The 8 Best Crime Movies on movie.guru, Ranked

The highest-scoring crime movies on movie.guru, ranked. Every one is a 9.5 or better, so this is less a list than a family feud.

Number one has no gangsters, no guns, and nobody even leaves the building.

1. 8
   The Irishman (2019)9.3

   The mob movie you only get once you're a little older.

   Critics rank it above 97% of notable movies, and all 209 minutes are earned. Al Pacino's Hoffa is a firecracker, Joe Pesci whispers, and the back half asks what any of it was for.
2. 7
   To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)9.5

   Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch is still the gold standard for decency.

   A 9.6 on movie.guru, made for a reported $2 million in 1962. A small-town trial seen through a kid's eyes, and the courtroom scenes still land with full force.
3. 6
   No Country for Old Men (2007)9.3

   The most patient villain in movie history, and the scariest.

   8.2 on IMDb from 1.22 million votes. Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh walks into every room like the outcome is already decided, and Tommy Lee Jones's tired sheriff stays a step behind.
4. 5
   Goodfellas (1990)9.6

   Karen Hill's narration is the secret weapon nobody mentions.

   Critics rank it above 96% of notable movies. Lorraine Bracco's Karen takes over the voiceover partway through, and suddenly you see the glamour from the outside, all 145 minutes of it.
5. 4
   Spotlight (2015)9.6

   Phone calls and church directories have never been this tense.

   97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 93 on Metacritic. Reporters with notepads take on a powerful institution, and Mark Ruffalo's frustration starts to feel like your own.
6. 3
   The Godfather Part II (1974)9.7

   Young Vito's New York is the best world-building in any sequel.

   Made for a reported $13 million, and it runs 202 minutes. Robert De Niro's Vito takes over his neighborhood one favor at a time, and Lee Strasberg's Hyman Roth is pure quiet menace.
7. 2
   The Godfather (1972)9.7

   Metacritic gave it a perfect 100. Metacritic was right.

   9.2 on IMDb from 2.27 million votes, and $250.9 million worldwide on a reported $6 to $7 million. Marlon Brando mumbles, Al Pacino transforms, and every scene is a masterclass.
8. 1
   12 Angry Men (1957)9.8

   The best crime movie ever made never even shows the crime.

   A 9.8 on movie.guru, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, 96 minutes. Lee J. Cobb yells, Henry Fonda listens, and the tension tops any shootout here.

$67.03 says you reach number one and type that it isn't even a crime movie.

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