Here we've displayed a list of the best Unlikely Criminal films : Fireworks(1997), Band of Outsiders(1964), The American Friend(1977), Wild Horses(1995), The Devil's Brother(1933), Make Mine Mink(1960), Irma Vep(1996), The Accused(1948), Mr. Denning Drives North(1953), Quicksand(1950), Animal Factory(2000), The Commuter(2018) ... ...
Crime, Drama
Japan
1997
103 Minutes
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Kayoko Kishimoto Ren Ôsugi Susumu Terajima Tetsu Watanabe Hakuryu Yasuei Yakushiji Taro Itsumi Ken'ichi Yajima Makoto Ashikawa Yuuko Daike
cop husband wife partner disabled person gangster brash dark offbeat thrilling japan lake car store yakuza murder bank robbery illness debt unlikely criminal
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Crime, Drama
France
1964
97 Minutes
Anna Karina Sami Frey Claude Brasseur Jean-Luc Godard Chantal Darget Michel Delahaye Danièle Girard Louisa Colpeyne Claude Makovski Ernest Menzer Michele Seghers
beautiful woman slacker film fan uncle aunt benefactor playful offbeat thrilling cool paris country house classroom café the louvre france botched crime alienation friendship hero worship
Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.
Mystery & Thriller
West Germany|France
1977
127 Minutes
Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Elisabeth Kreuzer Gérard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller Peter Lilienthal Daniel Schmid Jean Eustache Rudolf Schündler Sandy Whitelaw
art dealer husband artist forger friend wife uneasy profound dark suspenseful hamburg, germany car train city apartment murder plot unlikely criminal family desperation terminal illness
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Comedy, Drama
Argentina
1995
132 Minutes
Héctor Alterio Leonardo Sbaraglia Cecilia Dopazo Fernán Mirás Daniel Kuzniecka Antonio Grimau Cipe Lincovsky Federico Luppi
bank robber bank employee drifter police officer hostage elderly man amusing confident brash road argentina bank robbery road trip fugitives unlikely criminal unlikely friendship deception adventure temptation love
A road movie that begins when a man tries to rob a bank and the bank's clerk, a yuppie, pretends the thief has kidnapped him to help him run away. While they're running away, they meet a ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
88 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Dennis King Thelma Todd James Finlayson Lucile Browne Arthur Pierson Henry Armetta Matt McHugh Lane Chandler Nena Quartero
thief lord lady bandit innkeeper bumbler amusing cheeky rousing carriage dance hall cellar italy inn robbery seduction impersonation deception unlikely criminal adventure
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
Comedy
UK
1960
101 Minutes
Terry-Thomas Athene Seyler Hattie Jacques Billie Whitelaw Elspeth Duxbury Irene Handl Jack Hedley Kenneth Williams Caroline Leigh Denis Shaw Michael Peake
landlady major maid boarder police officer witty quirky winsome cheeky boarding house england theft unlikely criminal friendship moral dilemma thrill seeking adventure underdog 1960s
A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
99 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Nathalie Richard Antoine Basler Nathalie Boutefeu Bulle Ogier Lou Castel Arsinée Khanjian Alex Descas Dominique Faysse Bernard Nissile Olivier Torres
director maggie cheung costume designer crew member journalist actress witty creative crafty offbeat france movie set hotel theater vacation home filmmaking life imitating art culture clash unrequited love failing career
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
101 Minutes
Loretta Young Bob Cummings Wendell Corey Sam Jaffe Douglas Dick Suzanne Dalbert George Spaulding Sara Allgood Mickey Knox Francis Pierlot Ann Doran
professor truck driver lawyer detective beautiful woman student dark gripping eerie suspenseful college courtroom beach cliff classroom psychology attempted rape investigation cover-up unlikely criminal
A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
93 Minutes
John Mills Phyllis Calvert Eileen Moore Sam Wanamaker Herbert Lom Raymond Huntley Russell Waters Wilfrid Hyde-White Freda Jackson Trader Faulkner
manufacturer daughter boyfriend wife lawyer chilling tense great britain countryside woods airplane unlikely criminal conscience accidental death cover-up deception investigation escape discovery forbidden love
A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend and then tries to cover up his deed.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
79 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Jeanne Cagney Peter Lorre Barbara Bates Taylor Holmes Wally Cassell
mechanic waitress friend boss police officer ex-girlfriend bleak suspenseful tense melodramatic santa monica, calif. pier garage arcade diner road bad luck unlikely criminal debt petty crime
After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.
