Best Crime / Noir Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest crime / noir films of the VHS era — chosen for thrills, craft, and pure rewatch value.
GoodFellas
1990
The Wrong Trousers
1993
Pulp Fiction
1994
The Thin Blue Line
1988
Se7en
1995
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
La Haine
1995
Heat
1995
Nayakan
1987
Fargo
1996
L.A. Confidential
1997
Blue Velvet
1986
Léon: The Professional
1994
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
The Usual Suspects
1995
Scarface
1983
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
Bound by Honor
1993
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Casino
1995
Carlito's Way
1993
Snatch
2000
Satya
1998
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra
1983
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger
1980
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight
1980
Nine Queens
2000
The Untouchables
1987
Fallen Angels
1995
Vabank
1981
Amores Perros
2000
Made in Hong Kong
1997
Ten Little Indians
1987
Donnie Brasco
1997
True Romance
1993
Menace II Society
1993
Sonatine
1993
Reservoir Dogs
1991
The Name of the Rose
1986
Miller's Crossing
1990
The Mission
1999
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Blow Out
1981
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles
1981
Serie Noire
1979
Blue Collar
1978
Jackie Brown
1997
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Running Out of Time
1999
The Wounds
1998
The Bandit
1996
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Pickpocket
1997
Set It Off
1996
Violent Cop
1989
Blood Simple
1984
Suzhou River
2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
A Simple Plan
1998
Bound
1996
Citizen X
1995
Juice
1992
Midnight Run
1988
Veronika Voss
1982
Thief
1981
Straight Time
1978
The Driver
1978
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
2000
Insomnia
1997
L.627
1992
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Coup de Torchon
1981
The Long Good Friday
1980
Scum
1979
Death on the Nile
1978
Traffic
2000
Sexy Beast
2000
Pusher
1996
Shallow Grave
1994
Bad Lieutenant
1992
City on Fire
1987
Body Heat
1981
Prince of the City
1981
Green Fish
1997
State of Grace
1990
Prison on Fire
1987
At Close Range
1986
Mona Lisa
1986
The Longest Nite
1998
The Crying Game
1992
Presumed Innocent
1990
House of Games
1987
Atlantic City
1980
Rabid Dogs
1996
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986
Chopper
2000
Bang, Boom, Bang
1999
Nowhere to Hide
1999
Out of Sight
1998
Red Rock West
1993
Diva
1981
On Board
1998
So Long, Stooge
1983
To Die For
1995
Romper Stomper
1992
One False Move
1991
New Jack City
1991
The Limey
1999
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
1999
Get Shorty
1995
The Grifters
1990
River's Edge
1986
The Hit
1984
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
The Scent of the Night
1998
Gangster No. 1
2000
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
Cutter's Way
1981
Don
1978
Flickering Lights
2000
Assa
1987
La Balance
1982
Go
1999
Rounders
1998
A Moment of Romance
1990
Wild at Heart
1990
Buffet Froid
1979
Cholera Street
1997
Mississippi Burning
1988
Burnt Money
2000
Juha
1999
Brother
1997
Sleepers
1996
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers
1980
Hardcore
1979
Dance with a Stranger
1985
Deep Cover
1992
Vabank II
1985
The General
1998
Clockers
1995
Gonin
1995
Shanghai Triad
1995
Come, Sweet Death
2000
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
1997
American Me
1992
Q & A
1990
Brother 2
2000
Our Lady of the Assassins
2000
God of Gamblers
1989
The Sign of Four
1987
Summer of Sam
1999
Dinner Rush
2000
Man Bites Dog
1992
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998
Pigs
1992
Dead Again
1991
Murder by Decree
1979
Following
1999
Coldblooded
1995
Drowning by Numbers
1988
The Professor
1986
Confidentially Yours
1983
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995
Natural Born Killers
1994
Tell Me Something
1999
Homicide
1991
The Big Easy
1986
American Gigolo
1980
As Tears Go By
1988
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
2000
Bullet Ballet
1998
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
1998
Crime and Punishment
1983
Evil Under the Sun
1982
Going in Style
1979
Hard Eight
1996
Boiling Point
1990
Rainy Dog
1997
The Funeral
1996
To Catch a Killer
1992
Once a Thief
1991
Boiler Room
2000
Croupier
1998
Dead Presidents
1995
Crime Story
1993
Rush
1991
King of New York
1990
The Murdered House
1988
Ms .45
1981
Short Sharp Shock
1998
The Long Riders
1980
Two Hands
1999
Dance with the Devil
1997
Felidae
1994
