Matinee Idol (1933)
Crime
A young actress is suspected of murder when a matinee idol she had prevented seducing her sister is found dead.
Crime movies
Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 300.
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
Crime, Drama
Law enforcement officers try to track down the head of a smuggling ring operating out of the 'shadows' of Chinatown.
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Crime
Ralph Dickson is an FBI agent assigned to investigate the killing of a colleague. He is chosen to investigate due to an uncanny likeness to the presumed killer. Dickson goes undercover and learns the identity of the gang leader, Carney, who is also known as "the Illustrious One" and the "Daughter of the Tong." Carney stays holed up at the Oriental Hotel while she has her henchmen doing her dirty work.
Daredevil Drivers (1938)
Crime
Automobile racer Bill Foster is disqualified from a race for reckless driving, then banned from competing in the sport altogether. On the road, he then collides with a bus, owned by a company run by Jerry Neeley, a woman trying to stay in business against an aggressive rival. Foster ends up working for Jerry's competition.
Death Over My Shoulder (1958)
Crime
When Jack Regan is unable to meet his payments for his ill son, he hires a professional killer to murder him so his son will receive Jack's insurance money.
The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)
Crime
An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.
Transatlantic (1960)
Crime
A gang of criminals steal jewels from a plane in mid-flight. They escape by parachute, having left a time-bomb on board which destroys the plane. The pilot is suspected of involvement, but his sister tracks down the gang and clears her late brother's name.
The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935)
Crime
The Frame-Up (1937)
Crime
Sealed Lips (1942)
Crime
The Night Won't Talk (1952)
Crime
When artist's model Stella Smith is murdered, the police visit Bohemian meeting-place the Portrait Club. Now in love with Hazel Carr, another model, Stella's fiancé Clayton Hawkes is suspected of the crime by Inspector West. When Hazel too narrowly escapes murder, the Inspector set a trap to catch the criminal.
A Man's Gotta Do (2004)
Comedy
Eddy (John Howard), lives with his wife, Yvonne (Rebecca Frith), and their daughter, Chantelle (Alyssa McClelland). Middle-aged and unrefined, he is a fisherman by day, but by night he works as a toe-cutting standover man. Eddy is out of touch with his family.
The Money Changers (1920)
Crime, Drama, silent film
G-Men Never Forget (1948)
Crime
Escaped criminal Victor Murkland (Roy Barcroft) kidnaps the police commissioner and, with the aid of plastic surgery, takes his place. Federal Agent Ted O'Hara (Clayton Moore) is called in to try to stop the wave of crime initiated by Murkland, not knowing that Murkland is posing as the police commissioner and is aware of O'Haras' every move. The real commissioner is being held captive in a mental hospital run by Dr.
I Cover Chinatown (1936)
Crime
Missing Women (1951)
Crime
Below the Deadline (1946)
Crime
A returning World War II veteran gets involved in running his murdered brother's gambling operation. Along the way he falls for one of the girls working in his casino, and becomes involved in a power struggle with another mobster.
Murder at Prime Suites (2013)
crime thriller film, Drama, thriller film
When Florence Ngwu (Chelsea Eze) is gruesomely murdered in a hotel by an unknown culprit, Agent Ted (Joseph Benjamin) is sent in to investigate the circumstances that led to her death and make sure that justice prevails.
The Impassive Footman (1932)
Drama
On a cruise ship, Mrs Marwood becomes involved in a platonic relationship with the ship's doctor who treats her hypochondriac husband. This leads to a series of violent quarrels, all witnessed by the family's footman who is the only one who knows entirely what is going on.
One Stolen Night (1929)
Adventure, Crime
Bob and his brother Stanton are soldiers in a regiment of cavalry stationed at an English fort in the Sudan. When Stanton steals the commissary funds, Bob—believing his parents already view him as the family's black sheep—deserts and takes the blame. Bob finds work as a handyman with a cheap vaudeville troupe at the Algerian café of Abou ibn Adam.
Millie's Daughter (1947)
Crime, Drama
The Man from Chicago (1930)
Crime
The screenplay concerns an American gangster who moves to Britain and begins to take on the British criminal underworld.
Devil Ship (1947)
Crime
Finger Prints (1931)
Crime, Drama
United States Secret Service agent Gary Gordon (Kenneth Harlan) is working on shutting down the "River Gang", a smuggling ring. His girlfriend Lola's father, John Mackey, is secretly a member of the gang. Soon after, events are complicated when the villainous Kent Martin (Gayne Whitman) attempts to blackmail Mackey for his daughter's hand in marriage.