Best Crime Plot in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These crime films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — Q 9.5
  2. American Psycho (2000) — Q 9
  3. O.J.: Made in America (2016) — Q 9
  4. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) — Q 9
  5. The Godfather Part II (1974) — Q 9
  6. The Batman (2022) — Q 9
  7. The Town (2010) — Q 9
  8. Hot Fuzz (2007) — Q 8.5
  9. Fargo (1996) — Q 8.5
  10. The Gentlemen (2020) — Q 8.5
  11. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Q 8.5
  12. American Gangster (2007) — Q 8.5
  13. Le Trou (1960) — Q 8.5
  14. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — Q 8.5
  15. GoodFellas (1990) — Q 8.5
  16. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) — Q 8.5
  17. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) — Q 8.5
  18. City of God (2002) — Q 8.5
  19. The Green Mile (1999) — Q 8.5
  20. M (1931) — Q 8.5
  21. Reservoir Dogs (1992) — Q 8.5
  22. Se7en (1995) — Q 8.5
  23. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — Q 8.5
  24. High and Low (1963) — Q 8.5
  25. Heat (1995) — Q 8.5
  26. The Usual Suspects (1995) — Q 8.5
  27. In Bruges (2008) — Q 8
  28. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) — Q 8
  29. Mystic River (2003) — Q 8
  30. Anon (2018) — Q 8

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