# List of crime films of the 1930s

This is a list of crime films released in the 1930s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 1930 |||||
| The Big House | George W. Hill | Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery | United States | Prison film |
| Born Reckless | John Ford, Andrew Bennison | Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Lee Tracy | United States | |
| The Cat Creeps | Rupert Julian, John Willard | Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton | United States | |
| The Doorway to Hell | Archie Mayo | Charles Judels, Lew Ayres, James Cagney | United States | |
| Manslaughter | George Abbott | Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Emma Dunn | United States | Crime drama, prison film |
| Night Owls | James Parrott | Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel | United States | Crime comedy |
| Raffles | Harry D'Abbadie D'Arrast, George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence | United States | |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Rowland V. Lee | Warner Oland, Neil Hamilton, Jean Arthur | United States | |
| The Unholy Three | Jack Conway | Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles | United States | |
| 1931 |||||
| Blonde Crazy | Roy Del Ruth | James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern | United States | Gangster film |
| City Streets | Rouben Mamoulian | Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas | United States | |
| Daughter of the Dragon | Lloyd Corrigan | Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa | United States | |
| Little Caesar | Mervyn LeRoy | Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell | United States | |
| Night Nurse | Igor Auzins, William Wellman | Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell | United States | |
| The Public Enemy | William Wellman | James Cagney, Edward Woods, Donald Cook | United States | |
| Smart Money | Alfred E. Green | Edward G. Robinson, Evelyn Knapp, James Cagney, Ralf Harolde | United States | |
| 1932 |||||
| Arsene Lupin | Jack Conway | John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley | United States | |
| The Beast of the City | Charles J. Brabin | Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford | United States | |
| Fantômas | Paul Fejos | Jean Galland, Thomy Bourdelle, Tania Fédor | France | |
| The Girl From Chicago | Oscar Micheaux | Eunice Brooks, Starr Calloway, Minta Cato | United States | |
| Love Is a Racket | William Wellman | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee | United States | Crime drama |
| The Mask of Fu Manchu | Charles J. Brabin, Charles Vidor, King Vidor | Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley | United States | |
| Me and My Gal | Raoul Walsh | Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh | United States | |
| The Mouthpiece | James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Warren William, Aline MacMahon, William Janney | United States | |
| Night at the Cross Roads | Jean Renoir | Pierre Renoir, Winna Winifred, Jean Gehret | France | |
| Scarface | Howard Hawks | Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley | United States | |
| 1933 |||||
| Lady Killer | Roy Del Ruth | James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Leslie Fenton | United States | Gangster film |
| The Little Giant | Roy Del Ruth | Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson | United States | |
| The Mayor of Hell | Archie Mayo | James Cagney, Madge Evans, Allen Jenkins | United States | |
| The Midnight Club | George Somnes, Alexander Hall | Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson | United States | |
| Murders in the Zoo | Edward Sutherland | Charlie Ruggles, Lionell Atwill, Gail Patrick | United States | |
| Penthouse | W. S. Van Dyke | Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth | United States | |
| Pick-Up | Marion Gering | Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, William Harrigan | United States | |
| The Sin of Nora Moran | Philip Goldstone | Zita Johann, Alan Dinehart, Paul Cavanagh | United States | |
| The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl | Germany | |
| La tête d'un homme | Julien Duvivier | Gina Manès, Harry Baur, Valery Inkijinoff | France | |
| 1934 |||||
| Fog Over Frisco | William Dieterle, Daniel Reed | Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay | United States | |
| Limehouse Blues | Alexander Hall | George Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong | United States | |
| Manhattan Melodrama | W. S. Van Dyke | Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy | United States | Crime drama |
| Search for Beauty | Erle C. Kenton | Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing | United States | |
| 1935 |||||
| Bulldog Jack | Walter Forde | Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom | |
| Crime and Punishment | Pierre Chenal | Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray | France | Crime drama |
| Crime and Punishment | Josef von Sternberg | Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh | United States | Crime drama |
| G Men | William Keighley | James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Lloyd Nolan | United States | |
| Toni | Jean Renoir | Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia | France | Crime drama |
| The Whole Town's Talking | John Ford | Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Wallace Ford | United States | Crime comedy |
| 1936 |||||
| 15 Maiden Lane | Allan Dwan | Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley | United States | |
| Big Brown Eyes | Raoul Walsh | Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon | United States | |
| The Crime of Monsieur Lange | Jean Renoir | Jules Berry, René Lefèvre, Sylvia Bataille | France | Crime drama |
| Fury | Fritz Lang | Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel | United States | Crime drama |
| The Petrified Forest | Archie Mayo | Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart | United States | Crime drama |
| Reefer Madness | Louis J. Gasnier | Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles | United States | Crime drama |
| 1937 |||||
| L'alibi | Pierre Chenal | Louis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean | France | |
| Black Legion | Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore | United States | |
| Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo | Eugene J. Forde | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field | United States | |
| Dead End | William Wyler | Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart | United States | |
| Jump for Glory | Raoul Walsh | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Sr. | United Kingdom United States | |
| Marked Woman | Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Isabel Jewell | United States | |
| Pépé le Moko | Julien Duvivier | Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Line Noro | France | Gangster film |
| You Only Live Once | Fritz Lang | Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane | United States | Crime drama |
| 1938 |||||
| Algiers | John Cromwell | Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie | United States | Gangster film |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Anatole Litvak | Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart | United States | Crime comedy |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Michael Curtiz | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart | United States | Crime drama |
| La Bête Humaine | Jean Renoir | Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Julien Carette | France | Crime drama |
| Crime School | Lewis Seiler | Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall | United States | Juvenile delinquency film |
| Dangerous to Know | Robert Florey | Stanley Blystone, Barlowe Borland | United States | |
| I Am the Law | Alexander Hall | Edward G. Robinson, Barbara O'Neil, Wendy Barrie | United States | |
| Port of Shadows | Marcel Carné | Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon | France | Crime drama |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Lloyd Bacon | Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins | United States | Crime comedy |
| They Drive by Night | Arthur B. Woods | Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam | United Kingdom | |
| You and Me | Fritz Lang | Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Robert Cummings | United States | Crime comedy |
| Young Fugitives | John Rawlins | Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Harry Davenport | United States | Crime |
| 1939 |||||
| Blackmail | H. C. Potter | Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart | United States | |
| Daybreak | Marcel Carné | Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty | France | Crime drama |
| Each Dawn I Die | William Keighley | James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan | United States | |
| I Stole a Million | Frank Tuttle | George Raft, Claire Trevor | United States | |
| King of the Underworld | Lewis Seiler | Humphrey Bogart, James Stephenson, John Eldredge | United States | |
| Let Us Live | John Brahm | Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy | United States | |
| The Roaring Twenties | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane | United States | |
| You Can't Get Away with Murder | Lewis Seiler | Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop | United States | |