Thomas Leitch's Crime Films

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"This chronological list of one hundred crime films aims to strike a balance among a greatest-hits list, a list of especially influential crime films, a list of films that exemplify the leading subgenres this book considers,
and a list of films analyzed in particular detail in the preceding chapters."

from Genres in American Cinema series

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  1. 75 new

    The Accused

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 31 new

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    Alias Jimmy Valentine

    1915, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 71 new

    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 16 new

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 34 new

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 83 new

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 36 new

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 25 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 69 new

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 65 new

    Blow Out

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 70 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 66 new

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 49 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 95 new

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 80 new

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 50 new

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 8 new

    The Case of the Howling Dog

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 58 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  20. 59 new

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 35 new

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 38 new

    The Desperate Hours

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  23. 91 new

    Devil in a Blue Dress

    1995, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 51 new

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 17 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 96 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 72 new

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 84 new

    A Few Good Men

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 85 new

    The Firm

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 76 new

    A Fish Called Wanda

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 52 new

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 87 new

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 11 new

    Fury

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 10 new

    'G' Men

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  35. 18 new

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 55 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  37. 60 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  38. 77 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  39. 1 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 92 new

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  41. 12 new

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  42. 7 new

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 44 new

    Inherit the Wind

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 26 new

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 47 new

    The Killers

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 40 new

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 39 new

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 53 new

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 98 new

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 30 new

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
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