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The 25 Best Movies Based on True Crimes: Esquire

Crime movies have been popular as long as movies have been around, and the world keeps providing ever stranger real-life material for them to use. It'd be hard to invent the terrifying stories behind classics like Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, or more scuzzy works like the vacation-from-hell horror movie Wolf Creek—and they didn't. In recent years, the "based on a true story" conceit has become a tired Hollywood trope, but only because these movies so masterfully blended nonfiction with the wild imaginative possibilities of the big screen. Here are the best movie based on true crimes, ranked.
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American Hustle (2013)
American Hustle (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
2
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
3
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
4
Memories of Murder (2003)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
5
Casino (1995)
Casino (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
6
Summer of Sam (1999)
Summer of Sam (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   50%
7
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
8
Bully (2001)
Bully (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
9
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
11
All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Wolf Creek (2005)
Wolf Creek (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
13
JFK (1991)
JFK (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
14
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
16
The Untouchables (1987)
The Untouchables (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
17
F for Fake (1973)
F for Fake (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
18
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
19
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
21
Munich (2005)
Munich (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
22
M (1931)
M (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
A Man Escaped (1956)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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