"Crime Drama" Movies
A subgenre of drama films that generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. These can either follow the criminals or those trying to catch them, or indeed both.
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| Release Date | Title | Production Budget | Opening Weekend | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2025 | Alto Knights | ||||
| Apr 12, 2024 | The Absence of Eden | $23,912 | $37,265 | $37,265 | |
| Mar 5, 2024 | The Troubles: A Dublin Story | ||||
| Feb 24, 2024 | Blue Christmas | ||||
| Feb 23, 2024 | Mea Culpa | ||||
| Jan 23, 2024 | A Nanny’s Revenge | ||||
| Dec 31, 2023 | Abraham Ozler | $64,227 | |||
| Dec 31, 2023 | Antim Sanskar: The Last Ritual | $2,987 | |||
| Dec 31, 2023 | Only the River Flows (河边的错误… | $42,683,177 | |||
| Dec 31, 2023 | O Pior Homem de Londres | $37,637 | |||
| Dec 31, 2023 | Belyy spisok (Белый список)… | $54,417 | |||
| Dec 15, 2023 | Finestkind | ||||
| Oct 6, 2023 | Shelter in Solitude | $171,522 | $235,103 | $235,103 | |
| Sep 15, 2023 | American Outlaws | ||||
| Sep 15, 2023 | Manto de Gemas | ||||
| Apr 7, 2023 | How to Blow Up a Pipeline | $115,453 | $750,010 | $1,047,725 | |
| Mar 31, 2023 | A Thousand and One | $1,795,695 | $3,400,020 | $3,463,582 | |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Luther The Fallen Sun | ||||
| Dec 31, 2022 | Apag | ||||
| Dec 23, 2022 | Women Talking | $40,530 | $5,456,531 | $9,175,860 | |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Code of Silence | $6,063 | |||
| Nov 23, 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out M… | $9,200,000 | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Wild Is the Wind | ||||
| Oct 21, 2022 | American Murderer | ||||
| Oct 14, 2022 | Heeojil kyeolsim (헤어질 결심)… | $96,200 | $2,179,864 | $20,672,401 | |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Lou | ||||
| Sep 16, 2022 | A Jazzman’s Blues | ||||
| Sep 9, 2022 | Athena | ||||
| Jul 29, 2022 | The Moderator | ||||
| May 12, 2022 | Private Property | ||||
| May 5, 2022 | The Ravine | ||||
| Mar 18, 2022 | The Outfit | $5,000,000 | $1,499,730 | $3,344,040 | $4,389,636 |
| Dec 10, 2021 | The Unforgivable | $13,023 | |||
| Nov 24, 2021 | For the Love of Money | $211,286 | $480,774 | $480,774 | |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Ida Red | ||||
| Oct 1, 2021 | The Many Saints of Newark | $50,000,000 | $4,651,571 | $8,237,403 | $12,732,039 |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Wild Indian | ||||
| Jul 30, 2021 | Stillwater | $5,188,150 | $14,465,535 | $17,243,702 | |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Die in a Gunfight | $60,936 | |||
| Jun 22, 2021 | Lansky | $5,000,000 | $27,474 | $61,030 | $144,894 |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Gully | $14,425 | $22,517 | $22,517 | |
| Mar 19, 2021 | City of Lies | $284,561 | $572,493 | $2,811,078 | |
| Feb 26, 2021 | Cherry | $40,000,000 | |||
| Feb 19, 2021 | Body Brokers | $6,634 | |||
| Jan 22, 2021 | Brothers by Blood | $104,744 | |||
| Jan 15, 2021 | American Skin | $46,410 | $282,332 | $282,332 | |
| Dec 30, 2020 | La nuit des rois | $49,967 | |||
| Dec 4, 2020 | I’m Your Woman | ||||
| Unknown | First Lady II: Maria's Revenge | ||||
| Dec 13, 2019 | Mob Town | ||||
