{"id":9728,"date":"2025-10-02T03:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2025\/10\/02\/what-are-shane-blacks-10-favorite-crime-films\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:01:41","slug":"what-are-shane-blacks-10-favorite-crime-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2025\/10\/02\/what-are-shane-blacks-10-favorite-crime-films\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Shane Black&#8217;s 10 Favorite Crime Films?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/media-library\/shane-black-crime-movies.jpg?id=61686874&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=7%2C0%2C7%2C0\"><\/p>\n<p>Around here, <a data-linked-post=\"2672359822\" href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/shane-black-battling-blank-page\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Black<\/a> is one of our favorite directors. We&#8217;ve talked about how much<a data-linked-post=\"2661195831\" href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/shane-black-christmas\" target=\"_blank\"> he loves Christmas<\/a>, and we&#8217;ve talked about which of<a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/shane-black-films-teach\" target=\"_blank\"> his movies will make you a better filmmaker. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Black is back with another crime caper on Amazon called<em> Play Dirty<\/em>. It&#8217;s a fun crime movie that involves a criminal underworld and lots of action. The movie is new adaptation of Donald E. Westlake\u2019s Parker novels. It stars Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, and Rosa Salazar. <\/p>\n<p>Black recently did an<a href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/journal\/shane-black-interview-crime-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\"> interview with Letterboxd<\/a>, where he talked about his ten favorite crime movies. <\/p>\n<p>These are movies that not only inspired his latest, but also are his favorite in the <a data-linked-post=\"2661196597\" href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/crime-and-gangster\" target=\"_blank\">crime genre <\/a>all time. <\/p>\n<p>So what are they? <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s dive in. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Shane Black&#8217;s Favorite Crime Movies <\/h2>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\"> <span class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"3f8b9dbfd013954518a56fa88885743f\" style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"auto\" lazy-loadable=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6paP2-ry-QY?rel=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/span> <small class=\"image-media media-caption\" placeholder=\"Add Photo Caption...\">&#8211; YouTube<\/small> <small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\" placeholder=\"Add Photo Credit...\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6paP2-ry-QY\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com<\/a> <\/small> <\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Black lists his ten favorite crime movies. They are: <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Dirty Harry<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Bullitt<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Night Moves<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Anderson Tapes<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Hickey &amp; Boggs<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>All the President\u2019s Men<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Marathon Man<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Psycho<\/em> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Third Man<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is such an interesting list of crime movies, and in here are some of my favorite movies of all time, as well. They&#8217;re all classics from the 70s, when movies really reigned. <\/p>\n<p>You can see a lot of the attitude in the way Black writes and directs in these movies. You have big ideas, big characters, and big set pieces. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into the genre, this is a great place to start. <\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think in the comments. <strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Author: Jason Hellerman<br \/>\nThis article comes from <i>No Film School<\/i> and can be <a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/shane-blacks-favorite-crime-films\" target=\"_blank\"><b>read on the original site.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around here, Shane Black is one of our favorite directors. 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