Best Italian Crime Movies
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Best Italian Crime Movies
TOP Movies: The Best Offer (2013), Gangs of New York (2002), Black Souls (2014), Death Wish (1974), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Frailty (2001), Serpico (1973), Fight Club (1999), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977), The Pink Panther (1963), Le Samurai (1967), Siberian Education (2013), The Italian Job (1969), Red Dragon (2002), The Tourist (2010), After the Hunt (2025), Don't Be Bad (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Gomorrah (2008).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A chief of detectives, homicide section, commits a murder and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Style:
surreal, bleak, psychological, political, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, politics, police investigation, police, courtroom drama, satire, gay husband, years of lead, extramarital affair, legal, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1970
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A former narcotics trafficker now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son, in this darkly elegant gangster drama.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
drug dealing, italian mafia, mafia, crime boss, gangster, family relations, betrayal, family business, haunted by the past, homecoming, parents and children, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Style:
cult classic, controversial, grindhouse, harsh, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, violence, revenge, vengeance, rape, police, gunfight, architect, gang, female nudity, hospital ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, honolulu hawaii, new york state ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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99K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder, insanity, plot twist, religious fanatic, psychopath, childhood, parents and children, punishment, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 1979, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
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145K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, political, clever, grim ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
police corruption, police, fighting the system, corruption, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, corrupt cop, hippie, female nudity, cop, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
Style:
suspense, creepy, scary, gothic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, murder, boarding school, coven, black magic, gory, supernatural, ballet school, witchery, spell, killer, darkness ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy, west germany
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, detective, funny, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
diamond, jewel thief, pink panther, master criminal, princess, law enforcement, robbery, winter, chase, hotel, car chase, farce ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
switzerland, europe, los angeles, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style:
neo noir, detective, sexy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
loner, hitman, assassination, chase, professional killer, lone wolves, gangster, surveillance, police investigation, murder, assassin, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, isolation, parents and children, misfit, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
russia, siberia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over ...
Style:
cliffhanger, entertaining, humorous, ambiguous ending, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, robbery, mafia, chase, gold, police, caper, heist, prison, perfect crime, rivalry, car ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s
Place:
england, italy, turin italy, bolivia, europe ...
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310K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller, scary, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, investigation, fbi agent, murder, psycho killer, profiler, split personality, killer, cruelty ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, birmingham alabama, florida, washington d.c., chicago ...
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268K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets mysterious British woman Elsie (Angelina Jolie) on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", ...
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, twist ending, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
love story, mysterious character, master criminal, twists and turns, undercover agent, female spy, undercover, female agent, outsmarting, femme fatale, intelligence agency, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
venice, italy, europe, iran, paris france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological thriller, f word
Plot:
sexual assault, drinking, teacher, secret, mentor protege relationship, philosophy, generation gap, husband wife relationship, university, psychiatrist, student, morality ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
yale university
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, captivating, hood
Plot:
robbery, friendship, drug, danger, murder, rivalry, society, corruption, sicilian mafia, lgbt, italian mafia, gang ...
Time:
90s, year 2015
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco, Ukraine, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
John Wick is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ...
Style:
brutal, exciting, tense, harsh, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, vengeance, gunfight, criminal's revenge, hitman, tough guy, rescue, shooting, brutality, danger, revenge, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, north africa, manhattan new york city, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style:
bloody, suspense, neo noir, brutal, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, hitman, assassin, one man army, one against many, violence, lone hero, blood, vengeance, tough guy, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy ...
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53K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style:
tense, harsh, realistic, serious, depressing ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang war, mafia, camorra, gangster, death, danger, organized crime, italian mafia, gang, power, character study ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, europe, venice, miami ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A couple try to repair their damaged union in an Italian vacation paradise. Then they discover the owner's intentions.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
neighbor, jealous boyfriend, spying, murder, troubled relationship, countryside, jealousy, couple relations, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, danger, home invasion ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, harsh, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
drug lord, mafia, italian mafia, gangster, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, tough guy, mobster, life philosophy, organized crime, mob boss ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s, 70s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Titta di Girolamo has been living in a small hotel in Lugano for ten years, he leads a dull and rigid live and has apparently lost his capability to feel human emotion. This all changes when he decides to talk to Sofia, the Barmaid.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, tense, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, loneliness, fall in love, insomnia, age difference, haunted by the past, unlikely couple, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, manipulation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy, switzerland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Style:
spy action, action comedy, saga, spoof, spy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
agent, spy, secret government organization, espionage, mission, tough guy, technology, female agent, one against many, chase, memory loss, secret service ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, kentucky, italy, cambodia ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, rom com, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
whodunit, yacht, murder, amateur detective, troubled marriage, police officer, inheritance, crime investigation, chase, investigation, murder investigation, wanted ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
mediterranean sea, new york, monte carlo, spain, monaco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
writers, dating show, drifter, isolation, twists and turns, murder, recluse, kidnapping, dangerous friend, fear, serial killer, alcoholic ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, ...
Style:
suspense, clever, action packed, suspenseful, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, vengeance, caper, car chase, bank robbery, perfect crime, conspiracy, chase, gold, safecracker, theft ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, philadelphia, los angeles, california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a twenty-something retail clerk meets a rising popstar, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
Style:
independent film, surprise ending, crying, learning
Plot:
backstage, group of friends, male protagonist, obsession, celebrity, asian woman, pop star, following someone, modeling, dancing, road trip, meeting ...
Place:
los angeles, london
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