True Crime Movies, a list by Riz

7.0

/9980/

72

/534/

70

/96/

3.5

/43902/

80

/150/

Audience

92

/142/

58

/38/

3.0

age 15+

When deeply conservative English local Edith Swan and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her rowdy, foul-mouthed, Irish migrant neighbor Rose Gooding is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women—led by Police Officer Gladys Moss—begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

83

7.6

/237879/

73

/7704/

74

/2784/

4.1

/797377/

93

/462/

Audience

84

/3035/

89

/63/

4.0

age 16+

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

10

81

8.2

/1582409/

81

/48458/

80

/23166/

4.0

/1982838/

80

/288/

Audience

83

/182633/

75

/47/

3.5

age 18+

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

91

8.7

/1256872/

85

/19785/

84

/12189/

4.5

/991492/

95

/164/

Audience

97

/431430/

92

/21/

4.0

age 18+

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

67

7.6

/113873/

76

/3400/

80

/2129/

3.3

/79349/

57

/82/

Audience

99

/20988/

36

/11/

2.0

age 16+

The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.

85

7.8

/161036/

80

/3019/

78

/2276/

4.0

/94352/

97

/36/

Audience

93

/67083/

80

/15/

4.0

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

83

7.8

/430926/

76

/13264/

76

/6514/

3.9

/614676/

95

/466/

Audience

86

/1058/

94

/55/

3.5

age 17+

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

64

6.6

/8760/

71

/640/

72

/339/

3.0

/5568/

Audience

55

/250/

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

65

6.6

/159804/

66

/5946/

66

/2971/

2.9

/359315/

61

/369/

Audience

83

/1756/

59

/59/

2.5

age 15+

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

61

6.4

/23181/

66

/1680/

65

/393/

2.8

/28071/

48

/61/

Audience

82

/15/

45

/20/

2.5

age 14+

Bored and frustrated suburban homemaker Connie and her best pal JoJo, a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million-dollar counterfeit coupon caper. After firing off a letter to the conglomerate behind a box of cereal gone stale, and receiving an apology along with dozens of freebies, the duo hatch an illegal coupon club scheme that scams millions from mega-corporations and delivers deals to legions of fellow coupon clippers. On the trail to total coupon dominance, a hapless Loss Prevention Officer from the local supermarket chain joins forces with a determined U.S. Postal Inspector in hot pursuit of these newly minted “Queenpins” of pink collar crime.

86

8.1

/502024/

79

/15928/

78

/7988/

4.1

/409960/

97

/384/

Audience

93

/71036/

93

/45/

3.5

age 15+

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

77

7.8

/330718/

78

/6496/

77

/5363/

3.8

/178988/

83

/75/

Audience

89

/218057/

79

/16/

2.5

age 16+

Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

64

7.2

/86133/

75

/4020/

73

/1836/

3.5

/40607/

52

/111/

Audience

71

/1485/

51

/31/

2.0

age 16+

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.

76

7.0

/2852/

60

/98/

70

/47/

3.6

/15536/

93

/60/

Audience

81

/31/

80

/19/

3.5

Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.

79

7.2

/500260/

71

/12823/

68

/7031/

3.3

/299115/

92

/297/

Audience

74

/176565/

90

/47/

4.0

age 16+

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

69

7.1

/208084/

73

/15724/

68

/4319/

3.4

/121464/

85

/270/

Audience

79

/26701/

65

/50/

2.0

age 15+

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

72

6.6

/26456/

65

/939/

61

/285/

3.5

/37265/

92

/49/

Audience

75

/1002/

74

/10/

3.0

age 15+

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

80

7.8

/110936/

78

/2056/

76

/1553/

3.9

/63826/

79

/28/

Audience

90

/39642/

65

/11/

4.0

age 16+

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

58

6.5

/29369/

67

/955/

66

/672/

2.8

/13177/

67

/15/

Audience

61

/7120/

29

/5/

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.

77

7.5

/97654/

74

/4675/

74

/2392/

3.6

/91283/

77

/299/

Audience

96

/2500/

68

/46/

3.5

age 15+

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

65

7.1

/253779/

74

/18943/

69

/4701/

3.4

/248195/

62

/236/

Audience

69

/1056/

57

/41/

2.0

age 17+

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

68

7.0

/78791/

74

/7949/

66

/1609/

3.2

/20633/

71

/181/

Audience

71

/19154/

66

/38/

2.5

age 17+

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

75

7.2

/16095/

75

/636/

81

/592/

3.4

/28698/

Audience

81

/133/

age 14+

On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and manages to be a victim of rape. She manages to talk her attacker into releasing her, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective, who suspects she was abducted by a serial killer. Based on horrifying true events.

