Crime movies from the 00s

A razor-sharp satire whose teeth still bite — mostly because Patrick Bateman never stopped talking.

Memory as a plot device, a life-saver and a weapon.

A tomboy FBI agent, a crown, and a very reluctant makeover — Gracie Hart is why Miss Congeniality still sparks joy.

A cut‑fast, laugh‑meaning crime caper where a lost diamond, a bare‑knuckle boxer and a bloke called Turkish keep everything moving.

Taste, revenge and a very polite murder mystery — Hannibal still centres on one man you never quite trust.

A clever plan, a loyal crew and Danny Ocean holding it all together.

Jackie Chan’s calm in the storm: loyalty, laughs and the odd very civilized punch.

One long day, two officers — and the magnetism of a cop who makes corruption feel like a lesson.

A breezy con, a missing home and two men who need each other more than they admit.

Revenge, machine politics and a city being painfully remade — all through one young man's stubborn point of view.

A confined thriller about confession, public shame and one man’s awful timing.

A mob hitman, his son and a slow-burning road of reckonings.

A one-man delivery service with three stubborn rules — until a package changes everything.

Fast cars, dodgy loyalties and one man trying to buy his freedom back — with a mate who won't let him off the hook.

A blind lawyer who punches above his case — revisiting Daredevil's messy, earnest attempt at comic‑book tragedy.

A small Boston neighbourhood, a brutal past and a father who will not let go.

Revenge, Minis and one very particular fixer.

One night, one cab, one quietly terrible professional — and the city watching.

A road of broken vows, samurai schooling and a very particular kind of motherhood.

A burnt-out guardian, a bright little girl and a very short list of people to forgive.

A slick European caper about debts, pride and pretending to be someone famous — led, of course, by Danny Ocean.

Survival tests, moral maths and one bathroom that refuses to let you look away.

Brothers, prosthetics and a very particular kind of undercover: it’s chaotic, rude fun — and still oddly watchable.

A serious, grown-up origin story that builds Batman out of choices, not gadgetry.

A crime caper that’s part whodunnit, part self-aware love letter to noir — and utterly carried by one small‑time thief with a mouth.

An arms dealer with a witty conscience: cynical, funny and still a little unnerving.

A frantic father, a captured killer on camera and a house full of horrible choices — and yes, it still makes your stomach drop.

Blood, black‑and‑white and very particular justice.

One hitman, a lethal slow-acting poison and an insistence that adrenaline is a way of life.

A polite robbery, a public spectacle and a detective who won't let the questions die.

Undercover, unravelling and utterly watchable — The Departed still courts danger with its double lives.

An American kid, a Japanese subculture and a mentor who quietly stole the film.

Harlem business, American ambition — and the price of running a very illegal company.

A dust-stiff sheriff, a coin that decides lives, and a country that won’t explain itself.

Revenge, roulette and a grin that quietly runs the room.

A shy cartoonist, a cipher, and an investigation that never lets you finish a sentence.

A grumpy widower, a stolen car and a late-life chance at atonement.

A hit man, a medieval city and a conscience that won’t shut up.

Gotham's moral dilemma: cape, code and a ludicrously persistent clown.