Best Crime Plot in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These crime films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) · Q 9.5
2. American Psycho (2000) · Q 9
3. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) · Q 9
4. The Batman (2022) · Q 9
5. The Town (2010) · Q 9
6. The Godfather Part II (1974) · Q 9
7. O.J.: Made in America (2016) · Q 9
8. Hot Fuzz (2007) · Q 8.5
9. Fargo (1996) · Q 8.5
10. The Gentlemen (2020) · Q 8.5
11. City of God (2002) · Q 8.5
12. High and Low (1963) · Q 8.5
13. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) · Q 8.5
14. American Gangster (2007) · Q 8.5
15. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · Q 8.5
16. GoodFellas (1990) · Q 8.5
17. Le Trou (1960) · Q 8.5
18. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) · Q 8.5
19. Se7en (1995) · Q 8.5
20. The Green Mile (1999) · Q 8.5
21. Heat (1995) · Q 8.5
22. M (1931) · Q 8.5
23. Reservoir Dogs (1992) · Q 8.5
24. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) · Q 8.5
25. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) · Q 8.5
26. The Usual Suspects (1995) · Q 8.5
27. In Bruges (2008) · Q 8
28. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) · Q 8
29. Mystic River (2003) · Q 8
30. Blue Velvet (1986) · Q 8

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