| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| Alpha Dog | Nick Cassavetes | Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis | United States | |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe | United States | |
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Sidney Lumet | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei | United States | |
| Cassandra's Dream | Woody Allen | Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins | France
United States | Crime thriller |
| City of Men | Paulo Morelli | Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen | Brazil | Crime drama |
| Eastern Promises | David Cronenberg | Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel | United States
Canada
United Kingdom | Crime thriller |
| Fakers | Richard Janes | Matthew Rhys, Kate Ashfield, Tom Chambers | United Kingdom | Crime comedy |
| Flash Point | Wilson Yip | Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou | China
Hong Kong | Crime thriller |
| Fracture | Gregory Hoblit | Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn | United States
Germany | Crime thriller |
| Funny Games | Michael Haneke | Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt | Italy
Germany
United Kingdom
France
United States | Crime thriller |
| The Gray Man | Scott Flynn | Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward | United States | |
| The Lookout | Scott Frank | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode | United States | |
| The Magic Hour | Kōki Mitani | Kōichi Satō, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Eri Fukatsu | Japan | |
| No Country for Old Men | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin | United States | Crime thriller |
| Ocean's Thirteen | Steven Soderbergh | George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon | United States | |
| Outlaw | Nick Love | Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins, Danny Dyer | United Kingdom | |
| Public Enemy Number One | Jean-François Richet | Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu | Canada
France | |
| Rosario Tijeras | Emilio Maille | Flora Martínez, Unax Ugalde, Manolo Cardona | Colombia | |
| The Show Must Go On | Han Jae-rim | Song Kang-ho, Oh Dal-su | South Korea | |
| Smokin' Aces | Joe Carnahan | Ben Affleck, Andy García, Alicia Keys | United States | |
| Ten 'til Noon | Scott Storm | Alfonso Freeman | United States | Crime thriller |
| Thr3e | Robby Henson | Marc Blucas, Laura Jordan, Justine Waddell | United States | |
| Timecrimes | Nacho Vigalondo | Karra Elejalde, Barbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo | Spain | Crime thriller |
| We Own the Night | James Gray | Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall | United States | |
| You Kill Me | John Dahl | Ben Kingsley, Téa Leoni, Luke Wilson | United States | Crime comedy |
| Zodiac | David Fincher | Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. | United States | Crime drama |
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