What's Your Favorite Crime Movie?

[Joshua Randall]

House of Games is one of the archetypal con-man movies, along with The Spanish Prisoner. Both are David Mamet films.

Of course, The Sting is also a great con-man movie. Plus it has Robert Redford and Paul Newman. You can't go wrong with that duo.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Usual Suspects, Fargo, and Get Shorty are all excellent.

Would you consider The Radioland Murders a "crime movie"? If so - that's my favorite one.

 

[S. Baldrick]

Goodfellas. That film is a masterpiece.

 

[KaosDevice]

Gotta go with Sexy Beast and Quick Change as my two favorites, for entirely different reasons.

 

[Hypersmurf]

No love for Thomas Crown or Danny Ocean?

-Hyp.

 

[Abraxas]

A number of my favorites have already been mentioned - and Millers Crossing is near the top, if not the top, depending on the day.

A couple others that I really like are Romeo is Bleeding and Lassiter

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

The original Ocean's 11, the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.

Its a small lit for me. I don't like foul language, excessive alcohol, tobacco, other "substanes" or excessive "realistic" violence in my films. Aliens, sure. Modern-day LA... no thanks.

In general, I prefer my Bad Guys to not be the protagonists.

 

[TemplarSaint]

What, no love for Bound? That is the only crime film that makes it into my top ten movie list. The twists, the oh-so-smooth transition from planning to execution and the acting were all great, and the cinematography, both for its beauty and its humor, was superb. (And no, it is not at the top of the list for the extra special viewing experience it offers. Not that there was anything wrong with that.)

 

[Just_Hal]

The Usual Suspects
Miller's Crossing
L.A. Confidential
Memento
The Limey
Godfather I and II
Sneakers
Fargo
Heist
Matchstick Men
Chinatown

Warrior Poet

Good list, edited it to what I have seen also add CONfidential I think it is called.....

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Lavender Hill Mob

Kind Hearts & Coronets

The Lady Killers...

Yes, I'm Auld...

The Auld Grump

*EDIT* And if avoiding the excise man counts as a crime then A Tight Little Island (or Whiskey Galore).