Every year is a good year for movies, provided you’re willing to wander a little off the beaten path. But in 2015, it was hard to go more than a few steps without hitting something major, something essential. More even than usual, the year’s best films took different shapes, sizes, and routes to eyeballs. Multiplexes were unusually rich with adventurous big-budget movies, as Hollywood handed the keys to the castle to real artists. At the same time, fine smaller films from all over the globe made their way from festivals to theaters and on to streaming platforms, where any viewer with a working web connection could get a taste of something different. What the 20 films below have in common, beyond the strong impression they made on our ballot-filing critics, is a general habit of saying something significant about the here and now, even when transporting audiences to a subatomic there; a fantastically reproduced then; and a lawless, post-apocalyptic later."
Source: http://www.avclub.com/article/20-best-films-2015-229810
The 20 Best Crime Thrillers of The 21st Century according to Taste of Cinema, published in July 2018.
Violence, deceit, and criminal activities within an urban setting seem to be the main landscape that we most commonly associate with the crime thriller genre. However, these are used more than often as canvases to represent some deeply personal and emotional stories.
From self-doubt, hatred and paranoia to jealousy, repentance and fear, the genre is full of great works, many of which are considered among the best films of the 21st century.
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the-20-best-crime-thrillers-of-the-21st-century/
A ranked list of all films rated 7 or higher, theatrically released in the US in 2015.
Mafia Movies
2016
by Melez