Best Crime movies of 2003

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Emmy Rossum, Sean Penn,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy.

Actors : Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

The Bride wakens from a four-year coma. The child she carried in her womb is gone. Now she must wreak vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her - a team she was once part of.

Actors : Bruce Dern, Christina Ricci, Lee Tergesen, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Patty Jenkins,

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Actors : Lauren Graham, Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Bernie Mac,
Directors : Terry Zwigoff,

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.

Actors : Edward Norton, Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : F. Gary Gray,

After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.

Actors : Danny Huston, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn,
Directors : Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Actors : Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Geoffrey Rush, Billy Bob Thornton,

A beautiful gold digger matches wits with a shrewd Beverly Hills divorce lawyer who is increasingly attracted to her.

Actors : Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Alex Frost,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Actors : Bruce Altman, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Actors : Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson, Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado town. In exchange, she agrees to work for them. As a search visits town, she finds out that their support has a price. Yet her dangerous secret is never far away...

Actors : Michiyo Ohkusu, Tadanobu Asano, Takeshi Kitano, Yui Natsukawa,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Jean-Marie Lamour, Charles Dance,
Directors : François Ozon,

A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.

Actors : Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Wayne Kramer,

In an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.

Actors : Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Suchao Pongwilai, Tony Jaa,
Directors : Prachya Pinkaew,

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

Actors : Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain, Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes,
Directors : Carl Franklin,

A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.

Actors : Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Mark Steven Johnson,

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, LL Cool J, Michelle Rodriguez,
Directors : Clark Johnson,

An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Rachel Weisz, Edward Burns,
Directors : James Foley,

Jake Vig (Burns) is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss (Hoffman) and his enforcer.

Actors : Jordi Mollà, Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union,
Directors : Michael Bay,

Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.

Actors : Cole Hauser, Paul Walker, Eva Mendes, Tyrese Gibson,
Directors : John Singleton,

Former cop Brian O'Conner is called upon to bust a dangerous criminal and he recruits the help of a former childhood friend and street racer who has a chance to redeem himself.