Best 29 Crime Movies Must-Watch Released in 1933

In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member. Read about She Done Him Wrong / IMDB / YouTube

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue. Learn about The Kennel Murder Case / IMDB / YouTube

In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'. Learn about The Threepenny Opera / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her. See more about The Story of Temple Drake / IMDB / YouTube

A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him. Learn about Lady Killer / IMDB / YouTube

A woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme. Check out Hold Your Man / IMDB / YouTube

Attractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her. Read about Ladies They Talk About / IMDB / YouTube

A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her. Check out Murders in the Zoo / IMDB / YouTube

A political appointee with a checkered past tries to institute constructive changes as the deputy commissioner at a cruel reform school but gets pushback from a sadistic warden and a suspicious judge who doesn't trust his motives. Info on The Mayor of Hell / IMDB / YouTube

An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime. Check out Midnight Mary / IMDB / YouTube

Danny Kean, a former inmate, pursues photography and romance with Patricia, whose father initially disapproves. A ethical dilemma strains their bond until Kean confronts his criminal past. Explore Picture Snatcher / IMDB / YouTube

Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer. Look into The Death Kiss / IMDB / YouTube

When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society. Look into The Little Giant / IMDB / YouTube

A sweet blonde goes to the police looking for her missing husband. When it turns out her husband is both a murder victim and a bachelor - and that the blonde is suspect #1, tough cop Butch Saunders comes up with a scheme to crack the case. See more about Bureau of Missing Persons / IMDB / YouTube

Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's blue room, three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her. More about Secret of the Blue Room / IMDB / YouTube

To share expenses, unemployed Alabama moves in with also unemployed Bill and Toodles. Bill is hired by a gangster's mistress and ultimately becomes the gangster's bodyguard. Alabama unknowingly applies for a stenographer's job at Mr. Weber's (the gangster's) business. Bill is forced to fly a plane carrying narcotics into the U.S. but fights back. Read about Parachute Jumper / IMDB / YouTube

Holmes and Watson investigate a secret society with members who keep dying. Info on A Study in Scarlet / IMDB / YouTube

The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him. See more about Frisco Jenny / IMDB / YouTube

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him. Check out Dragnet Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Pat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building. Details on A Shriek in the Night / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title. Find out about The Prizefighter and the Lady / IMDB / YouTube

Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is over, he's forced to come up with a series of cons to help pay it back. Read about Hard to Handle / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman with a difficult past is sentenced for a murder she didn't commit, but revealing the truth could hurt people she loves. Info on The Sin of Nora Moran / IMDB / YouTube

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter. Read about I Cover the Waterfront / IMDB / YouTube

The story of a Depression-downtrodden waif who uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss. Read about Blondie Johnson / IMDB / YouTube

Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others' lives and Sylvia urges him to reform. Learn about The Mind Reader / IMDB / YouTube

The theft of a valuable Van Dyck painting leads to murder, and many suspects are on a plush express train speeding from Paris to Rome. Explore Rome Express / IMDB / YouTube

A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud. Look into The World Gone Mad / IMDB / YouTube

A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must determine if he is the actual killer or if he is being framed. Explore The Sphinx / IMDB / YouTube