Best movies — crime on Disney+ : our Top 20

2000 ·

Neil Shaw is an off-the-books operative, the unseen shield for the Secretary-General of the United Nations. As an international security specialist, he is drawn into a sprawling conspiracy aimed at toppling the UN on the eve of a high-stakes summit with China. A shadowy chain of events ends with the assassination of China's UN ambassador, and the attackers pin the crime on Shaw — the single adversary they fear can derail their plan. Branded a murderer, he disappears from his former life and moves in the shadows, racing to expose the plot and stop what could ignite a global war.

With Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Maury Chaykin, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Marie Matiko

1992 ·

Seen through the eyes of his friend Bobby Ciaro, the film follows union leader James R. Hoffa as he rises to prominence and confronts a series of fierce clashes with the RTA and President Roosevelt. It traces the personal and political toll of his struggles, revealing the costs of power and loyalty.

With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly, Natalija Nogulich and Kevin Crowley

2008 · Kari Skogland

In 1989, amid the sectarian violence tearing Belfast apart, small-time crook Marty McGartland is turned by British intelligence to go undercover inside the IRA. Guided by a Special Forces operative known as Fergus, Marty gains rare access to the organisation’s inner workings and feeds his handlers critical, often life-saving intelligence — a story drawn from real events.

With Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press, Rose McGowan, Tom Collins and William Houston

2002 · Costa-Gavras

Kurt Gerstein, a scientist working at the Waffen-SS Institute for Hygiene, is horrified to learn that a toxic gas he helped develop is being used to annihilate Jewish people. Tormented by conscience, he allies with Riccardo Fontana, a young Jesuit priest, and together they embark on a desperate campaign to alert the outside world. Despite their warnings and pleas, their efforts are ignored—even by officials within the Vatican.

With Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Iureș, Ion Caramitru and Friedrich von Thun

1992 · Quentin Tarantino

A robbery goes horribly awry, and when clues point to an informant the remaining crew sequester themselves in a rundown warehouse under rising suspicion. Tensions and injuries fuel a spiral of betrayal and brutality as the survivors — seasoned Mr. White, rookie Mr. Orange, the volatile paroled Mr. Blonde, squabbling Mr. Pink, and Nice Guy Eddie — fray at the edges and turn on one another.

With Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney and Randy Brooks

2003 · Quentin Tarantino

Wounded by her merciless boss Bill and betrayed by their tight-knit circle of killers, a seasoned hitwoman survives and quietly begins to orchestrate a ruthless plan for revenge.

With Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen and Julie Dreyfus

2003 · James Foley

Jake Vig, a slick, meticulous con artist, thinks he’s pulled off a clean score after skimming thousands from an apparently ordinary mark with the help of his crew. But the victim, Lionel Dolby, turns out to be the accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King, and the theft sets off a deadly chain reaction: mob enforcers on their trail and detectives closing in. To survive and erase what they owe, Jake and his team must outwit both ruthless criminals and relentless lawmen in a tense, high-stakes game of survival and deception.

With Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy García, Paul Giamatti, Morris Chestnut, Dustin Hoffman and Luis Guzmán

1997 ·

In 1950s Los Angeles, three detectives embedded in a violent, corrupt police department hunt for the truth after the patrons of a late-night diner are massacred with a shotgun. Each officer pursues the case in his own way—by-the-book, ruthless, and morally compromised—creating friction as they unearth a tangled conspiracy linking the killings to powerful interests. As they dig deeper into the city’s seedy underbelly, their clashing methods and ethical limits are pushed to the breaking point, forcing them to decide how far they will go for justice.

With Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell and David Strathairn

2003 · Quentin Tarantino

Shot and left for dead by her merciless boss Bill and his circle of killers, a seasoned assassin survives and embarks on a patient, calculated campaign to settle the score.

With Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen and Julie Dreyfus

1984 · Sergio Leone

More than thirty years after abandoning the bootlegging world, a once-feared Prohibition-era Jewish mobster comes back to the Lower East Side of Manhattan to reckon with the ghosts and remorses of his past.

With Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld and Treat Williams

2007 · Ridley Scott

More than thirty years after his rise as a Jewish mobster during Prohibition, a man returns to Manhattan’s Lower East Side and must face the lingering ghosts and regrets of the life he left behind.

With Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, Ted Levine and Armand Assante

2014 · Wes Anderson

During the interwar years, a celebrated concierge at a storied European hotel forges a close bond with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. Their partnership is drawn into a daring plot when an invaluable Renaissance painting is stolen, setting off a fierce struggle to recover the work and to claim a vast family inheritance. As they navigate danger, loyalty, and social ritual, they witness the continent’s gradual decline and then rapid convulsions that reshape Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

With Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum and Harvey Keitel

2004 · Quentin Tarantino

Determined and relentless, the Bride continues her brutal quest for vengeance against the squad of killers who tried to end her life and her unborn child. She hunts down each former ally in turn, striking the five names from her revenge list until only one target remains: Bill.

With Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Michael Parks and Perla Haney-Jardine

1969 · George Roy Hill

In the 1890s, as the open range gives way to towns and sheriffs, two Wyoming fugitives find themselves chased by a relentless posse. With the frontier closing in, they make a desperate run for freedom, heading to South America in the hope that distance and unfamiliar territory will put them beyond the reach of the law.

With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey and George Furth

2004 · Tony Scott

A world-weary former CIA operative, John Creasy, begrudgingly takes a protection job for a ten-year-old girl in Mexico City. Their uneasy rapport slowly deepens into a heartfelt bond, and when she is abducted his smoldering fury erupts into a relentless, no-holds-barred quest to rescue her at any cost.

With Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Giancarlo Giannini and Mickey Rourke

2008 · James Marsh

On August 7, 1974, French wire-walker Philippe Petit stepped onto a cable illegally strung between New York’s World Trade Center twin towers — then the tallest buildings on Earth. For nearly an hour he balanced, danced and improvised 1,350 feet above Manhattan’s sidewalks before being taken into custody. This mesmerizing, buoyant documentary reconstructs the daring plot, the tension of the act itself, and the breathtaking audacity of Petit's most celebrated feat.

With Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan Welner and Barry Greenhouse

2002 · Sam Mendes

Mike Sullivan is a seasoned contract killer who answers to crime boss John Rooney, a man he has long regarded as a father figure. When his young son witnesses a murder, Sullivan is forced to flee to protect him, abandoning the life he knows. Hunted by former allies and determined to avenge the betrayal, he stops at nothing to make those who turned on him pay.

With Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci and Jennifer Jason Leigh

1969 · Paul Bogart

When the enigmatic Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to track down her missing brother, a simple missing-person assignment soon unravels into a dangerous chase through the city's seedy heart. Marlowe follows a trail that leads to victims slain with ice picks, dimly lit clubs full of exotic dancers, television celebrities trapped by vicious blackmail, and hardened gangsters who put self-preservation above all else. As the stakes climb and enemies multiply, Marlowe discovers that finding the truth may mean risking everything — including his own life.

With James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, William Daniels and H.M. Wynant

2000 · Christopher McQuarrie

Two ruthless drifters abduct the woman carrying a child for a corrupt, influential figure, aiming to cash in with a ransom — but their simple crime quickly unravels. As alliances shift and hidden dangers surface, the pair find themselves trapped in a violent spiral of revenge, betrayal and unexpected moral consequences.

With Benicio del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, James Caan, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt and Geoffrey Lewis

1998 · Richard Linklater

One summer of friendship and daring transforms a newcomer into one of the kids, nine boys into a tight-knit team, and their captain into a legend when he dares to face the terrifying mystery lurking beyond the right-field fence.

With Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dwight Yoakam, Gail Cronauer and Julianna Margulies