List of crime films of the 2010s explained

This is a list of crime films released in the 2010s.

2010

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
	2010
22 Bullets	Richard Berry	Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Richard Berry	France	Crime thriller^[1]
Animal Kingdom	David Michôd		Australia	^[2]
Beyond the Grave	Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro	Daniel Bacchieri, Leandro Lefa, Rafael Tombini	Brazil	^[3]
Brighton Rock	Rowan Joffé			Crime thriller^[4]
Brooklyn's Finest	Antoine Fuqua	Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke	United States	^[5]
Cold Fish	Sion Sono		Japan	Crime thriller^[6]
I Saw the Devil	Kim Jee-woon		South Korea	Crime thriller^[7]
The Killer Inside Me	Michael Winterbottom		United Kingdom United States	^[8]
The Killing Jar	Mark Young	Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau Jr., Amber Benson	United States	Crime thriller^[9]
London Boulevard	William Monahan	Keira Knightley, Colin Farrell, Ben Chaplin	United Kingdom	^[10]
The Next Three Days	Paul Haggis	Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson	United States	Crime drama, crime thriller^[11]
Outrage	Beat Takeshi Kitano		Japan	^[12]
The Robber	Benjamin Heisenberg		Germany Austria	^[13]
Small Town Murder Songs	Ed Gass-Donnelly	Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, Martha Plimpton	Canada	^[14]
A Somewhat Gentle Man	Hans Petter Moland	Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gard Eidsvold	Norway	^[15]
Takers	John Luessenhop	Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Tip "T.I" Harris	United States	^[16]
The Town	Ben Affleck	Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm	United States	^[17]
Twelve	Joel Schumacher	Kiefer Sutherland, Chace Crawford, Anthony Quarles	France United States	^[18]

2011

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
	2011
30 Minutes or Less	Ruben Fleischer	Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari		Crime comedy^[19]
The Big Bang	Tony Krantz	Antonio Banderas, Sienna Guillory, James Van Der Beek	United States	Crime comedy^[20]
Bullhead	Michaël R. Roskam		Belgium	^[21]
Delhi Belly	Abhinay Deo	Imran Khan, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vir Das	India	Crime comedy^[22]
Drive	Nicolas Winding Refn		United States	Crime thriller^[23]
Flypaper	Rob Minkoff	Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson	United States	Crime comedy^[24]
Hodejegerne	Morten Tyldum		Norway	^[25]
Kill the Irishman	Jonathan Hensleigh	Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer	United States	^[26]
Life Without Principle	Johnnie To	Lau Ching Wan, Richie Jen, Denise Ho	Hong Kong	^[27]
The Lincoln Lawyer	Brad Furman	Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, Josh Lucas, Bryan Cranston, Michael Peña	United States
Pinching Penny	Dan Glaser		United States	Crime thriller^[28]
S.I.U.	Hwang Byung-guk	Uhm Tae-woong, Joo Won, Jung Jin-young	South Korea	^[29]
Snowtown	Justin Kurzel		Australia	Crime drama, true crime^[30]
Tower Heist	Brett Ratner		United States	Crime comedy, heist film^[31]

2012

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
	2012
ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards	Stefano Sollima		France Italy	Crime drama^[32]
Black's Game	Oskar Thor Axelsson		Iceland	^[33]
Cleanskin	Hadi Hajaig	Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox		^[34]
Contraband	Baltasar Kormákur	Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster	United States	Crime thriller^[35]
The Dark Knight Rises	Christopher Nolan	Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy	United States	^[36]
Drug War	Johnnie To	Sun Hong-Lei, Louis Koo, Huang Yi	China Hong Kong	Crime thriller^[37]
End of Watch	David Ayer	Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick	United States	Crime thriller
Fury	David Weaver	Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga	Canada	^[38]
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1	Anurag Kashyap	Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chadda, Reemma Sen	India	Crime drama^[39]
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2	Anurag Kashyap	Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi	India	Crime drama^[40]
Get the Gringo	Adrian Grunberg	Mel Gibson, Jésus Ochoa, Daniel Jiménez Cacho	United States	^[41]
Hit and Run	Dax Shepard	Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper	United States	Crime comedy^[42]
The Iceman	Ariel Vromen	Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans	United States	^[43]
Ill Manors	Ben Drew	Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Natalie Press	United Kingdom	Crime thriller^[44]
Killing Them Softly	Andrew Dominik	Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn	United States	^[45]
Lawless	John Hillcoat	Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke	United States	Crime drama^[46]
Lethal Hostage	Cheng Er	Sun Honglei, May Wang, Ni Dahong	China	^[47]
Man on a Ledge	Asger Leth		United States	Crime thriller^[48]
	Yoon Jong-bin	Choi Min-sik, Ha Jeong-u, Jo Jin-ung	South Korea	^[49]
Outrage Beyond	Takeshi Kitano	Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura	Japan	^[50]
Passion	Brian De Palma		United States	Crime thriller^[51]
The Place Beyond the Pines	Derek Cianfrance	Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes	United States	Crime drama^[52]
Robot & Frank	Jake Schreier	Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard	United States	Crime comedy^[53]
Safe	Boaz Yakin	Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Robert John Burke	United States	^[54]
Savages	Oliver Stone	Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Salma Hayek	United States	^[55]
The Scent	Kim Hyoung-jun	Park Hui-sun, Park Shi-yeon, Ju Sang-uk	South Korea	^[56]
The Thieves	Choi Dong-hoon	Kim Yoon-seok, Lee Jung-jae, Kim Hye-soo	South Korea	^[57]

