What's Your 5 Favorite Crime Movies Of All Time?

Wyatt Burp · Feb 26, 2012

Mine might change in five minutes but my five favorite crime drama films that come to mind right now are:

Bullitt
L.A. Confidential
Dirty Harry
The Godfather
The Big Sleep

In no particular order. I think The Big Sleep set the standard for private eye films that followed. Even though it came out after The Maltese Falcon. What's yours? You'll no doubt come up with one that'll make me mad for forgetting it.

P&R Fan · Feb 26, 2012

Gotta include the Maltese Falcon. And Bonnie and Clyde.
My favorite movie of all time is Casablanca though. Guess when they shot the Major at the airport, that was a crime, so it qualifies.
ANYTHING with Bogie in it is a classic.

Jim

jbull380 · Feb 26, 2012

Heat and The Untouchables are my top two with all of the Dirty Harry movies below those. Also enjoyed US Marshals and Dillinger.

jeffsmith · Feb 26, 2012

The Big Sleep
Mystery Street
The Naked City
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Usual Suspects

sheepdawg · Feb 26, 2012

1. White Heat

"Made it ma..........top of the world!"

2. Dirty Harry
3. The Maltese Falcon
4. Key Largo
5. Scarface

Wyatt Burp · Feb 26, 2012

jbull380 said:
Heat and The Untouchables are my top two with all of the Dirty Harry movies below those. Also enjoyed US Marshals and Dillinger.

HEAT!!!!!!! You did it to me, jbull. That is one of my all time favorite movies of any genre! How could I forget it and what movie should it replace on my list? Sorry Inspector Calahan, but you just got bumped.

august1410 · Feb 26, 2012

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
LA Confidential
Dirty Harry
The French Connection
Bullitt

(not necessarily in that order)

jbull380 · Feb 26, 2012

HEAT has the best gun fight scene of all time in it.

mball · Feb 26, 2012

Youse guys are all over it but I have to add Goodfellas. The book (Wiseguys) is great too.

jeffsmith · Feb 26, 2012

august1410 said:
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
SNIP

Thanks

I knew I forgot an important one

jrd1976 · Feb 26, 2012

The Usual Suspects

august1410 · Feb 26, 2012

jeffsmith said:
Thanks

I knew I forgot an important one

It makes "The Departed" look like "Beverly Hills Cop".

HalfStack · Feb 26, 2012

If you like gun fights or a hell lot of shootings go watch Shoot 'Em Up.

Good for a laugh.

45Wheelgun · Feb 26, 2012

The original "Crime" movie:

M

Marshwheeling · Feb 26, 2012

This is a pretty big field just to pick five. Tough picks. I know I'll be missing a lot with my first five. Plus, in many cases, the books become conflated with the movies.

Chinatown
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Body Heat
Godfather
Miller's Crossing

(there you go, a Coen Brothers pick. Once you have one, how can you leave out Fargo, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple?)
Or which Bogart? (I'll take Maltese Falcon)
Which based on a raymond Chandler book? (Farewell my Lovely with Mitchum and Charlotte Rampling)
Which ditto Elmore Leonard?
Which ditto Jim Thompson? (I like "After Dark My Sweet", with Jason Patric, Bruce Dern and Rachel Ward, but it's hard to say no to the McQueen and Sally Struthers "Getaway").
Then what do you do about No Country for Old Men?
Snatch? Reservoir Dogs? Pulp Fiction?

If I had to pick again tomorrow, Chinatown would still be at the top of my list, but the rest of my five might be completely different. In fact, I have to go back and stick Winter's Bone in there somewhere.

Deacon KC · Feb 26, 2012

Wow, tough call
Key Largo
Bullitt
Dirty Harry
Silence of the Lambs
Untouchables

jbull380 · Feb 26, 2012

Yea, Silence of the Lambs was good!

vytoland · Feb 26, 2012

i can only think of one right off..................

"in the heat of the night"

ace22 · Feb 26, 2012

as someone said, tough call, i'll add a very tough call, but..
scorsese takes the lead with..
the departed and goodfellas.
i have to pick 3 more..
the godfather epic
heat
ok, there's really too many to just name 5 so i'll just stop at the 4 that quickly popped in my mind.

adluginb · Feb 26, 2012

Am I the only one that enjoyed

"Casino"

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