Greatest 23 Crime Movies Fan Favorites from 2009

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Explore Sherlock Holmes / IMDB / YouTube

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. Get info on Taken / IMDB / YouTube

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. Details on Law Abiding Citizen / IMDB / YouTube

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. Check out Public Enemies / IMDB / YouTube

Brian O'Conner, back working for the FBI in Los Angeles, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation. Info on Fast & Furious / IMDB / YouTube

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. Explore Fantastic Mr. Fox / IMDB / YouTube

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime. Look into The Taking of Pelham 123 / IMDB / YouTube

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend. More about State of Play / IMDB / YouTube

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Learn about Crank: High Voltage / IMDB / YouTube

A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson. Get info on Bronson / IMDB / YouTube

When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day. Get info on Paul Blart: Mall Cop / IMDB / YouTube

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics. Look into The Last House on the Left / IMDB / YouTube

An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring. See more about The International / IMDB / YouTube

Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. Read about Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans / IMDB / YouTube

A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder. See more about Mother / IMDB / YouTube

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal. See more about Cell 211 / IMDB / YouTube

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre. Details on The Informant! / IMDB / YouTube

The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn that their beloved priest has been killed by mob forces, they go back to Boston to bring justice to those responsible and avenge the priest. Read about The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day / IMDB / YouTube

Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case. Learn about Observe and Report / IMDB / YouTube

Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) before its release. Look into Fanboys / IMDB / YouTube

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world. Check out The Brothers Bloom / IMDB / YouTube

Two corporate spies become embroiled in a clandestine love affair. Learn about Duplicity / IMDB / YouTube

Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy. Explore Gomorrah / IMDB / YouTube