Audience
75.3
Critics
93.5
Award
93.1
🏆CANNES 2025
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Crime films lasting 120 minutes or less with Cannes 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. 11 films in this collection.
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| 1 | IW Jafar Panahi · Iran; France; Luxembourg | 2025 | 95.1 | 75.3 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 103 min | |
| 2 | 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 | |
| 3 | N Justin Kurzel · Australia; Germany | 2021 | 89.2 | 73.2 | 85.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 112 min | |
| 4 | PT James Gray · United States | 2026 | 88.8~ | 73.5 | 81.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 115 min | |
| 5 | TA Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne · Belgium; France | 2022 | 88.8 | 72.7 | 82.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama | 88 min | |
| 6 | C1 Dominik Moll · France | 2025 | 88.8 | 73.8 | 80.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama | 116 min | |
| 7 | HS Ali Abbasi · Germany; Denmark; France; Sweden | 2022 | 88.3 | 75.5 | 73.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 8 | TM Kelly Reichardt · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 87.9 | 63.6 | 84.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama | 110 min | |
| 9 | TP Wes Anderson · United States; Germany | 2025 | 87.7 | 69.0 | 74.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Action, Comedy, Crime | 101 min | |
| 10 | TB Léa Mysius · France | 2026 | 86.2 | 67.2 | 60.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 11 | FD Sean Penn · United States | 2021 | 84.9 | 60.8 | 54.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Crime, Drama | 109 min |
This collection contains 11 crime films with Cannes main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film runs for 120 minutes or less. The shortest is 88 minutes and the longest is 118 minutes. The Crime label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre. Only main competition films and their recorded awards are covered; other festival sections are outside this selection.
It Was Just an Accident leads this Total Score ranking with 95.1. Holy Spider has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (75.5). It Was Just an Accident has one of the highest known Critics scores (93.5). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Jafar Panahi · 2025 · 103 min
Audience 75.3 · Critics 93.5 · Total 95.1
Cannes 2025: Palme d'Or
Sergey Loznitsa · 2025 · 118 min
Audience 72.6 · Critics 89.4 · Total 89.5
Cannes 2025: Main Competition
Justin Kurzel · 2021 · 112 min
Audience 73.2 · Critics 85.4 · Total 89.2
Cannes 2021: Main Competition
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.