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True Story Crime Movies

Name: True Story Crime Movies
Creator: TMDB / IMDB

Crime films inspired by real cases — heists, murders, and criminal enterprises that actually happened.

True Story Crime Movies is a structured movies dataset with 51 entries. Its fields include Title, Year, Director. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.

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Source:TMDB / IMDB

Updated:3/8/2026

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Dataset details

Table scope: 40-row preview of 51
Fields: 8 columns
Source: TMDB / IMDB
Data updated: Mar 8, 2026

Included fields: Title, Year, Director, IMDB Rating, Genre, and 3 more.

Sorting and filtering apply to the 40 loaded preview rows. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 51 records.

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Year span: 1973 to 2023; Across 40 preview rows
IMDB Rating range: 6.5 to 8.5; Across 40 preview rows

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
GoodFellas	1990	Martin Scorsese	8.5	Drama, Crime	United States of America	145	The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
City of God	2002	Fernando Meirelles	8.4	Drama, Crime	Brazil	129	In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Memories of Murder	2003	Bong Joon Ho	8.1	Crime, Drama, Thriller	South Korea	131	A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
The Wolf of Wall Street	2013	Martin Scorsese	8	Crime, Drama, Comedy	United States of America	180	A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Catch Me If You Can	2002	Steven Spielberg	8	Drama, Crime	United States of America	141	A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Just Mercy	2019	Destin Daniel Cretton	7.9	Drama, Crime, History	United States of America	137	The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked aga...
The Chaser	2008	Na Hong-jin	7.8	Crime, Thriller, Action	South Korea	125	Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting wi...
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil	2019	Lee Won-tae	7.8	Crime, Action, Thriller	South Korea	110	After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, whi...
Mississippi Burning	1988	Alan Parker	7.7	Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller	United States of America	128	Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
The Traitor	2019	Marco Bellocchio	7.7	Drama, Crime, Thriller	Brazil	151	Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change ...
Changeling	2008	Clint Eastwood	7.6	Crime, Drama, Mystery	United States of America	141	Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.
BlacKkKlansman	2018	Spike Lee	7.5	Crime, Comedy, Drama, History	United States of America	136	Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Donnie Brasco	1997	Mike Newell	7.5	Crime, Drama, Thriller	United States of America	127	An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Serpico	1973	Sidney Lumet	7.5	Crime, Drama	United States of America	130	New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Badlands	1974	Terrence Malick	7.5	Crime, Drama, Romance	United States of America	94	An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Killers of the Flower Moon	2023	Martin Scorsese	7.4	Crime, History, Drama	United States of America	206	When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Midnight Express	1978	Alan Parker	7.4	Drama, Crime	United Kingdom	121	Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight ...
Boys Don't Cry	1999	Kimberly Peirce	7.4	Crime, Drama	United States of America	118	A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
Lord of War	2005	Andrew Niccol	7.3	Crime, Drama, Thriller	France	122	Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his o...
Papillon	2017	Michael Noer	7.3	Adventure, Crime, Drama	Czech Republic	134	Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
Molly's Game	2017	Aaron Sorkin	7.2	Drama, Crime	United States of America	141	Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Monster	2003	Patty Jenkins	7.2	Crime, Drama	United States of America	109	In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately lead...
Legend	2015	Brian Helgeland	7.1	Crime, Thriller	France	132	Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detecti...
Patriots Day	2016	Peter Berg	7.1	Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller	Hong Kong	133	In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
United 93	2006	Paul Greengrass	7.1	Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, Action	France	111	A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
22 July	2018	Paul Greengrass	7.1	Crime, Drama, History, Thriller	United States of America	143	On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile	2019	Joe Berlinger	7	Drama, Crime	United States of America	111	A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Bronson	2009	Nicolas Winding Refn	7	Drama, Action, Crime	United Kingdom	92	A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Capote	2005	Bennett Miller	7	Crime, Drama	United States of America	114	A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
The Mule	2018	Clint Eastwood	6.9	Crime, Drama	Canada	116	Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases expone...
American Made	2017	Doug Liman	6.9	Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama	United States of America	115	The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
The Good Nurse	2022	Tobias Lindholm	6.9	Drama, Crime, Mystery	United States of America	121	Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
The Bank Job	2008	Roger Donaldson	6.8	Thriller, Crime, Drama	Australia	112	Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the o...
The Highwaymen	2019	John Lee Hancock	6.8	Crime, Drama, Thriller	United States of America	133	In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?	2018	Marielle Heller	6.8	Drama, Crime, Comedy	United States of America	106	When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
American Animals	2018	Bart Layton	6.7	Drama, Crime, Documentary	United Kingdom	117	Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.
Machine Gun Preacher	2011	Marc Forster	6.7	Action, Thriller, Crime	United States of America	129	The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Bernie	2012	Richard Linklater	6.6	Comedy, Crime, Drama	United States of America	99	In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
Black Mass	2015	Scott Cooper	6.5	Drama, Crime, History	United Kingdom	123	The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Hustlers	2019	Lorene Scafaria	6.5	Drama, Comedy, Crime	United States of America	110	A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

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