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Best Crime Movies of the 1990s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
160 crime films from the 1990s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Shawshank Redemption (1994), at 9.3 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.8. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Boondock Saints, 7.6 on IMDb against 44 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shawshank Redemption '1994 | Drama / Crime | 9.3 | 89% | 82 | 8.7 | Frank Darabont |
| 2 | Pulp Fiction '1994 | Thriller / Crime / Comedy | 8.8 | 92% | 95 | 8.5 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 3 | GoodFellas '1990 | Drama / Crime | 8.7 | 93% | 92 | 8.5 | Martin Scorsese |
| 4 | The Silence of the Lambs '1991 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 8.6 | 95% | 86 | 8.3 | Jonathan Demme |
| 5 | Se7en '1995 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 8.6 | 84% | 65 | 8.4 | David Fincher |
| 6 | The Green Mile '1999 | Fantasy / Drama / Crime | 8.6 | 78% | 61 | 8.5 | Frank Darabont |
| 7 | Léon: The Professional '1994 | Crime / Drama / Action | 8.5 | 76% | 64 | 8.3 | Luc Besson |
| 8 | The Usual Suspects '1995 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 8.5 | 87% | 76 | 8.2 | Bryan Singer |
| 9 | Heat '1995 | Crime / Drama / Action | 8.3 | 84% | 76 | 7.9 | Michael Mann |
| 10 | Reservoir Dogs '1992 | Crime / Thriller | 8.2 | 90% | 81 | 8.1 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 11 | Casino '1995 | Crime / Drama | 8.2 | 79% | 73 | 8.0 | Martin Scorsese |
| 12 | L.A. Confidential '1997 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 8.2 | 99% | 91 | 7.8 | Curtis Hanson |
| 13 | The Big Lebowski '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 8.1 | 79% | 71 | 7.9 | Joel Coen |
| 14 | Fargo '1996 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 8.1 | 95% | 88 | 7.8 | Joel Coen |
| 15 | Trainspotting '1996 | Drama / Crime | 8.1 | 93% | 83 | 8.0 | Danny Boyle |
| 16 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 8.1 | 75% | 67 | 8.1 | Guy Ritchie |
| 17 | True Romance '1993 | Action / Crime / Romance | 7.9 | 93% | 59 | 7.5 | Tony Scott |
| 18 | Carlito's Way '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.9 | 84% | 66 | 7.8 | Brian De Palma |
| 19 | A Bronx Tale '1993 | Drama / Crime | 7.8 | 97% | 80 | 7.9 | Robert De Niro |
| 20 | Donnie Brasco '1997 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 88% | 77 | 7.5 | Mike Newell |
| 21 | Primal Fear '1996 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 77% | 47 | 7.7 | Gregory Hoblit |
| 22 | Boyz n the Hood '1991 | Drama / Crime | 7.7 | 93% | 76 | 7.6 | John Singleton |
| 23 | Thelma & Louise '1991 | Drama / Crime | 7.6 | 87% | 89 | 7.6 | Ridley Scott |
| 24 | The Godfather Part III '1990 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 67% | 60 | 7.4 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 25 | Miller's Crossing '1990 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.7 | 93% | 66 | 7.4 | Joel Coen |
| 26 | The Boondock Saints '1999 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.6 | 26% | 44 | 7.2 | Troy Duffy |
| 27 | Falling Down '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 77% | 56 | 7.4 | Joel Schumacher |
| 28 | Jackie Brown '1997 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 88% | 62 | 7.4 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 29 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm '1993 | Animation / Crime / Mystery | 7.8 | 83% | 65 | 7.5 | Bruce Timm |
| 30 | Glengarry Glen Ross '1992 | Crime / Drama / Mystery | 7.6 | 95% | 84 | 7.3 | James Foley |
| 31 | Sleepers '1996 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 76% | 49 | 7.6 | Barry Levinson |
| 32 | Scream '1996 | Crime / Horror / Mystery | 7.4 | 78% | 66 | 7.4 | Wes Craven |
| 33 | A Time to Kill '1996 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 66% | 53 | 7.4 | Joel Schumacher |
| 34 | Bound by Honor '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.9 | 64% | 47 | 8.2 | Taylor Hackford |
| 35 | A Perfect World '1993 | Drama / Crime | 7.5 | 77% | 71 | 7.5 | Clint Eastwood |
| 36 | The Talented Mr. Ripley '1999 | Thriller / Crime / Drama | 7.4 | 85% | 76 | 7.2 | Anthony Minghella |
| 37 | Black Cat, White Cat '1998 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 8.0 | 82% | 73 | 7.6 | Emir Kusturica |
| 38 | Hard Boiled '1992 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.7 | 92% | 86 | 7.5 | John Woo |
| 39 | Cape Fear '1991 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.3 | 77% | 73 | 7.3 | Martin Scorsese |
| 40 | Face/Off '1997 | Action / Crime / Sci-Fi | 7.3 | 93% | 82 | 7.1 | John Woo |
| 41 | Menace II Society '1993 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.5 | 84% | 76 | 7.5 | Albert Hughes |
| 42 | Point Break '1991 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.3 | 68% | 60 | 7.2 | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 43 | Boys Don't Cry '1999 | Crime / Drama | 7.5 | 90% | 86 | 7.4 | Kimberly Peirce |
| 44 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai '1999 | Crime / Drama | 7.5 | 84% | 68 | 7.4 | Jim Jarmusch |
| 45 | Natural Born Killers '1994 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 7.2 | 52% | 74 | 7.0 | Oliver Stone |
| 46 | From Dusk Till Dawn '1996 | Action / Horror / Crime | 7.2 | 65% | 48 | 7.1 | Robert Rodriguez |
| 47 | Rounders '1998 | Drama / Crime | 7.3 | 63% | 53 | 7.0 | John Dahl |
| 48 | The Negotiator '1998 | Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.3 | - | 62 | 7.1 | F. Gary Gray |
| 49 | A Simple Plan '1998 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 91% | 81 | 7.2 | Sam Raimi |
| 50 | The Basketball Diaries '1995 | Drama / Crime | 7.3 | 46% | 46 | 7.4 | Scott Kalvert |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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