The 70+ Best Crime Romance Movies, Ranked

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Vote up your favorite crime movies that feature a love (or steamy) story.
Latest additions: Wild Canaries, Marmalade
Most divisive: Natural Born Killers
Over 300 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 70+ Best Crime Romance Movies, Ranked

The best crime romance movies split their focus between hair-raising crimes and a love story. The best crime romance films come in many forms. Some crime romance movies involve life and death situations while other good crime romance films are about robbing banks. There are also detective romance movies where the investigator can't help but falling in love. A few of the best crime romance films even took home Academy Awards.

 

What films will you find on this top crime romance movies list? Natural Born Killers has to be at the top. This 1994 movie – written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone – follows the criminal couple Mickey and Mallory Knox as they wreak havoc on everyone they come in contact with. True Romance – which is another Tarantino-penned screenplay – is also a romantic tale full of felonies and misdemeanors.

Perhaps the film adaptation Bonnie and Clyde is the most iconic portrayal of a criminal couple to ever hit the silver screen. Other good romantic crime movies include Rear Window, Basic Instinct, and Out of Sight.

How will we ever determine which crime romance film is the best? Take a look at this list and vote up your favorites to make sure they end up in the No. 1 spot.