8 Great Crime Movies Under 100 Minutes. No Excuses, You Have Time Tonight.

Sunday night, work tomorrow, no time for a three-hour epic. These eight crime movies get in, do the job, and roll credits under 100 minutes.

Number one has no heist, no chase, and no crime on screen.

1. 8
   Nobody (2021)7.5

   The best midlife crisis ever put on film.

   Bob Odenkirk plays a suburban dad who finally snaps. Reported $16M budget, $57.5M worldwide, an A-minus CinemaScore. Audiences legit wanted a tired guy with a short fuse.
2. 7
   Don't Breathe (2016)7.0

   The tensest movie you can finish before ten.

   Three burglars pick the wrong house. A reported $9.9M budget turned into $157.8M worldwide. Stephen Lang barely talks and still owns every single scene.
3. 6
   A History of Violence (2005)7.3

   Audiences gave it a C+. Audiences were wrong.

   Viggo Mortensen runs a small-town diner and has a past. Metacritic 82, CinemaScore C+. Opening-night crowds wanted an action movie and got a Cronenberg movie instead.
4. 5
   Reservoir Dogs (1992)9.1

   Tarantino's best movie is the one with no money.

   A reported $1.2M to $3M budget, one warehouse, guys in suits arguing. Over 1.18 million IMDb votes for a heist movie that skips the heist.
5. 4
   Trainspotting (1996)9.4

   Ewan McGregor's best role, and it isn't close.

   Danny Boyle's addiction story is funny, then brutal, then funny again. 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb 8.1, and it moves like it's late for something.
6. 3
   La Haine (1995)9.4

   The best movie ever made about one very bad day.

   Three friends, one day after a riot in the Paris suburbs. 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, only $280,859 domestic. America skipped it. Fix that tonight.
7. 2
   Fargo (1996)8.7

   Frances McDormand plays the greatest movie cop ever.

   Polite, patient, and smarter than every criminal in the snow. Metacritic 88, $60.6M worldwide on a reported $7M budget. Somehow only a B+ CinemaScore.
8. 1
   12 Angry Men (1957)9.8

   The best crime movie here shows zero crime.

   Twelve jurors, one room, one vote. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic 97, IMDb 9.0 from over a million votes. Henry Fonda wins arguments with his eyebrows.

$263 says you start 12 Angry Men "just for ten minutes" and finish the whole thing.

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