Crime Movies of 2003
Shade
Shade, the first feature film from real-life card shark Damian Nieman, who wrote and directed the picture, stars Gabriel Byrne and Thandie Newton as a duo of con artists looking to beat the "Dean" (Sylvester Stallone), a ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Monster
Model-turned-actress Charlize Theron leaves her glamorous image behind for this gritty drama, in which she plays a disturbed prostitute who becomes a serial killer. Aileen Wuornos (Theron) was a woman who survived a brutal ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Confidence
James Foley directs the slick crime caper Confidence, written by first-time screenwriter Doug Jung. Told in flashback, smooth-talking con man Jake Vig (Edward Burns) relates an ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Ned Kelly
Gregor Jordan's version of the Australian legend Ned Kelly stars Heath Ledger as the title outlaw. Sixteen-year-old ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Tempo
Love and larceny cross paths in an unexpected way in this direct-to-video thriller. Sarah (Melanie Griffith) is a U.S. expatriate living in ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
The Italian Job
A team of high-class thieves avenge their mentor's death -- with the help of his own daughter -- in this big-budget remake of the 1969 British caper classic. The Italian Job ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
For I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, director Mike Hodges re-teams with Trevor Preston, the respected British ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
The Big Bounce
George Armitage directs this big-screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard's The Big Bounce. Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is an occasional thief who tends to a judge (Morgan Freeman). A woman ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Crime Spree
The directorial-debut of screenwriter Brad Mirman (Truth or Consequences, N.M.), Crime Spree stars Gerard Depardieu ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Dark Blue
A cop's personal code of justice begins to change after a number of incidents lead his city to a tragic wave of violence in this police drama. Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) is a veteran cop with the LAPD's Special ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
A Good Night to Die
This crime comedy from director Craig Singer is the filmmaker's third independent ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
A Thief of Time
This adaptation of Tony Hillerman's A Thief of Time keeps that book's original storyline. The protagonists Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) and Jim Chee (Adam Beach) are a pair of Navajo police ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Matchstick Men
Ridley Scott directs the crime comedy Matchstick Men, based on the novel of the same name by Eric Garcia. Neurotic con man Roy (Nicolas Cage) suffers from several emotional problems, including ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Allan Mindel's Milwaukee, Minnesota is about con men hoping to take advantage of a fishing champion. Albert (Troy Garity) is the best ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Mafia Doctor
As repayment for services rendered by his father, young New Jerseyite Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) is put through medical school in the U.S. and Italy by powerful mafia don Nicola Dellarusso (Paul Sorvino). Upon becoming a doctor, Siena dutifully ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Consequence
Directed by Anthony Hickox, Consequence centers around a slighted dentist whose surgery mistake costs him his job and dental license. Figuring that hope is lost, ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Hoodlum & Son
Ron Perlman, Mia Sara, and Robert Vaughn star in this period comedy concerning a neglectful gangster father and the troubled ten-year-old son ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Gigli
Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck) is a low-level Los Angeles mob enforcer. His volatile boss, Louis (Lenny Venito), hires Gigli to ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Stealing Time
An attempt to carry the nostalgic torch of such efforts as St. ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
The Good Thief
Loosely based on Jean-Pierre Melville's French film noir Bob le ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Paris
Jason (Chad Allen, formerly a child actor on TV's St. Elsewhere) is a stoic L.A. cop. As ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout
On February 28, 1997, a pair of heavily armed and heavily armored outlaws named Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasarenu, who had previously cut a crooked swath ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
A Man Apart
A cop teams up with the former head of a drug cartel to avenge the death of the woman he loved in this action-drama. Sean ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
King of the Ants
Touted as something of a return-to-form for Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon, King of the Ants offers the brutal tale of a man discovering ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Seven Times Lucky
Comedian Kevin Pollak stars in this crime caper film, the debut feature from Canadian ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Infernal Affairs III
Infernal Affairs III picks up where the first film left off. Ming (Andy Lau) is cleared of any charges involving Yan's (Tony Leung) death, and is ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Stander
A lawman fed up with the corruption in Apartheid-era South Africa takes to robbing banks in this gritty crime ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Foolproof
A harmless game among friends escalates into a dangerous game of wits against a master criminal in writer/director William Phillips' taut sophomore thriller. For seven years, Kevin (Ryan Reynolds), Samantha (Kristin Booth), and ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
13 Dead Men
When a master diamond thief is condemned to death for a murder he didn't commit, his partner must race against the clock to break him out of prison in ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Gacy
For those who don't know the name and legacy of John Wayne Gacy, the movie is based on the true story of one of the nation's most ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Dos Tipos Duros
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Camera Obscura
An artist thrown into the violent world of police work is torn between his creative sensibility and his pragmatic need to earn a living ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Jack Movez
When two brothers plan a so-called simple robbery -- they want to rob their own failing jewelry store in hopes of collecting the insurance money -- they find out that even the ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Gangster Party
When gangbanger-cum-drug lord extraordinaire Herman ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Do or Die
Jason Young's urban drama Do or Die concerns three friends who have found a certain amount of success running a successful set of laundromats. Eventually, they stretch themselves too thin financially and must make a deal ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
King Midas
Somewhere between the cocaine and the money, hip hop producer Tommy Gold loses sight ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Endgame
