Best Crime Movies on HBO Max in the US

1. 1
   The Dark Knight 2008

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
   8.5

   8.5 · 37K votes
2. 2
   High and Low 1963

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
   8.2

   8.4 · 1.2K votes
3. 3
   A Clockwork Orange 1971

   Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
   8.2

   8.2 · 14K votes
4. 4
   The Departed 2006

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
   8.1

   8.2 · 17K votes
5. 5
   The Usual Suspects 1995

   Directed by Bryan Singer · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
   8.1

   8.2 · 12K votes
6. 6
   Joker 2019

   Directed by Todd Phillips · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.1

   8.1 · 29K votes
7. 7
   Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017

   Directed by Martin McDonagh · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
   8.0

   8.1 · 11K votes
8. 8
   M 1931

   Directed by Fritz Lang · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
   8.0

   8.1 · 2.6K votes
9. 9
   Rashomon 1950

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, YouTube Free
   8.0

   8.0 · 2.6K votes
10. 10
    The Dark Knight Rises 2012

    Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
    7.8

    7.8 · 25K votes
11. 11
    Infernal Affairs 2002

    Directed by Alan Mak Siu-fai · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Shout! Factory TV
    7.7

    7.8 · 2K votes
12. 12
    Batman Begins 2005

    Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
    7.7

    7.7 · 23K votes
13. 13
    Le Samouraï 1967

    Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.7

    7.8 · 1.3K votes
14. 14
    The Batman 2022

    Directed by Matt Reeves · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.7

    7.7 · 13K votes
15. 15
    Divorce Italian Style 1961

    Directed by Pietro Germi · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.7

    7.9 · 559 votes
16. 16
    The Maltese Falcon 1941

    Directed by John Huston · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.6

    7.7 · 2K votes
17. 17
    Z 1969

    Directed by Costa-Gavras · Streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max
    7.6

    7.8 · 661 votes
18. 18
    Fallen Angels 1995

    Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.6

    7.7 · 1.4K votes
19. 19
    Anatomy of a Fall 2023

    Directed by Justine Triet · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.5

    7.5 · 3.5K votes
20. 20
    Monsieur Verdoux 1947

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    7.5

    7.7 · 494 votes
21. 21
    Ocean's Eleven 2001

    Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, Cinemax
    7.5

    7.5 · 13K votes
22. 22
    Police Story 1985

    Directed by Jackie Chan · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Shout! Factory TV
    7.5

    7.6 · 1.1K votes
23. 23
    Elevator to the Gallows 1958

    Directed by Louis Malle · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.5

    7.6 · 739 votes
24. 24
    Breathless 1960

    Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Darkroom
    7.4

    7.5 · 2.1K votes
25. 25
    Sicario 2015

    Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.4

    7.4 · 10K votes
26. 26
    Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993

    Directed by Bruce Timm · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube Free
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.3K votes
27. 27
    Miss Sloane 2016

    Directed by John Madden · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.3

    7.4 · 2K votes
28. 28
    John Wick: Chapter 2 2017

    Directed by Chad Stahelski · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, YouTube TV
    7.3

    7.3 · 15K votes
29. 29
    One Battle After Another 2025

    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
    7.3

    7.3 · 4.4K votes
30. 30
    Hell or High Water 2016

    Directed by David Mackenzie · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.3

    7.3 · 5.1K votes
31. 31
    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999

    Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.3

    7.4 · 1.5K votes
32. 32
    Lady Snowblood 1973

    Directed by Toshiya Fujita · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, YouTube Free
    7.3

    7.5 · 445 votes
33. 33
    Ballerina 2025

    Directed by Len Wiseman · Streaming on HBO Max, Starz
    7.3

    7.3 · 3.1K votes
34. 34
    The Equalizer 3 2023

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, HBO Max
    7.3

    7.3 · 4K votes
35. 35
    Despicable Me 2010

    Directed by Pierre Coffin · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.3

    7.3 · 17K votes
36. 36
    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933

    Directed by Fritz Lang · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.3

    7.6 · 299 votes
37. 37
    Down by Law 1986

    Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, Fandango at Home Free
    7.2

    7.4 · 884 votes
38. 38
    Batman 1989

    Directed by Tim Burton · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.2

    7.2 · 8.9K votes
39. 39
    The Town 2010

    Directed by Ben Affleck · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.2

    7.2 · 5.9K votes
40. 40
    Pierrot le Fou 1965

    Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.2

    7.3 · 979 votes
41. 41
    Blood Simple 1985

    Directed by Joel Coen · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.2

    7.2 · 1.7K votes
42. 42
    A History of Violence 2005

    Directed by David Cronenberg · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.2

    7.2 · 3.9K votes
43. 43
    Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996

    Directed by Joe Berlinger · Streaming on Hoopla, HBO Max
    7.2

    7.6 · 215 votes
44. 44
    Normal 2026

    Directed by Ben Wheatley · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.1

    7.3 · 745 votes
45. 45
    Man Bites Dog 1992

    Directed by Rémy Belvaux · Streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max
    7.1

    7.2 · 1K votes
46. 46
    Days of Being Wild 1990

    Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.1

    7.3 · 629 votes
47. 47
    Infernal Affairs II 2003

    Directed by Andrew Lau Wai-keung · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Shout! Factory TV
    7.1

    7.3 · 494 votes
48. 48
    Pandora's Box 1929

    Directed by G.W. Pabst · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.4 · 274 votes
49. 49
    The Outsiders 1983

    Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube Free
    7.1

    7.2 · 1.6K votes
50. 50
    Mommy Dead and Dearest 2017

    Directed by Erin Lee Carr · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.4 · 262 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   The Long Good Friday 1980

   Directed by John Mackenzie · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
   7.0

   7.2 · 458 votes
2. 2
   Maria Full of Grace 2004

   Directed by Joshua Marston · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.0

   7.2 · 444 votes
3. 3
   Shoot the Piano Player 1960

   Directed by François Truffaut · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Darkroom
   7.0

   7.2 · 460 votes
4. 4
   Citizen X 1995

   Directed by Chris Gerolmo · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.0

   7.2 · 405 votes
5. 5
   Fuze 2026

   Directed by David Mackenzie · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.0

   7.1 · 458 votes
6. 6
   The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927

   Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on HBO Max, The Roku Channel, Hoopla
   7.0

   7.2 · 361 votes
7. 7
   The Naked City 1948

   Directed by Jules Dassin · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Plex
   7.0

   7.2 · 295 votes
8. 8
   Brute Force 1947

   Directed by Jules Dassin · Streaming on HBO Max, FlixFling, Plex
   7.0

   7.3 · 226 votes
9. 9
   Odd Man Out 1947

   Directed by Carol Reed · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
   7.0

   7.3 · 235 votes
10. 10
    Victim 1961

    Directed by Basil Dearden · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.5 · 165 votes