Best Crime movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Herbert Lom, Michael Caine, Roger C. Carmel,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer's help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, John Ireland, Charlotte Rampling, Sylvia Miles,
Directors : Dick Richards,

Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.

Actors : Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of WW2, is sought after by some who aim to sell it and by others who wish to destroy it.

Actors : Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

In Chicago, during the Prohibition, two rival gangs compete for control of the city's rackets.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Peter Falk, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates,
Directors : William Friedkin,

Crime story based on the real armed robbery of the Brink's Building in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17th, 1950.

Actors : Micheál MacLiammóir, Debbie Reynolds, Dennis Weaver, Shelley Winters,
Directors : Curtis Harrington,

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Actors : Stephanie Lawrence, Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb,
Directors : David Green,

This movie is based on the story of Buster Edwards, one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

Actors : Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart,
Directors : Eric Till,

A paroled London fraudster poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.

Actors : Jesse White, Elaine Stewart, Karen Steele, Ray Danton,
Directors : Budd Boetticher,

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself...

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Barbara Rütting, Kirk Douglas, E.G. Marshall,
Directors : Gottfried Reinhardt,

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

Actors : Teri Garr, Mac Davis, Karl Malden, Jackie Gleason,
Directors : Jeremy Kagan,

Lonnegan is planning to get back at Gondorff and Hooker for bilking him out of half a million. At the same time Gondorff and Hooker are planning their next caper. And their mark is a man ...

Actors : Eli Wallach, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Collins, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Henry Hathaway,

A motley crew of professional thieves plans the robbery of a Monte Carlo casino vault.

Actors : Stuart Whitman, Peter Falk, Henry Morgan, May Britt,

The rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter.

Actors : Claude Lelouch, Charles Durning, Gary Maas, Peter Falk,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, ...

Actors : Harry Guardino, Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Godfrey Cambridge,
Directors : Ted Post,

A private applies to be a test subject for the military's new chemical weapons program. After many tests he decides to use his knowledge on chemical warfare to rob banks. He will need a partner, though.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Bianca Roe, Tania Raymonde, Shane Brolly,
Directors : Fabien Pruvot,

Code name "Japan" is a contract killer on a job. Accustom to staying in hotels, Japan find himself jet-lagged in the middle of the night and forced to eat in the hotel restaurant, room ...

Actors : Arjun Asokan, Nimisha Sajayan, Rajisha Vijayan, Venkitesh V.P.,
Directors : Vidhu Vincent,

Diya and Keerthi are friends. Keerthi is an aspiring Stand Up comedian and she is trying to find some opportunities for her shows. a becomes a regular presence in the friend's gatherings ...