THEME EXPLORATION

historical crime

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Kinji Fukasaku
Love and Crime
Love and Crime
1969 · Teruo Ishii
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II
2003 · Michael Bay
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Deported
Deported
1950 · Robert Siodmak
La sfida
La sfida
1958 · Francesco Rosi
Pire Nuri
Pire Nuri
1968 · Yílmaz Güney
Robert Macaire et Bertrand
Robert Macaire et Bertrand
1906 · Georges Méliès
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog
2006 · Nick Cassavetes
Skiptrace
Skiptrace
2016 · Renny Harlin
The 51st State
The 51st State
2001 · Ronny Yu
The Emperor of Paris
The Emperor of Paris
2018 · Jean-François Richet
A War Named Desire
A War Named Desire
2000 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
Gangstas
Gangstas
2025 · Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
Gong Tau
Gong Tau
2007 · Herman Yau
Hell Drivers
Hell Drivers
1957 · Cy Endfield
Gatao: The Last Stray
Gatao: The Last Stray
2021 · Chiang Jui-chih
Infernal Affairs II
Infernal Affairs II
2003 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Hugas
Hugas
2022 · Roman Perez Jr.
Shaan
Shaan
1980 · Ramesh Sippy
Stealing Sinatra
Stealing Sinatra
2003 · Ron Underwood
The Italian Connection
The Italian Connection
1972 · Fernando Di Leo
Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin
2003 · Joel Schumacher
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Bullet
Bullet
1993 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kika
Kika
1996 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman meticulously explore organized crime and its historical evolution through American society.

 Damien Leone Italy

His spaghetti westerns and crime epics deconstruct the mythology of historical outlaws and frontier criminality with operatic grandeur.

 David Fincher USA

His methodical approach in films like Zodiac and Mindhunter examines historical criminal psychology and the investigative obsessions that define crime narratives.