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Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary.Chinatown would be an example of a film that is a drama (film type) crime film (super-genre) that is also a noir (pathway) mystery (macro-genre). ()

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The Dark Knight(2008)

PG-13
| 2h 32min | Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
4.3/5 (with 15,468 votes)

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem(2023)

PG
| 1h 39min | Animation, Comedy, Action, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 421 votes)

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Directed by Jeff Rowe

Superman(1978)

PG
| 2h 23min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 1,751 votes)

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

Directed by Richard Donner - With Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Ned Beatty, ...
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RoboCop(1987)

R
| 1h 42min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.6/5 (with 2,315 votes)

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

Directed by Paul Verhoeven - With Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, ...
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The Dark Knight Rises(2012)

PG-13
| 2h 45min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 10,320 votes)

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, ...
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Batman Begins(2005)

PG-13
| 2h 20min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 9,622 votes)

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, ...
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Dredd(2012)

R
| 1h 35min | Action, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 2,226 votes)

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

Directed by Pete Travis - With Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson, Joe Vaz, ...
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Kick-Ass(2010)

R
| 1h 57min | Action, Crime
3.6/5 (with 5,378 votes)

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn - With Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lyndsy Fonseca, ...
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Batman(1989)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Fantasy, Action, Crime
3.6/5 (with 3,614 votes)

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

Directed by Tim Burton - With Jack Palance, Michael Gough, Robert Wuhl, Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, ...
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Batman Returns(1992)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Action, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 3,022 votes)

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin, an employee of a corrupt businessman transforms into the Catwoman.

Directed by Tim Burton - With Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Michael Murphy, ...
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Batman & Robin(1997)

PG-13
| 2h 5min | Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
2.2/5 (with 2,330 votes)

Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.

Directed by Joel Schumacher - With George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Alicia Silverstone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Michael Gough, ...
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Kick-Ass 2(2013)

R
| 1h 43min | Action, Adventure, Crime
3.2/5 (with 2,834 votes)

After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

Directed by Jeff Wadlow - With Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, Donald Faison, Lindy Booth, Clark Duke, ...
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TMNT(2007)

PG
| 1h 27min | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.1/5 (with 486 votes)

After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.

Directed by Kevin Munroe
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The Punisher(1989)

R
| 1h 29min | Action, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 236 votes)

The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast and became the Punisher, living in the sewers and exacting vigilante violence against mob bosses throughout the city. When the populace is caught in the midst of a gang war that he caused, Castle must again emerge from the shadows and save the innocent.

Directed by Mark Goldblatt - With Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Barry Otto, Bryan Marshall, John Negroponte, ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze(1991)

PG
| 1h 28min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 469 votes)

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

Directed by Michael Pressman - With Kevin Clash, Paige Turco, François Chau, David Warner, Toshishiro Obata, Ernie Reyes, ...
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Crime Busters(1977)

PG
| 1h 50min | Action, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 276 votes)

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.

Directed by Enzo Barboni - With Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, David Huddleston, Luciano Catenacci, Riccardo Pizzuti, April Clough, ...

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up(1995)

PG-13
| 1h 25min | Kids & Family, Adventure, Action, Comedy
2.6/5 (with 86 votes)

Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic landfill that is destroying the Indian community. However the town is owned by the rich man and he controls the police and even the mayor. They must fight a motorcycle gang and renegade cowboys in this non-stop ninja adventure.

Directed by Shin Sang-ok - With Victor Wong, Charles Napier, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Crystle Lightning, ...
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Defendor(2009)

R
| 1h 41min | Drama, Action, Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 236 votes)

A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city's innocents.

Directed by Peter Stebbings - With Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly, Sandra Oh, Kat Dennings, Clark Johnson, ...
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Kindergarten Cop(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 51min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1,057 votes)

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

Directed by Ivan Reitman - With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Carroll Baker, Richard Tyson, ...
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The Trial of the Incredible Hulk(1989)

1h 40min | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 44 votes)

On the run again, Dr. David Banner is jailed for assault after interrupting a mugging. Blind attorney Matt Murdock enlists Banner's help in locating the muggers because he believes they work for his longtime foe, Fisk, the head of an international crime network. But David, afraid of public exposure, breaks out of jail as the Hulk. Tracking David down, Murdock reveals his own secret: His blindness came from a radioactive spill, and after developing his other senses so incredibly, he has become the amazingly athletic crime fighter called Daredevil. Fisk must now face off against Daredevil and the Incredible Hulk!

