Top movies with a witty topic that have a heinous crime

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a witty topic and a heinous crime! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a witty topic and a heinous crime, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Knives Out (2019)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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2019-11-27 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Daniel Craig, Chris Evans

Rating

rating icon 7.848
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eclectic cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch casting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    whodunit

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2 Promising Young Woman (2020)

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

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2020-12-13 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham

Rating

rating icon 7.438
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    waited too long
  2. Ranked #1 for
    taboo topic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    poetic justice

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3 The Gentlemen (2020)

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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2020-01-01 | Action / Crime

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam

Rating

rating icon 7.677
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    punchy dialogue
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gentlemanly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    suave

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4 Fortune Defies Death (2019)

The Woods family gathers at a cabin resort to hear the last will and testament of their wealthy patriarch George Woods ten years after his death. All vying for the much-anticipated Woods' fortune, the players include his greedy sister and her grandson, an eccentric niece and two ambitious nephews, his mistress, and his missing daughter's husband with their amnesiac granddaughter. Before the players can stake their claim to the family fortune, each must survive the family attorney's investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Woods' adopted daughter Mona. Why did Mona suddenly run away before the death of Woods? Will she show up to claim her fortune, or was her disappearance the result of a conspiracy? As the story unfolds, family members turn on each other and murder is the weapon of choice to reveal a dark secret.

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2019-03-26 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Julie R. Ølgaard, Justin Ray

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cleverly executed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-constructed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    well-crafted

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5 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

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2022-11-12 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Daniel Craig, Edward Norton

Rating

rating icon 7.06
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like Knives Out
  2. Ranked #2 for
    crafty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    smart and witty dialogue

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6 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.092
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plenty of twist
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crafty

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7 Stockholm (2019)

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

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2019-04-12 | Crime / Comedy

Cast

Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    surprisingly sympathetic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with dramatic moments
  3. Ranked #1 for
    humorous

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8 Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

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2020-02-19 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 7.124
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tight writing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    par excellence
  3. Ranked #2 for
    fully fleshed

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9 Only the Animals (2019)

Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.

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2019-12-04 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy

Rating

rating icon 6.682
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    too coincidental
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unlikely event
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gradual beginning

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10 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok to catch the sadistic killer simply known as K.

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2019-05-15 | Crime / Action

Cast

Ma Dong-seok, Kim Moo-yul

Rating

rating icon 7.79
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    time passer
  2. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly acceptable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sticky ending

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