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Zithers
01/09/2024
11:56 PM
#1
gonna see some repeats from last week's suspense/mystery probably. apologies. please keep in mind that everything in this list is 100% correct. if you disagree with a movie's ranking, a particular movie being on the list, or a movie's absence - you are wrong . without further ado:

50. Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
49. The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, 1939)
48. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, 1933)
47. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
46. Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
45. Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
44. To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin, 1985)
43. Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
42. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)
41. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
40. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy, 1932)
39. Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)
38. White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)
37. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, 1973)
36. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945)
35. The Taking of Pelham 123 (Joseph Sargent, 1974)
34. The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953)
33. Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, 1978)
32. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)
31. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)
30. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
28. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
27. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1945)
26. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)
25. Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1990)
24. Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932)
23. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
22. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
21. They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)
20. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
19. Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
18. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
17. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
16. Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
15. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
14. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
13. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
12. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
11. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
10. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
09. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
08. No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007)
07. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
06. Fargo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1996)
05. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
04. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
03. Le trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
02. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
01. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
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Glob
01/10/2024
12:00 AM
#2
No The Departed?
boxoto
01/10/2024
12:01 AM
#3
12.

I feel like The Irishman is a movie that feels like it apes Scorsese crime-dramas, and that it wasn't as good as the others.
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GranQroppoop
01/10/2024
12:02 AM
#4
15

I came into to the topic wondering if "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" would be mentioned, happy it is.
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yemmy
01/10/2024
12:06 AM
#5
The fact that the 80s Scarface didnt make the list means I cant fw you
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Antbregante
01/10/2024
12:08 AM
#6
Nine. There are so many that are way before my time.
VideoboysaysCube
01/10/2024
12:08 AM
#7
35. The Taking of Pelham 123 (Joseph Sargent, 1974)

10. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

08. No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007)

05. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)

01. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

Seems like that's it for me.
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01/10/2024
12:10 AM
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NoxObscuras
01/10/2024
12:11 AM
#9
Wait wait wait wait. What's your criteria for "crime" film? Because you have some of the GOAT's missing from your list.

Reservoir Dogs
Training Day
Once Upon a Time in America
The Usual Suspects

And the worst offender is leaving 80s Scarface off the list.
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SauI_Goodman
01/10/2024
12:12 AM
#10
Damn only 10.

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Zithers
01/10/2024
12:21 AM
#11
NoxObscuras posted...
Wait wait wait wait. What's your criteria for "crime" film? Because you have some of the GOAT's missing from your list.

Reservoir Dogs
Training Day
Once Upon a Time in America
The Usual Suspects

And the worst offender is leaving 80s Scarface off the list.

none of those are the goats, as evidenced by their absence. please re-read the beginning of the post.

Glob posted...
No The Departed?

no

Antbregante posted...
Nine. There are so many that are way before my time.

dude - old movies - they rock
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PraetorXyn
01/10/2024
12:24 AM
#12
Of those, 10, that Im 100% sure of. Ive probably seen some of the rest and cant remember.
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PraetorXyn
01/10/2024
12:25 AM
#13
Glob posted...
No The Departed?
The Departed is just a worse western remake of Infernal Affairs.
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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
01/10/2024
12:35 AM
#14
You did NOT note the following.

Bad Guys (animated, but good and easily above at least a third of those)
Nut job (not good, but animated)
Over the Hedge (crime/heist, but with lier revealed stuff, and technically involves heist. Not great, not bad unless you hate lier revealed).
Fantastic Mr. Fox (I forget the details, so I assume its average at best)
Dispicable Me, if you want to stretch it a bit (there was that moon thing involved)

Oh, and ROGER RABBIT, of all things, which is a hybrid and a proper crime movie that isn't just a heist film. And you missed it.

Still you have 50 of the things, so why no animated stuff? Seriously, ACTUALLY worse than any awards ceremony which at least PRETENDS like animation matters before throwing it to the curb. You don't even list them before throwing them out.

Like seriously. Even freaking Cars 2 is a cars movie that, while not good, is one. Oh, and Megamind. Literally a supervillain movie. ish. Because plot twists.

Heck.
Bolt.
Chip and Dale (yes, the sorta-live-action-sorta-animated one)

Your list is literally worse than any awards ceremony because you list 50 things that don't include any animated thing. You are literally the problem with the establishment.

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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
01/10/2024
12:37 AM
#15
Oh and don't even get me started on you missing The Great Mouse Detective. Literally a Sherlock Holmes film by any other name.

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DrizztLink
01/10/2024
12:39 AM
#16
And we're back with Zithers thinking fart smelling equals competency.
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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
01/10/2024
12:39 AM
#17
At this point, farting may as well be the decisive evidence to a case.

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AbsolutelyNoOne
01/10/2024
12:43 AM
#18
Se7en
Pulp Fiction

Yes that's it. I think at least half of these are on my watchlist however.

(technically I have also seen Godfather 1 but I wasn't paying attention to it as much, because it was on TV with commercials and was thus like 5 hours long)
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Kurt_Russel
01/10/2024
12:44 AM
#19
No Country for Old Men is one of my favorite movies. Im glad it made it up there.
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Glob
01/10/2024
12:44 AM
#20
PraetorXyn posted...
The Departed is just a worse western remake of Infernal Affairs.

Couldnt say. Havent seen Internal Affairs. The Departed is better than a decent chunk of the list though, IMO.

However, Im getting bored of these trolling topics so Im just going to block TC.
ironman2009
01/10/2024
12:46 AM
#21
no dog day afternoon :(
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DirkDiggles
01/10/2024
12:48 AM
#22
Who made this shit list?
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01/10/2024
12:49 AM
#23
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Heartomaton
01/10/2024
12:49 AM
#24
DrizztLink posted...
And we're back with Zithers thinking fart smelling equals competency.

Inhale enough noxious fumes and you'll start thinking a lot of crazy shit.
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FortuneCookie
01/10/2024
12:50 AM
#25
Zithers posted...
49. The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, 1939)

This was the first film I saw in the 20s.
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01/10/2024
01:15 AM
#26
9.

1 and 2 should be switched.
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FortuneCookie
01/10/2024
01:28 AM
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49. The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, 1939)
48. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, 1933)
46. Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
39. Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)
38. White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)
34. The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953)
32. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
27. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1945)
24. Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932)
23. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
13. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
10. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
09. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
08. No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007)
06. Fargo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1996)
04. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
02. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
01. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

These.

It's weird to think of Thone of Blood as a "crime" film. I would think Rashomon would be a better fit for that.
Serious_Cat
01/10/2024
01:35 AM
#29
I've seen 37.

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dancing_cactuar
01/10/2024
01:37 AM
#30
Considering how Throne of Blood is on here, would OP consider the many Macbeth adaptations crime films? Shit list as pretty much as usual, generated from his anus.
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SuperExcitebike
01/10/2024
01:38 AM
#31
Is The Silence of the Lambs not a crime movie?
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ModernPost
01/10/2024
01:49 AM
#32
One of the worst movie lists of all time.
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dancing_cactuar
01/10/2024
01:57 AM
#33
ModernPost posted...
One of the worst movie lists of all time.
Seriously, imagine lacking On The Waterfront, Departed/Infernal Affairs, De Palma Scarface, Usual Suspects, Once Upon a Time in America, French Connection, or Road to Perdition, to name a few.
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Shotgunnova
01/10/2024
02:01 AM
#34
12-13

Love me some Miller's Crossing. The original Taking of Pelham 123 has a kickass theme, too.

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AdmittedFelon
01/10/2024
02:58 AM
#35
36.

Lol at Out of Sight being on any top list.
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toadfan64
01/10/2024
03:13 AM
#36
How is the Scarface remake not included here. Should easily be in the top half.

Anyways, seen 15 of these.
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01/10/2024
05:51 AM
#37
11.
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01/10/2024
06:12 AM
#38
Why is Se7en considered a crime movie but Zodiac isn't
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teep_
01/10/2024
06:16 AM
#39
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Though I've consumed No Country for Old Men in a superior format: the book
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bsp77
01/10/2024
06:21 AM
#40
Damn, only 17. Although I have seen 8 of the top 10.
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01/10/2024
06:26 AM
#41
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mustachedmystic
01/10/2024
06:33 AM
#42
Goodfellas
Fargo
No Country For Old Men
Pulp Fiction
Scarface
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Bigpapaplut
01/10/2024
06:42 AM
#43
4. Would be 5 but I saw the 80s scarface not the original
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R1masher
01/10/2024
06:57 AM
#44
Godzilla is t on there?
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01/10/2024
07:05 AM
#45
3 for me
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Zithers
01/10/2024
10:05 AM
#46
ironman2009 posted...
no dog day afternoon :(

its ranked 17th bro

FortuneCookie posted...
It's weird to think of Thone of Blood as a "crime" film. I would think Rashomon would be a better fit for that.

yeah. well. it is about literal murder, which is a crime, so...

dancing_cactuar posted...
Seriously, imagine lacking On The Waterfront, Departed/Infernal Affairs, De Palma Scarface, Usual Suspects, Once Upon a Time in America, French Connection, or Road to Perdition, to name a few.

movies you watched when you were 15 and thought were really cool aren't actually the best movies of all-time. hope this helps with your coping.

AdmittedFelon posted...
36.

Lol at Out of Sight being on any top list.

terrific movie from the one and only god soderbergh

Smashingpmkns posted...
Why is Se7en considered a crime movie but Zodiac isn't

thought i had zodiac on here tbqh.................

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Bishop_Hastur
01/10/2024
10:22 AM
#47
I've seen these 20:

50. Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
44. To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin, 1985)
41. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
35. The Taking of Pelham 123 (Joseph Sargent, 1974)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
25. Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1990)
24. Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932)
20. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
19. Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
16. Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
13. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
12. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
09. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
08. No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007)
07. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
06. Fargo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1996)
05. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
04. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
02. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
01. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
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pauIie
01/10/2024
10:55 AM
#48
seen only 8 but i got a lot of catching up to do as i'm a grade schooler in my film appreciation journey. a middle schooler at best.

only disagreement i have is irishman seems high. it was coo but i wasn't blown away by it. and i'd have oldboy and hotfuzz in there if those can be considered crime films.
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brestugo
01/10/2024
10:55 AM
#49
Nice to see Jackie Brown get some respect. To Live and Die in L.A. should be higher, IMO.

On topic: 27.
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KainWind
01/10/2024
10:57 AM
#50
2!
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