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Best Crime Movies With Your Girlfriend That Will Mess With Your Mind

Looking for crime movies with your girlfriend that will mess with your mind? Here are 10 hand-picked films that actually deliver. No filler, just great cinema.

10 Films · Updated 2026-05-05

We have done the hard work so you do not have to. These are the crime movies with your girlfriend that are genuinely that will mess with your mind. Each one has been selected for quality, rewatchability, and the kind of impact that stays with you long after the credits roll.

What makes a great crime movie with your girlfriend? It needs to hold attention, create the right atmosphere, and leave everyone satisfied when the credits roll. The films below do exactly that — each one has been chosen because it genuinely works for this specific kind of viewing experience.

1

The Shawshank Redemption

· ★★★★☆ 8.7/10

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During...

2

The Godfather

· ★★★★☆ 8.7/10

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael...

3

The Godfather Part II

· ★★★★☆ 8.6/10

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cub...

4

The Dark Knight

· ★★★★☆ 8.5/10

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership ...

5

The Green Mile

· ★★★★☆ 8.5/10

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's mir...

6

Pulp Fiction

· ★★★★☆ 8.5/10

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back...

7

GoodFellas

· ★★★★☆ 8.5/10

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

8

City of God

· ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Z...

9

Once Upon a Time in America

· ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

10

Se7en

· ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next....

Great crime movies with your girlfriend are rare, but when you find them they are unforgettable. Every film on this list has earned its spot through quality, storytelling, and the ability to create exactly the right atmosphere. Come back whenever you need a trusted recommendation.