Underrated Crime Movies
Crime films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Crime Films
- 1
12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet·1957·CrimeTML 96★ 9$4.4M box officeStarring
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
- 2
Rashomon
Akira Kurosawa·1950·CrimeTML 92★ 8.2$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
- 3
Du rififi chez les hommes
Jules Dassin·1955·CrimeTML 92★ 8.2$57K box officeStarring
Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
- 4
Rashômon
Akira Kurosawa·1950·CrimeTML 92★ 8.2$97K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
- 5
The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton·1955·CrimeTML 92★ 8.0$654K box officeStarring
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
- 6
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles·1958·CrimeTML 92★ 8$2.2M box officeStarring
Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
- 7
Rififi
Jules Dassin·1955·CrimeTML 91★ 8.1$518K box officeStarring
Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
- 8
Close-Up
Abbas Kiarostami·1990·BiographyTML 90★ 8.2$3K box officeStarring
Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah
- 9
High and Low
Akira Kurosawa·1963·CrimeTML 90★ 8.4$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
- 10
Le samouraï
Jean-Pierre Melville·1967·CrimeTML 89★ 8.1$39K box officeStarring
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
- 11
Elevator to the Gallows
Louis Malle·1958·CrimeTML 89★ 7.9$375K box officeStarring
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin
- 12
Manbiki kazoku
Hirokazu Koreeda·2018·CrimeTML 89★ 7.9$3.3M box officeStarring
Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
- 13
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Koreeda·2018·CrimeTML 89★ 7.9$3.3M box officeStarring
Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
- 14
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Elio Petri·1970·CrimeTML 88★ 8.0$265K box officeStarring
Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando
- 15
The Red Circle
Jean-Pierre Melville·1970·CrimeTML 88★ 7.9$433K box officeStarring
Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand
- 16
To Kill a Mockingbird
Robert Mulligan·1962·CrimeTML 88★ 8.2$592K box officeStarring
Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
- 17
The Ladykillers
Alexander Mackendrick·1955·ComedyTML 87★ 7.7$23K box officeStarring
Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom
- 18
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Fritz Lang·1931·CrimeTML 87★ 8.3$29K box officeStarring
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
- 19
M
Fritz Lang·1931·CrimeTML 87★ 8.3$36K box officeStarring
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
- 20
Band of Outsiders
Jean-Luc Godard·1964·ComedyTML 87★ 7.6$67K box officeStarring
Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn
- 21
Z
Costa-Gavras·1969·CrimeTML 87★ 8.1$83K box officeStarring
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
- 22
Andhadhun
Sriram Raghavan·2018·CrimeTML 87★ 8.3$1.4M box officeStarring
Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu, Radhika Apte, Anil Dhawan
- 23
Vikram
Lokesh Kanagaraj·2022·ActionTML 87★ 8.3$1.8M box officeStarring
Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Narain
- 24
Un prophète
Jacques Audiard·2009·CrimeTML 87★ 7.9$2.1M box officeStarring
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
- 25
A Prophet
Jacques Audiard·2009·CrimeTML 87★ 7.8$2.1M box officeStarring
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
- 26
Khosla Ka Ghosla!
Dibakar Banerjee, Pravin E. Birje·2006·ComedyTML 86★ 8.2$26K box officeStarring
Pravin E. Birje, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas
- 27
Mean Streets
Martin Scorsese·1973·CrimeTML 86★ 7.2$33K box officeStarring
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson
- 28
Paan Singh Tomar
Tigmanshu Dhulia·2012·ActionTML 86★ 8.2$40K box officeStarring
Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya
- 29
Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa·1962·ActionTML 86★ 8.1$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô
- 30
Days of Being Wild
Wong Kar-Wai·1990·CrimeTML 86★ 7.4$146K box officeStarring
Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau