Best Crime movies of 1990s

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Jack Thompson, Irma P. Hall, John Cusack,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Actors : Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, Robert De Niro, David Caruso,
Directors : John McNaughton,

After his life is saved by a lonely cop, a mobster who moonlights as a stand-up comedian provides the cop with a beautiful young companion.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue a former LAPD officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Actors : Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T,
Directors : Mario Van Peebles,

A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.

Actors : Laura Drasbæk, Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Slavko Labovic,
Directors : Nicolas Winding Refn,

A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

Actors : Sean Patrick Flanery, David Della Rocco, Willem Dafoe, Norman Reedus,
Directors : Troy Duffy,

Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.

Actors : Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn, George Clooney,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.

Actors : Simon Callow, Ian McNeice, Maynard Eziashi, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Steve Oedekerk,

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Actors : Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

Actors : Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Marie Matiko, Wesley Snipes,
Directors : Christian Duguay,

Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead ...

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Michael Lehmann,

Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head DJ refuses to play them.

Actors : Juliette Lewis, Brad Pitt, Kathy Larson, David Milford,
Directors : Dominic Sena,

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Anna Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Ujiki,
Directors : Kiyoshi Kurosawa,

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Actors : Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Jason Patric, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Alex McArthur, Cary Elwes, Ashley Judd,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Actors : Ric Young, Yun-Fat Chow, Paul Ben-Victor, Mark Wahlberg,
Directors : James Foley,

With the aid from a New York City policeman, a top immigrant cop tries to stop drug-trafficking and corruption by immigrant Chinese Triads, but things get complicated when the Triads try to bribe the policeman.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne,
Directors : Marco Brambilla,

A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows, Paul Bettany,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.

Actors : Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Moritz Bleibtreu, Franka Potente,
Directors : Tom Tykwer,

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.