| Nov 27, 2019 | Queen & Slim | $20,000,000 | $11,890,490 | $43,808,310 | $48,266,163 |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Hustlers | $20,700,000 | $33,181,361 | $104,963,598 | $150,467,919 |
| Sep 13, 2019 | The Goldfinch | $40,000,000 | $2,679,027 | $5,332,621 | $9,429,910 |
| Aug 9, 2019 | The Kitchen | $38,000,000 | $5,527,410 | $12,180,032 | $15,779,261 |
| Feb 8, 2019 | Todos lo saben | $71,207 | $2,677,805 | $17,791,656 | |
| Jan 1, 2019 | First Lady | ||||
| Dec 14, 2018 | The Mule | $50,000,000 | $17,509,431 | $103,804,407 | $173,453,994 |
| Sep 14, 2018 | White Boy Rick | $30,000,000 | $8,860,431 | $24,004,833 | $25,947,983 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Wind River | $11,000,000 | $161,558 | $33,800,859 | $44,984,979 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Detroit | $40,000,000 | $350,190 | $16,790,139 | $26,033,563 |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Gold | $3,471,316 | $7,227,038 | $12,178,108 | |
| Dec 25, 2016 | Live by Night | $65,000,000 | $33,336 | $10,378,555 | $21,774,432 |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Chi-raq | $15,000,000 | $1,198,453 | $2,653,031 | $2,733,397 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | Black Mass | $53,000,000 | $22,635,037 | $62,575,678 | $98,837,872 |
| Apr 17, 2015 | True Story | $1,950,214 | $4,719,695 | $5,894,210 | |
| Dec 10, 2014 | The Gambler | $25,000,000 | $33,680,992 | $38,718,031 | |
| Mar 14, 2014 | Veronica Mars | $6,000,000 | $1,988,351 | $3,322,127 | $3,485,383 |
| Dec 4, 2013 | Out of the Furnace | $22,000,000 | $5,220,288 | $11,330,849 | $15,434,375 |
| Jun 14, 2013 | The Bling Ring | $214,395 | $5,845,732 | $12,407,491 | |
| Mar 29, 2013 | The Place Beyond the Pines | $15,000,000 | $279,457 | $21,403,519 | $47,011,449 |
| Nov 30, 2012 | Talaash | $1,638,706 | $2,706,375 | $25,522,290 | |
| Apr 16, 2010 | El secreto de sus ojos | $3,500,000 | $167,866 | $6,391,436 | $40,527,719 |
| Feb 27, 2009 | Crossing Over | $77,370 | $4,462,332 | $4,614,344 | |
| Oct 24, 2008 | Pride and Glory | $30,000,000 | $6,262,396 | $15,740,721 | $32,262,866 |
| Aug 1, 2008 | Frozen River | $1,000,000 | $70,234 | $2,511,476 | $6,030,129 |
| Oct 26, 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You'… | $73,837 | $7,085,511 | $24,909,088 | |
| Sep 14, 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | $23,000,000 | $133,557 | $6,777,741 | $24,489,150 |
| Mar 30, 2007 | The Lookout | $2,017,795 | $4,600,585 | $5,555,018 | |
| Mar 2, 2007 | Zodiac | $85,000,000 | $13,395,610 | $33,080,084 | $83,027,938 |
| Feb 9, 2007 | Das Leben der Anderen | $2,000,000 | $213,589 | $11,284,657 | $81,197,047 |
| Jan 12, 2007 | Alpha Dog | $6,412,775 | $15,309,602 | $32,514,319 | |
| Oct 6, 2006 | The Departed | $90,000,000 | $26,887,467 | $132,384,315 | $289,660,619 |
| Feb 24, 2006 | Tsotsi | $3,000,000 | $76,324 | $2,912,606 | $11,537,539 |
| Feb 17, 2006 | Freedomland | $5,833,562 | $12,512,886 | $14,651,216 | |
| Nov 9, 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | $40,000,000 | $12,020,807 | $30,981,850 | $46,666,955 |
| Sep 16, 2005 | Lord of War | $42,000,000 | $9,390,144 | $24,149,632 | $60,437,727 |
| Jul 16, 2004 | Maria Full of Grace | $3,200,000 | $139,066 | $6,529,624 | $14,441,158 |
| Nov 26, 2003 | The Cooler | $4,000,000 | $128,973 | $8,291,572 | $11,131,455 |