Black Rain
1989
The Needle
1988
Stormy Monday
1988
The Swindle
1997
Gotti
1996
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
Choice of Arms
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
Dobermann
1997
Freeway
1996
Young and Dangerous
1996
Boulevard Nights
1979
Dead or Alive
1999
Ley Lines
1999
Of Freaks and Men
1998
A Shock to the System
1990
L'été en pente douce
1987
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
Fingers
1978
Wild Things
1998
The Way of the Gun
2000
Another Day in Paradise
1998
Ghulam
1998
Face
1997
Agneepath
1990
The Hot Spot
1990
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Cop or Hood
1979
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
Diggstown
1992
Thunderheart
1992
Zero Effect
1998
The Cousin
1997
The Patrolman 777
1978
The Yards
2000
Zero Tolerance
1999
The Public Eye
1992
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Inspector Lavardin
1986
Tightrope
1984
Deadly Circuit
1983
Vice Squad
1982
Thursday
1998
Dick Tracy
1990
Twilight
1998
Above the Rim
1994
China Girl
1987
Year of the Dragon
1985
True Confessions
1981
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991
Nurse Betty
2000
Shaft
2000
The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 1)
1984
Miami Blues
1990
The Krays
1990
Police
1985
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
Street Smart
1987
Code of Silence
1985
The Godfather Part III
1990
Bangkok Dangerous
2000
The Boondock Saints
1999
Kiss the Girls
1997
Love and a .45
1994
In Too Deep
1999
After Dark, My Sweet
1990
Brother
2000
A Rage in Harlem
1991
Cop
1988
American Buffalo
1996
Amateur
1994
Clay Pigeons
1998
Quatre garçons pleins d'avenir
1997
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Kansas City
1996
Golgo 13: The Professional
1983
The Big Pardon
1982
Sharky's Machine
1981
Payback
1999
The Brink's Job
1978
The Bone Collector
1999
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
1992
Sara
1997
The Two Jakes
1990
Tough Guys
1986
Fedora
1978
U Turn
1997
The Doom Generation
1995
Revenge
1990
Subway
1985
The Cotton Club
1984
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
Blood and Wine
1996
Assassins
1995
8MM
1999
Hoodlum
1997
Kafka
1991
Last Man Standing
1996
Jawbreaker
1999
Dead Bang
1989
Johnny Handsome
1989
Very Bad Things
1998
Killing Zoe
1993
Bullet
1996
River of Grass
1995
Shattered
1991
An Innocent Man
1989
Hammett
1982
The Corruptor
1999
The Newton Boys
1998
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
China Moon
1994
Harlem Nights
1989
Tequila Sunrise
1988
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
Guncrazy
1992
Belly
1998
Kurt & Courtney
1998
Mulholland Falls
1996
Kill Me Again
1989
The Courier
1986
Josh
2000
B. Monkey
1999
The Young Americans
1993
White Sands
1992
Under Suspicion
1991
For a Cop's Hide
1981
The Hunter
1980
The Presidio
1988
Billy Bathgate
1991
Breathless
1983
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
Best Laid Plans
1999
Judas Kiss
1998
Albino Alligator
1997
Night and the City
1992
Off Limits
1988
Against All Odds
1984
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Kiss of Death
1995
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
1989
The Bedroom Window
1987
Essex Boys
2000
The Guilty
2000
Sugar Hill
1994
Criminal Law
1989
City of Industry
1997
Shopping
1994
Money for Nothing
1993
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
Fear City
1984
The Minus Man
1999
Phoenix
1998
The Loner
1987
Heaven's Prisoners
1996
Shadows and Fog
1991
Palmetto
1998
Kite
1998
Assassin(s)
1997
The Boys Next Door
1986
Playing God
1997
Mobsters
1991
Jennifer Eight
1992
Appointment with Death
1988
The Concrete Jungle
1982
Excess Baggage
1997
Messenger of Death
1988
Curdled
1996
Tuff Turf
1985
The Big Sleep
1978
Boiling Point
1993
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Goodbye Lover
1999
True Crime
1995
The Getaway
1994
The Real McCoy
1993
Family Business
1989
Sunset
1988
K-911
1999
Homegrown
1998
Bad Company
1995
The Underneath
1995
L.A. Takedown
1989
Buster
1988
A Stranger Among Us
1992
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
City Heat
1984
Feeling Minnesota
1996
Best Men
1997
Detective
1985
Heat
1986
Bait
2000
The January Man
1989
Baise-moi
2000
V.I. Warshawski
1991
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982
Striptease
1996
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
Murder in Three Acts
1986
The Sicilian
1987
The Watcher
2000
Gloria
1999
I Love Trouble
1994
Get Carter
2000
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
1981
The Mod Squad
1999
Deadfall
1993