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Best Crime Movies of the 2010s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
113 crime films from the 2010s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Inception (2010), at 8.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Best Offer, 7.7 on IMDb against 49 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inception '2010 | Action / Sci-Fi / Crime | 8.8 | 86% | 74 | 8.4 | Christopher Nolan |
| 2 | The Dark Knight Rises '2012 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 8.4 | 87% | 78 | 7.8 | Christopher Nolan |
| 3 | Joker '2019 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 8.3 | 68% | 59 | 8.1 | Todd Phillips |
| 4 | The Wolf of Wall Street '2013 | Crime / Drama / Comedy | 8.2 | 79% | 75 | 8.0 | Martin Scorsese |
| 5 | Prisoners '2013 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 8.2 | 81% | 70 | 8.1 | Denis Villeneuve |
| 6 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri '2017 | Crime / Drama | 8.1 | 90% | 88 | 8.1 | Martin McDonagh |
| 7 | Knives Out '2019 | Comedy / Crime / Mystery | 7.9 | 97% | 82 | 7.8 | Rian Johnson |
| 8 | Nightcrawler '2014 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.8 | 95% | 76 | 7.7 | Dan Gilroy |
| 9 | Drive '2011 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.8 | 93% | 79 | 7.6 | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| 10 | Kingsman: The Secret Service '2015 | Crime / Comedy / Action | 7.7 | 75% | 60 | 7.6 | Matthew Vaughn |
| 11 | The Irishman '2019 | Crime / Drama | 7.8 | 95% | 94 | 7.6 | Martin Scorsese |
| 12 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo '2011 | Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 7.8 | 86% | 71 | 7.4 | David Fincher |
| 13 | Sicario '2015 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 7.7 | 91% | 82 | 7.4 | Denis Villeneuve |
| 14 | Despicable Me '2010 | Animation / Comedy / Crime / Sci-Fi | 7.6 | 80% | 72 | 7.3 | Pierre Coffin |
| 15 | Kick-Ass '2010 | Action / Crime | 7.6 | 78% | 66 | 7.1 | Matthew Vaughn |
| 16 | Wind River '2017 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.7 | 87% | 73 | 7.4 | Taylor Sheridan |
| 17 | Baby Driver '2017 | Action / Crime | 7.5 | 92% | 86 | 7.4 | Edgar Wright |
| 18 | Hell or High Water '2016 | Western / Crime / Drama | 7.6 | 97% | 88 | 7.3 | David Mackenzie |
| 19 | End of Watch '2012 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 85% | 68 | 7.4 | David Ayer |
| 20 | The Town '2010 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 92% | 74 | 7.2 | Ben Affleck |
| 21 | John Wick: Chapter 2 '2017 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.4 | 89% | 75 | 7.3 | Chad Stahelski |
| 22 | The Raid '2012 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.6 | 87% | 73 | 7.4 | Gareth Evans |
| 23 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum '2019 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.4 | 89% | 73 | 7.4 | Chad Stahelski |
| 24 | BlacKkKlansman '2018 | Crime / Drama | 7.5 | 95% | 83 | 7.5 | Spike Lee |
| 25 | The Nice Guys '2016 | Comedy / Crime / Action | 7.4 | 91% | 70 | 7.1 | Shane Black |
| 26 | Uncut Gems '2019 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.4 | 91% | 93 | 7.2 | Benny Safdie |
| 27 | The Equalizer '2014 | Thriller / Action / Crime | 7.3 | 61% | 57 | 7.3 | Antoine Fuqua |
| 28 | The Accountant '2016 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 7.3 | 53% | 51 | 7.1 | Gavin O'Connor |
| 29 | 21 Jump Street '2012 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 7.2 | 85% | 69 | 6.9 | Phil Lord |
| 30 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie '2019 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.3 | 92% | 72 | 7.1 | Vince Gilligan |
| 31 | Fast Five '2011 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.3 | 77% | 66 | 7.2 | Justin Lin |
| 32 | The Best Offer '2013 | Drama / Romance / Crime | 7.7 | 56% | 49 | 7.8 | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 33 | Now You See Me '2013 | Thriller / Crime | 7.2 | 51% | 50 | 7.3 | Louis Leterrier |
| 34 | Molly's Game '2017 | Drama / Crime | 7.4 | 82% | 71 | 7.2 | Aaron Sorkin |
| 35 | The Place Beyond the Pines '2013 | Drama / Crime | 7.3 | 79% | 68 | 7.0 | Derek Cianfrance |
| 36 | American Hustle '2013 | Drama / Crime | 7.2 | 92% | 90 | 6.9 | David O. Russell |
| 37 | Lawless '2012 | Crime / Drama / Western | 7.2 | 67% | 58 | 7.1 | John Hillcoat |
| 38 | The Lincoln Lawyer '2011 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.3 | 83% | 63 | 7.2 | Brad Furman |
| 39 | Snowden '2016 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.3 | 61% | 58 | 7.1 | Oliver Stone |
| 40 | The Next Three Days '2010 | Romance / Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.3 | 50% | 52 | 7.1 | Paul Haggis |
| 41 | Seven Psychopaths '2012 | Comedy / Crime | 7.1 | 82% | 66 | 6.8 | Martin McDonagh |
| 42 | Furious 7 '2015 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 7.1 | 81% | 67 | 7.2 | James Wan |
| 43 | Good Time '2017 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 7.3 | 91% | 80 | 7.2 | Benny Safdie |
| 44 | American Made '2017 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 7.2 | 85% | 65 | 6.9 | Doug Liman |
| 45 | War Dogs '2016 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 7.1 | 62% | 57 | 7.0 | Todd Phillips |
| 46 | Jack Reacher '2012 | Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action | 7.0 | 64% | 50 | 6.7 | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 47 | 22 Jump Street '2014 | Crime / Comedy / Action | 7.0 | 84% | 71 | 6.8 | Phil Lord |
| 48 | We're the Millers '2013 | Comedy / Crime | 7.0 | 48% | 44 | 6.8 | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| 49 | RED '2010 | Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller | 7.0 | 72% | 60 | 6.7 | Robert Schwentke |
| 50 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado '2018 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 7.1 | 62% | 61 | 6.9 | Stefano Sollima |
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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Directors on this list
Christopher Nolan Todd Phillips Martin Scorsese Denis Villeneuve Martin McDonagh Rian Johnson Nicolas Winding Refn Matthew Vaughn David Fincher Pierre Coffin Edgar Wright David Ayer
Actors on this list
Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt Christian Bale Gary Oldman Joaquin Phoenix Robert De Niro Jonah Hill Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal Frances McDormand Woody Harrelson Daniel Craig