THE TEN BEST CRIME THRILLERS OF ALL TIME

THRILLERS

 Our analysis of thriller films continues with our next sub-category. Our first, second and third lists previously submitted covered political thrillers, psychological thrillers and action thrillers respectively and the following is our presentation of the best crime thrillers of all time.

THE TEN BEST CRIME FILMS OF ALL TIME

There have been a multitude of crime films made over the years beginning with James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson who pioneered the genre in the 1930s. They were gangster films mostly about the roaring Twenties and the violence that took place during the violent years of Prohibition. Then came the movies of the 1940s and 1950s generally referred to as Film Noir (black film as coined by the French) because they were always framed in dark and cynical moods with their characters surrounded by dark shadows and always photographed in black and white. Actors such as Robert Mitchum, Joseph Cotton and Fred MacMurray and others held court in many of these films. They were all fantastic movies with great performances and great stars who were the precursors of those that followed. Most of those great films have been superseded by the technology evolution, the deeper richness of storytelling and the extreme depth of the characters that were portrayed in the crime films of recent times.

Favorite Movies of 2000’s – De Novo

Not necessarily movies that were Oscar nominees, or Box Office blockbusters. But of this unbiased writer, these are the best movies of the last 10 years. And yes, I’m a male in his early thirties. And yes, this is the correct list to follow.

Favorite Movies of the 2000’s

Not necessarily the movies that were Oscar nominees or #1 box office sales, but the favorite movies by year of this unbiased writer.  And yes, I am a male in his late twenties.