Best Crime movies of 1990s

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Elisabeth Shue, William Fichtner, Alison Elliott,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Matthew Warchus,

As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him ...

Actors : Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Maggie Smith, Whoopi Goldberg,
Directors : Emile Ardolino,

When a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in.

Actors : Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga,
Directors : Lee Tamahori,

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Kevin Spacey,

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn, Jack Davenport,
Directors : Po-Chih Leong,

Vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to redeem him.

Actors : Tom Davis, Walter Levine, John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : John Landis,

Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."

Actors : Giovanni Ribisi, Dennis Farina, Omar Epps, Claire Danes,
Directors : Scott Silver,

Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above ...

Actors : Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch, Iain Glen, Jake D'Arcy,
Directors : Bill Eagles,

Two girls thrown together by their boyfriends' violence accidentally kill one of them.

Actors : Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.

Actors : Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Chen Chang, Elaine Jin,
Directors : Edward Yang,

Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.

Actors : Matthew Lillard, Ricki Lake, Sam Waterston, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : John Waters,

A sweet mother takes a little too much at heart for the defense of her family.

Actors : Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Denis Leary,
Directors : Ted Demme,

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Actors : Sharon Stone, James Woods, Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Luis Llosa,

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Actors : Claude Maki, Masaya Katô, Omar Epps, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.

Actors : Joseph Mazzello, David Strathairn, Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

Actors : Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Actors : Robert Blake, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Wesley Snipes,
Directors : Joseph Ruben,

A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.

Actors : Lenny von Dohlen, Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt,
Directors : Raja Gosnell,

Alex Pruitt, a young boy of nine living in Chicago, fends off thieves who seek a top-secret chip in his toy car to support a North Korean terrorist organization's next deed.