Highest grossing Crime movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Actors : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.

Actors : Anne Archer, Willem Dafoe, Harrison Ford, Joaquim de Almeida,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Actors : Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Daniel Olbrychski, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Liev Schreiber,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Actors : Alessandro Nivola, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen,
Directors : John Woo,

In order to foil an extortion plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Eiza González, Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm,
Directors : Edgar Wright,

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, John Travolta,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Actors : Liam Aiken, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.

Actors : Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Madonna,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : David Fincher,

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Actors : Robert Redford, Strother Martin, Paul Newman, Katharine Ross,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

Actors : John Malkovich, John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Colm Meaney,
Directors : Simon West,

Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Michael Mann,

A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.

Actors : Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm,
Directors : Ben Affleck,

As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the F.B.I. Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Emmy Rossum, Sean Penn,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.