Crime, Drama
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Willem Dafoe Edward Furlong Seymour Cassel Mickey Rourke Steve Buscemi Tom Arnold John Heard Danny Trejo Jake La Botz Mark Boone Junior Edward Bunker
young man convict sexual predator guard judge transvestite gritty raw touching tense prison cell cafeteria court classroom unusual friendship prison life protection unlikely criminal survival
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|France|China|Canada|Spain
2018
104 Minutes
Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Jonathan Banks Sam Neill Elizabeth McGovern Florence Pugh Shazad Latif Letitia Wright Killian Scott Clara Lago
insurance salesman husband wife son mysterious woman stranger brooding crafty rousing suspenseful gripping thrilling train house train station train tracks mysterious strangers conspiracy train travel unlikely criminal
An action-thriller in which an insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Comedy
USA
1979
110 Minutes
Susan Saint James Jane Curtin Jessica Lange Richard Benjamin Fred Willard Eddie Albert Dabney Coleman Art Metrano Ronnie Schell Garrett Morris Cathryn Damon
divorcée business owner friend husband boyfriend ex-husband amusing crafty playful quirky mall suburbia house oregon unlikely criminal financial troubles robbery attempt marital problems unwanted pregnancy family dysfunction
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states, the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK
1939
70 Minutes
James Mason Pamela Mason Sylvia Coleridge
farmer wife young woman murderer chilling england countryside farm car highway murder chase deception investigation unlikely criminal pursuit transformation 1930s
Farmer Mark Warrow lives an unhappy existence with his shrewish wife Martha. His only happiness comes from his dog. When his wife loses her temper and kills his beloved pet, Warrow snaps ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
109 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Demi Moore Tom Skerritt Veronica Cartwright William Allen Young Richard Minchenberg Ernie Lively Bill Henderson
bank robber girlfriend sheriff father fbi agent farmer bleak thrilling emotional american midwest bank farm car bank robbery on the run desperation injustice unlikely criminal journey love
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Action
UK
1958
90 Minutes
Jack Palance Anita Ekberg Nigel Patrick Anthony Newley Bonar Colleano Sidney James Eric Pohlmann Josephine Brown
accountant femme fatale detective robber cab driver gripping suspenseful emotional new york city europe suburbia jewelry shop jewelry theft fugitives unlikely criminal investigation pursuit temptation love transformation
An English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. He flees to the continent, where he embarks on the life of his dreams... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
100 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Lon McCallister Judith Anderson Allene Roberts Julie London Rory Calhoun Ona Munson Harry Shannon Arthur Space Walter Sande Pat Flaherty
farmer adopted daughter aunt classmate guard girlfriend brooding chilling suspenseful tense farm woods country house family history dark secrets madness unlikely criminal murder hostage situation mystery
Film director Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1998
109 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Anne Heche Julianne Moore Viggo Mortensen William H. Macy Robert Forster Philip Baker Hall Anne Haney Chad Everett Rance Howard Rita Wilson
norman bates detective mother young woman boyfriend sister shocking brutal frightening creepy bates motel road car dealership office family home arizona serial murders unlikely criminal multiple personalities murder investigation
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Comedy
1967
94 Minutes
mail carrier housewife landlady husband bachelor hippie amusing witty dark outlandish new york city greenwich village apartment kidnapping alienation unlikely friendship misanthropy unlikely criminal transformation underdog
A New York mailman (Eli Wallach) tries to vent his frustrations and kidnaps a housewife (Anne Jackson) who feels the same way.
Drama
1937
94 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Franchot Tone Gladys George Edgar Dearing Mary Treen Cliff Edwards Charles Trowbridge Joe Sawyer George Chandler Gavin Gordon Ernest Whitman
clerk friend soldier nurse judge gangster dark gritty emotional carnival battlefield jail courtroom new york city veterans love triangle world war i unlikely criminal prison break transformation
A circus man (Spencer Tracy) tries to save his buddy (Franchot Tone) who turns gangster after fighting in World War I.
Crime, Drama
1957
73 Minutes
Dennis O'Keefe Ann Sears Anton Diffring Patrick Barr Eileen Elton Vernon Greeves
publisher singer criminal secretary ward inspector suspenseful melodramatic dark tense london auction house mansion nightclub car mistaken identity suicide philandering broken heart unlikely criminal
A U.S. publisher (Dennis O'Keefe) in London hires a killer (Anton Diffring) to avenge the death of his ward.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
2019
81 Minutes
Katie Brayben Poppy Roe Ben Lloyd-Hughes Sarah Ball Tomiwa Edun Sinead Matthews Sian Clifford Owain Rhys Davies
addict life coach young woman serial killer brash engaging gripping gutsy quirky england road house car murder unlikely allies unlikely criminal road trip adventure discovery mystery
Comedy
1951
74 Minutes
Joan Greenwood Bourvil Marcel Arnold
clerk thief friend doctor police officer love interest madcap winsome tender paris hotel jail france supernatural shyness unusual romance crime unlikely criminal discovery love
A mundane clerk (Bourvil) finds he can walk through walls then falls for an English girl who's a thief (Joan Greenwood).
Drama
1987
250 Minutes
teacher principal coworker child detective mother gripping disturbing intricate pennsylvania suburbia high school family home murder investigation insurance fraud unlikely criminal dark secrets small-town life wretched excess quest
Key to a 1979 Philadelphia murder puzzle are a sly teacher (Peter Coyote) and a strange principal (Robert Loggia).
Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Diana Lynn Nina Foch Raymond Burr Mitzi McCall Veda Ann Borg Margery Maude Romo Vincent Nancy Kulp Milton Frome
schoolteacher assistant bumbler fiancé gangster coworker madcap lighthearted playful train prep school barbershop train station heist disguise travel misunderstanding unlikely criminal escape discovery
Fleeing a jewel thief, a barber (Jerry Lewis) poses as a child with a woman (Diana Lynn) on a train and hides at a girls school.