Best Crime movies of 1999

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.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III,
Directors : Kimberly Peirce,

Female-born Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.

Actors : David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

Actors : Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Actors : Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Harold Ramis,

A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss.

Actors : Tim Robbins, Hope Davis, Jeff Bridges, Joan Cusack,
Directors : Mark Pellington,

A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.

Actors : Jennifer Esposito, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody, John Leguizamo,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.

Actors : Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Will Patton, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Jon Amiel,

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Michael Rooker, Queen Latifah, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his female partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, John Travolta,
Directors : Simon West,

When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.

Actors : Obba Babatundé, Martin Lawrence, Nick Cassavetes, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Ted Demme,

The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison.

Actors : Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle, Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson,
Directors : Les Mayfield,

A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Caan,
Directors : Kelly Makin,

An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.

Actors : James Woods, Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?

Actors : Willem Dafoe, David Della Rocco, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus,
Directors : Troy Duffy,

Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.

Actors : Paul Ben-Victor, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : James Foley,

With the aid from a New York City policeman, a top immigrant cop tries to stop drug-trafficking and corruption by immigrant Chinese Triads, but things get complicated when the Triads try to bribe the policeman.

Actors : Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

Actors : Steve Zahn, Ally Walker, William H. Macy, Jeremy Northam,
Directors : Mark Illsley,

Two escaped convicts arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. Enjoying the celebrity...

Actors : Rene Russo, Ben Gazzara, Pierce Brosnan, Denis Leary,
Directors : John McTiernan,

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.