Audience
77.1
Critics
95.3
Award
96.6
🏆BAFTA 2026🏆OSCAR 2026
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Crime films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 49 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | OB Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2025 | 96.3 | 77.1 | 95.3 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2026🏆OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 161 min | |
| 2 | AO Justine Triet · France | 2023 | 95.8 | 78.0 | 89.7 | 96.2 | 🏆CANNES 2023●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 151 min | |
| 3 | IW Jafar Panahi · Iran; France; Luxembourg | 2025 | 95.1 | 75.3 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 103 min | |
| 4 | KO Martin Scorsese · United States | 2023 | 94.1 | 76.6 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 206 min | |
| 5 | TS Kleber Mendonça Filho · Brazil; France; Mexico; Germany; Netherlands | 2025 | 93.8 | 74.8 | 93.5 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2025●OSCAR 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 161 min | |
| 6 | PY Emerald Fennell · United States; United Kingdom | 2020 | 93.1 | 76.6 | 78.9 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2021●OSCAR 2021 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 113 min | |
| 7 | JA Shaka King · United States; Canada | 2021 | 92.9 | 76.1 | 88.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 126 min | |
| 8 | WS Steven Spielberg · United States | 2021 | 92.5 | 73.1 | 87.9 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2022 | Crime, Drama, Musical | 156 min | |
| 9 | EP Jacques Audiard · France | 2024 | 91.6 | 62.9 | 73.0 | 92.3 | ◆CANNES 2024●BAFTA 2025●OSCAR 2025 | Crime, Drama, Musical | 132 min | |
| 10 | NA Guillermo del Toro · United States; Mexico; Canada | 2021 | 91.4 | 72.8 | 75.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2022 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 150 min | |
| 11 | TD Valeska Grisebach · Germany; France; Bulgaria; Austria | 2026 | 90.8 | 65.4 | 83.8 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2026 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 167 min | |
| 12 | OT Erik Matti · Philippines | 2021 | 90.4~ | 88.8 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Action, Crime, Drama | 208 min | |
| 13 | J Beth de Araújo · United States | 2026 | 90.3~ | 82.5 | 89.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 14 | WH Martin McDonagh · United Kingdom; United States; Chile | 2026 | 90.1~ | 83.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 15 | TS Mohammad Rasoulof · Germany; Iran; France | 2024 | 90.0 | 77.5 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 167 min | |
| 16 | NO Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2025 | 89.9 | 77.5 | 89.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 139 min | |
| 17 | TG Magnus von Horn · Denmark; Poland; Sweden | 2024 | 89.8 | 77.8 | 86.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 123 min | |
| 18 | DT Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2022 | 89.7 | 75.3 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 139 min | |
| 19 | A1 Santiago Mitre · Argentina; United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 89.6 | 79.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 140 min | |
| 20 | TP Sergey Loznitsa · France; Germany; Romania; Latvia; Netherlands; Lithuania | 2025 | 89.5 | 72.6 | 89.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 118 min | |
| 21 | RO Natalia López · Mexico; Argentina; United States | 2022 | 89.4 | 63.6 | 77.3 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 118 min | |
| 22 | N Justin Kurzel · Australia; Germany | 2021 | 89.2 | 73.2 | 85.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 112 min | |
| 23 | B Hirokazu Koreeda · South Korea | 2022 | 89.0 | 73.9 | 83.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 129 min | |
| 24 | TS François Ozon · France; Belgium | 2025 | 88.9 | 72.3 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Crime, Drama | 122 min | |
| 25 | PT James Gray · United States | 2026 | 88.8~ | 73.5 | 81.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 115 min | |
| 26 | TA Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne · Belgium; France | 2022 | 88.8 | 72.7 | 82.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama | 88 min | |
| 27 | C1 Dominik Moll · France | 2025 | 88.8 | 73.8 | 80.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama | 116 min | |
| 28 | AC Alonso Ruizpalacios · Mexico | 2021 | 88.7 | 73.9 | 82.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Action, Crime, Documentary | 107 min | |
| 29 | HS Ali Abbasi · Germany; Denmark; France; Sweden | 2022 | 88.3 | 75.5 | 73.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 30 | TO Justin Kurzel · Canada; United States; United Kingdom | 2024 | 88.3 | 70.1 | 81.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 116 min | |
| 31 | TK David Fincher · United States | 2023 | 87.9 | 69.7 | 78.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Adventure, Crime | 118 min | |
| 32 | TM Kelly Reichardt · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 87.9 | 63.6 | 84.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama | 110 min | |
| 33 | TC Paul Schrader · United States | 2021 | 87.8 | 65.4 | 82.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 111 min | |
| 34 | TP Wes Anderson · United States; Germany | 2025 | 87.7 | 69.0 | 74.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Action, Comedy, Crime | 101 min | |
| 35 | L Ivan Sen · Australia | 2023 | 87.6 | 64.9 | 83.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 108 min | |
| 36 | SL Fabio Grassadonia; Antonio Piazza · Italy; France | 2024 | 87.5~ | 64.6 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Crime, Drama | 122 min | |
| 37 | KT Luis Ortega · Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Denmark; United States | 2024 | 87.3 | 68.6 | 73.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Crime, Drama, Sport | 96 min | |
| 38 | S Gustav Möller · Denmark; Sweden | 2024 | 87.0~ | 68.3 | 72.3 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 100 min | |
| 39 | A Stefano Sollima · Italy | 2023 | 86.8 | 69.5 | 66.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Crime, Thriller | 127 min | |
| 40 | LN Jan P. Matuszynski · Poland | 2021 | 86.6~ | 72.8 | 59.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Crime, Drama, History | 160 min | |
| 41 | D Luc Besson · France | 2023 | 86.5 | 75.9 | 53.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Crime, Drama | 115 min | |
| 42 | BH Gilles Lellouche · France; Belgium | 2024 | 86.4 | 73.8 | 53.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 161 min | |
| 43 | TB Léa Mysius · France | 2026 | 86.2 | 67.2 | 60.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 44 | E Pietro Castellitto · Italy | 2023 | 86.0~ | 64.4 | 64.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Crime, Drama | 115 min | |
| 45 | TW Olivier Assayas · France | 2025 | 85.7 | 66.7 | 57.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 137 min | |
| 46 | BT Vahid Jalilvand · Iran | 2022 | 85.5~ | 71.2 | 48.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 126 min | |
| 47 | RK Andreas Dresen · Germany | 2022 | 85.0~ | 68.5 | 48.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Biography, Comedy, Crime | 119 min | |
| 48 | FD Sean Penn · United States | 2021 | 84.9 | 60.8 | 54.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Crime, Drama | 109 min | |
| 49 | TT Christoph Hochhäusler · Germany | 2023 | 82.0~ | 60.9 | 26.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Crime, Drama, Romance | 120 min |
This collection contains 49 crime films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. The Crime label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre.
One Battle After Another leads this Total Score ranking with 96.3. On the Job 2: The Missing 8 has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (88.8). One Battle After Another has one of the highest known Critics scores (95.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2025 · 161 min
Audience 77.1 · Critics 95.3 · Total 96.3
BAFTA 2026: Winner (Best Film)
Oscar 2026: Winner (Best Picture)
Justine Triet · 2023 · 151 min
Audience 78.0 · Critics 89.7 · Total 95.8
Cannes 2023: Palme d'Or
BAFTA 2024: Nominee (Best Film)
Oscar 2024: Nominee (Best Picture)
Jafar Panahi · 2025 · 103 min
Audience 75.3 · Critics 93.5 · Total 95.1
Cannes 2025: Palme d'Or
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.