# List of crime films of 1996

This is a list of crime films released in 1996.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 2 Days in the Valley | John Herzfeld | Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, Jeff Daniels | United States | |
| Albino Alligator | Kevin Spacey | Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise | France United States | |
| American Strays | Michael Covert | Luke Perry, Jennifer Tilly, Eric Roberts | United States | |
| The Big Squeeze | Marcus de Leon | Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Luca Bercovici | United States | |
| Blood and Wine | Bob Rafelson | Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez | United States United Kingdom | |
| Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson | Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Robert Musgrave | United States | |
| Bound | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski | Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano | United States | |
| Curdled | Reb Braddock | William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay | United States | |
| Deep Crimson | Arturo Ripstein | Regina Orozco, Daniel Jiménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes | Mexico | |
| Fargo | Joel Coen | Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi | United States | |
| Freeway | Matthew Bright | Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Brooke Shields | United States | |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | Robert Rodriguez | George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| Fudoh: The New Generation | Takashi Miike | Tamaki Kenmochi, Toru Minegishi, Miho Nomoto | Japan | |
| The Funeral | Abel Ferrara | Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Vincent Gallo | United States | |
| Gonin 2 | Takashi Ishii | Mai Kitajima, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yui Natsukawa | Japan | |
| Hard Eight | Paul Thomas Anderson | Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow | United States | Crime drama |
| Helpless | Shinji Aoyama | Tadanobu Asano | Japan | |
| Hit Me | Steven Shainberg | Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac, Jay Leggett | United States | |
| Kids Return | Beat Takeshi Kitano | Masanobu Andō, Ryo Ishibashi, Kenichi Kaneko | Japan | Crime drama |
| Kounterfeit | John Mallory Asher | Bruce Payne, Corbin Bernsen, Hilary Swank | United States | |
| Last Man Standing | Walter Hill | Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern | United States | Gangster film |
| Mad Dog Time | Larry Bishop | Jeff Goldblum, Richard Dreyfuss, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Kyle MacLachlan, Burt Reynolds, Henry Silva, Michael J. Pollard, Billy Idol, Billy Drago, Rob Reiner, Joey Bishop, Richard Pryor | United States | |
| Organ | Kei Fujiwara | Kei Fujiwara, Kimihiko Hasegawa, Yosiaki Maekawa | Japan | |
| Ransom | Ron Howard | Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte | United States | |
| The Rich Man's Wife | Amy Jones | Halle Berry, Christopher McDonald, Clive Owen | United States | Crime thriller |
| Set It Off | F. Gary Gray | Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox | United States | |
| Sleepers | Barry Levinson | Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Billy Crudup | United States | |
| The Substitute | Robert Mandel | Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora | United States | |
| Swallowtail Butterfly | Shunji Iwai | Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito | Japan | Crime thriller |
| Underworld | Roger Christian | Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna, Annabella Sciorra | United States | |
| Young and Dangerous | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Francis Ng | Hong Kong | |
| Young and Dangerous 2 | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Sandra Ng | Hong Kong | |
| Young and Dangerous 3 | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Karen Mok | Hong Kong | Crime drama |