43		American Gangster (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2007)
43		Casablanca (Drama, Romance, War, 1942)
43		The Stranger (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
43		Dirty Harry (Action, Crime, Drama, 1971)
43		Lucky Number Slevin (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
43		Crash (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
42		Blood Ties (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
42		Owning Mahowny (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
42		Punisher: War Zone (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
42		City by the Sea (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
42		The Way of the Gun (Action, Crime, Drama, 2000)
42		San ging chat goo si (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
42		Kiss the Girls (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1997)
42		Just Cause (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
42		The Corruptor (Action, Crime, Drama, 1999)
42		Romper Stomper (Crime, Drama, 1992)
42		The Place Beyond the Pines (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2012)
42		The Bone Collector (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1999)
42		Twisted (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2004)
42		The Client (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1994)
42		Outlaw (Action, Crime, Drama, 2007)
42		Death on the Nile (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1978)
42		The Dead Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
42		Lonely Hearts (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2006)
42		Chappie (Action, Crime, Drama, 2015)
42		Hollywoodland (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2006)
41		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Drama, 1966)
41		In the Name of the Father (Biography, Drama, History, 1993)
41		Angels with Dirty Faces (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1938)
40		What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Drama, 1993)
40		Pulp Fiction (Crime, Drama, 1994)
40		Kramer vs. Kramer (Drama, 1979)
40		L'Eclisse (Drama, Romance, 1962)
39		Possession (Drama, Horror, 1981)
39		My Blueberry Nights (Drama, Romance, 2007)
39		Battle in Seattle (Action, Drama, 2007)
39		Reign Over Me (Drama, 2007)
39		A Home at the End of the World (Drama, Romance, 2004)
39		13 (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
39		The Panic in Needle Park (Drama, 1971)
39		A Mighty Heart (Biography, Drama, History, 2007)
39		Z (Crime, Drama, History, 1969)
39		The Woodsman (Drama, Romance, 2004)
39		Inside Llewyn Davis (Drama, Music, 2013)
39		Earthquake (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1974)

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