Best 1960s Crime Movies

Looking for the best 1960s Crime movies? These are the 23 highest-rated 1960s Crime titles in our catalogue, led by Blood and Diamonds, The Bogus Policeman and L'assassin connaît la musique. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Blood and Diamonds (1964)

★ 8.0/10

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.
2. The Bogus Policeman (1967)

★ 8.0/10

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores…
3. L'assassin connaît la musique (1963)

★ 7.8/10

Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all…
4. The Olsen Gang (1969)

★ 7.5/10

Egon Olsen is the leader of the Olsen Gang. While he was in the slammer, he planned how he would steal the fantastic golden figure Keizeroppzatsen.
5. The Threat (1966)

★ 7.3/10

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
6. This Man Must Die (1969)

★ 7.3/10

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the…
7. Lucky Jo (1964)

★ 6.7/10

Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something inpredictable happens to Jo and gets one of them arrested. While Jo is in…
8. A Killer's Key (1967)

★ 6.7/10

Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.
9. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)

★ 6.7/10

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
10. Let's Rob the Bank (1964)

★ 6.5/10

Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself…
11. Paris Pick-Up (1962)

★ 6.5/10

On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
12. The Unmentionables (1963)

★ 6.3/10

In a spoof of TV's "Untouchables" Rocky and Mugsy chase "Elegant Ness" (Bugs) through the ACME cereal company.
13. Showdown of Men 3 (1967)

★ 6.0/10

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.
14. Motorpsycho! (1965)

★ 5.9/10

A vengeful veterinarian and a grieving widow join forces to track down violent bikers after they commit heinous acts against their loved ones.
15. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)

★ 5.8/10

A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
16. The Professionals (1960)

★ 5.5/10

A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.
17. Detective Belli (1969)

★ 5.4/10

A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.
18. Crime Thief (1969)

★ 5.3/10

A man witnesses a suicide and starts imagining that it was a murder committed by himself.
19. Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1964)

★ 5.1/10

Jeff Gordon, FBI agent, infiltrates a gang and finds himself in the midst of a gang war.
20. The Secrets of Sinful Athens (1966)

★ 4.5/10

A young hoodlum tries to separate himself from his gang, while at the same time taking on behalf of his boss the blackmail of a businessman's wife.
21. The Hands of Orlac (1960)

★ 4.4/10

A famed concert pianist's hands are destroyed in a plane crash; when he receives transplants from a recently executed strangler, his murderous new mitts attract the attention of a sleazy illusionist turned blackmailer.
22. Heaven and Hell (1969)

★ 4.3/10

Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide…
23. Male and Female (1966)

★ 1.0/10

Police officer Burhan arrests Recep, a member of a drug trafficking gang. Recep is released after a false witness contradicts Burhan’s evidence, leading to Burhan’s reassignment to a small village. There, he becomes…