Top Rated Crime Movies on Kanopy - Page 16

Pusher III

2005

Pusher III

2005
7.2
Milo is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday, and his shipment of heroin turns out to be 10,000 pills of ecstasy. When Milo tries to sell the pills anyway, all Hell breaks loose and his only chance is to ask for help from his ex-henchman and old friend Radovan.
Big Bad Wolves

2013

Big Bad Wolves

2013
6.6
The twisted paths of three very different men brutally collide due to a chain of unspeakable murders: a grieving father who has been doomed to seek vengeance and a police detective who boldly crosses the narrow boundary between law and crime meet a religion teacher suspected of being the murderer.
Paulette

2012

Paulette

2012
6.5
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
The Thin Blue Line

1988

The Thin Blue Line

1988
7.6
This unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
Police Story: Lockdown

2013

Police Story: Lockdown

2013
6.2
A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
Mean Creek

2004

Mean Creek

2004
6.8
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.
Violent Cop

1989

Violent Cop

1989
7.2
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
Bandit

2022

Bandit

2022
6.3
After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the true story of The Flying Bandit.
Rampart

2011

Rampart

2011
5.5
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Class of 1984

1982

Class of 1984

1982
6.4
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Ms .45

1981

Ms .45

1981
6.7
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
The Air I Breathe

2007

The Air I Breathe

2007
6.3
A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.
A Pure Formality

1994

A Pure Formality

1994
7.4
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.
The Nile Hilton Incident

2017

The Nile Hilton Incident

2017
6.6
Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.
Abducted in Plain Sight

2017

Abducted in Plain Sight

2017
6.5
A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter. Twice.
Bullhead

2011

Bullhead

2011
7.1
A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.
Crisis

2021

Crisis

2021
6.3
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.
A Touch of Sin

2013

A Touch of Sin

2013
7.2
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
The Innocent

2022

The Innocent

2022
6.8
Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman, has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The couple dream of starting again with a clean slate by opening a flower shop. But Sylvie’s son Abel, convinced that Michel will fall into a life of crime, disapproves of this relationship.
The Wild Goose Lake

2019

The Wild Goose Lake

2019
6.7
A gangster ends up making a mistake that causes every gun on both sides of the law to point at him. While on the run, he comes across a mysterious woman who might get him out of trouble or make things worse.