Gangster/Mafia: The Godfather
Superhero: Superman
Cybercrime and Technology: The Matrix
Police Dramas: Dirty Harry, The French Connection
Political and War Crimes: Shindler's List, Judgment at Nuremberg
Drugs: Traffic, Scarface
Gambling: Casino Royale, Oceans 11
Child Crimes: Notes on a Scandal, Taxi Driver
Westerns: No Country for Old Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Other, including murder plots, serial killers & other grisly tales: The Silence of the Lambs, Dial M for Murder, Psycho
Social Commentary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Mysteries & Detective Movies: Deal on the Nile, Rear Window, Citizen Kane
Blackmail, Revenge & Corruption: Charade, L.A. Confidential
Robbery & Heist: Bonnie & Clyde, Reservoir Dogs
International: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Other: The Bourne Identity, A Clockwork Orange
Go HERE for the complete list. What films would you add?
4 comments:
Hard to believe Chinatown isn't on this list; it's a classic noir mystery film and won an Academy Award for best original screenplay.
I missed your comment about the list not including the classic noir films, but I'm not sure I'd include Chinatown among those. I think Chinatown is more of a suspenseful whodunit with noir overtones. Regardless, it is — in my opinion, of course — one of the best crime films of the late 20th century.
It would be right up in my top 10..
Janet,
I'd add some Comic/Farce crime films to the list, like the Pink Panther series, and Foul Play.
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