Best Crime movies of 2009

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The Cove
8.4
7.9

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in …

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7.8
7.5

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine …

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A Prophet
7.8
7.6

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and …

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Mother
7.7
7.7

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him …

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Cell 211
7.6
7.4

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 …

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A Single Man
7.5
7.3

The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will …

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Law Abiding Citizen
7.4
7.4

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also …

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
7.3
7.0

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the …

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Harry Brown
7.2
6.8

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.

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State of Play
7.1
6.8

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

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