Best crime from the 90s
The catalogue's crime films from 1990–1999, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
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The Green Mile
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A Brighter Summer Day
foreign gembittersweetgut punch
The Usual Suspects
cerebralmindfuckparanoid
Bound by Honor
gut punchoutsiderraw
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
comfort cultpitch blackplayful
Close-Up
foreign gemcerebralmindfuck
Heat
comfort cultcerebralneon soaked
A Bronx Tale
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Carlito's Way
paranoidrawbittersweet
L.A. Confidential
neon soakedparanoidraw
Fireworks
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Black Cat, White Cat
foreign gembittersweetplayful
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
foreign gembittersweetplayful
Primal Fear
cerebralmindfuckparanoid
Boyz n the Hood
bittersweetoutsiderraw
Sleepers
bittersweetgut punchraw
Bullet in the Head
foreign gembittersweetgut punch
Thelma & Louise
bittersweetoutsiderraw
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
True Romance
comfort cultneon soakedplayful
Sonatine
foreign gembittersweetplayful
The Mission
foreign gemcerebralraw
Reservoir Dogs
paranoidpitch blackraw
Cure
foreign gemdreadparanoid
A Perfect World
bittersweetrawtender
Miller's Crossing
rawslow burncerebral
Iron Monkey
foreign gemneon soakedplayful
Swallowtail Butterfly
foreign gemsexyunhinged
Sleepless Town
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