Best Crime movies that are golden globes winners or nominees

Z(1969)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.



Midnight Express(1978)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.



Throw Momma from the Train(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A bitter ex-husband and a put-upon momma's boy both want their respective former spouse and mother dead. Who will pull it off?





Klute(1971)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.



Goin' South(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.



The Thomas Crown Affair(1968)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.



Shaft(1971)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.



French Connection II(1975)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 21

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.



The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.



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.



The Return of the Pink Panther(1975)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Inspector Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.



Bugsy Malone(1976)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.



The Cotton Club(1984)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.



Mona Lisa(1986)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.



Running on Empty(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 19

The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.



Birdman of Alcatraz(1962)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 15

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



Gorky Park(1983)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 17

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



Lolita(1962)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

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




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