Best Crime movies of 1997

Actors : Manisha Koirala, Prem Chopra, Bobby Deol, Kajol,
Directors : Rajiv Rai,

Governor Jaisingh Sinha is murdered and the needle of suspicion points towards his estranged son, Sahil Sinha who must prove his innocence.

Actors : Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Janusz Rewinski, Cezary Pazura,
Directors : Juliusz Machulski,

An innocent cab driver Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.

Actors : Julie Brown, Paul Dinello, Sandra Bernhard, Tommy Davidson,
Directors : Bob Koherr,

Follows the plot of Pulp Fiction (1994). Scenes from other movies are also parodied.

Actors : Deborah Kara Unger, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Joanna Going,
Directors : Leslie Greif,

Richter Boudreau, the son of local celebrity Cynthia, is not very successful and works as a film critic for a local newspaper. In a short time he loses his job and his heritage, and one of ...

Actors : Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Marcelo Games, Maureen Allisse,
Directors : Jim Van Bebber,

A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.

Actors : Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz, Tara Subkoff, Alison Folland,
Directors : Alex Sichel,

Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is ...

Actors : Thomas Lockyer, Irène Jacob, Ian Richardson, Jason Patric,
Directors : John Badham,

Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for five hundred thousand dollars. The girl he meets and gets into bed with, in Paris, Marieke, turns out to be an art ...

Actors : Dean Cain, Andy Dick, Mitchell Whitfield, Sean Patrick Flanery,
Directors : Tamra Davis,

The film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his ...

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Kevin Corrigan, Lili Taylor, Michael Rapaport,
Directors : Matthew Harrison,

Redmond is a young guy who can't find what to do with his life. When his uncle Sam gives him the bag to deliver to some uptown connection he fails to do so and it gets them in trouble with ...

Actors : Philip Loch, Elis Imboden, Christian Durango, Sloan Cobb,
Directors : Michael Oblowitz,

Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ...

Actors : Ray Barrett, Kenji Isomura, Yûki Kudô, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Craig Lahiff,

After a botched bank job, a gang takes hostage a Japanese girl on the run from an arranged marriage, and escapes. Their wheel man saves the girl from them and the two go on the run with cops, the gang and her psycho husband on their tail.

Actors : Xianmei Chen, Shô Aikawa, Li Wei Chang, Shih Chang,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.

Actors : Jean-François Balmer, François Cluzet, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and ...

Actors : Robert Gendreu, Mathieu Kassovitz, Mehdi Benoufa, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Mathieu Kassovitz,

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

Actors : Boguslaw Linda, Cezary Pazura, Agnieszka Wlodarczyk, Marek Perepeczko,
Directors : Maciej Slesicki,

Leon, the 40-year-old former soldier who is an alcoholic now, gets a job as a bodyguard. His duty is to take care of one of the Mafia leader's daughters. His problems begin when he falls in love with the 16-year-old girl.

Actors : Tom Malloy, Michael Parducci, Tony Tucci, Thomas Brandise,
Directors : Salvatore Stabile,

Four young men spend their Saturday night trying to come up with the money to cover up the accidental death of a family member. As the night grows old, the tensions between the four rise and the situation becomes all the more desperate.

Actors : Christina Zilber, Tobey Maguire, Wilson Cruz, Amy Hathaway,
Directors : Quinton Peeples,

To a dumpy motel in an out-of-the-way little town, a mysterious woman, calling herself only Ms. Smith, comes to stay. Not only is she stunningly lovely, but her big black convertible is a ...

Actors : Amy Tam Ka-Chuen, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li, Sam Lee,
Directors : Fruit Chan,

Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.

Actors : Daniel Kuzniecka, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who...

Actors : Kyôko Tôyama, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Ren Ôsugi, Keisuke Horibe,
Directors : SABU,

A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police.