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JSA: Joint Security Area
JSA: Joint Security Area (공동경비구역 JSA) is Park Chan-wook's 2000 South Korean DMZ mystery drama starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Lee Young-ae; a record-breaking blockbuster until Friend (2001), adapted from Park Sang-yeon's novel.
Komm, süßer Tod
Komm, süßer Tod (Come Sweet Death) is a 2000 Austrian crime comedy by Wolfgang Murnberger, the first film adaptation of Wolf Haas's Brenner novels, starring Josef Hader as ex-detective Simon Brenner, an ambulance driver drawn into a murderous rivalry between Vienna ambulance services.
La Caja 507
La caja 507 (Box 507) is a 2002 Spanish thriller by Enrique Urbizu starring Antonio Resines and José Coronado, about a bank manager who learns from a robbed deposit box that his daughter's death was murder; it won two Goyas in 2003.
Libera Me (리베라 메)
Libera Me (리베라 메) is a 2000 South Korean fire-action film directed by Yang Yun-ho, starring Choi Min-soo, Cha Seung-won, and Yoo Ji-tae, about a Busan firefighter hunting a serial arsonist; it won Paeksang Grand Prize.
Made (2001 film)
Made is a 2001 American crime comedy-drama written and directed by Jon Favreau, re-teaming him with Vince Vaughn as aspiring boxers sent on a money-laundering job in New York.
Mulholland Drive (film)
Mulholland Drive (Mulholland Dr.), David Lynch's 2001 neo-noir starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harring; shot in 1999 as a rejected ABC TV pilot, completed as a feature with StudioCanal money, and winner of Cannes Best Director.
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers is a 2002 American psychological thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder, in which detective Sandra Bullock investigates two gifted students who staged a perfect murder.
My Boss, My Hero (두사부일체)
My Boss, My Hero (두사부일체) is a 2001 South Korean gangster action-comedy directed by Yoon Je-kyun, about a mob boss sent back to high school.
My Wife Is a Gangster (조폭 마누라)
My Wife Is a Gangster (조폭 마누라, Jopog Manura) is a 2001 South Korean action comedy directed by Cho Jin-gyu, starring Shin Eun-kyung as gang boss Cha Eun-jin; a major 2001 box-office hit that spawned sequels in 2003 and 2006.
Nancy Drew (2002 film)
Nancy Drew (2002 film) is an American mystery, starring Maggie Lawson as a detective. The film premiered December 15, 2002, on ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney.
Narc (film)
Narc is a 2002 American crime drama written and directed by Joe Carnahan, starring Jason Patric as a suspended narcotics officer and Ray Liotta as the murdered cop's volatile partner.
Nine Queens
Nine Queens (Nueve reinas) is Fabián Bielinsky's 2000 Argentine con-artist thriller starring Ricardo Darín and Gastón Pauls, about two swindlers selling forged rare stamps in Buenos Aires; remade as Criminal (2004) and adapted as a Netflix series.
O Invasor
O Invasor (The Trespasser) is a 2002 Brazilian thriller by Beto Brant, based on Marçal Aquino's novel, starring Paulo Miklos as a hitman who invades his employers' lives; it won Sundance 2002's Latin American competition and four Brasília festival prizes.
One Hour Photo
One Hour Photo is a 2002 American psychological thriller directed by Mark Romanek, starring Robin Williams as a lonely photo technician who fixates on a customer family.
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Ordinary Decent Criminal is a 2000 crime comedy directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, starring Kevin Spacey as Dublin gangster Michael Lynch, loosely based on Martin Cahill; a critical and box office failure released straight to video in the US.
Paid in Full (2002 film)
Paid in Full (2002) is an American crime drama directed by Charles Stone III, based on Harlem dealers A.Z., Alpo, and Rich Porter, starring Wood Harris, Mekhi Phifer, and Cam'ron; released October 25, 2002, grossing $3.0 million.
Panic Room
Panic Room (2002) is a David Fincher home-invasion thriller written by David Koepp, starring Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, and Jared Leto; Columbia Pictures released it in March 2002, grossing $197.1M worldwide, with a 76% Tomatometer and Metascore 65.
Phone Booth (film)
Phone Booth is a 2002 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Larry Cohen, and starring Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, and Kiefer Sutherland.
Proof of Life
Proof of Life is a 2000 American thriller directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Tony Gilroy, starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe in a kidnapping-for-ransom drama.
Public Enemy (공공의 적) (2002 film)
Public Enemy (공공의 적) is a 2002 South Korean crime action film by Kang Woo-suk, starring Sul Kyung-gu as corrupt detective Kang Chul-joong pursuing fund manager-murderer Cho Gyu-hwan (Lee Sung-jae); Cinema Service release, award-winning, with two sequels.
Read My Lips (2001 film)
Read My Lips (Sur mes lèvres) is Jacques Audiard's 2001 French crime romance starring Emmanuelle Devos and Vincent Cassel, about a hard-of-hearing secretary and an ex-convict trainee; it won three 2002 César Awards.
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games is a 2000 John Frankenheimer action thriller, written by Ehren Kruger, starring Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, and Gary Sinise; an ex-con impersonates his dead cellmate and is forced into a Christmas Eve casino heist.
Ripley's Game (film)
Ripley's Game (Il gioco di Ripley) is Liliana Cavani's 2002 thriller adapting Patricia Highsmith's third Ripley novel, starring John Malkovich as Tom Ripley, with Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone; it premiered at Venice 2002 and went direct-to-video in the US.
Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime drama directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks as a Depression-era mob enforcer fleeing with his son.
Shottas
Shottas is a 2002 Jamaican crime film written and directed by Cess Silvera, starring Ky-Mani Marley and Spragga Benz as gangsters in Kingston and Miami; a bootleg-fueled cult classic released officially in 2006.
Show Time (2000 film)
Show Time is a 2000 Hong Kong crime thriller directed by Herman Yau, in which a criminal crew held together by fear starts turning on itself.
Snatch (film)
Snatch is a 2000 crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It follows a stolen 86-carat diamond through the London underworld, involving gangsters and boxing promoters.
Spider (2002 film)
Spider (2002) is David Cronenberg's psychological drama, adapted by Patrick McGrath from his novel, starring Ralph Fiennes as a schizophrenic man reconstructing his mother's murder; distinct from Spider-Man (2002).
Spun
Spun (2002) is Jonas Åkerlund's feature directorial debut, an independent dark comedy written by Will De Los Santos and Creighton Vero, starring Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo, and Mena Suvari in a three-day crystal-meth odyssey; Metascore 41, US gross $410.2K.
Spy Game
Spy Game (2001) is a Tony Scott espionage thriller starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA mentor Nathan Muir and captured protégé Tom Bishop, released November 21, 2001, 127 minutes, R-rated, a mixed-review Universal/Beacon production.