GENRE
Crime movies
Crime movies here range from family power structures and organized crime to noir investigation, moral uncertainty and dark comedy.
Starting points
The Godfather
Open guide →Taxi Driver
Open guide →Goodfellas
Open guide →Pulp Fiction
Open guide →No Country for Old Men
Open guide →The Dark Knight
Open guide →Explore this genre further
Continue through Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, the 1970s/1990s and Movies Like The Dark Knight.
Choose your kind of crime story
Organized crime
The Godfather is patient and institutional; Goodfellas is faster and more subjective.
Crime with dark humor
Fargo and Pulp Fiction use comedy very differently.
Relentless pursuit
No Country for Old Men strips crime down to tension, chance and consequence.
Crime plus superhero structure
The Dark Knight is one of the clearest crossovers between superhero action and urban crime thriller.