Best Crime movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Neville Brand, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter,

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

Actors : Brian Dennehy, Lee Marvin, William Hurt, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A Moscow police officer investigates a triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level political conspiracy in the local government.

Actors : James Mason, Shelley Winters, Gary Cockrell, Sue Lyon,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a fourteen-year-old nymphet.

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

Actors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz,
Directors : Jim Henson,

Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis,
Directors : Robert Benton,

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Actors : Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Madonna,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Leonard Termo, Ariane,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.

Actors : Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Noël Coward, Michael Caine,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences.

Actors : Howard E. Rollins Jr., Art Evans, Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to retrieve a jeweled dagger.

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Steve McQueen, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Actors : Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.

Actors : Robert Redford, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, George Segal,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Actors : Michael Conrad, Eddie Albert, Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

Actors : Raul Julia, Diane Salinger, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?

Actors : Nick Nolte, Patrick O'Neal, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him in this gritty ...

Actors : Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke,
Directors : Bryan Forbes,

A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.