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Top 20 Crime Movies

1
The Shawshank Redemption

1994
Castle Rock Entertainment
  • Tim Robbins ... Andy Dufresne
  • Morgan Freeman ... Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
  • Bob Gunton ... Warden Norton
  • William Sadler ... Heywood

2
Chinatown

1974
Paramount Pictures
  • Jack Nicholson ... J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
  • Faye Dunaway ... Evelyn Cross Mulwray
  • John Huston ... Noah Cross

3
A Clockwork Orange

1971
Warner Bros.
  • Malcolm McDowell ... Alex
  • Patrick Magee ... Mr. Alexander
  • Michael Bates ... Chief Guard
  • Warren Clarke ... Dim

4
Once Upon a Time in America

1984
Ladd Company
  • Robert De Niro ... David 'Noodles' Aaronson
  • James Woods ... Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
  • Elizabeth McGovern ... Deborah Gelly
  • Joe Pesci ... Frankie Manoldi
  • Michael Nyqvist ... Mikael Blomkvist
  • Noomi Rapace ... Lisbeth Salander

6
The French Connection

1971
D'Antoni Productions
  • Gene Hackman ... Jimmy Doyle
  • Fernando Rey ... Alain Charnier
  • Roy Scheider ... Det. Buddy Russo
  • Tony Lo Bianco ... Sal Boca

7
American Hustle

2013
Columbia Pictures
  • Christian Bale ... Irving Rosenfeld
  • Bradley Cooper ... Richie DiMaso
  • Amy Adams ... Sydney Prosser
  • Jeremy Renner ... Mayor Carmine Polito
  • Jennifer Lawrence ... Rosalyn Rosenfeld
  • Louis C.K. ... Stoddard Thorsen

8
Hustle & Flow

2005
Paramount Pictures
  • Terrence Howard ... Djay
  • Anthony Anderson ... Key
  • Taryn Manning ... Nola
  • Taraji P. Henson ... Shug

9
Michael Clayton

2007
Samuels Media
  • Tom Wilkinson ... Arthur Edens
  • Michael O'Keefe ... Barry Grissom
  • Sydney Pollack ... Marty Bach
  • Danielle Skraastad ... Bridget Klein (voice)
  • Tilda Swinton ... Karen Crowder
  • George Clooney ... Michael Clayton

10
The Pelican Brief

1993
Warner Bros.
  • Julia Roberts ... Darby Shaw
  • Denzel Washington ... Gray Grantham
  • Sam Shepard ... Thomas Callahan
  • John Heard ... Gavin Vereek

11
A Few Good Men

1992
Columbia Pictures
  • Tom Cruise ... Lt. Daniel Kaffee
  • Jack Nicholson ... Col. Nathan R. Jessep
  • Demi Moore ... Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway
  • Kevin Bacon ... Capt. Jack Ross
  • Kiefer Sutherland ... Lt. Jonathan Kendrick

12
A Time to Kill

1996
Warner Bros.
  • Matthew McConaughey ... Jake Tyler Brigance
  • Sandra Bullock ... Ellen Roark
  • Samuel L. Jackson ... Carl Lee Hailey
  • Kevin Spacey ... D.A. Rufus Buckley
  • Charles S. Dutton ... Sheriff Ozzie Walls (as Charles Dutton)
  • Donald Sutherland ... Lucien Wilbanks
  • Kiefer Sutherland ... Freddie Lee Cobb
  • Ashley Judd ... Carla Brigance

13
Absence of Malice

1981
Columbia Pictures
  • Paul Newman ... Gallagher
  • Sally Field ... Megan

14
Sicario

2016
Subotica Entertainment
  • Emily Blunt ... Kate Macer
  • Benicio Del Toro ... Alejandro
  • Josh Brolin ... Matt Graver
  • Victor Garber ... Dave Jennings
  • Jon Bernthal ... Ted
  • Daniel Kaluuya ... Reggie Wayne

15
City of God

2002
O2 Filmes
  • Alexandre Rodrigues ... Buscapé - Rocket
  • Leandro Firmino ... Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé (as Leandro Firmino da Hora)
  • Alice Braga ... Angélica

16
Erin Brockovich

2000
Universal Pictures
  • Julia Roberts ... Erin Brockovich
  • David Brisbin ... Dr. Jaffe
  • Dawn Didawick ... Rosalind
  • Albert Finney ... Ed Masry
  • Valente Rodriguez ... Donald

17
Pulp Fiction

1994
Miramax
  • John Travolta ... Vincent Vega
  • Samuel L. Jackson ... Jules Winnfield
  • Tim Roth ... Pumpkin - Ringo
  • Amanda Plummer ... Honey Bunny - Yolanda
  • Eric Stoltz ... Lance
  • Bruce Willis ... Butch Coolidge
  • Ving Rhames ... Marsellus Wallace
  • Rosanna Arquette ... Jody
  • Uma Thurman ... Mia Wallace

18
The General's Daughter

1999
Paramount Pictures
  • John Travolta ... Warr. Off. Paul Brenner
  • Madeleine Stowe ... Warr. Off. Sara Sunhill
  • James Cromwell ... Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell
  • Timothy Hutton ... Col. William Kent
  • Leslie Stefanson ... Capt. Elizabeth Campbell
  • Daniel von Bargen ... Police Chief Yardley
  • Clarence Williams III ... Col. George Fowler
  • James Woods ... Col. Robert Moore

19
Dirty Harry Franshise

1971
Warner Bros.
  • Clint Eastwood ... Insp. Harry Callahan
  • Harry Guardino ... Lt. Al Bressler

20
The Godfather Franchise

1972
Paramount Pictures
  • Marlon Brando ... Don Vito Corleone
  • Al Pacino ... Michael Corleone
  • James Caan ... Santino 'Sonny' Corleone
  • Richard S. Castellano ... Peter Clemenza (as Richard Castellano)
  • Robert Duvall ... Tom Hagen/li>
  • Diane Keaton ... Kay Adams