Best crime films 2001 – 2010 - Charts
Best crime films 2001 – 2010
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
3. The Cove (2009)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Louie Psihoyos
Cast: Isabel Lucas, Richard O'Barry
4. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
USA / Canada, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks
5. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
6. The Departed (2006)
USA / Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
7. Lord of War (2005)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan
8. Taken (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
9. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
10. Crash (2004)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle
11. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
12. Changeling (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
13. 21 Grams (2003)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
14. 3-Iron (2004)
South Korea / Japan, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ki-duk Kim
Cast: Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Jae
15. Shut Up! (2003)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Francis Veber
Cast: Jean Reno, Gérard Depardieu
16. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
17. Gone, Baby, Gone (2007)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan
18. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
19. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon
21. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
22. Dogville (2003)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson
23. Road to Perdition (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin
24. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
25. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
27. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
28. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
29. No Country for Old Men (2007)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
30. An American Crime (2007)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Cast: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland
31. The Life of David Gale (2003)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet
32. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III (2005)
Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Zlatko Burić, Slavko Labovic
33. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
34. In Bruges (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
35. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
36. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Brandon Vietti, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Jason Isaacs
38. Mystic River (2003)
USA / Australia, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
39. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Michiyo Ookusu
40. Man on Fire (2004)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
41. Eastern Promises (2007)
UK / Canada, Drama / Crime
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
42. The Next Three Days (2010)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks
43. Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2001)
USA / Canada, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Sean Buckley
Cast: Richard Morgan, Melanie Porter
44. Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)
South Korea, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Ha-kyun Shin, Doo-na Bae
45. Sin City (2005)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Cast: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis
46. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
47. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
South Korea, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jeong-beom Lee
Cast: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim
49. Felon (2008)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Marisol Nichols
51. Monster (2003)
USA / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci
52. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
54. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-shik Choi
55. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France
56. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
USA / Germany, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: John Tormey, Woody Allen
57. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx
58. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
South Africa, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ralph Ziman
Cast: Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Nkosi
59. Frozen Land (2005)
Finland, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Aku Louhimies
Cast: Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi
60. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine
61. Lucky # Slevin (2006)
Germany / USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis
62. Hot Fuzz (2007)
UK / France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
63. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
South Korea / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Jeong-min Hwang
64. Green Street Hooligans (2005)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Lexi Alexander
Cast: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam
65. Insomnia (2002)
USA / Canada, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams
66. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
USA / Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu
68. Sin nombre (2009)
Mexico / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores
69. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone
71. Protégé (2007)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tung-shing Yee
Cast: Daniel Wu Yin-cho, Andy Lau
72. New Police Story (2004)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Crime
Directed by: Benny Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse
74. This Is England (2006)
UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Shane Meadows
Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham
75. Department 36 (2004)
France, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Olivier Marchal
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu
77. A Dirty Carnival (2006)
South Korea, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ha Yu
Cast: In-sung Jo, Min Namgung
78. Memories of Murder (2003)
South Korea, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Joon-ho Bong
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim
79. Training Day (2001)
USA / Australia, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke
80. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
USA / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman
81. Freedom Writers (2007)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey
83. Heaven (2002)
UK / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi
84. The Man Without a Past (2002)
Finland / Germany, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
85. The Whistleblower (2010)
Canada / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Larysa Kondracki
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave
86. Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
Japan / USA, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Shūsuke Kaneko
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Shidō Nakamura
87. The Consequences of Love (2004)
Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani
88. Unleashed (2005)
France / USA, Thriller / Action
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
89. Die Hard 4 (2007)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant
90. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
91. Panic Room (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: David Fincher
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart
92. The Investigator (2008)
Hungary / Sweden, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Attila Gigor
Cast: Zsolt Anger, Csaba Czene
93. RocknRolla (2008)
UK / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson
94. The Last Hangman (2005)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson
95. Running Scared (2006)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Cast: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright
96. Harry Brown (2009)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Barber
Cast: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer
97. The Chaser (2008)
South Korea, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Hong-jin Na
Cast: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha
98. The Counterfeiters (2007)
Austria / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl
99. The Italian Job (2003)
USA / France, Action / Thriller
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron
100. Antique (2008)
South Korea, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Gyoo-dong Min
Cast: Jae-wook Kim, Ji-hoon Joo