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Crime Movies Audiences Rated Higher Than Critics
218 crime films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with audiences than with critics by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Half Baked (1998), 6.6 on IMDb against 16 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half Baked '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 6.6 | 28% | 16 | 6.3 | Tamra Davis | +50 |
| 2 | Death Wish II '1982 | Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller | 6.0 | - | 11 | 6.2 | Michael Winner | +49 |
| 3 | Elite Squad '2007 | Drama / Action / Crime | 8.0 | 53% | 33 | 8.1 | José Padilha | +47 |
| 4 | 8MM '1999 | Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 6.6 | 23% | 21 | 6.5 | Joel Schumacher | +45 |
| 5 | Harlem Nights '1989 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 6.1 | 28% | 16 | 6.1 | Eddie Murphy | +45 |
| 6 | The Life of David Gale '2003 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.5 | 19% | 31 | 7.4 | Alan Parker | +44 |
| 7 | John Q '2002 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.1 | 26% | 30 | 7.2 | Nick Cassavetes | +41 |
| 8 | Law Abiding Citizen '2009 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.4 | 26% | 34 | 7.4 | F. Gary Gray | +40 |
| 9 | Death Wish 3 '1985 | Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller | 5.8 | 14% | 18 | 6.2 | Michael Winner | +40 |
| 10 | Beverly Hills Cop III '1994 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 5.5 | 11% | 16 | 5.9 | John Landis | +39 |
| 11 | Saw V '2008 | Horror / Thriller / Crime | 5.8 | 13% | 20 | 6.2 | David Hackl | +38 |
| 12 | Another 48 Hrs. '1990 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 5.9 | 19% | 23 | 6.0 | Walter Hill | +36 |
| 13 | Swordfish '2001 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 6.5 | 27% | 32 | 6.3 | Dominic Sena | +33 |
| 14 | Demolition Man '1993 | Crime / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 67% | 34 | 6.8 | Marco Brambilla | +33 |
| 15 | Cobra '1986 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 5.8 | 24% | 25 | 6.2 | George P. Cosmatos | +33 |
| 16 | Weekend at Bernie's '1989 | Comedy / Crime | 6.5 | 52% | 32 | 6.4 | Ted Kotcheff | +33 |
| 17 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective '1994 | Comedy / Crime / Mystery | 6.9 | 48% | 37 | 6.6 | Tom Shadyac | +32 |
| 18 | The Boondock Saints '1999 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.6 | 26% | 44 | 7.2 | Troy Duffy | +32 |
| 19 | Bound by Honor '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.9 | 64% | 47 | 8.2 | Taylor Hackford | +32 |
| 20 | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 '1993 | Comedy / Crime / Action | 6.2 | 21% | 30 | 6.1 | Gene Quintano | +32 |
| 21 | Clue '1985 | Comedy / Crime / Mystery | 7.3 | 73% | 41 | 7.2 | Jonathan Lynn | +32 |
| 22 | The Unforgivable '2021 | Drama / Crime | 7.2 | 40% | 41 | 7.4 | Nora Fingscheidt | +31 |
| 23 | Saw 3D '2010 | Horror / Crime | 5.5 | 9% | 24 | 6.0 | Kevin Greutert | +31 |
| 24 | The Punisher '2004 | Action / Crime / Drama | 6.4 | 30% | 33 | 6.4 | Jonathan Hensleigh | +31 |
| 25 | Saw '2004 | Horror / Mystery / Crime | 7.6 | 50% | 46 | 7.4 | James Wan | +30 |
| 26 | Gone in Sixty Seconds '2000 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 6.5 | 25% | 35 | 6.5 | Dominic Sena | +30 |
| 27 | Primal Fear '1996 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 77% | 47 | 7.7 | Gregory Hoblit | +30 |
| 28 | Very Bad Things '1998 | Comedy / Crime / Thriller | 6.3 | 40% | 33 | 6.3 | Peter Berg | +30 |
| 29 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard '2021 | Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller | 6.1 | 25% | 32 | 6.6 | Patrick Hughes | +29 |
