Best Crime Films by Director
2725
649
2009
Bertrand Tavernier
Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen, Ned Beatty
Drama / Mystery / Detective / Crime
USA / France
English
2736
654
2021
Alan Taylor
Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2630
608
1929
Sam Taylor
Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore, John St. Polis, William Janney
Drama / Romance / Crime
USA
English
2725
649
1920
William Desmond Taylor
Lewis Sargent, Ernest Butterworth, Clyde Fillmore, Grace Morse, Lila Lee
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2313
476
1996
André Téchiné
Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte
Crime / Drama / Romance / Post-Noir
France
French
2194
437
1949
Ted Tetzlaff
Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
1900
367
1962
J. Lee Thompson
Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir
USA
English
2338
490
1959
J. Lee Thompson
John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Megs Jenkins
Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK
English
2648
615
1956
J. Lee Thompson
Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Marie Ney, Olga Lindo, Joan Miller
Drama / Crime
UK
English
2758
660
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / Experimental / Crime
USA
English
2509
562
2017
Warwick Thornton
Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Thomas M. Wright, Matt Day
Adventure | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller | Western
Australia
English
2630
608
1944
Richard Thorpe
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Helen Vinson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Drama / Family / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2725
649
2013
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms, Will Poulter
Comedy / Crime
USA
English
2496
556
2018
George Tillman Jr.
Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2725
649
1935
James Tinling
Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke
Mystery / Action / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2702
638
2011
Johnnie To
Ching Wan Lau, Ken Lo, Richie Ren, Terence Yin, Felix Wong, Siu-Fai Cheung
Drama / Crime
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2718
646
2009
Johnnie To
Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Ka Tung Lam, Suet Lam
Action / Crime / Thriller
Hong Kong / France
English
2564
588
2006
Johnny To
Nick Cheung, Roy Cheung, Josie Ho, Suet Lam, Francis Ng, Richie Ren
Crime / Action / Thriller / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2157
429
1978
James Toback
Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo, Marian Seldes
Drama / Crime / Action / Gangster
USA
English
2702
638
2018
Gonzalo Tobal
Lali Espósito, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Inés Estévez, Daniel Fanego
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Argentina / Mexico
Spanish
2659
618
1993
Ricky Tognazzi
Claudio Amendola, Enrico Lo Verso, Carlo Cecchi, Ricky Memphis, Tony Sperandeo
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Italy
Italian
2284
465
1995
Giuseppe Tornatore
Sergio Castellitto, Tiziana Lodato, Franco Scaldati
Comedy / Drama / Crime
Italy
Italian
2716
645
2013
Giuseppe Tornatore
Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Jackson
Crime / Drama / Romance / Mystery
Italy
English
228
41
1947
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Romance / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
2725
649
1957
Jacques Tourneur
Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2630
608
1923
Maurice Tourneur
Richard Dix, Mae Busch, Gareth Hughes, Phyllis Haver, Cyril Chadwick
Drama / Romance / Religion / Crime / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
1753
327
1995
Anh Hung Tran
Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tran Nu Yên-Khê
Crime / Drama / Gangster
Vietnam / France
Vietnamese
2702
638
2015
Pablo Trapero
Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Gastón Cocchiarale
Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Argentina / Spain
Spanish
668
108
2023
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France
French
13
4
1959
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama
France
French
576
94
1960
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
2210
441
1969
François Truffaut
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière
Crime / Drama / Romance / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective / Cult
Italy / France
French
2591
601
1972
François Truffaut
Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand
Comedy / Drama / Crime
France
French
2648
615
1983
François Truffaut
Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Romance / Gangster
France
French
2607
605
2019
Derek Tsang
Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou, Yue Wu, Jue Huang
Crime / Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2543
577
2010
Hark Tsui
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Jean-Michel Casanova, Lu Yao
Crime / Action / Thriller / Detective / Mystery
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2697
633
2009
Anand Tucker
David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley, Jim Carter, Warren Clarke
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
UK
English
2630
608
1916
George Loane Tucker
Gerald Ames, Manora Thew, Kenelm Foss, Douglas Munro, Marga La Rubia
Crime / Detective
UK
English (Silent)
2630
608
1919
George Loane Tucker
Lon Chaney, Betty Compson, Joseph J. Dowling, J.M. Dumont, Elinor Fair
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2718
646
1984
Richard Tuggle
Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1492
274
1942
Frank Tuttle
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall
Film-Noir / Crime / Thriller / Romance / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
415
68
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
2697
633
2006
Tom Tykwer
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany / France / Spain
English
2261
455
2011
Morten Tyldum
Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund
Action / Crime / Thriller
Norway / Germany
Norwegian
1234
219
1934
Edgar G. Ulmer
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Horror / Crime / Adventure
USA
English
2783
670
1955
Edgar G. Ulmer
Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Eugene Iglesias, Charlita
Crime / Drama / Western / Action / Romance
USA
English
2538
573
1957
Roger Vadim
Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, O.E. Hasse
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Gangster / Romance
Italy / France
French
286
47
1934
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2591
601
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia
Comedy / Romance / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2591
601
1940
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Romance
USA
English
2591
601
1933
W.S. Van Dyke
Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke, Phillips Holmes
Crime / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
USA
English
2637
610
1934
W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor
Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo, Nat Pendleton
Crime / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2725
649
1939
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey
Comedy / Mystery / Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1941
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2718
646
1988
Buddy Van Horn
Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2718
646
2003
Erik Van Looy
Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
2538
573
1999
Timothy Van Patten, John Patterson, Allen Coulter, Alan Taylor, Henry Bronchtein, Jack Bender, Steve Buscemi, Daniel Attias, David Chase
James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Lorraine Bracco
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
2718
646
1991
Mario Van Peebles
Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
969
171
1971
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan
Drama / Action / Thriller / Crime / Cult
USA
English
794
135
1989
Gus Van Sant
Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2340
492
1995
Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Crime
UK / USA
English
2700
636
1957
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas, Brij Mohan Vyas, Paul Sharma
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
India
Hindi
2725
649
1959
various
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum, Claire Carleton, DeForest Kelley
Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2165
430
1937
Marcel Varnel
Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Sebastian Smith, Agnes Lauchlan
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2266
458
2010
Matthew Vaughn
Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage
Action / Crime / Thriller / Comic
USA / UK
English
2585
595
2004
Matthew Vaughn
Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
UK
English
NR
-
2017
Matthew Vaughn
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry
Action | Adventure | Comedy / Thriller / Spy / Comic / Crime / Detective
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2014
Matthew Vaughn
Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Spy / Comic
UK
English
2737
655
2009
Malcolm Venville
Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane
Crime / Drama / Comedy
UK
English
1424
260
1987
Paul Verhoeven
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Sci-Fi / Action / Crime
USA
English
2447
534
1963
Henri Verneuil
Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Viviane Romance
Crime / Drama / Caper / Thriller
France / Italy
French
2725
649
1979
Henri Verneuil
Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Georges Beller
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France
French
1667
316
1931
King Vidor
Walter Miller, Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor, Beulah Bondi
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2538
573
1924
King Vidor
Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, Ford Sterling, Nigel De Brulier, Charles A. Post
Drama / Romance / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2725
649
1926
King Vidor
John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore, Emily Fitzroy
Drama / Romance / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
1645
306
2015
Denis Villeneuve
Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2220
443
2013
Denis Villeneuve
Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Maria Bello
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2702
638
2015
Christian Vincent
Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Raphaël Ferret, Miss Ming
Drama / Romance / Crime
France
French
618
101
1943
Luchino Visconti
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Italy
Italian
1921
373
1967
Luchino Visconti
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Georges Wilson
Drama / Crime
Italy / France / Algeria
French
2647
614
1931
Géza von Bolváry
Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Crime / Caper
Germany
German
2702
638
2020
Julia von Heinz
Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Andreas Lust
Crime / Drama / Romance
Germany / France
German
1437
262
1928
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Betty Compson
Drama / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
1646
307
1927
Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler, Helen Lynch, Larry Semon
Crime / Drama / Pre-Noir / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2630
608
1931
Josef von Sternberg
Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Frederick Burton
Romance / Drama / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2675
622
1929
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen
Pre-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2725
649
1928
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Fred Kohler, Francis McDonald
Crime / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2725
649
1952
Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray
Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame
Film-Noir / Adventure / Romance / Drama / Crime
USA
English
1145
200
1922
Erich von Stroheim
Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2489
552
1996
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Kivel
Crime / Thriller / Romance / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2591
601
1943
Richard Wallace
Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler
Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Crime
USA
English
2725
649
1931
Richard Wallace, Edward Goodman
William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson, Guy Kibbee, Lawrence Gray
Comedy / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2591
601
1980
Stephen Wallace
Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Garry Waddell, Phil Motherwell
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Australia
English
293
50
1949
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
982
172
1941
Raoul Walsh
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Drama / Pre-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Gangster / Caper
USA
English
1176
209
1939
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
1816
347
1940
Raoul Walsh
George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime
USA
English
1966
381
1932
Raoul Walsh
Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Crime
USA
English
2538
573
1949
Raoul Walsh
Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull, John Archer, James Mitchell
Western / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2758
660
1947
Raoul Walsh
Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King, Bruce Bennett, Martha Vickers
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime / Gangster / Music
USA
English
2590
600
2015
James Wan
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Action / Crime / Thriller
Japan / USA
English
1903
369
1982
Wayne Wang
Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang
Crime / Comedy / Drama / Detective
USA
English
1113
192
1972
John Waters
Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, Edith Massey
Comedy / Crime / Horror / Cult
USA
English
2659
618
1994
John Waters
Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Scott Morgan
Comedy / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2772
666
1974
John Waters
Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller
Comedy / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2736
654
2024
Jon Watts
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan
Crime / Thriller / Action / Adventure / Comedy
UK / USA
English
2725
649
1954
Jack Webb
Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
501
82
1985
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2704
640
1965
Jirí Weiss
James Booth, Anne Heywood, Rudolf Hrusínský
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Czechoslovakia / UK
English
2775
667
1993
Rob Weiss
Chris Santos, Michael Leb, Christian Thom, Lou Cantelmo, Jerry Leonard
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
95
23
1958
Orson Welles
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2064
409
1955
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watling, Patricia Medina, Akim Tamiroff
Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Drama
France / Spain / Switzerland
English
336
58
1931
William A. Wellman
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2284
465
1933
William A. Wellman
Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Drama / Adventure / Crime
USA
English
2535
572
1928
William A. Wellman
Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Bob Perry, Blue Washington
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
440
71
1977
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
2505
560
1982
Wim Wenders
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2272
461
1939
Alfred L. Werker
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshal
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2457
540
1948
Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2725
649
1947
Alfred L. Werker
Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart
Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Film-Noir / Mystery
USA
English
2607
605
1929
Roland West
Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanore Griffith
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
954
168
1933
James Whale
Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2637
610
1935
James Whale
Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings, Sally Eilers, Reginald Denny
Comedy / Mystery / Detective / Crime
USA
English
2725
649
1937
James Whale
John 'Dusty' King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy, Andy Devine
Drama / Crime / War
USA
English
2719
647
1999
Frank Whaley
Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2725
649
1953
Jules White
Moe Howard, Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Benny Rubin, Frank Sully, Phil Arnold
Comedy / Short / Crime
USA
English
2583
594
2010
Sylvain White
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short
Action / Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Spy / Comic
USA
English
2591
601
1976
Bo Widerberg
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg, Håkan Serner
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Sweden
Swedish
2647
614
1930
Robert Wiene
Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
1151
203
1927
Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe, Harold Lloyd, Lewis Milestone
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Olin Francis
Comedy / Family / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2452
537
1928
Ted Wilde
Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Bryon Douglas, Brooks Benedict
Action / Comedy / Family / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
57
15
1944
Billy Wilder
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Mystery / Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
2736
654
2024
Charles Williams
Cosmo Jarvis, Guy Pearce, Toby Wallace, Tammy Macintosh, Sean Millis
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Australia
English
2725
649
2002
Nick Willing
Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Miranda Otto, Sophie Stuckey
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller / Detective
UK / France
English
2630
608
1984
Hugh Wilson
Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott
Comedy / Crime
USA
English
2718
646
1996
Simon Wincer
Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar
Action / Adventure / Crime / Family / Fantasy / Comic
Australia / USA
English
2290
467
1951
Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh
Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts
Drama / Crime / Film-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2719
647
1995
Irwin Winkler
Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Wendy Gazelle
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2630
608
1974
Michael Winner
Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2704
640
1967
Michael Winner
Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2718
646
1995
Michael Winterbottom
Amanda Plummer, Kathy Jamieson, Saskia Reeves, Des McAleer, Lisa Riley
Thriller / Drama / Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2737
655
2010
Michael Winterbottom
Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA / Sweden / UK / Canada
English
1160
205
1958
Robert Wise
Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel
Crime / Drama / Biography
USA
English
2219
442
1959
Robert Wise
Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Caper / Film-Noir
USA
English
NR
-
2007
Len Wiseman
Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Justin Long, Jeffrey Wright
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
UK / USA
English
951
166
1989
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1127
195
1992
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2231
448
1997
John Woo
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2725
649
1922
Sam Wood
Gloria Swanson, Richard Wayne, Stuart Holmes, Lucien Littlefield, Charles Ogle
Western / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2728
650
1998
Rowan Woods
David Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran, John Polson, Anthony Hayes
Drama / Crime
Australia
English
2452
537
1920
Wallace Worsley
Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney, Milton Ross, Ethel Grey Terry
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Horror
USA
English (Silent)
1787
338
2017
Edgar Wright
Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm
Action / Crime / Music / Thriller / Drama
UK / USA
English
901
153
1937
William Wyler
Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
1090
188
1951
William Wyler
Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Detective
USA
English
1951
378
1955
William Wyler
Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin
Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2467
544
1966
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Caper
USA
English
2725
649
1929
William Wyler
James Murray, Barbara Kent, George Kotsonaros, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Hanlon
Drama / Sports / Crime / Comedy / Action
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1965
380
1994
Boaz Yakin
Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France / USA
English
2758
660
1996
Edward Yang
Chen Chang, Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Virginie Ledoyen
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Gangster
Taiwan
Mandarin
2768
664
1986
Edward Yang
Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku, Ming Liu, An Wang
Crime / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2630
608
1945
Jean Yarbrough
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Henry Travers, Lois Collier
Comedy / Crime
USA
English
681
110
1968
Peter Yates
Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
1984
386
1972
Peter Yates
Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Zero Mostel, Moses Gunn
Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2194
437
1973
Peter Yates
Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2630
608
1981
Peter Yates
William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, James Woods, Irene Worth
Thriller / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
NR
-
1968
Bud Yorkin
Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Delia Boccardo, Patrick Cargill, Beryl Reid, Barry Foster
Comedy / Crime / Detective
UK
English
2762
662
1993
Andrew Young, Susan Todd, Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2591
601
1977
Robert M. Young
Bruce Davison, José Pérez, Nathan George, Don Blakely
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2663
619
1982
Robert M. Young
Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James
Drama / Western / Crime
USA
English
2467
544
1967
Terence Young
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2718
646
2000
Ben Younger
Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ron Rifkin
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
1420
259
1993
Woo-ping Yuen
Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Shi-Kwan Yen, James Wong
Action / Crime / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2736
654
2025
Jeremiah Zagar, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, Thuso Mbedu
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2644
612
1963
Abraham Zapruder
John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally
Documentary / Short / History / Crime
USA
English
2718
646
2008
Marina Zenovich
Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, Douglas Dalton, Roger Gunson, Mia Farrow
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA / UK
English
2065
410
1995
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Baotian Li
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong / China / France
Mandarin
2702
638
1999
Yuan Zhang
Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li, Song Liang, Yun Li
Drama / Crime
Italy / China
Mandarin
2771
665
1994
Rafal Zielinski
Renée Humphrey, Alicia Witt, William R. Moses, Leslie Hope, Ania Suli
Drama / Crime
Canada
English
2348
496
1948
Fred Zinnemann
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2330
483
2008
Erick Zonca
Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella
Drama / Thriller / Crime
France / USA / Mexico / Belgium
English
1459
267
1988
David Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2479
549
2003
Terry Zwigoff
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac
Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA / Germany
English