2013

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
	2013
2 Guns	Baltasar Kormákur	Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton	United States	Crime comedy^[58]
Ain't Them Bodies Saints	David Lowery	Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster	United States	Prison film^[59]
American Hustle	David O. Russell	Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams	United States	Crime drama^[60]
Blind Detective	Johnnie To	Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Guo Tao	Hong Kong China	^[61]
The Bling Ring	Sofia Coppola	Emma Watson, Leslie Mann, Taissa Farmiga	Germany United States	Crime drama^[62]
Blue Caprice	Alexandre Moors	Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake Nelson	United States	^[63]
Blue Ruin	Jeremy Saulnier		United States	Crime drama^[64]
Cold Eyes	Cho Ui-seok, Kim Byeong-seo	Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, Han Hyo-joo	South Korea	^[65]
The Counselor	Ridley Scott	Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz Javier Bardem	United States	Crime thriller^[66]
Crimes of Passion	Gao Qunshu	Angelababy, Huang Xiaoming, Jae Hui	China	^[67]
The Devil's Path	Kazuy Shiraishi	Takayuki Yamada, Pierre Taki, Chizuru Ikewaki	Japan	^[68]
Gangster Squad	Ruben Fleischer	Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin	United States	^[69]
The Keeper of Lost Causes	Mikkel Norgaard	Nikolaj Lee Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter	Denmark	Police detective film^[70]
Man of Tai Chi	Keanu Reeves	Keanu Reeves, Tiger Chen, Iko Uwais	United States
New World	Park Hoon-jung	Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min	South Korea	^[71]
Only God Forgives	Nicolas Winding Refn	Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm	Denmark France	^[72]
Prisoners	Denis Villeneuve		United States	Crime drama^[73]
Shield of Straw	Takashi Miike	Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, Goro Kishitani	Japan	^[74]
The Shifting			United States Colombia	Action crime drama film
Trance	Danny Boyle	James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson		Caper, crime thriller^[75]
The Wolf of Wall Street	Martin Scorsese		United States	Crime drama^[76]

2014

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
	2014
	Tsai Yueh-Hsun	Mark Chao, Lin Gengxin, Huang Bo	China Taiwan Hong Kong	Crime action^[77]
Black Coal, Thin Ice	Diao Yi'nan	Liao Fan, Gwei Lun-mei, Wang Xuebing	China	^[78]
The Boundary	Wang Tao	Liu Ye, Vincent Zhao, Choo Ja-hyun	China	Suspense action crime drama^[79] ^[80]
The Breaking Point	James C. Hunter	Erik Grey, Diana Lovell, Reggie Peters, Roy Williams Jr. and Sean Nelson	United States	Action crime drama
Nightcrawler	Dan Gilroy	Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed		Crime thriller^[81]
Pale Moon	Daihachi Yoshida	Rie Miyazawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Satomi Kobayashi	Japan	Crime drama^[82] ^[83]
Poker Night	Greg Francis	Beau Mirchoff, Ron Perlman, Titus Welliver	Canada United States	Action-Crime-Thriller^[84]
The Raid 2	Gareth Evans	Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Oka Entara	Indonesia	Crime drama, gangster film^[85]
Sabotage	David Ayer	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard	United States	Crime thriller^[86]
Scratch	Maninder Chana	Julie Romaniuk, Craig Cyr, Romaine Waite, Jojo Karume, J.J. Reville, Len Silvini and Justin Bott	Canada	Action crime comedy-drama
	Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez	Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin	United States	^[87]
Target	Yang Jiang	Song Yang, Yang Chengjun, Kara Wong	China	Action suspense crime^[88]

2015

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
2015
12 Citizens	Xu Ang	He Bing, Han Tongsheng, Qian Bo	China	Suspense crime drama^[89]
The Big Short	Adam McKay	Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling	United States	^[90]
Scratch	Maninder Chana	Julie Romaniuk, Craig Cyr, Romaine Waite, Jojo Karume, J.J. Reville, Len Silvini and Justin Bott	Canada	Action crime comedy-drama
Straight Outta Compton	F. Gary Gray	O'Shea Jackson Jr, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Paul Giamatti	United States	Biographical
War on a String	Li Kai	Vincent Chiao, Andrew Lin, Lin Jinfeng	China	Suspense crime action^[91]

2016

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
2016
South of 8	Tony Olmos	Brian Patrick Butler, George Jac, Jennifer Paredes, Kathryn Schott, Raye Richards	United States	Crime drama thriller

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