64

6.9

/103472/

72

/4947/

67

/1937/

3.1

/54700/

58

/142/

Audience

76

/439/

58

/28/

2.0

age 16+

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.

64

6.7

/103388/

70

/5374/

70

/3230/

3.0

/172517/

55

/188/

Audience

57

/460/

52

/31/

3.5

age 16+

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

80

7.7

/332120/

77

/5059/

75

/4212/

3.8

/144284/

88

/57/

Audience

89

/204648/

77

/21/

3.5

age 17+

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

68

7.5

/274989/

76

/5290/

73

/4120/

3.5

/94348/

55

/141/

Audience

87

/385117/

52

/34/

2.5

age 17+

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

65

7.0

/152462/

73

/9019/

68

/4766/

3.3

/107320/

70

/193/

Audience

66

/4597/

58

/38/

2.0

age 16+

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

83

7.5

/291018/

76

/13730/

75

/7298/

3.9

/752649/

96

/449/

Audience

83

/12155/

83

/56/

4.0

age 15+

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

65

6.8

/79391/

71

/2550/

65

/967/

3.2

/21861/

67

/126/

Audience

62

/925/

60

/28/

The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

86

8.0

/272987/

79

/3561/

78

/2766/

4.3

/241738/

96

/54/

Audience

90

/110545/

86

/15/

4.0

age 15+

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

72

50

6.6

/1692/

66

/99/

68

/21/

3.1

/897/

81

/26/

Audience

92

/103/

The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.

68

6.9

/192330/

68

/7839/

65

/3226/

3.1

/83305/

73

/293/

Audience

68

/19634/

68

/43/

3.0

age 18+

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

74

7.1

/40002/

72

/639/

70

/553/

3.6

/15615/

93

/27/

Audience

79

/664/

65

/12/

3.0

age 17+

After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

81

7.6

/147396/

76

/3548/

75

/2601/

3.8

/83149/

97

/31/

Audience

85

/65535/

76

/9/

3.5

age 14+

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

63

6.9

/107966/

70

/2007/

66

/1313/

3.3

/26491/

55

/143/

Audience

67

/422660/

53

/30/

age 18+

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and holds him hostage. Problem now is what to do with 'stolen boy?'

85

7.7

/135627/

74

/2260/

75

/1719/

4.0

/114806/

96

/94/

Audience

87

/44604/

94

/18/

4.0

age 16+

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

75

7.5

/192771/

72

/3561/

70

/2364/

4.0

/122601/

77

/177/

Audience

75

/98449/

68

/32/

3.5

age 16+

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

56

6.8

/266448/

70

/7631/

67

/4474/

3.0

/126140/

36

/171/

Audience

66

/368060/

48

/29/

1.5

age 14+

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

67

65

6.2

/3794/

73

/386/

72

/71/

3.0

/6682/

Audience

70

/60/

The true story of how Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours, 15-year-old Kara Robinson plots a daring escape from a serial killer's apartment.

80

7.3

/67396/

70

/1060/

70

/858/

3.8

/44970/

95

/108/

Audience

83

/40204/

86

/31/

3.5

age 17+

Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.

80

7.3

/140726/

71

/1823/

69

/1369/

3.7

/66519/

89

/196/

Audience

82

/116084/

88

/40/

4.0

age 16+

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

64

6.5

/33033/

68

/1958/

66

/581/

3.0

/47034/

68

/139/

Audience

70

/472/

58

/30/

2.5

age 15+

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.

85

8.1

/187059/

80

/2399/

79

/1636/

4.1

/58965/

94

/50/

Audience

95

/41476/

84

/16/

age 16+

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

56

6.7

/69242/

72

/6462/

66

/1562/

3.0

/20303/

41

/188/

Audience

46

/8635/

49

/40/

2.0

age 16+

Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

68

7.3

/162929/

76

/14398/

71

/4205/

3.2

/91396/

61

/263/

Audience

70

/28901/

58

/43/

3.0

age 16+

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

73

7.3

/112426/

77

/10449/

70

/2499/

3.5

/54641/

80

/238/

Audience

86

/26295/

69

/42/

2.5

age 17+

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.

73

64

7.1

/6955/

70

/85/

64

/47/

3.3

/1947/