American movies about criminals

List of the best American movies about criminals, crimes and violators of the law, selected by visitors to our site: The Butterfly Room, Red Notice, The Gentlemen, The Misfits, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End, CHiPS, Gun, Hell or High Water, Jean-Claude Van Johnson.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryItaly, USA
Duration01:24

Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies, is befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence, Alice establishes a disturbing mother daughter relationship with Ann. Lured into her twisted world, Ann soon discovers that she is not the only recipient of the girl's affections. Confronted by Alice's other lady friends, Ann's shock awakens a dark, hidden past, unchaining a spiral of madness: a series of brutal and bizarre crimes that Ann will have to commit to preserve her harmless and deceptive appearances. The only one who recognizes there's something unsettling about Ann, is nine year old Julie, her next door neighbour's daughter. With the inevitable curiosity of a child, Julie begins to explore the corners of Ann's apartment, discovering a dark secret hidden in the walls of the forbidden butterfly room. No one believes what she's seen except for Ann's daughter. Horrified, she realises that the fate of the young girl lies in her hands.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA

    An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA

    After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:21

    Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Josh McManus, a traveling salesman with a cloudy past, finds himself in a dusty West Texas town at the wrong time. After a crippling series of earthquakes throws the entire world into chaos, a traveling salesman will have to fight his way through a vicious outlaw biker gang known as the Barbarians to get home to his family.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:37

    The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Detroit gun runner Rich works to sniff out a traitor in his midst after being targeted by the FBI and having barely surviving a weapons deal gone awry. Rich was all set to unload a serious supply of firepower when the bullets started to fly, and Angel saved his life. Later, as the investigation heats up, Rich's lover and supplier Gabriella starts getting paranoid. When Gabriella too finds herself on the bad end of a botched exchange, the stage is set for a shocking revelation that will rock the entire Detroit underworld.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:40

      A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love brings him back to the game. This time, he'll be deadlier than ever. Probably.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      A rising Boston gangster (Ben Barnes) endangers those around him when he starts to make moves without the knowledge of his boss (Harvey Keitel).

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

        When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
        CountryFrance, Belgium, USA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:24

        Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryFinland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
        Duration02:03

        Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

          Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

          Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the patriarch of the criminal empire is killed and his brother suspects that Quinn is behind it all. When he's released from jail he tries to escape the demons from his past, but that becomes an impossible task. Campbell, the ruthless new leader of "The Company" won't let him leave in peace. So instead of escaping them, Quinn fights back. He joins forces with his former henchman and friend, The Swede, and takes on his enemies head on.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genreaction, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:27

          Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountrySouth Africa, USA
          Duration02:04

          When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin and his team of killers. Armed with her own set of lethal skills, Alex looks to exact revenge for her murdered friends while uncovering the truth.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:17

          In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:45

          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.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          Miles Montego has it all - cars, boats, good looks, mansion, money, women, but more importantly, he has a past.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:19

          A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

          Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: Buddies.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genreaction, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:08

          A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryMexico, USA

          Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genredrama, western
          CountryUSA

          The story of notorious outlaw Taylon Flynn, a man hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory. His plans go awry upon the discovery of the sordid life his estranged daughter is forced to live. To save her, he must summon the inner demons he purged long ago, and finds that redemption is a hard road to travel.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, comedy
          CountryUSA, Luxembourg
          Duration02:36

          American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, adventure, crime, biography
          CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Spain
          Duration01:00

          Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:36

          A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrethriller
          CountryUSA

          A hitman must prove his loyalty to his mentor and best friend, while his girlfriend wants to leave the business behind them.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA, Norway, Canada
          Duration01:28

          High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryBulgaria, USA
          Duration02:23

          A group of career criminals finds itself trapped in a warehouse with the law – and an Attack Dog named DeNiro closing in.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Set in Newark during the 1960s race riots between the African-American and Italian communities. The war between the cultural mobs turns especially lethal. Prequel to the TV series The Sopranos.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA

          Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, teams up with the local police department to bring his former commander to justice and prevent him from further vigilantism.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

          Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when a long-time girl friend is murdered.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrefantastic, action, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa, USA, India
          Duration01:35

          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.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA

          To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrethriller, crime
          CountryUSA

          A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountryFrance, USA
          Duration02:33

          A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction
          CountryUSA

          A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to protect the girl and themselves from an unrelenting attack.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          A gang of cold-blooded outlaws narrowly escapes a blood-soaked bank robbery in a grimy frontier town. With a notorious bounty hunter hot on their trail, these nefarious criminals desperately need a place to hide out before night falls. Fate brings them to the home of the Tildons, a seemingly innocent family with two feisty daughters. As the men settle in, an impetuous game of cat and mouse plays out during the cold, black night. Come morning, nothing will ever be the same.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:23

          Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.




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