Best Crime movies of 1990s

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Susan Barnes, Dermot Mulroney, Paul Newman,
Directors : Marek Kanievska,

Carol Ann MacKay is a fine, popular nurse at a retirement home, and spends her free time with her hunky athletic husband Wayne MacKay, who was the star of her school's football team when ...

Actors : Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Mark Wahlberg, Avery Brooks,
Directors : Kirk Wong,

Socially anxious hitman Melvin Smiley, an expert in his lucrative field, goes on a job and falls in love with his kidnapping victim, turning his world upside down.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, John Travolta, Alan Alda,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.

Actors : Jimmy Smits, Kim Basinger, Rufus Sewell, Holliston Coleman,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

Cody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by her aunt, a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an FBI agent, learn that Cody has supernatural abilities and the abductees are a Satanic cult wanting to harness her abilities.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson, Brawley Nolte,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a multimillionaire man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then turns the tables on the kidnappers when he uses the ransom money as a reward for the capture of the kidnappers.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, John Travolta,
Directors : John Woo,

Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.

Actors : Rebecca Gayheart, Judy Greer, Rose McGowan, Julie Benz,
Directors : Darren Stein,

Three of the most popular girls at Reagan High accidentally kill the prom queen with a jawbreaker when a kidnapping goes horribly wrong.

Actors : Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Max von Sydow, Amanda Plummer,
Directors : Fraser C. Heston,

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

Actors : Edward Norton, John Malkovich, Matt Damon, Gretchen Mol,
Directors : John Dahl,

A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.

Actors : Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, Bette Midler,
Directors : Nick Gomez,

When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Kevin Tighe, Eddie Murphy, Brion James,
Directors : Walter Hill,

Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond--this time, to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow, Armand Assante,
Directors : Danny Cannon,

In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.

Actors : David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Antonio Banderas,

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

Actors : Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, David Kelly, Warren Clarke,
Directors : Joel Hershman,

A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.

Actors : Jean Wang, Sze-Man Tsang, Donnie Yen, Rongguang Yu,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.

Actors : Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Actors : Jennifer Connelly, Virginia Madsen, Charles Martin Smith, Don Johnson,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman with the dealer George Harshaw and settles down in a hotel room. During a fire, Harry observes...

Actors : Embeth Davidtz, Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Actors : Sheryl Crow, Owen Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Hampton Fancher,

A cold-blooded serial killer floats around the country and chooses his victims from people who complain about their lives and indicate a willingness to be killed. His murders are introduced...

Actors : Jack Nicholson, Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds Jake Gittes investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.