Best crime films 1991 – 2000 - Charts
Best crime films 1991 – 2000
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
2. The Green Mile (1999)
USA, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse
4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson
5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
6. Léon: The Professional (1994)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman
7. L.A. Confidential (1997)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe
8. Casino (1995)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone
9. American History X (1998)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
11. The Usual Suspects (1995)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne
12. Snatch (2000)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham
13. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans
14. Trainspotting (1996)
UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner
15. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher
17. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth
18. A Bronx Tale (1993)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Robert De Niro
Cast: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri
19. Falling Down (1993)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall
21. Once Were Warriors (1994)
New Zealand, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison
22. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Germany / Netherlands, Action / Crime
Directed by: Thomas Jahn
Cast: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers
25. Fargo (1996)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy
26. A Perfect World (1993)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood
27. Thelma & Louise (1991)
USA / UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis
28. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Bajram Severdžan, Zabit Memedov
30. The Big Lebowski (1998)
USA / UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman
31. Basic Instinct (1992)
USA / France, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
32. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
33. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
34. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
35. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
37. Traffic (2000)
USA / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle
39. Lost Highway (1997)
USA / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette
40. Primal Fear (1996)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney
41. Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
42. Following (1998)
UK, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw
43. The Crying Game (1992)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson
44. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh
46. Fireworks (1997)
Japan, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto
47. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
48. Dead Man Walking (1995)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn
49. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Denmark / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Björk, Catherine Deneuve
50. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons
51. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest
53. The Negotiator (1998)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
54. Run Lola Run (1998)
Germany, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu
55. Desperado (1995)
USA / Mexico, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
56. The Basketball Diaries (1995)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco
58. A Simple Plan (1998)
USA / France, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda
59. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh
60. Cape Fear (1991)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte
61. G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: John Strickland
Cast: Steve John Shepherd, Ben Waters
62. Frequency (2000)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel
63. The Boondock Saints (1999)
Canada / USA, Crime / Action
Directed by: Troy Duffy
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery
64. GoldenEye (1995)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean
65. Character (1997)
Netherlands / Belgium, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Mike van Diem
Cast: Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt
66. Jackie Brown (1997)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson
67. Iron Monkey (1993)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Ringo Yu, Donnie Yen
68. 8MM (1999)
USA / Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix
69. The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Peter Segal
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
70. A Pure Formality (1994)
Italy / France, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polański
71. Brother (2000)
Japan / UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps
73. Les Misérables (1998)
UK / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush
76. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow
77. Ronin (1998)
UK / France, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno
79. Pigs (1992)
Poland, Action / Crime
Directed by: Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Marek Kondrat
82. Fallen Angels (1995)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis
83. Sonatine (1993)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima
84. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
85. Shallow Grave (1994)
UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston
86. I Stand Alone (1998)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Gaspar Noé
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Guillaume Nicloux
87. Batman Returns (1992)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito
88. In the Line of Fire (1993)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich
89. The Crimson Rivers (2000)
France, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel
90. Taxi (1998)
France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Gérard Pirès
Cast: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal
91. Flickering Lights (2000)
Denmark / Sweden, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen
92. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio
93. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Apted
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau
94. Croupier (1998)
France / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Mike Hodges
Cast: Clive Owen, Alex Kingston
95. Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Australia / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Rolf de Heer
Cast: Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito
96. The General (1998)
UK / Ireland, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar
97. Buffalo '66 (1998)
USA / Canada, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Vincent Gallo
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci
98. The Debt (1999)
Poland, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Krzysztof Krauze
Cast: Robert Gonera, Jacek Borcuch
100. A Few Good Men (1992)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson