Top 5 Crime Movies

[RCMerchant]

OK-I'm ripping off an idea. Hey-this is BAD MOVIES-most Bad movies are rip offs of other movies...I follow suit!

Crime-gangsters-and such.
1.COPKILLERS-two guys smuggling coke get in deep s**t. Anything that can go wrong does. Doesn't help that one of them is a psychopath.
2.BLOODY MAMA-Shelly Winters and sons go onna rampage.
3.PUBLIC ENEMY-Jimmy Cagney-nuff sed.
4.GOODFELLAS-nuff sed.
5.the EXECUTIONERS aka MASSACRE MAFIA STYLE-this stars Duke Mitchell...the Dean Martin wannabe from BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA! Besides that-it's an unsung classick! "Today we eat-tommorow we kill!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=got1Bo6hVIw&feature=related
Thats Duke with the 'stache and sideburns.

[Mr. DS]

1.) Scarface
2.) Blow
3.) Goodfellas
4.) Casino
5.) Godfather Pt. 2

I'm kinda mainstream on my list.  I do feel Scarface is the ultimate crime movie.  Tony Montana is a guy you should hate but end up loving for his tenacity.

[The Burgomaster]

In no particular order (and this list could change 5 seconds after I type it):

* GODFATHER, PART II (I love the original, but I think part II is a better overall movie)
* THE FRENCH CONNECTION
* DOG DAY AFTERNOON
* BONNIE AND CLYDE
* ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES

[Rev. Powell]

THE KILLING (1956)
PULP FICTION
RESERVOIR DOGS
THE GODFATHER
SCARFACE

[ChocolateChipCharlie]

Godfather 1/2
The Usual Suspects
LA Confidential
Silence of the Lambs
Scarface

Others receiving votes:
French Connection
Seven
Batman (Keaton/Nicholson)
Pulp Fiction
Munich
Requiem for a Dream
A Clockwork Orange

[Rev. Powell]

Godfather 1/2

I wasn't aware of GODFATHER ONE HALF --- that's the prequel? 

[venomx]

The Bat (1959) w/ Vincent Price

Scarface (1983) w/ Al Pacino

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) w/ Al Pacino

Clue (1985) w/ Tim Curry

Lethal Weapon (1987) w/ Gibson, Glover

[Nightowl]

1.At Close Range
2.Scarface
3.Goodfellas
4.Reservoir Dogs
5.Dirty Harry

Also:

Ichi The Killer
Running Scared
Boyz N The Hood
Colors
The Untouchables
Millers Crossing
Superfly
Lethal Weapon

[Psycho Circus]

To Live & Die In L.A.
Scarface
Thief
Miami Blues
Magnum Force

[Flick James]

Not necessarily in order of preference:

The Godfather Part 2
Goodfellas
Once Upon a Time in America
The French Connection
Repo Man, only because of the single greatest crime line in all of cinema: "Come on, let's go do some crimes."

[major jay]

ALMOST HUMAN - I've never seen a lower lowlife depicted in a movie than in this.
CRIME WAVE (1954) Great street level film noir.
THE ASPHALPT JUNGLE
WHITE HEAT
QUICKSAND - Mickey Rooney as a regular Joe who makes one dumb decision after another.

[The Burgomaster]

I guess I should throw in some honorable mentions:

* BULLITT
* SHAFT
* TAXI DRIVER

[RCMerchant]

Iuess I should throw in some honorable mentions:

* BULLITT
* SHAFT
* TAXI DRIVER

Lotsa films involve crime-ie:murder is a crime. But when I think of "crime" films,I think of gangsters or heists or professional killers. While what Travis does in TAXI DRIVER is a crime- and Sport as a pimp too-I think of it more as a psychological study.Along the same lines as PSYCHO.
But that's just my opinion.

[crackers]

In no order:

1) Striking Distance
2) Robocop
3) Cobra
4) Class Of 1984
5) True Romance

All these involve crime. I'm not sure if this was what you are looking for though.

[zombie no.one]

when I think of "crime" films,I think of gangsters or heists or professional killers.

I'm glad you've narrowed it down to that cause I wasn't really sure how to answer.

so going by that definition:

Goodfellas
Casino
Fargo (kidnapping/blackmail)
Reservoir Dogs
not sure about #5. Cop Killers? (until I think of something else)