Best movies — crime on Prime Video : our Top 20

2008 · Christopher Nolan

Batman pushes his campaign against Gotham’s underworld to the next level, joining forces with Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent to systematically break apart the last criminal networks. Their cooperation brings hope for a safer city, but a cunning new antagonist who calls himself the Joker sparks a spiral of violence and anarchy that threatens to overwhelm them all.

With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman

2005 · Andrew Niccol

Yuri Orlov crisscrosses the globe peddling weapons, moving through some of the most brutal war zones while trying to stay ahead of a dogged Interpol investigator, ruthless competitors, and clients who count notorious dictators among their ranks. As his business draws him deeper into violence and betrayal, he ultimately must confront the moral fallout of the life he's built.

With Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm and Sammi Rotibi

1994 · Quentin Tarantino

A burger-obsessed hitman, his introspective partner, a drug-addled gangster’s companion and a fallen prizefighter cross paths in a sprawling, darkly comic crime caper. Their tangled exploits unfold across three interwoven episodes that cleverly leap through time, peeling back secrets, rivalries and unlikely loyalties as past and present collide.

With John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel and Eric Stoltz

1990 · Martin Scorsese

Based on the real-life rise of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth of Irish and Sicilian parentage who is taken under the wing of local mobsters and, mentored by Jimmy Conway, climbs the hierarchy of a Mafia crew.

With Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero and Tony Darrow

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

1991 · Jonathan Demme

A promising trainee at the FBI Academy, Clarice Starling is chosen by her superior, Jack Crawford, to question the incarcerated Dr. Hannibal Lecter — a brilliant psychiatrist infamous for his violent psychopathy and serving life for multiple murders and acts of cannibalism. Crawford believes Lecter may possess crucial leads on an active investigation, and he suspects that Clarice’s youth and composure might be exactly what it takes to penetrate the doctor’s guarded mind. Tasked with drawing out the reluctant genius, she must navigate a dangerous psychological game to extract the information needed.

With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith and Diane Baker

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

1999 · Frank Darabont

On death row in a Southern penitentiary, a towering, soft-spoken inmate named John Coffey harbors a baffling ability to lift illness and suffering from others. When Paul Edgecomb, the cell block’s chief guard, witnesses Coffey’s restorative gift, he becomes obsessed with preventing the condemned man’s execution. Battling institutional forces and his own uncertainty, Edgecomb mounts a desperate attempt to save a man whose power challenges everything they thought they knew.

With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter and Graham Greene

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

1998 · Tony Kaye

Released after a three-year prison term for the racially motivated murders of two Black men, Derek Vineyard returns determined to leave his violent past behind. Once a skinhead leader whose white supremacist gang spread terror across Los Angeles, his earlier actions profoundly shaped his younger brother Danny. Told through Danny’s narration, the film follows Derek’s struggle to break all ties with his former comrades and shield Danny from repeating the same destructive path as he seeks redemption and faces the consequences of his past.

With Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk and Avery Brooks

1995 · Bryan Singer

Seated beneath the harsh glare of interrogation lights in Los Angeles, Verbal Kint tells federal agents a gripping tale: he insists that the legendary criminal Keyser Söze is real and engineered a multimillion-dollar heist that drew in him and four accomplices, culminating in a catastrophic explosion at San Pedro harbor that left almost no one alive. Through a mix of calculated detail and a portrait of a cold, seemingly omnipotent mastermind, Verbal seduces his interrogators into believing a story of manipulation and brutality that borders on the supernatural.

With Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite and Suzy Amis

2002 · Fernando Meirelles

In the impoverished favelas of 1970s Rio de Janeiro, two young men head down opposing roads: Rocket, an aspiring photographer, documents the neighborhood’s escalating drug violence through his lens, while José “Zé” Pequeno, driven by ambition and a hunger for power, plunges into the ruthless world of drug trafficking.

With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele and Seu Jorge

2002 · Matt Dillon

On the run from U.S. authorities, a small-time grifter slips into Cambodia to claim his cut of a staged insurance payout, only to stumble into a dangerous conspiracy that threatens everything he thought he had negotiated for.

With Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone, Gérard Depardieu, Stellan Skarsgård, Rose Byrne and Shawn Andrews

2015 · Robert Fontaine

In Braxton, New York, a violent hate crime leaves five migrant laborers beaten, shot, and abandoned, shattering the fragile balance of a town built on fragile multicultural coexistence. Fear, grief, and suspicion ripple through neighborhoods and institutions, exposing buried prejudices and forcing residents to confront the consequences of silence, complicity, and fractured alliances.

With Robert Fontaine, Michael Brainard, Grant Boyd, Michael Derek, Lily Autumn Page, Angel Valle Jr. and Ariane Rinehart

1994 · Luc Besson

A solitary, highly skilled New York hitman named Léon makes a living by cleaning up the violent aftermath of other people's crimes. When a reckless DEA agent destroys the household next door, Léon reluctantly takes in Mathilda, a traumatized twelve-year-old survivor. As she grows closer to him, her grief hardens into a drive for vengeance, and she begins to imagine taking up his dangerous profession.

With Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco and Ellen Greene

2026 · Matthew McManus

Driven by grief, Irene Kelly navigates alternate realities to track down and eliminate her daughter’s killer in each new world she finds. With every passage the quest for vengeance corrodes her compassion and edges her closer to something unrecognizable—until she intervenes to save Mia, a quick-witted teenager already on the murderer’s radar. Their fragile bond forces Irene to choose between perpetuating a destructive cycle and reclaiming the humanity she’s losing.

With Michaela McManus, Stella Marcus, Jeremy Holm, Jim Cummings, Taylor Misiak, Dendrie Taylor and Derick Alexander

1957 · Sidney Lumet

Both sides having presented their cases, the jurors withdraw to the deliberation room to decide whether a young Spanish-American is guilty of killing his father. What begins as an apparently clear-cut decision quickly transforms into a tense, revealing examination of each juror's biases, assumptions about the accused and the evidence, and the simmering conflicts that rise between them.

With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns and Jack Warden

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

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

2007 · Michael Corrente

In 1985 Brooklyn, three lifelong friends navigate love, grief and the strains of loyalty as their lives are shaped by the violent shadow of organized crime.

With Alec Baldwin, Mena Suvari, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jerry Ferrara, Scott Caan, Monica Keena and John Cenatiempo