Best historical crime films - Charts
Best historical crime films
![United 93](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/472/159472426_4302eb.jpg)
1. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
![Mississippi Burning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/509/164509549_0ef371.jpg)
2. Mississippi Burning (1988)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
![Changeling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/298/159298177_3244d6.jpg)
3. Changeling (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
![Hotel Mumbai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/230/163230927_db6ce3.jpg)
4. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
![Spotlight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/100/160100182_c9543a.jpg)
5. Spotlight (2015)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Tom McCarthy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton
![Straight Outta Compton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/535/159535756_8bf48f.jpg)
6. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
![The Act of Killing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/004/159004898_846406.jpg)
7. The Act of Killing (2012)
Denmark / Norway, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
![Richard Jewell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/905/163905158_141b31.jpg)
8. Richard Jewell (2019)
USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell
![Z](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/394/164394421_af582f.jpg)
9. Z (1969)
France / Algeria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas
![Les Misérables](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/145/167145437_8edda5.jpg)
10. Les Misérables (1998)
UK / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush
![Killers of the Flower Moon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/984/167984595_ttaacz.jpg)
11. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
![Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/155/160155346_659603.jpg)
12. Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson
![Compulsion](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/234/162234806_12546a.jpg)
13. Compulsion (1959)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi
![1987: When the Day Comes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/254/162254261_61ea96.jpg)
14. 1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Joon-hwan Jang
Cast: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha
![Polytechnique](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/226/163226278_48163d.jpg)
![Gangs of New York](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/974/168974301_pz8mje.jpg)
![The Advocate](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/149/163149352_faaad7.jpg)
17. The Advocate (1993)
France / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Leslie Megahey
Cast: Colin Firth, Ian Holm
![Assa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/005/166005494_ce1ca1.jpg)
18. Assa (1987)
Soviet Union, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sergei Solovyov
Cast: Sergej Bugajev, Tatyana Drubich
![Public Enemies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/381/159381756_0fd68a.jpg)
19. Public Enemies (2009)
USA / Japan, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale
![The Report](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/736/163736641_4eb4e0.jpg)
20. The Report (2019)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening
![I Am the Law](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/719/167719489_mu8k4h.jpg)
![Private Eye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/203/160203533_5ef53d.jpg)
22. Private Eye (2009)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Dae-min Park
Cast: Jeong-min Hwang, Deok-hwan Ryu
![Executive Action](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/213/167213724_44c215.jpg)
23. Executive Action (1973)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: David Miller
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan
24. Srečna nova '49 (1986)
Yugoslavia / Republic of Macedonia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Stole Popov
![The Invisible War](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/484/160484886_b9c629.jpg)
![Detroit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/886/161886726_67a1dc.jpg)
26. Detroit (2017)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter
![The King's Case Note](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/657/161657386_9f0304.jpg)
27. The King's Case Note (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Hyeon-seong Moon
Cast: Sun-kyun Lee, Jae-hong Ahn
![The Moro Affair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/399/161399982_7d5673.jpg)
![Violette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/559/159559370_78ba87.jpg)
29. Violette (1978)
Canada / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran
![Bonnot's Gang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/309/160309077_d06042.jpg)
30. Bonnot's Gang (1968)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Philippe Fourastié
Cast: Bruno Cremer, Jacques Brel
![Detective K](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/209/158209613_760b99.jpg)
31. Detective K (2011)
South Korea, Historical / Crime
Directed by: Suk-Yoon Kim
Cast: Myeong-min Kim, Tae-hoon Kim
![Gangs of Wasseypur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/417/158417815_509f9a.jpg)
32. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Richa Chadda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
![The Goldman Case](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/721/167721241_tu876g.jpg)
33. The Goldman Case (2023)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Cédric Kahn
Cast: Arieh Worthalter, Jeremy Lewin
![Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/607/168607494_4wz9v0.jpg)
![Boston Strangler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/200/167200004_35ffde.jpg)
35. Boston Strangler (2023)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Matt Ruskin
Cast: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon
![Drug King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/148/163148464_eecefd.jpg)
36. Drug King (2018)
South Korea, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Min-ho Woo
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Jeong-seok Jo
![Killer Legends](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/656/162656887_0f22fd.jpg)
37. Killer Legends (2014)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joshua Zeman
Cast: Joshua Zeman, Cindy Butler
![Melchior the Apothecary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/359/167359650_a655e2.jpg)
38. Melchior the Apothecary (2022)
Estonia, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Elmo Nüganen
Cast: Märten Metsaviir, Alo Kõrve
![The Long Riders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/513/159513778_b5310b.jpg)
39. The Long Riders (1980)
USA, Western / Crime
Directed by: Walter Hill
Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine
![The Story of the Kelly Gang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/117/162/117162041_4c5ad0.jpg)
40. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Australia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Charles Tait
Cast: Frank Mills, John Tait
![The Grand Heist](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/078/834/78834170_4a3221.jpg)
41. The Grand Heist (2012)
South Korea, Historical / Adventure
Directed by: Joo-ho Kim
Cast: Tae-hyeon Cha, Ji-ho Oh
![The Zodiac Killer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/869/161869851_438b56.jpg)
![Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/308/168308106_dhrpi1.jpg)
43. Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (2022)
Estonia, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Elmo Nüganen
Cast: Johan Kristjan Aimla, Alo Kõrve
![The Hessen Conspiracy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/350/350484_f3fe71.jpg)
44. The Hessen Conspiracy (2009)
Belgium / Canada, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Breuls
Cast: Billy Zane, Lyne Renée
![Two Constables](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/139/162139358_441c24.jpg)
45. Two Constables (2017)
South Korea, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Hong-seon Kim
Cast: Hae-in Jeong, Ji-hoon Kim
![Gangs of Wasseypur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/417/158417818_f7047a.jpg)
46. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chadda
![The Murder Farm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/312/160312155_b9c7e7.jpg)
47. The Murder Farm (2009)
Germany / Switzerland, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bettina Oberli
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Monica Bleibtreu
![The Heineken Kidnapping](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/725/159725471_46a3f5.jpg)
![The Hero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/370/162370330_e4b353.jpg)
49. The Hero (2016)
Netherlands, Crime / Historical
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Fedja van Huêt
![Chasing the Dragon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/053/162053441_de65ae.jpg)
50. Chasing the Dragon (2017)
Hong Kong / China, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jason Kwan, Jing Wong
Cast: Andy Lau, Donnie Yen
![Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/378/162378491_d566fd.jpg)
51. Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)
South Korea, Historical / Comedy
Directed by: Suk-Yoon Kim
Cast: Myeong-min Kim, Dal-su Oh
![The Beggar's Opera](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/314/162314327_8b3ccf.jpg)
52. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
UK, Music / Historical
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith
![The Laundromat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/845/163845352_c7eadc.jpg)
53. The Laundromat (2019)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman
![Amsterdam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/589/166589143_d4807b.jpg)
54. Amsterdam (2022)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: David O. Russell
Cast: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie
![The Four](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/332/163332169_8de9bb.jpg)
55. The Four (2012)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Gordon Chan, Janet Chun
Cast: Chao Deng, Crystal Liu
![Schüsse in Marienbad](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/165/324/165324046_101666.jpg)
56. Schüsse in Marienbad (1973)
East Germany / Czechoslovakia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ivo Toman
Cast: Václav Neužil st., Josef Abrhám
![Robbing Mussolini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/927/166927049_69ccfe.jpg)
![No Surrender](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/643/163643378_c7f262.jpg)
![The Manson Family](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/116/163116389_0f2b91.jpg)
59. The Manson Family (1997)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jim Van Bebber
Cast: Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman