The Top 100 Crime Movies of the 2000s

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1

The Dark Knight

2008    Christopher Nolan    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Memento

2000    Christopher Nolan    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Mindbender

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Batman Begins

2005    Christopher Nolan    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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The Departed

2006    Martin Scorsese    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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City of God

2002    Fernando Meirelles    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Snatch.

2000    Guy Ritchie    Rated R

Black Comedy    Caper    Crime

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Ocean's Eleven

2001    Steven Soderbergh    Rated PG13

Caper    Comedy    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000    Ethan & Joel Coen    Rated PG13

Americana    Buddy Film    Comedy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Catch Me If You Can

2002    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG13

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Chase Movie

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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In Bruges

2008    Martin McDonagh    Rated R

Black Comedy    Buddy Film    Comedy Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Gangs of New York

2002    Martin Scorsese    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

2005    Shane Black    Rated R

Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Infernal Affairs

2002    Wai-keung Lau    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Memories of Murder

2003    Joon-ho Bong    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Training Day

2001    Antoine Fuqua    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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A Prophet

2009    Jacques Audiard    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Collateral

2004    Michael Mann    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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A History of Violence

2005    David Cronenberg    Rated R

Based-on-Comics    Crime    Crime Thriller

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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21

Taken

2008    Pierre Morel    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002    Chan-wook Park    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

Down by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Traffic

2000    Steven Soderbergh    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Based-on-Television    Crime

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Road to Perdition

2002    Sam Mendes    Rated R

Based-on-Comics    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Eastern Promises

2007    David Cronenberg    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Thriller

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Lady Vengeance

2005    Chan-wook Park    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Zodiac

2007    David Fincher    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Docudrama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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Sherlock Holmes

2009    Guy Ritchie    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Sexy Beast

2000    Jonathan Glazer    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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25th Hour

2002    Spike Lee    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Inside Man

2006    Spike Lee    Rated R

Caper    Crime    Crime Thriller

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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The Secret in Their Eyes

2009    Juan José Campanella    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Ichi the Killer

2001    Takashi Miike    Not Rated

Based-on-Comics    Based-on-Manga    Black Comedy

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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The Brothers Bloom

2009    Rian Johnson    Rated PG13

Comedy    Con Artist / Hustler    Crime

Down by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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In the Bedroom

2001    Todd Field    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Mother

2009    Joon-ho Bong    Not Rated

Crime    Drama    Family Drama

Up by 8 in the past 45 days 8

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Irreversible

2002    Gaspar Noé    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Layer Cake

2004    Matthew Vaughn    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Blow

2001    Ted Demme    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Bronson

2008    Nicolas Winding Refn    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

Down by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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The Man Who Wasn't There

2001    Ethan & Joel Coen    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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American Gangster

2007    Ridley Scott    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Crime Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Man on Fire

2004    Tony Scott    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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Frailty

2002    Bill Paxton    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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47

The Italian Job

2003    F. Gary Gray    Rated PG13

Crime    Caper

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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The Lookout

2007    Scott Frank    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Psychological Thriller

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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49

Narc

2002    Joe Carnahan    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Police Detective Film

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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50

Dead Man's Shoes

2004    Shane Meadows    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Revenge Film

Up by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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51

21 Grams

2003    Alejandro González Iñárritu    Rated R

Anthology Film    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Ocean's Twelve

2004    Steven Soderbergh    Rated PG13

Caper    Comedy    Crime

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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53

Boiler Room

2000    Ben Younger    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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54

Ocean's Thirteen

2007    Steven Soderbergh    Rated PG13

Caper    Comedy    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Capote

2005    Bennett Miller    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

2000    Curt Geda    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Animation

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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The Way of the Gun

2000    Christopher McQuarrie    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Thriller

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Dirty Pretty Things

2002    Stephen Frears    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Live Free or Die Hard

2007    Len Wiseman    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Matchstick Men

2003    Ridley Scott    Rated PG13

Caper    Comedy Drama    Con Artist / Hustler

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Lucky Number Slevin

2006    Paul McGuigan    Rated R

Comedy Thriller    Crime    Crime Thriller

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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The Devil's Rejects

2005    Rob Zombie    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Horror

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Up by 11 in the past 45 days 11

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Heist

2001    David Mamet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Post-Noir

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Public Enemies

2009    Michael Mann    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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The Salton Sea

2002    D.J. Caruso    Rated R

Crime    Thriller    Post-Noir

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Bad Santa

2003    Terry Zwigoff    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy    Crime

Up by 7 in the past 45 days 7

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The Matador

2005    Richard Shepard    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Crime

Up by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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Lord of War

2005    Andrew Niccol    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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70

The Transporter

2002    Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Chopper

2000    Andrew Dominik    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Black Comedy

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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72

Rocknrolla

2008    Guy Ritchie    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Caper

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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73

Spartan

2004    David Mamet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Political Thriller

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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74

The Bank Job

2008    Roger Donaldson    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Caper    Comedy

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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75

Wanted

2008    Timur Bekmambetov    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Monster

2003    Patty Jenkins    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

Up by 5 in the past 45 days 5

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Hannibal

2001    Ridley Scott    Rated R

Cannibal Film    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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78

Werckmeister Harmonies

2000    Béla Tarr    Not Rated

Crime    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Down by 7 in the past 45 days 7

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79

Bully

2001    Larry Clark    Not Rated

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Drama

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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Law Abiding Citizen

2009    F. Gary Gray    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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81

A Bittersweet Life

2005    Jee-woon Kim    Not Rated

Action    Crime    Crime Drama

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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82

The Fast and the Furious

2001    Rob Cohen    Rated PG13

Crime    Action    Action Thriller

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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83

Sin Nombre

2009    Cary Fukunaga    Rated R

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Crime

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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84

Harry Brown

2009    Daniel Barber    Not Rated

2010 SXSW Festival    Crime    Drama

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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85

JCVD

2008    Mabrouk El Mechri    Rated R

Black Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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86

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009    Daniel Alfredson    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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87

The Whole Nine Yards

2000    Jonathan Lynn    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy    Crime

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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88

The Informant!

2009    Steven Soderbergh    Rated R

Comedy    Comedy of Errors    Crime

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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89

The Score

2001    Frank Oz    Rated R

Caper    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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90

Made

2001    Jon Favreau    Rated R

Buddy Film    Comedy    Crime

Down by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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91

Funny Games

2007    Michael Haneke    Rated R

Crime Thriller    Mindbender    Psychological Thriller

Up by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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92

The Gift

2000    Sam Raimi    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Down by 10 in the past 45 days 10

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93

Confidence

2003    James Foley    Rated R

Con Artist / Hustler    Crime    Crime Thriller

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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The Blind Swordsman: Zatôichi

2003    Takeshi Kitano    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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95

Unfaithful

2002    Adrian Lyne    Rated R

Crime Drama    Drama    Erotic Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Femme Fatale

2002    Brian De Palma    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Erotic Thriller

Up by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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97

Elite Squad

2007    José Padilha    Rated R

Action    Crime    Crime Drama

Down by 18 in the past 45 days 18

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98

Big Fan

2009    Robert D. Siegel    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Crime    Crime Drama

Down by 4 in the past 45 days 4

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99

The Edukators

2004    Hans Weingartner    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Crime

Up by 8 in the past 45 days 8

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Observe and Report

2009    Jody Hill    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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