| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan | Yeo Gyoon-dong | Lee Jung-jae, Kim Ok-vin | South Korea | |
| Bangkok Dangerous | Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang | Nicolas Cage | United States | Crime thriller |
| The Bank Job | Roger Donaldson | Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore | United States | |
| Bronson | Nicolas Winding Refn | Tom Hardy, Hugh Ross, Juliet Oldfield | United Kingdom | |
| The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal | United Kingdom United States | Crime drama, crime thriller |
| Donkey | Adrian Langley | Matthew Stefiuk, Gregry Wilson, Douglas Kidd | Canada | |
| Gomorra | Matteo Garrone | Nicolo Manta, Gianfelice Imparato | Italy | Crime drama |
| In Bruges | Martin McDonagh | Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, Clémence Poésy | Belgium United Kingdom | Crime drama |
| JCVD | Mabrouk El Mechri | Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem | Belgium Luxembourg France | |
| Mad Money | Callie Khouri | Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes | United States | Crime comedy |
| Max Payne | John Moore | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Chris O' Donnell | United States | Crime thriller |
| Pathology | Marc Schoelermann | Milo Ventimiglia, Alyssa Milano, Lauren Lee Smith | United States | |
| RocknRolla | Guy Ritchie | Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton | United Kingdom | |
| Sans Arme, Ni Haine, Ni Violence | Jean-Paul Rouve | Jean-Paul Rouve, Alice Taglioni, Gilles Lellouch | France | |
| Street Kings | David Ayer | Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans | United States | |
| The Spirit | Frank Miller | Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson | United States | |
| The Square | Nash Edgerton | David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton | Australia | Crime thriller |