| Jul 18, 2003 | Dirty Pretty Things | $10,000,000 | $100,512 | $8,112,414 | $14,156,753 |
| May 9, 2003 | L'homme du train | $41,138 | $2,541,320 | $3,157,443 | |
| Apr 25, 2003 | Confidence | $15,000,000 | $4,563,588 | $12,212,417 | $12,970,401 |
| Apr 11, 2003 | Better Luck Tomorrow | $250,000 | $360,772 | $3,802,390 | $3,809,226 |
| Feb 21, 2003 | The Life of David Gale | $50,000,000 | $7,117,225 | $19,694,635 | $28,920,188 |
| Jan 17, 2003 | Cidade de Deus | $3,300,000 | $88,292 | $7,563,397 | $32,059,295 |
| Dec 6, 2002 | Empire | $3,500,000 | $6,281,415 | $17,504,595 | $18,495,444 |
| Nov 15, 2002 | El crimen de padre Amaro | $1,800,000 | $496,290 | $5,719,000 | $5,849,791 |
| Oct 25, 2002 | Paid in Full | $1,328,789 | $3,042,188 | $3,075,052 | |
| Oct 11, 2002 | Knockaround Guys | $15,000,000 | $5,016,852 | $11,660,180 | $12,419,700 |
| Sep 6, 2002 | City by the Sea | $40,000,000 | $8,935,426 | $22,433,915 | $22,505,932 |
| Jul 12, 2002 | Road to Perdition | $80,000,000 | $22,079,481 | $104,054,514 | $183,354,514 |
| May 3, 2002 | Deuces Wild | $10,000,000 | $2,704,682 | $6,044,618 | $6,244,618 |
| Dec 25, 2001 | The Shipping News | $35,000,000 | $1,205,174 | $11,405,825 | $24,405,825 |
| Nov 23, 2001 | In the Bedroom | $1,700,000 | $93,972 | $35,930,604 | $42,137,871 |
| Nov 9, 2001 | Heist | $35,000,000 | $7,823,521 | $23,483,357 | $28,906,817 |
| Oct 31, 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $664,404 | $7,494,849 | $21,494,849 | |
| Jun 13, 2001 | Sexy Beast | $4,300,000 | $170,356 | $6,946,056 | $10,158,354 |
| Dec 27, 2000 | Traffic | $48,000,000 | $184,725 | $124,107,476 | $208,300,000 |
| Apr 21, 2000 | Croupier | $63,472 | $6,201,143 | $7,071,143 | |
| Apr 5, 2000 | Black and White | $10,000,000 | $2,212,535 | $5,241,315 | $5,241,315 |
| Mar 3, 2000 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the S… | $2,000,000 | $166,344 | $3,330,230 | $10,672,492 |
| Feb 18, 2000 | Boiler Room | $9,000,000 | $6,722,884 | $16,963,963 | $28,773,637 |
| Nov 10, 1999 | Light It Up | $13,000,000 | $2,408,613 | $5,871,603 | $5,871,603 |
| Oct 15, 1999 | Fight Club | $65,000,000 | $11,035,485 | $37,030,102 | $100,820,947 |
| Oct 8, 1999 | The Limey | $10,000,000 | $187,122 | $3,193,102 | $6,030,047 |
| Aug 13, 1999 | Brokedown Palace | $25,000,000 | $3,871,616 | $10,115,014 | $11,115,766 |
| Mar 19, 1999 | True Crime | $5,276,109 | $16,676,845 | $16,676,845 | |
| Dec 30, 1998 | Affliction | $63,979 | $6,330,054 | $6,330,054 | |
| Nov 4, 1998 | Belly | $3,000,000 | $3,454,776 | $9,639,390 | $9,639,390 |
| Oct 30, 1998 | American History X | $10,000,000 | $156,076 | $6,719,864 | $6,719,864 |
| Sep 11, 1998 | Rounders | $12,000,000 | $8,459,126 | $22,921,898 | $22,921,898 |
| Aug 14, 1998 | Return to Paradise | $2,465,129 | $8,352,677 | $8,352,677 | |
| Mar 27, 1998 | The Newton Boys | $27,000,000 | $4,010,245 | $10,341,093 | $10,341,093 |
| Jan 30, 1998 | Caught Up | $6,754,958 | $6,762,661 | ||
| Dec 25, 1997 | Jackie Brown | $12,000,000 | $9,292,248 | $39,673,162 | $74,727,492 |
| Oct 3, 1997 | U-Turn | $2,730,440 | $6,690,074 | $6,690,074 | |
| Sep 19, 1997 | L.A. Confidential | $35,000,000 | $5,211,198 | $64,604,977 | $126,204,977 |
| Aug 27, 1997 | Hoodlum | $8,162,768 | $23,489,997 | $23,489,997 | |
