Top Rated Crime Movies on Kanopy - Page 17

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 Public Enemy

1931

The Public Enemy

1931
7.2
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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.
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.
Henry's Crime

2010

Henry's Crime

2010
5.8
An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
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.
A Touch of Sin

2013

A Touch of Sin

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

2017

Inconceivable

2017
5.6
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
The Comeback Trail

2020

The Comeback Trail

2020
5.9
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
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.
Sabotage

1937

Sabotage

1937
6.7
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
Every Secret Thing

2014

Every Secret Thing

2014
6.2
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called in to investigate the mystery in a community where everyone seems to have a secret.
Freedomland

2006

Freedomland

2006
5.2
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Killing Me Softly

2002

Killing Me Softly

2002
5.6
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.
Ash Is Purest White

2018

Ash Is Purest White

2018
6.9
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Bordertown

2007

Bordertown

2007
6.3
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
Eileen

2023

Eileen

2023
5.9
During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.
Freejack

1992

Freejack

1992
5.5
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
Buffalo Soldiers

2002

Buffalo Soldiers

2002
6.3
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.