Crime Film Lifetime Achievement Nominees (20th Anniversary)

Here are the nominees for the Crime categories at the Cosmique Movie Awards’ 20th anniversary. (Note: although ballots still set the deadline for April 2nd, we’ve pushed the deadline by a week due to delays in getting this out.)

• Deadline to vote: April 8, 2022
• Vote for the winners

Favorite Film Noir of All Time (20th Anniversary)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) • The Big Sleep (1946) • Double Indemnity (1944) • Gilda (1946) • The Killing (1956) • Laura (1944) • The Maltese Falcon (1941) • Mildred Pierce (1945) • Notorious (1946) • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) • Shanghai Express (1932) • Spellbound (1945) • Strangers on a Train (1951) • Sunset Blvd. (1950) • The Third Man (1949)

Favorite Cons and Con Artist Films of All Time (20th Anniversary)

American Hustle (2013) • Catch Me If You Can (2002) • The Color of Money (1986) • Curly Sue (1991) • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) • A Fish Called Wanda (1988) • The Grifters (1990) • The Hustler (1961) • Now You See Me (2013) • Ocean’s Eleven (2001) • Paper Moon (1974) • Six Degrees of Separation (1993) • The Sting (1973) • Trading Places (1983) • The Usual Suspects (1995)

Favorite Cop Films of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) • Chinatown (1974) • Dick Tracy (1990) • Die Hard (1988) • Fargo (1996) • The Fugitive (1993) • L.A. Confidential (1997) • Mad Max (1979) • Miss Congeniality (2000) • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) • No Country for Old Men (2007) • RoboCop (1987) • Se7en (1995) • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) • Witness (1985)

Favorite Courtroom or Legal Drama of All Time (20th Anniversary)

12 Angry Men (1957) • The Client (1994) • A Few Good Men (1992) • The Firm (1993) • Inherit the Wind (1960) • Jagged Edge (1985) • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) • My Cousin Vinny (1992) • Philadelphia (1993) • Primal Fear (1996) • Runaway Jury (2003) • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) • The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) • The Verdict (1982) • Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Favorite Gangs, Mobsters, and Organized Crime Films of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Bugsy Malone (1976) • Carlito’s Way (1993) • Casino (1995) • The Departed (2006) • Gangs of New York (2002) • The Godfather (1972) • The Godfather Part II (1974) • Goodfellas (1990) • The Irishman (2019) • Legend (2015) • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) • Prizzi’s Honor (1985) • The Public Enemy (1931) • Scarface (1983) • The Untouchables (1987)

Favorite Heist Movies of All Time (20th Anniversary)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) • Goodfellas (1990) • Heat (1995) • Hell or High Water (2016) • The Italian Job (2003) • Jackie Brown (1997) • The Killing (1956) • Now You See Me (2013) • Ocean’s Eight (2018) • Ocean’s Eleven (2001) • Sneakers (1992) • The Sting (1973) • The Thomas Crowne Affair (1999) • The Usual Suspects (1995)

Favorite Prison Movies of All Time (20th Anniversary)

12 Monkeys (1995) • American History X (1998) • Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) • Brubaker (1980) • Cool Hand Luke (1967) • Dead Man Walking (1995) • Escape From Alcatraz (1979) • Fortune and Men’s Eyes (1971) • The Great Escape (1963) • The Green Mile (1999) • I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) • Midnight Express (1978) • Papillon (2017) • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Favorite True Crime Films of All Time (20th Anniversary)

All the Money in the World (2017) • Bonnie and Clyde (1967) • Bully (2001) • Catch Me If You Can (2002) • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) • Goodfellas (1990) • In Cold Blood (1967) • Inherit the Wind (1960) • JFK (1991) • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) • The Laramie Project (2002) • Monster (2003) • My Friend Dahmer (2017) • Spotlight (2016) • Zodiac (2007)

Favorite Whodunnit Mysteries of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Appointment with Death (1988) • Clue (1985) • Dark Places (2015) • Death on the Nile (1978) • Deathtrap (1982) • Evil Under the Sun (1982) • Fargo (1996) • The Girl on the Train (2016) • Gone Girl (2014) • Gosford Park (2001) • L.A. Confidential (1997) • Memento (2000) • The Mirror Crack’d (1980) • Murder By Death (1976) • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) • The Name of the Rose (1986) • Rear Window (1954) • Se7en (1995) • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) • Ten Little Indians (1965)

Other Nominee Lists

• Lifetime Achievements – Overall
• Lifetime Achievements – Actors/Performances
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Action)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Comedy)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Crime)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Historical)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Holidays)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Horror)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (LGBTQ)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Music)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (War)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Western)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Other/Misc)