Best Crime movies on amazon prime that are award winners or nominees

Sicario(2015)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.



The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 83

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.



Wanted(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.



Thelma & Louise(1991)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Two best friends set out on an adventure but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the American police as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed!



House of Gucci(2021)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 76

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



The Report(2019)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.



Serpico(1973)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.



Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.



If Beale Street Could Talk(2018)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 91

A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.



Dead Again(1991)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An amnesiac and a private eye find they might have a past life connection.



Argentina, 1985(2022)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.



Black Rain(1989)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.



Witness(1985)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.



American Gigolo(1980)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.



Primal Fear(1996)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.



Les Misérables(2019)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.



Paper Moon(1973)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



Thunderbolt and Lightfoot(1974)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.



House of Games(1987)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.



Dillinger(1973)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.




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