# List of crime films of 2001

This is a list of crime films released in 2001.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| The 51st State | Ronny Yu | Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer | United Kingdom Canada | Crime thriller |
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | Demien Lichtenstein | Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox Arquette | United States | |
| Bandits | Barry Levinson | Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett | United States | |
| Blow | Ted Demme | Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz | United States | Crime drama |
| Blue Hill Avenue | Craig Ross Jr. | Allen Payne, William Forsythe, Aaron D. Spears | United States | |
| Family | Takashi Miike | Kenichi Endō, Kouichi Iwaki | Japan | |
| The Fast and the Furious | Rob Cohen | Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez | United States | |
| Heist | David Mamet | Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo | United States | |
| Highway | James Cox | Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair | United States | |
| Ichi the Killer | Takashi Miike | Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | |
| Kill Me Later | Dana Lustig | Selma Blair, Max Beesley, Brendan Fehr | United States | Crime thriller |
| Knockaround Guys | Brian Koppelman, David Levien | | United States | |
| Love the Hard Way | Peter Sehr | Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Jon Seda | United States Germany | |
| Made | Jon Favreau | Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Sean Combs | United States | |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Joel Coen | Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco | United States | |
| The Mexican | Gore Verbinski | Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini | United States | |
| Novocaine | David Atkins | Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern | United States | Crime comedy |
| Ocean's Eleven | Steven Soderbergh | George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon | United States | |
| One Night at McCool's | Harald Zwart | Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman | United States | Crime comedy |
| OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika | France | Spy comedy |
| Pistol Opera | Seijun Suzuki | Makiko Esumi, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Kan Hanae | Japan | Crime thriller |
| Protection | John Flynn | Stephen Baldwin, Carlo Berardinucci, Brennan Delaney | Canada | |
| Read my Lips | Jacques Audiard | Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet | France | Crime thriller |
| Roberto Succo | Cédric Kahn | Stefano Cassetti, Isild Le Besco, Patrick Dell'Isola | France | |
| Rosarigasinos | Rodrigo Grande | | Argentina | |
| Scenes of the Crime | Dominique Forma | Jeff Bridges, Jon Abrahams, Noah Wyle | United States | Crime thriller |
| The Score | Frank Oz | Robert De Niro, Edward Norton | United States | |
| Sugar & Spice | Francine McDougall | Marley Shelton, James Marsden, Mena Suvari | United States | |
| Swordfish | Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Dominic Sena | John Travolta, | United States | |
| Training Day | Antoine Fuqua | Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke | United States | |
| The Watcher | Joe Charbanic | James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves | United States | Crime thriller |
| What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Sam Weisman | Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo | United States | Crime comedy |
| Who Is Cletis Tout? | Chris Ver Weil | Christian Slater, Tim Allen, Portia de Rossi | United States | Crime comedy |