Best Crime Movies & TV Series of the 1950s

The 154 best-rated Crime movies and TV series of the 1950s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Cairo Station 1958 ★ 7.4

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 1955 ★ 7.3

We're No Angels 1955 ★ 7.2

Touchez Pas au Grisbi 1954 ★ 7.2

The Wrong Man 1956 ★ 7.1

The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 ★ 7.1

I Confess 1953 ★ 7.1

Angel Face 1953 ★ 7.1

Compulsion 1959 ★ 7.1

Detective Story 1951 ★ 7.1

Death of a Cyclist 1955 ★ 7.1

The Desperate Hours 1955 ★ 7.0

The Big Combo 1955 ★ 7.0

He Ran All the Way 1951 ★ 7.2

The Facts of Murder 1959 ★ 7.2

Caged 1950 ★ 7.1

House of Wax 1953 ★ 6.9

Crime Wave 1953 ★ 7.1

Riot in Cell Block 11 1954 ★ 7.1

I Want to Live! 1958 ★ 6.9

Blackboard Jungle 1955 ★ 6.9

Panic in the Streets 1950 ★ 6.9

Niagara 1953 ★ 6.8

The Damned Don't Cry 1950 ★ 7.0