Best Crime movies of 2005

Actors : Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstein, Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz,
Directors : Carlos Reygadas,

A working-class man named Marcos and his wife kidnap a baby for ransom money, but it goes tragically wrong when the infant dies. In another world is Ana, the daughter of the general for ...

Actors : Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon,
Directors : Louis Leterrier,

A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.

Actors : Arlin Miller, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Pierce Brosnan,
Directors : Richard Shepard,

A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Marc Warren, Claire Forlani,
Directors : Lexi Alexander,

A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Actors : Nathalie Baye, Roschdy Zem, Antoine Chappey, Jalil Lespert,
Directors : Xavier Beauvois,

A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.

Actors : Alison Pill, Chris Owen, Bill Pullman, Jamie Bell,
Directors : Thomas Vinterberg,

A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.

Actors : Emmanuelle Devos, Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Aure Atika,
Directors : Jacques Audiard,

Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?

Actors : Barney Clark, Jeremy Swift, Ben Kingsley, Ian McNeice,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

Actors : Jimmy Bennett, Kevin Pollak, Serena Scott Thomas, Bruce Willis,
Directors : Florent-Emilio Siri,

A failed police negotiator turned small-town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.

Actors : Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Nicolas Bro, Mads Mikkelsen,
Directors : Anders Thomas Jensen,

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

Actors : Vanessa Ferlito, Helen Mirren, Macy Gray, Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Directors : Lee Daniels,

When an assassin is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by her lover and stepson, Mikey.

Actors : Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Tony Jaa, Bongkoj Khongmalai,
Directors : Prachya Pinkaew,

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Niall Johnson,

A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.

Actors : Marinela Dekic, Zlatko Buric, Slavko Labovic, Ramadan Huseini,
Directors : Nicolas Winding Refn,

Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything.

Actors : Usher Raymond, Chazz Palminteri, Robert Costanzo, Emmanuelle Chriqui,
Directors : Ron Underwood,

A successful DJ manages to rescue a powerful mobster one night. In order to repay him, the mobster gives him the task of protecting his daughter.

Actors : Hugh Bonneville, Nick Cannon, Shawn Ashmore, Kelly Hu,
Directors : Marcos Siega,

A young detective goes undercover at an elite private school to destroy an international stolen car ring.

Actors : Louis Koo, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Johnnie To,

Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.

Actors : Eduard Fernández, Najwa Nimri, Pablo Echarri, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

During IMF & World Bank Summit and demonstrations which upset Madrid, like other capitals, major corporation Dekia holds interviews to recruit a top executive from seven applicants. Their ...

Actors : Jason Statham, Vincent Pastore, Ray Liotta, André Benjamin,
Directors : Guy Ritchie,

Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.

Actors : Debbie Doebereiner, Omar Cowan, Dustin James Ashley, Phyllis Workman,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.