Best Crime movies of 1990s

Actors : Robert Blake, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Wesley Snipes,
Directors : Joseph Ruben,

A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.

Actors : Claude Maki, Masaya Katô, Omar Epps, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.

Actors : Mekhi Phifer, Tia Carrere, Jon Lovitz, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Hart Bochner,

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

A NYC film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.

Actors : Shawn Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Paris Barclay,

"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood" is a parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance "Boyz n the Hood", "South Central", "...

Actors : Johnny Depp, Courtney Chase, Charles S. Dutton, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Badham,

An unimpressive, every-day man is forced into a situation where he is told to kill a politician to save his kidnapped daughter.

Actors : Alex Scott, Jacqueline McKenzie, Daniel Pollock, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Geoffrey Wright,

A group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighbourhood is changing.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola, Josh Brolin, Gene Wolande,
Directors : Mike Barker,

A seemingly simple plan to steal money goes increasingly awry.

Actors : Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves,
Directors : Steven Baigelman,

An ex-convict and his bumbling crook brother fight for the same woman.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one ...

Actors : John Candy, Éva Gábor, Tristan Rogers, Bob Newhart,

The R.A.S. agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.

Actors : Grégoire Colin, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Auteuil,
Directors : Benoît Jacquot,

A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

Actors : Peter McDonald, Anne Pitoniak, Kate Burton, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Myles Connell,

A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Bruce Willis,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Bill Murray, Joanne Whalley, Richard Wilson,
Directors : Jon Amiel,

Wallace Ritchie is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assassinate international leaders at a banquet.

Actors : Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen, Søren Pilmark, Mads Mikkelsen,
Directors : Anders Thomas Jensen,

Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop...

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Alex Datcher,
Directors : Kevin Hooks,

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Actors : Sean Connery, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Laurence Fishburne,
Directors : Arne Glimcher,

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after 25 years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.

Actors : Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Victor Argo,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

Actors : Leticia Brédice, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.