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Hana-bi (花火)
Hana-bi (花火, Fireworks) is Takeshi Kitano's 1997 Japanese crime drama about detective Nishi caring for his dying wife; it won the 1997 Venice Golden Lion.
Hard Eight (film)
Hard Eight (originally Sydney) is Paul Thomas Anderson's 1996 neo-noir feature debut, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Samuel L. Jackson in a Reno gambling drama retitled by Rysher.
Heat (1995 film)
Heat (1995) is Michael Mann's Los Angeles crime drama starring Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna and Robert De Niro as thief Neil McCauley, famous for their first shared screen scene, the downtown shootout, and zero Oscar nominations.
Hoodlum (film)
Hoodlum is a 1997 American crime drama directed by Bill Duke, loosely based on 1930s Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson, played by Laurence Fishburne opposite Tim Roth's Dutch Schultz.
Island of Greed (黑金)
Island of Greed (黑金, also The Island of Greed) is a 1997 Hong Kong political thriller by Michael and Johnny Mak, starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Andy Lau, about Taiwanese black-gold politics; distinct from the 2026 iQIYI TV series of the same name.
Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (1997) is Quentin Tarantino's crime film adapting Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oscar-nominated Robert Forster; his only adaptation, set in Los Angeles, released by Miramax.
Juice (1992 film)
Juice (1992) is Ernest R. Dickerson's directorial debut crime drama about four Harlem teens, starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur, released by Paramount on January 17, 1992, grossing $20.1 million.
Killing Zoe
Killing Zoe is Roger Avary's 1993 feature directorial debut, a crime thriller starring Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, and Jean-Hugues Anglade about a Bastille Day Paris bank heist that collapses into a hostage bloodbath; released 1994, grossed $418,961.
Kiss of Death (1995 film)
Kiss of Death is a 1995 American crime thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring David Caruso as an ex-convict forced to inform on Nicolas Cage's Queens crime boss.
Little Odessa (film)
Little Odessa (1994) is James Gray's debut crime drama, starring Tim Roth as a hit man returning to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; it won the Venice Silver Lion and earned $1,095,885 domestically.
Menace II Society
Menace II Society is a 1993 American crime drama directed by Allen and Albert Hughes. It stars Tyrin Turner and Samuel L. Jackson, following a drug dealer's struggle.
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing (1990) is the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era gangster noir starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, and Marcia Gay Harden, inspired by Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest and The Glass Key, released by 20th Century Fox and Circle Films.
Mobsters (film)
Mobsters is a 1991 American crime drama directed by Michael Karbelnikoff, loosely based on the rise of Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Frank Costello.
New Jack City
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime drama directed by Mario Van Peebles, starring Wesley Snipes as Harlem crack kingpin Nino Brown, with Ice-T, Chris Rock, and Judd Nelson; it grossed about $47.6 million on an $8.5 million budget and spawned the 1990s hood-film wave.
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan is Sidney Lumet's 1997 crime drama, adapted from Robert Daley's novel Tainted Evidence, starring Andy Garcia as a New York DA uncovering police corruption that may implicate his father.
Organized Crime & Triad Bureau
Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB, 有組織罪案及三合會調查科, O記) is a Hong Kong Police unit investigating triad, organized, cross-border, and terrorist crime; also the title of Kirk Wong's 1994 film 重案實錄Ｏ記.
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (Pizza, birra, faso; also Pizza, Beer & Smokes) is a 1998 Argentine crime drama by Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro about marginal Buenos Aires youths, the founding film of the New Argentine Cinema.
Pusher (1996 film)
Pusher (1996) is Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish crime debut, starring Kim Bodnia as Copenhagen dealer Frank, indebted to Zlatko Buric's Milo; Mads Mikkelsen's film debut, first of the Pusher trilogy.
Q & A (1990 film)
Q & A (1990) is a Sidney Lumet crime drama adapted from Edwin Torres's novel, starring Nick Nolte as racist NYPD detective Mike Brennan and Timothy Hutton as assistant DA Al Reilly investigating a staged justifiable homicide; released April 27, 1990, 132 minutes, Tri-Star.
Rainy Dog (極道黒社会 RAINY DOG)
Rainy Dog (極道黒社会 RAINY DOG, Gokudō kuroshakai) is a 1997 Japanese crime film by Takashi Miike, the second Black Society Trilogy entry, following exiled hitman Yuji (Show Aikawa) in rainy Taipei with a mute boy said to be his son.
Rounders (film)
Rounders is a 1998 American drama directed by John Dahl, written by Koppelman and Levien, starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton as underground New York poker players; a box office disappointment that became a cult classic credited with fueling the poker boom.
Rush (1991 film)
Rush (1991) is Lili Fini Zanuck's directing debut, a crime drama starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Texas narcotics officers who become addicts, based on Kim Wozencraft's novel, released by MGM in December 1991.
Set It Off (film)
Set It Off is a 1996 American heist crime drama directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise as four Los Angeles women who rob banks; released by New Line Cinema, 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Shanghai Triad (摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥)
Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese crime drama directed by Zhang Yimou, set in the 1930 Shanghai underworld, starring Gong Li and nominated for an Academy Award.
Sonatine (ソナチネ) (1993 film)
Sonatine (ソナチネ) is Takeshi Kitano's 1993 Japanese yakuza film, his fourth feature, starring him as gangster Murakawa sent to Okinawa. Cannes Un Certain Regard 1993, Joe Hisaishi score, a Western breakthrough for Kitano.
South Central (film)
South Central is a 1992 American drama directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson, adapted from Donald Bakeer's book Crips, starring Glenn Plummer as an ex-gang member trying to save his ten-year-old son from gang life; produced with Oliver Stone, released by Warner Bros., grossing $1,373,196.
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Straight Out of Brooklyn is a 1991 American drama, the debut feature of 19-year-old Matty Rich, about a Red Hook teenager robbing a drug dealer to escape poverty; it won a 1991 Sundance Special Jury Prize and the 1992 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam: 1999 Spike Lee crime drama, also written by Victor Colicchio and Michael Imperioli, about an Italian-American Bronx neighborhood gripped by fear during David Berkowitz's 1977 Son of Sam murders; released July 2, 1999, 142 minutes, starring John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, and Mira Sorvino.
Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル) (1996 film)
Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル, Suwarōteiru), also SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY/燕尾蝶, is Shunji Iwai's 1996 Japanese drama about immigrants in the fictional near-future city Yen Town, starring Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, and Ayumi Ito, with a hit YEN TOWN BAND soundtrack and a 2026 4K re-release.
The Corruptor
The Corruptor is a 1999 American crime thriller directed by James Foley, starring Chow Yun-Fat as a corrupt NYPD lieutenant and Mark Wahlberg as his partner.