Directed by Bill Bixby - With Bill Bixby, Marta DuBois
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The Killer Inside Me(2010)

R
| 1h 49min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 245 votes)

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom - With Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, Tom Bower, ...
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Turtles Forever(2009)

NR
| 1h 18min | Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 54 votes)

Turtles Forever is a made-for-tv animated movie. Produced in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, the movie teams up different incarnations of the titular heroes—chiefly the light-hearted, child-friendly characters from the 1987 animated series and the darker cast of the 4Kids' own 2003 animated series—in an adventure that spans multiple universes.

Directed by Lloyd Goldfine
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Archenemy(2020)

NR
| 1h 30min | Action, Thriller, Crime, Science Fiction
2.7/5 (with 45 votes)

Max Fist claims he’s a hero from another dimension who has somehow landed on Earth and been stripped of his powers. Instead of treating him like a powerful champion, no one believes Max’s claims — except for a teenager named Hamster and his sister Indigo. The siblings convince Max to help them take out a local drug gang, where Max’s abilities are put to a violent and harrowing test.

Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer - With Joe Manganiello, Skylan Brooks, Paul Scheer, Amy Seimetz, Glenn Howerton

The Batman - Part II(2025)

Drama, Crime, Action

Sequel to the 2022 film The Batman.

Directed by Matt Reeves - With Robert Pattinson, Andy Serkis

Hero at Large(1980)

PG
| 1h 38min | Action, Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.

Directed by Martin Davidson - With John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy
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I Am the Law(1977)

1h 53min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 8 votes)

Palermo, Sicily, November 1925. Cesare Mori, the new prefect of the city, soon to be known as the Iron Prefect, begins a ruthless war against the Mafia, a sinister organization that has subjugated the island for centuries, something that the dictator Benito Mussolini and the fascist authorities can no longer allow.

Directed by Pasquale Squitieri - With Claudia Cardinale, Giuliano Gemma, Stefano Satta Flores, Francisco Rabal, Lina Sastri, Massimo Mollica, ...

The Punisher: No Mercy(2013)

18min | Action
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Expect no deals and no mercy as Frank Castle (Shawn Baichoo) pursues his brutal crusade of justice against drug lord, Dominic Duran and his psychotic lieutenant, Vinny Rizzo after they manage to out-maneuver a broken legal system and take out a rival gang using the services of the lethal assassin-for-hire, Elektra (Goldfarb). They think they're above the law, and they may be right, but they're not above punishment. They're not above The Punisher!

Alias Batman and Robin(1991)

1h 43min | Comedy, Action
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Alyas Batman en Robin is a 1991 Filipino Batman comedy film produced by Regal Films spoofing the 1960s Batman television series. The movie was initially an unauthorized production, set to capitalize on the then in-production 1989 Batman film starring Michael Keaton. Warner Brothers threatened legal action and the release of the film was delayed until legal entanglements could be sorted out. The film was released in 1991, two years later than the intended 1989 release.

Directed by Tony Y. Reyes

The Rhythm of Crime(1981)

1h 29min | Horror, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Old houses in Zagreb are destroyed in order to build new, bigger blocks. A teacher who lives in one of these houses allows a stranger to share his home with him. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes based on statistical analyses. When a predicted murder did not occur, the stranger is adamant that the whole town will suffer unless a balance is achieved - and he leaves.

Directed by Zoran Tadić - With Ivica Vidović, Fabijan Šovagović, Božidarka Frajt

Atashin'chi: The 3D Movie(2010)

44min | Animation, Comedy
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Mother's lucky day takes a strange turn when a lightning strike leaves her with telekinetic powers. She finds more and more ways to use her new ability, but soon things get a little out of control.

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