Young Tom (Daniel Newman) is a London prostitute pimped by the violently psychotic gangster Norris (Mark McGann), who regularly "offers" him to Dunston (John Benfield), a brutally corrupt detective with Scotland Yard. A tragic twist of fate ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Cholos vs. Narcos
Two opposing gangs struggle for control of a neighborhood in this gritty action drama. Mexican superstar Fernando Saenz captivates in this explosive follow-up to Mi Barrio es Tepito. ~ Jason ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Orquidea Sangrienta
Sultry Mexican actress Lorena Herrera stars in this south-of-the-border action thriller that is sure to have ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Drug Lordz
Oakland mobster Salvador Castro (David Rocha), newly released from prison, wastes no time in getting back into the Bay ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Red Passport
A criminal follows his own sense of justice in this taut crime thriller. Fabio (Frank Molina) is a convicted counterfeiter who was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for his last caper. After serving ten years, Fabio is ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Tiempo Real
Fabrizio Prada's Tiempo Real (Real Time) is an 86-minute ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Lost Money
A group of crooks learns the hard way that they can't trust each other in this gritty low-budget crime film from writer/director Juney Smith. After they make off with several million ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Guilty by Association
D-Mo (Daemon Moore) is a small-time Washington, D.C. drug dealer who decides to make ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder is a policier based on the actual case of the first recorded serial killer in Korea's history. The rape murders began in 1986 in Hwaseong, a small village south of Seoul, ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Latin Kingz
Everyone wants to get their hands on a valuable stash of narcotics in this gritty crime drama from writer/director Daniel Zirilli. Set on the mean streets of South Florida, ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Dope Game 2
There's more trouble in utterly violent Oakland than the Raiders and A's: ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
La Clave 7 2
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Narcos y Perros 2
The action crime film Narcos y Perros 2 continues the story of drug dealers, showing with detail the effect that the drug trade has on society. ~ Perry Seibert, All ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Bad Bizness
A beautiful policewoman becomes ensnared in a murderous inner-city conspiracy in this urban thriller from genre specialist Jim Wynorski. As the sweltering summer sun shines down on the urban ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Tapped Out
Directed and co-written by the uni-monikered Georgio, Tapped Out concerns a pair of wannabe rap stars who, in order to skyrocket to fame and fortune, must face a bunch of hard-edged criminals ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Colour of the Truth
An honest cop who may have inadvertently killed his partner during a particularly intense raid finds his life in danger when the grown-up sons of both the fallen the cop and the deceased kingpin who was killed in the chaos come gunning for him in ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Infernal Affairs II
The prequel to Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's smash hit Infernal Affairs opens in 1991, with Inspector Wong (Anthony Wong) explaining the frustrations of police work to gangster Sam (Eric ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Carnada De Muerte
An overly-ambitious police officer is drawn into a dangerous double life in this tense tale of duty versus family loyalty starring Roberto Ballesteros. ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Pasion Y Crimen En Juarez
Pasion Y Crimen En Juarez stars onio Infante and Juan Valentin as the two policemen leading the investigation into a serial killer in Juarez. The events depicted in the film are based on real events. ~ Perry ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Twilight
Written, directed, and produced by Hassan Hedayat, this police drama centers around the ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Final Decision
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Ojos que no ven
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School's Out
A talented by frustrated inner-city basketball star goes to desperate measures to ensure his scholarship after receiving a failing grade in this racially charged drama from director John Mollica. Javon Robinson (Alvin O. McCray) is a ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Godforsaken
Pieter Kuijpers' psychological thriller Van God Los (Godforsaken) concerns a 17 year old named Stan. Stan is unhappy about his life with ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Narco Clero
The drama Narco Clero concerns the fallout that occurs in Guadalajara after a local religious figure is killed. Although it seems likely that his ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
North of Fargo
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Rage and Discipline
The low-budget drama Rage and Discipline tells the tale of a young man who spends a great deal of time ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Border Warz
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Como Perros Con Rabia
A group of young Mexican street thugs seeking to escape their ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Matar Para Vivir
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La Muerte de un Valiente
Two special police unit officers find their longstanding feud coming to a violent head in this south-of-the-border action thriller starring Agustin Bernal and Fernando Saenz. ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
The Game Don't Differ
LanceNY (Chris Fraser) thinks he has taken the opportunity of a lifetime when he sleeps with the mistress of his gangster boss and steals a quarter of a million dollars from her. He plans on ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Lexie
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Razor Eaters
Loosely based on a series of true crimes committed in Australia in the early 21st century, director Shannon Young's independent thriller follows the story of five young men who set out seeking vengeance against those they ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Carga de Tunas
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En Las Garras De La Muerte
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El Malviviente
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Goddess of Mercy
As Goddess of Mercy begins, Yang Rui (Liu Yunlong) is a callow womanizer in Beijing. He's always looking for action, which eventually leads ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Yakuza Demon
Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike directed this characteristically offbeat and hard-hitting crime drama. Seiji and Yoshifumi are a pair of yakuza (Japanese gangsters) who have ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Ichi-1
Masato Tanno's Ichi-1, the prequel to Takashi Miike's ultra-violent Ichi the Killer, stars Nao Omori, who reprises his role as Shiro Ishi. In this film Ishi is a mild-mannered high-school student who suffers ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Yaowarat
Namchoke Daengput's action-filled crime thriller Yaowarat details a gang ... [ Crime movie - 2003 ]
Give and Take, and Take
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