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Best 2000s Crime Movies

Explore the top-rated 2000s Crime movies ranked by audience and critic scores. Iconic classics and hidden gems from the 2000s.

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The Dark Knight Poster

#1. The Dark Knight (2008)

★ 8.5/10 37,167 votes

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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#2. City of God (2002)

★ 8.4/10 8,583 votes

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

The Departed Poster

#3. The Departed (2006)

★ 8.2/10 16,864 votes

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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#4. Straight from the Barrio (2008)

★ 8.1/10 158 votes

A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Poster

#5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

★ 8.1/10 617 votes

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

Memories of Murder Poster

#6. Memories of Murder (2003)

★ 8.1/10 4,914 votes

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Elite Squad Poster

#7. Elite Squad (2007)

★ 8.1/10 2,859 votes

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

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#8. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

★ 8.0/10 17,814 votes

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

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#9. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

★ 8.0/10 19,662 votes

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

No Country for Old Men Poster

#10. No Country for Old Men (2007)

★ 7.9/10 14,009 votes

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Freedom Writers Poster

#11. Freedom Writers (2007)

★ 7.9/10 2,521 votes

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

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#12. Days of Santiago (2004)

★ 7.9/10 26 votes

Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.

Estômago: A Gastronomic Story Poster

#13. Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2008)

★ 7.9/10 313 votes

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God Poster

#14. Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God (2007)

★ 7.9/10 412 votes

When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. With the Death Note in hand, brilliant high school student Light Yagami vows to rid the world of evil. A recap of Death Note episodes 1–26, with alternate footage.

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#15. Killing Cabos (2004)

★ 7.9/10 191 votes

Two young men get involved with some criminals while trying to free the tycoon they kidnapped.

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