List of films based on crime books
This is a list of films that are based on books about crime. Films are listed according to the decade in which the depicted crime occurred, rather than by the film's date of release.
This page includes "crimes" where the "criminal" was later exonerated. This page includes suicides or other deaths which have been deemed to be suspicious by some and have therefore become the subject of conspiracy theories.
For further crimes that arise as a consequence of war, see List of films based on war books.
12th century
England
Frequently filmed: ''[A Morbid Taste for Bones]'' and sequels
- * TV movie
Japan
14th century
Italy
16th century
England
Anne Boleyn adultery and treason">Anne Boleyn#Downfall and execution (1536)">Anne Boleyn adultery and treason
1536Thomas More case">Thomas More">Thomas More case
Scotland
Sawney Bean legend">Sawney Bean">Sawney Bean legend
17th century
USA
Frequently filmed: ''[The Scarlet Letter]''
[Salem witch trials]
1692–1693Frequently filmed: ''[The Crucible]''
- ♠ The Witches of Salem has an adapted screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre.
18th century
France
Frequently filmed: ''Le Bossu">Le Bossu (novel)">Le Bossu''
[Affair of the Diamond Necklace]
1785Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain
Frequently filmed: ''Doctor Syn">Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh">Doctor Syn'' and sequels
Frequently filmed: ''[Moll Flanders]''
Württemberg">History of Württemberg#The Duchy of Württemberg (1495–1805)">Württemberg
Joseph Süß Oppenheimer case">Joseph Süß Oppenheimer">Joseph Süß Oppenheimer case
1737Bulletin ... upcoming film: ''[Jew Suss: Rise and Fall]'' by [Oskar Roehler]
19th century
Australia
For bushrangers, see List of films based on westerns.Brazil
For cangaceiros, see List of films based on westerns.Canada
For Mounties, see List of films based on westerns.France
Corsica
[Eugène François Vidocq] and la Sûreté">Sûreté">la Sûreté
Dreyfus Affair">Dreyfus affair">Dreyfus Affair
See List of films based on war books — peace.Joseph Vacher case">Joseph Vacher">Joseph Vacher case
1894–1897| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
| 1 | The Judge and the Assassin :fr:Le juge et l'assassin|Le juge et l'assassin | 1976 | Bertrand Tavernier | France | Le juge et l'assassin | Henri Garet & René Tavernier | 1976 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vacher l'éventreur et les crimes sadiques | Alexandre Lacassagne | 1899 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
India
Suppression of the Thugs">Thuggee">Suppression of the Thugs
Russia
Frequently filmed: ''The Winter Queen">The Winter Queen (novel)">The Winter Queen'' and sequels
- * TV miniseries
UK
Twice filmed: ''Gaslight">Gaslight (play)">Gaslight''
Wreckers">Wrecking (shipwreck)">Wreckers
[Cato Street Conspiracy]
February 1820Burke and Hare case">Burke and Hare murders">Burke and Hare case
1827–1828Twice filmed: "[The Body Snatcher]"
[Great Gold Robbery of 1855]
15 May 1855| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The First Great Train Robbery aka The Great Train Robbery | 1979 | Michael Crichton | UK | The Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton | 1975 | Novel |
[Whitechapel murders]
1888–1891| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Pandora's Box :de:Die Büchse der Pandora |Die Büchse der Pandora | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany | Pandora's Box | Frank Wedekind | 1904 | Play |
| 1 | Earth Spirit | Frank Wedekind | 1895 | Play | ||||
| n | From Hell | 2001 | Hughes brothers | USA | From Hell | Alan Moore | 1991–1996 | Graphic novel |
| n | Murder by Decree | 1979 | Bob Clark | Canada & UK | The Ripper File | Elwyn Jones & John Lloyd | 197? | Non-fiction |
Frequently filmed: ''The Lodger">Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes">The Lodger''
USA
For outlaws and lawmen, see List of films based on westerns.| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
Frequently filmed: "[The Tell-Tale Heart]"
- α Animated film
[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]
See List of films based on war books — 1775–1898.
See also Assassinations in fiction.
[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson]
24 February 1868Lizzie Borden case">Lizzie Borden">Lizzie Borden case
4 August 18921900s
USA
Chester Gillette case">Chester Gillette">Chester Gillette case
11 July 1906Twice filmed: ''[An American Tragedy]''
The novel was the subject of an unproduced 1930 screenplay by Sergei Eisenstein.| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
1910s
France
Henri Désiré Landru case">Henri Désiré Landru">Henri Désiré Landru case
1914–1918UK
Doctor Crippen case">Hawley Harvey Crippen">Doctor Crippen case
after 31 January 1910| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales :es:El esqueleto de la señora Morales|El esqueleto de la señora Morales | 1960 | Rogelio A. González | Mexico | "The Islington Mystery" | Arthur Machen | 1927 | Story |
1920s
France
Frequently filmed: ''[L'Affaire Crainquebille]''
Germany
Peter Kürten case">Peter Kürten">Peter Kürten case
1929USA
Bobby Franks murder">Bobby Franks">Bobby Franks murder
21 May 1924| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Rope | 1948 | Alfred Hitchcock | USA | Rope | Patrick Hamilton | 1929 | Play |
| 2 | Compulsion | 1959 | Richard Fleischer | USA | Compulsion | Meyer Levin | 1957 | Play |
| 2 | Compulsion | Meyer Levin | 1956 | Novel |
Death of Thomas Ince">Thomas H. Ince">Death of Thomas Ince
19 November 1924| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Cat's Meow | 2001 | Peter Bogdanovich | UK & Germany | The Cat's Meow | Steven Peros | 19?? | Play |
Scopes Monkey Trial">Scopes Trial">Scopes Monkey Trial
1925Frequently filmed: ''Inherit the Wind">Inherit the Wind (play)">Inherit the Wind''
Al Capone era">Al Capone">Al Capone era
1925–1931| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| n | Scarface | 1932 | Howard Hawks | USA | Scarface | Armitage Trail | 1930 ¤ | Novel |
| n | Road to Perdition | 2002 | Sam Mendes | USA | Road to Perdition | Max Allan Collins | 1998 | Graphic novel |
| n | Legends of the Fall | 1994 | Edward Zwick | USA | Legends of the Fall | Jim Harrison | 1979 | Novella |
St. Valentine's Day Massacre">St. Valentine's Day massacre">St. Valentine's Day Massacre
14 February 1929Ruth Snyder case">Ruth Snyder">Ruth Snyder case
20 March 1927| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder | USA | Double Indemnity | James M. Cain | 1936/ 1943 | Novel |
1930s
Algeria
Frequently filmed: ''Pépé le Moko">Pépé le Moko (novel)">Pépé le Moko''
France
Papin Sisters case">Christine and Lea Papin">Papin Sisters case
2 February 1933| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Les Abysses :fr:Les Abysses|Les Abysses | 1963 | Nikos Papatakis | France | The Maids :fr:Les Bonnes|Les Bonnes | Jean Genet | 1947 | Play |
| 2 | The Maids | 1974 | Christopher Miles | UK | The Maids :fr:Les Bonnes|Les Bonnes | Jean Genet | 1947 | Play |
| 3 | Sister My Sister | 1994 | Nancy Meckler | UK | My Sister in This House | Wendy Kesselman | 1981 | Play |
| 4 | Murderous Maids :fr:Les Blessures assassines|Les Blessures assassines | 2000 | Jean-Pierre Denis | France | L’affaire Papin, Le diable dans la peau | Paulette Houdyer | 1988 | