Top Rated Crime Movies on Kanopy - Page 35

The Blue Lamp

1950

The Blue Lamp

1950
6.6
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Murder on a Sunday Morning

2001

Murder on a Sunday Morning

2001
7.5
2001 French documentary about the murder trial of a 15 year old black teen accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. Winner of 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
They Made Me a Fugitive

1947

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947
6.6
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Bandit Queen

1994

Bandit Queen

1994
6.6
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
The Bygone

2019

The Bygone

2019
6.6
When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
Back Roads

2019

Back Roads

2019
5.7
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
Narco Cultura

2013

Narco Cultura

2013
7
To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
The Outside Man

1972

The Outside Man

1972
6.2
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Shootout at Lokhandwala

2007

Shootout at Lokhandwala

2007
6.1
An account of the gangster Maya Dolas and his gang which terrorized Mumbai City, and the ensuing standoff between Mumbai Police and the gang on 16 November 1991.
Consequences

2018

Consequences

2018
6
After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
Have a Nice Day

2018

Have a Nice Day

2018
5.5
Three parties pursue the million dollars that driver Xiao Zhang stole to help out his girlfriend.
The Penalty

1920

The Penalty

1920
6.9
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.
He Went That Way

2024

He Went That Way

2024
5.5
Set in 1964, a three-day journey along Route 66 begins when Bobby Falls, a 19-year-old serial killer, hitches a ride with Jim Goodwin, a celebrity animal handler travelling with his precious cargo: his TV chimpanzee, Spanky.
Small Town Murder Songs

2010

Small Town Murder Songs

2010
5.3
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Miss Baek

2018

Miss Baek

2018
7.5
A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the cruel world. A man who holds feelings for the woman, tries to protect her in his own way.
Wolf

2013

Wolf

2013
6.7
A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

1976

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

1976
6.1
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

2020

The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

2020
4.2
In 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home by whom most believe to be O.J Simpson. But what role did Glen Rogers, also known as the Casanova Killer play in their death?
Death Laid an Egg

1968

Death Laid an Egg

1968
5.5
A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and Gabriella (the very beautiful secretary). Marco continues to kill as jealousy becomes more prevalent on the farm.
The Murder at Road Hill House

2011

The Murder at Road Hill House

2011
6.1
In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.