The killer, the thief, the imposter, and the traitor… These are the most famous people we find in the movies of international crime, and who usually appear heroes, the public begins to love their roles and sympathy with them. Perhaps only cinema can turn a criminal into a hero, and instead of hating perpetrators in movies, as we do in fact, we note that we sympathize with them and wish them a win at the end of the movie.
From the beginning of the cinema, there has been a special charm related to the bad or dark world of society, from small scammers to international criminal empires, these models have been present on screens for decades to give us charm with the criminal element.
But what makes a crime movie really great? As with any other genre, it must have distinct heroes, whether good or bad. Also, the crime itself has something special that robs the minds of many viewers. If the movie talks about stealing an iPhone, you won’t care about it at all, but if this phone contains nuclear bomb codes, here you have a crime movie, with a dramatic plot, and then you won’t care about the fact that this phone arrived to the hero through He stole it.
This is a collection of the best crime movies that have characterized the viewers’ attachment to the evil hero or their sympathy for the criminal.
1 – THE GODFATHER PARTS… The other image of the mafia
Who among us did not fall victim to the love of the famous trilogy «The Godfather» with its three parts. What some do not know is that the original stories of these movies were more superficial and less complex, but the dramatic plot and cinematic touch gave the story an amazing dimension, especially how one of the heroes of the army becomes the leader of the most important families of the American mafia, and one of the most brilliant members.
The Godfather is not just the greatest crime movie of all time, it is perhaps the coolest movie that has gone through the whole movie history in general. Attention to detail, and the perfect performance of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Robert Deniro, among many others, made us love this criminal family, despite its terrible actions.
The rise of Michael Corleone, his transition from gangs to a legitimate businessman, and then the fall phase, make you live amidst the real world of these, as well as the grandeur of the opening scene, the wedding, the scene of the tension of Michael’s first murder, even the shock of Sony’s assassination, all scenes that made the movie legendary.
2 – Goodfellas .. Human susceptibility to crime
Few directors can claim to be able to master the crime drama, but Scorsese has done so in a unique way that few can do. After the Godfather movie series, it was inconceivable that another crime drama existed that could enter the collective consciousness of viewers and become a tool for quotation among people. Goodfellas is the movie that did all this. The movie tells the story of the real criminal Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as he turns from a convincing child to a major player in the rise and fall of the criminal Leches family.
The great actor Dinero gave us one of the best performances of his career, which showed us a different side to the Italian Mafia than the Godfather Part II did. Unlike the godfather, who takes a much more legendary view of the mafia, Goodfellas looks at human susceptibility to organized crime, and how a fall is rarely possible without reason.
3 – Double Indemnity .. Distinctive glimpse of black and white cinema
Can an old black and white movie from the 1940s on life insurance carry an entertainment dimension to the modern audience? This can already happen. With movie legend Billy Wilder, who wrote the script himself and with the help of author Raymond Chandler, “Double Compensation” is one of the best crime movies.
This movie tells the story of insurance actor Walter Neff (Fred McMurray) who falls against his client Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwick) and begins to plan to kill her husband to raise insurance money. Indeed, Neve can kill the husband with her help, and makes the incident seem as if he perished on the train by falling back while smoking a cigarette.
Arguably the coolest murder movie, the movie features some of the anecdotal themes that were rarely seen before. The idea of wife betrayal, mood deviations, broad psycho-sexual themes, and even the unspoken stories that the audience understands and reads from the lines are all characterized by a good dramatic plot, so much so that you read the feelings through the criminal’s own eyes.
4 – Ocean’s Eleven .. Steal millions and restore lost love
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is recently released from prison to meet his old friend and fellow robbery Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), offering to take part in a new robbery that he planned behind bars, stealing one of the largest casinos in Las Vegas.
To complete the mission, the two friends had to complete the hiring of up to 11 others. For the sake of the dramatic plot, the casino owner is a friend of Ocean’s ex-girlfriend (Julia Roberts), who is resentful of her ex-boyfriend for theft.
The robbery succeeded, but the most beautiful is that the robbery plan also included a sub-plan to convince Julia Roberts to leave her boyfriend and return to her ex. Throughout the movie, you feel sympathy for this team even though it is a team of criminals and nothing more.
5- The Italian Job .. Friends thieves
After the team was able to steal a bank in Venice and get millions of gold bullion, Steve (Edward Norton) betrays his partners to get the whole booty alone and tries to kill the rest of the gang, but the betrayal causes the death of Savkraker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) ) Just.
The rest of the team, including leader Charlie Crocker (Mark Wahlberg), driver Handzum Rob (Jason Statham), explosive man (Moose Dave) and tech-obsessed Lyle (Seth Green), all pledged revenge. To do this, they needed an expert in opening the vaults to replace the dead man, hiring his daughter Bridger Stella (Charlize Theron), and drawing up a plan to recover the gold from Steve’s Palace in Los Angeles.
This movie makes you recognize that this team of revenge are the good guys, and only Steve is the villain, forgetting or forgetting that they are all a group of thieves, and their money is stolen.
6 – Pulp Fiction .. Stories collected by crime
The lives of two mob men, a boxer, a gangster wife, and a pair of gangsters their lives are intertwined in four tales of violence and redemption. Jules Winfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hired assassins who are trying to retrieve a stolen bag from their employer, gang leader Marcellus Wallace (Feng Rams).
Wallace also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out for a few days when Wallace himself was out of town. Butch College (Bruce Willis) is a gradually aging boxer that Wallace pays to lose his battle. The lives of those people who seem to have nothing to do with each other are woven together and consist of a series of funny and exotic incidents.
The nature and humor of this movie make you love, sympathize and interact with these people, even though they are criminals.
7 – The Dark Knight .. When the criminal becomes a psychological expert
When the danger known as The Joker, with its mysterious past and unique personality, shows that it will wreak havoc in the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight the darkness. Lieutenant James Gordon, the city’s new attorney general, Harvey Dent, is successfully starting to get rid of and arrest Gotham’s criminals, until the Joker, the mysterious and sadistic, and the well-known criminal mastermind emerge to create a new wave of chaos.
Batman fights against the Joker, who is characterized by his profound personality and his play on human weaknesses, putting Batman, the lieutenant and the lawyer on deep and powerful psychological tests in front of themselves. The story may seem normal, especially with the spread of good in the end, but many of the followers were impressed by the character of the Joker and the way of thinking and deep personality dark to become the star of the movie, not Batman. The movie also saw another dilemma when the public defender turned into a vicious person who took revenge in his hand, without any laws, relying solely on a king’s game or writing a coin.
