Best Crime Movies & TV Series of the 1930s

Looking for the best Crime movies and TV series of the 1930s? These 148 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

M 1931 ★ 8.1

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 ★ 7.8

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933 ★ 7.6

The Thin Man 1934 ★ 7.5

Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 ★ 7.5

Daybreak 1939 ★ 7.6

The Roaring Twenties 1939 ★ 7.5

Scarface 1932 ★ 7.4

Fury 1936 ★ 7.5

Trouble in Paradise 1932 ★ 7.4

Port of Shadows 1938 ★ 7.4

After the Thin Man 1936 ★ 7.3

The Public Enemy 1931 ★ 7.2

La Chienne 1931 ★ 7.3

The Story of a Cheat 1936 ★ 7.5

Pépé le Moko 1937 ★ 7.2

The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 ★ 7.1

The Petrified Forest 1936 ★ 7.1

You Only Live Once 1937 ★ 7.1

Another Thin Man 1939 ★ 7.1

The Lower Depths 1936 ★ 7.2

Dead End 1937 ★ 7.1

The Crime of Monsieur Lange 1936 ★ 7.1

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes 1937 ★ 7.3