| 30 | Hitman: Agent 47 '2015 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 5.7 | 8% | 28 | 5.9 | Aleksander Bach | +29 |
| 31 | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach '1988 | Comedy / Crime | 4.7 | 0% | 18 | 5.2 | Alan Myerson | +29 |
| 32 | The Presidio '1988 | Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 6.0 | 41% | 31 | 5.8 | Peter Hyams | +29 |
| 33 | Mercy '2026 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 6.2 | - | 34 | 7.1 | Timur Bekmambetov | +28 |
| 34 | The Best Offer '2013 | Drama / Romance / Crime | 7.7 | 56% | 49 | 7.8 | Giuseppe Tornatore | +28 |
| 35 | Bad Boys II '2003 | Action / Crime / Comedy | 6.6 | 23% | 38 | 6.7 | Michael Bay | +28 |
| 36 | The Jackal '1997 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 6.4 | 24% | 36 | 6.4 | Michael Caton-Jones | +28 |
| 37 | Backdraft '1991 | Drama / Thriller / Action / Crime | 6.7 | 72% | 39 | 6.7 | Ron Howard | +28 |
| 38 | Bulletproof '1996 | Comedy / Crime / Action | 5.8 | 8% | 30 | 5.8 | Ernest R. Dickerson | +28 |
| 39 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege '1989 | Comedy / Crime | 4.4 | 0% | 16 | 5.1 | Peter Bonerz | +28 |
| 40 | Silver Streak '1976 | Comedy / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Action | 6.9 | 77% | 41 | 6.7 | Arthur Hiller | +28 |
| 41 | The Gentlemen '2020 | Comedy / Crime | 7.8 | 75% | 51 | 7.7 | Guy Ritchie | +27 |
| 42 | Chappie '2015 | Crime / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.8 | 32% | 41 | 6.8 | Neill Blomkamp | +27 |
| 43 | Gangster Squad '2013 | Crime / Drama / Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 30% | 40 | 6.4 | Ruben Fleischer | +27 |
| 44 | Snatch '2000 | Crime / Comedy | 8.2 | 74% | 55 | 7.8 | Guy Ritchie | +27 |
| 45 | Mr. Brooks '2007 | Crime / Thriller | 7.2 | 56% | 45 | 6.9 | Bruce A. Evans | +27 |
| 46 | Bad Boys '1995 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 6.8 | 46% | 41 | 6.8 | Michael Bay | +27 |
| 47 | Lethal Weapon 3 '1992 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 6.7 | 63% | 40 | 6.7 | Richard Donner | +27 |
| 48 | Lethal Weapon 4 '1998 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 6.6 | 54% | 39 | 6.6 | Richard Donner | +27 |
| 49 | The Basketball Diaries '1995 | Drama / Crime | 7.3 | 46% | 46 | 7.4 | Scott Kalvert | +27 |
| 50 | Red Notice '2021 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 6.3 | 36% | 37 | 6.7 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | +26 |
| 51 | We're the Millers '2013 | Comedy / Crime | 7.0 | 48% | 44 | 6.8 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | +26 |
| 52 | The House That Jack Built '2018 | Drama / Horror / Crime / Thriller | 6.8 | 59% | 42 | 7.1 | Lars von Trier | +26 |
| 53 | Hannibal Rising '2007 | Crime / Thriller / Horror | 6.1 | 16% | 35 | 6.3 | Peter Webber | +26 |
| 54 | Vantage Point '2008 | Drama / Action / Thriller / Crime | 6.6 | 34% | 40 | 6.4 | Pete Travis | +26 |
| 55 | War '2007 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 6.2 | - | 36 | 6.4 | Philip G. Atwell | +26 |
| 56 | Sleepers '1996 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 76% | 49 | 7.6 | Barry Levinson | +26 |
| 57 | Police Academy '1984 | Comedy / Crime | 6.7 | 58% | 41 | 6.7 | Hugh Wilson | +26 |
| 58 | Turner & Hooch '1989 | Action / Comedy / Thriller / Crime | 6.2 | 50% | 36 | 6.3 | Roger Spottiswoode | +26 |
| 59 | No Retreat, No Surrender '1986 | Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama | 5.6 | 80% | 30 | 6.3 | Corey Yuen | +26 |
| 60 | The Principal '1987 | Action / Crime / Drama | 6.3 | 44% | 37 | 6.4 | Christopher Cain | +26 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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