| Aug 15, 1997 | Cop Land | $15,000,000 | $13,510,482 | $44,906,632 | $63,706,632 |
| May 16, 1997 | Night Falls On Manhattan | $2,933,255 | $9,889,670 | $9,889,670 | |
| Feb 28, 1997 | Donnie Brasco | $35,000,000 | $11,660,216 | $41,954,997 | $65,303,052 |
| Nov 6, 1996 | Set It Off | $9,000,000 | $8,812,105 | $36,049,108 | $36,049,108 |
| Oct 18, 1996 | Sleepers | $44,000,000 | $12,305,745 | $53,300,852 | $165,600,852 |
| Sep 27, 1996 | Extreme Measures | $38,000,000 | $6,906,546 | $17,378,193 | $17,378,193 |
| Sep 27, 1996 | 2 Days In The Valley | $3,352,440 | $11,101,856 | $11,101,856 | |
| May 3, 1996 | Last Dance | $2,690,253 | $5,857,534 | $5,857,534 | |
| Apr 26, 1996 | Mulholland Falls | $4,306,221 | $11,504,190 | $11,504,190 | |
| Feb 23, 1996 | Before and After | $4,023,815 | $8,642,118 | $8,642,118 | |
| Feb 16, 1996 | City Hall | $40,000,000 | $8,012,442 | $20,278,055 | $20,278,055 |
| Dec 29, 1995 | Dead Man Walking | $11,000,000 | $118,266 | $39,387,284 | $83,088,295 |
| Dec 15, 1995 | Heat | $8,445,656 | $67,436,818 | $187,433,328 | |
| Nov 22, 1995 | Casino | $52,000,000 | $9,946,480 | $42,438,300 | $110,400,000 |
| Oct 27, 1995 | Doom Generation | $402 | |||
| Oct 4, 1995 | Dead Presidents | $7,943,778 | $24,120,194 | $24,120,194 | |
| Sep 29, 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | $5,422,385 | $16,030,096 | $16,030,096 | |
| Sep 13, 1995 | Clockers | $4,463,560 | $12,993,765 | $12,993,765 | |
| Jun 2, 1995 | The Glass Shield | $1,146,748 | $3,270,822 | $3,270,822 | |
| Apr 21, 1995 | Kiss of Death | $40,000,000 | $5,317,066 | $14,942,422 | $14,942,422 |
| Apr 19, 1995 | New Jersey Drive | $1,395,028 | $3,540,207 | $3,540,207 | |
| Oct 14, 1994 | Pulp Fiction | $8,000,000 | $9,311,882 | $107,928,762 | $212,891,760 |
| Sep 23, 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | $25,000,000 | $727,327 | $28,241,469 | $28,419,371 |
| Aug 19, 1994 | Fresh | $8,094,616 | $8,094,616 | ||
| Jul 15, 1994 | Mi Vida Loca | $3,269,420 | $3,269,420 | ||
| Dec 31, 1993 | Bad Boy Bubby | $321 | |||
| Nov 24, 1993 | A Perfect World | $8,075,582 | $31,160,784 | $31,160,784 | |
| Nov 10, 1993 | Carlito’s Way | $9,116,675 | $36,516,012 | $36,516,012 | |
| Nov 5, 1993 | Flesh and Bone | $4,517,066 | $9,488,998 | $9,488,998 | |
| Sep 29, 1993 | A Bronx Tale | $3,716,456 | $17,239,789 | $17,239,789 | |
| May 26, 1993 | Menace II Society | $3,500,000 | $3,839,638 | $27,731,527 | $27,731,527 |
| Oct 16, 1992 | Night and the City | $6,202,756 | $6,202,756 | ||
| Jul 17, 1992 | A Stranger Among Us | $2,886,082 | $12,282,994 | $12,282,994 | |
| Mar 13, 1992 | American Me | $3,378,100 | $11,318,100 | $11,318,100 | |
| Jan 17, 1992 | Juice | $8,085,715 | $20,146,800 | $20,146,800 | |
| Jul 26, 1991 | Mobsters | $6,030,585 | $20,246,790 | $20,246,790 | |
| 1991 | Straight out of Brooklyn | $450,000 | $2,712,293 | $2,712,293 | |
| Dec 25, 1990 | The Godfather: Part III | $54,000,000 | $19,558,558 | $66,666,062 | $66,786,966 |
| Sep 19, 1990 | Goodfellas | $25,000,000 | $6,368,901 | $46,743,809 | $47,103,483 |
| Dec 25, 1989 | Music Box | $76,239 | $6,263,883 | $6,263,883 | |
| Oct 6, 1989 | An Innocent Man | $6,386,349 | $19,397,847 | $19,397,847 | |
| Oct 6, 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | $4,729,352 | $4,729,623 | ||
| Apr 22, 1988 | White Mischief | $3,107,000 | $3,107,000 | ||
| Dec 11, 1987 | Wall Street | $16,500,000 | $4,104,611 | $43,848,100 | $43,848,100 |
| Nov 6, 1987 | Less than Zero | $3,008,987 | $12,396,383 | $12,396,383 | |
| Oct 23, 1987 | No Man’s Land | $1,088,273 | $2,877,571 | $2,877,571 | |
| Jun 3, 1987 | The Untouchables | $25,000,000 | $10,023,094 | $76,270,454 | $76,271,995 |
| May 8, 1987 | River's Edge | $1,900,000 | $4,600,000 | $4,600,000 | |
| Mar 14, 1986 | The Boys Next Door | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | ||
| Feb 14, 1986 | Quicksilver | $3,170,215 | $7,634,909 | $7,634,909 | |
| Jul 19, 1985 | The Legend of Billie Jean | $1,466,884 | $3,100,000 | $3,100,000 | |
| Feb 8, 1985 | Witness | $12,000,000 | $4,539,990 | $65,532,576 | $65,532,576 |
| Dec 14, 1984 | The Cotton Club | $48,000,000 | $2,903,603 | $25,928,721 | $25,928,721 |
| Sep 14, 1984 | A Soldier's Story | $156,383 | $22,100,000 | $22,100,000 | |
| Jun 1, 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | $30,000,000 | $2,412,014 | $5,321,508 | $5,577,556 |
| May 4, 1984 | Alphabet City | $1,172,292 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | |
| Dec 9, 1983 | Scarface | $25,000,000 | $4,597,536 | $45,227,398 | $45,233,082 |
| Oct 7, 1983 | Rumble Fish | $18,985 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,098 | |
| May 27, 1983 | Chained Heat | $2,252,682 | $6,149,983 | $6,149,983 | |
| Mar 25, 1983 | Bad Boys | $2,171,197 | $9,200,000 | $9,200,000 | |
| Feb 4, 1983 | Without a Trace | $1,609,448 | $9,632,062 | $9,632,062 | |
| Aug 19, 1981 | Prince of the City | $64,713 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | |
| Apr 3, 1981 | Atlantic City | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | ||
| Mar 21, 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | $810,109 | $3,806,930 | $3,806,930 | |
| Jul 13, 1979 | The Wanderers | $5,017,811 | $23,017,811 | ||
| Apr 13, 1978 | F.I.S.T | $11,000,000 | $20,388,920 | $20,388,920 | |
| Oct 19, 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | $1,540,635 | $16,900,000 | $16,900,000 | |
| Feb 8, 1976 | Taxi Driver | $1,900,000 | $28,262,574 | $28,448,654 | |
| Aug 29, 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | $46,665,856 | $46,665,856 | ||
| 1975 | French Connection II | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | ||
| Dec 11, 1974 | The Godfather: Part II | $13,000,000 | $57,300,000 | $57,386,952 | |
| Mar 15, 1972 | The Godfather | $7,000,000 | $302,393 | $136,479,994 | $270,007,394 |
| Dec 17, 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | $26,589,355 | $28,478,758 | ||
| Jul 15, 1970 | Joe | $19,319,254 | $19,319,254 | ||
| Jun 19, 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | ||
| Dec 14, 1967 | In Cold Blood | $3,500,000 | $13,000,000 | $13,007,551 | |
| Nov 1, 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | $16,217,773 | $16,218,161 | ||
| Jul 20, 1966 | The Wild Angels | $15,541,070 | $15,541,070 | ||
| Feb 23, 1966 | Harper | $3,500,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | |
| Dec 31, 1957 | Jiokhwa | $7,037 | |||
| Jul 28, 1954 | On the Waterfront | $910,000 | $9,600,000 | $9,609,459 | |
| May 29, 1953 | Cosh Boy | ||||
| Dec 25, 1948 | Force of Evil |
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