Best Crime movies of 2000s

Actors : Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Diana Scarwid, Seth Green,

Based on the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.

Actors : Milhem Cortaz, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Wagner Moura,
Directors : José Padilha,

1997, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his occupation while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope comes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Actors : Edoardo Ballerini, John Rothman, Frank Bongiorno, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Bob Giraldi,

Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include; a local police detective ...

Actors : Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice, María Mercedes Villagra,
Directors : Fabián Bielinsky,

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").

Actors : Shi-hoo Kim, Yea-young Kwon, Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi,
Directors : Chan-wook Park,

After a thirteen-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a six-year-old boy, Guem-Ja Lee seeks vengeance on the man truly responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow ...

Actors : Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Frank Oz,

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill, Martin Henderson,
Directors : Rowan Woods,

Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman (Blanchett) trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

Actors : Marianne Basler, Hélène de Fougerolles, Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Guillaume Marquet, Ludivine Sagnier, Patrick Mille,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

Ruthless executive Christine brings on Isabelle as her assistant, and she takes delight in toying with the young woman's innocence. But when the protégé's ideas become tempting enough for ...

Actors : David Morse, Robert Pastorelli, Doug Hutchison, Jamie Foxx,
Directors : Antoine Fuqua,

An ex-con is used by police to lure a criminal out of hiding.

Actors : Rachael Leigh Cook, Rhona Mitra, Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson,
Directors : Stephen Kay,

A Las Vegas mob enforcer, travels back to his hometown to investigate his brothers' mysterious death.

Actors : Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tyler Perry, David Mann,
Directors : Tyler Perry,

Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.

Actors : Martin Brambach, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Karl Markovics,
Directors : Stefan Ruzowitzky,

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.

Actors : Milhem Cortaz, André Ramiro, Irandhir Santos, Wagner Moura,
Directors : José Padilha,

After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.

Actors : Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Actors : José Luis Arias, Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Carlos Weber,
Directors : Pablo Trapero,

In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a ...

Actors : Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Filippo Timi, Kseniya Rappoport,
Directors : Giuseppe Capotondi,

A chambermaid and an ex-cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a dark turn.

Actors : Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Caroline Aaron,
Directors : Jennifer Lynch,

Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus,
Directors : Troy Duffy,

The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn that their beloved priest has been killed by mob forces, they go back to Boston to bring justice to those responsible and avenge the priest.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Kirsten Dunst, Holly Hunter, Billy Bob Thornton,
Directors : Ed Solomon,

The film philosophical approach at redemption. The protagonist Manual Jordan has gotten parole from a life sentence for the murder of Abner Easley, and returns to the city he lived in to ...