Most Underrated Crime Movies

The 1970s were a transformative decade for film, marked by innovative filmmakers and ground-breaking experiments. The decade is now widely celebrated for its significant contributions to the film-making craft, characterised by pushing boundaries in both storytelling and film-making techniques. Perhaps reflecting the cultural zeitgeist, the films became more thought provoking and socially conscious, with crime […]

Quentin Tarantino dubbed: “‘80s cinema, along with the ‘50s, the worst era in Hollywood history. In the ‘80s, it was self-censorship. It was the rise of political correctness after the ‘70s, where everything was just ‘go as far as you can. ’Then, all of a sudden, everything got watered down. Everything was cynical, then, in […]

In-between the neo-noir golden age of the 1990s and the high volume of superb crime movies in the 2010s, the 2000s are often discarded as an uneventful interim period for the genre. With notable exceptions, such as No Country For Old Men or Oldboy, the 2000s were characterised by many great comedies, but arguably less […]

The 1990s was a golden age for crime movies. Every single year of the decade, yet another perfect neo-noir was released. Audiences were overrun with classics like Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction and Fargo. Although Quentin Tarantino remains the undefeated champion of the genre during this decade, his work is only the tip of the iceberg. When […]

Since the genesis of cinema, the crime genre has unfalteringly persisted as a firm favourite among audiences worldwide. Although the ‘40s or the ‘90s are often referenced as great times for noir and neo-noir cinema, respectively, the 2010s boasts its own hefty share of crime classics. Most movie fans are already familiar with well-publicised triumphs […]