The 20 Best Crime Films of All Time According to Collider

Real-life crime might not be the greatest thing in the world, but movies about crime? That's another matter altogether. The crime genre is one of the most thrilling, engrossing, and emotional of all the core movie genres. Some offer escapism through anti-hero characters, some fictionalize real-life stories in a more cinematic fashion, and some are more serious, tackling grim or dark stories that aim to challenge audiences or otherwise prove thought-provoking. It's naturally a genre that's all-encompassing, given how fun some crime movies can be, and how crushingly sad or brutally realistic others can be. Some even juggle multiple tones at once, and so it stands to reason that the crime genre can be pretty easily combined with other genres. As such, coming up with a definitive list of the greatest crime movies of all time is a difficult task, but what follows is Collider's attempt to do just that (and hopefully, any potential omissions won't feel too criminal).