Best crime from the 2000s
The catalogue's crime films from 2000–2009, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
City of God
foreign gemdevastating
Memories of Murder
neon soakedforeign gemcult
Elite Squad
foreign gemcultdevastating
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
devastatingcultatmospheric
Requiem for a Dream
dreadsurrealdevastating
Catch Me If You Can
slow burndevastating
Freedom Writers
cultdevastating
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
devastatingforeign gemcult
Dancer in the Dark
cozyautumnalcult
Killing Cabos
foreign gemcozycult
3-Iron
foreign gemcultdevastating
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
foreign gemcultcozy
Nine Queens
mindfuckweirdforeign gem
The Chaser
foreign gemcultdread
Dogville
weirdcozycult
Mystic River
devastatingslow burndread
Batman Begins
devastatingslow burn
Mother
cozyforeign gemautumnal
The Stoning of Soraya M.
devastatingcult
Lilya 4-ever
foreign gemcultdevastating
Sin Nombre
foreign gemcultdevastating
American Gangster
autumnalslow burndevastating
A Prophet
foreign gemcultslow burn
Hot Fuzz
Suspect X
foreign gemcultdevastating
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
foreign gemcultslow burn
Zodiac
dreadslow burn
Training Day
neon soakeddevastating
The Man Who Wasn't There
neon soakedcozyautumnal
In Bruges
neon soakeddevastatingcozy