Best Crime movies of 1990s

Actors : Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton, Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau,
Directors : Tom Schulman,

A mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his gang's latest hit, has been switched.

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Alan King, Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Cliff Gorman,
Directors : Irwin Winkler,

The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.

Actors : Aya Kokumai, Masanobu Katsumura, Tetsu Watanabe, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

Actors : LL Cool J, Nia Long, Stanley Tucci, Omar Epps,
Directors : Michael Rymer,

Jeff Cole is a recent graduate of the Cincinnati police academy who dreams of working undercover. His wish is granted and through success is given the task of taking down state-wide crack ...

Actors : Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Tsui, Nicholas Tse,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. ...

Actors : Daniel Baldwin, Mickey Rourke, Chelsea Field, Don Johnson,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

Forced by the imminent foreclosure of their friend's bar, two lifelong buddies will decide to rob a bank's armoured car, not knowing that its cargo is not money but a new street drug.

Actors : Damian Young, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

Isabelle is an ex-nun waiting for her special mission from God. In the meantime, she is making a living writing pornography. She meets Thomas, a sweet, confused amnesiac who cannot remember...

Actors : Rosie O'Donnell, Emilio Estevez, Dennis Farina, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : John Badham,

Two immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jacques Dutronc, Emmanuelle Seigner, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Nicole Garcia,

Realising a dishonest deal has been found out a diamond merchant commits suicide, leaving the gems in question for his wife. Knowing the business from the time before drink largely took ...

Actors : Sonia Braga, Raul Julia, Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Clint Eastwood plays a veteran detective who gets stuck with a rookie cop (Charlie Sheen) to chase down a German crook (Raul Julia.)

Actors : Andie MacDowell, John Malkovich, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies,
Directors : Michael Lindsay-Hogg,

This story is about a ne'er do well and his girlfriend search for a thief.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Richard Crenna, Chazz Palminteri, David Caruso,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an attempt on his life, he goes on heartbroken because evidence point to the woman he still loves.

Actors : Jesse Borrego, Enrique Castillo, Benjamin Bratt, Damian Chapa,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members...

Actors : Bai Ling, Byron Mann, Bradley Whitford, Richard Gere,
Directors : Jon Avnet,

An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Lorit, Charles Berling, Florence Thomassin, Bernard Giraudeau,
Directors : Bernard Rapp,

Nicolas, a handsome, young waiter, is befriended by Frédéric Delamont, a wealthy middle-aged businessman. Delamont, a man of power, influence and strictly refined tastes, is immediately ...

Actors : Stephen Dorff, Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

Four friends on their way to a boxing match get caught in heavy traffic, so they take a shortcut in order to get there faster, unfortunately it leads to them witnessing a murder which leaves them running for their lives.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

An eccentric, unconventional woman whose naive aspirations to rise from her job as a security guard to full-fledged private eye lead her into a tangled PL: mess.

Actors : Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, Luis Guzmán, William Forsythe,
Directors : Robert Mandel,

After a botched mission in Cuba, professional mercenary Shale and his crew Joey Six, Hollan, Rem, and Wellman head home to Miami, Florida, where Shale is reunited with his fiance Jane ...

Actors : Michael Paul Chan, Eamonn Walker, Gregory Hines, Laurence Fishburne,
Directors : Laurence Fishburne,

Once in the life (of drug dealing and organized crime), can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay, two half-brothers, who have rarely seen each other while growing up, connect. One of ...