| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 25th Hour | Spike Lee | Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper | United States | Crime drama |
| All About the Benjamins | Kevin Bray | Ice Cube, Mike Epps | United States | Criminal comedy |
| And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | Claude Lelouch | Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte | France
United Kingdom | Crime thriller |
| Ash Wednesday | Edward Burns | Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson | United States | Crime drama |
| Assassination Tango | Robert Duvall | Robert Duvall, Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker | United States | Crime drama, crime thriller |
| Better Luck Tomorrow | Justin Lin | Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Kang Sung | United States | Crime drama |
| Big Trouble | Barry Sonnenfeld | Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci | United States | |
| Catch Me If You Can | Steven Spielberg | Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks | United States | |
| City of God | Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles | Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele | Brazil | |
| City of Ghosts | Matt Dillon | Matt Dillon, Natascha McElhone, Gérard Depardieu | United States | Crime thriller |
| Dark Blue | Ron Shelton | Kurt Russell | United States | |
| Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Takashi Miike | Kenichi Endō, Ryosuke Miki, Riki Takeuchi | Japan | Crime thriller |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor | United Kingdom | Crime thriller |
| Drowning Mona | Nick Gomez | Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell | United States | |
| Empire | Franc. Reyes | John Leguizamo | United States | |
| Femme Fatale | Brian De Palma | Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote | United States | Crime thriller |
| Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz | United States | Crime drama |
| The Good Thief | Neil Jordan | Nick Nolte, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Tchéky Karyo | France
United Kingdom
Ireland | |
| Graveyard of Honor | Takashi Miike | Goro Kishitani, Narimi Arimori, Shingo Yamashiro | Japan | |
| The Hard Word | Scott Roberts | Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Taylor | United Kingdom
Australia | |
| Infernal Affairs | Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong | Hong Kong | |
| Insomnia | Christopher Nolan | Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Kiss of Debt | Derek Diorio | Tyley Ross, Ernest Borgnine | Canada | Crime comedy |
| Narc | Joe Carnahan | Ray Liotta, Jason Patric | United States | |
| Night at the Golden Eagle | Adam Rifkin | Vinny Argiro, Donnie Montemarano, Vinnie Jones | United States | |
| No Good Deed | Bob Rafelson | Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich | United States
Germany | |
| On the Run: Trilogy 1 | Lucas Belvaux | Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc | France
Belgium | Crime thriller |
| Ripley's Game | Liliana Cavani | John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone | United Kingdom
Italy | Crime drama |
| Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law | United States | |
| The Salton Sea | D.J. Caruso | Val Kilmer | United States | |
| Stark Raving Mad' | David Schneider, Drew Daywalt | Seann William Scott, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Crye | United States | |
| State Property | Abdul Malik Abbott | Beanie Sigel, Omillio Sparks, Memphis Bleek, Damon Dash | United States | |
| Stealing Harvard | Bruce McCulloch | Chris Penn, Megan Mullally, John C. McGinley | United States | Crime comedy |
| Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | Park Chan-wook | Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona | South Korea | Crime thriller |
| The Transporter | Corey Yuen | Jason Statham, Shu Qi, François Berléand | United States
France | Crime thriller |
| Wash Dry and Spin Out | Dan Patton | Zoska Aleece, Nicole Areu, Randy Danner | United States | Crime drama |
| Welcome to Collinwood | Joe Russo, Anthony Russo | Luis Guzmán, Michael Jeter, Patricia Clarkson | United States | Crime comedy |
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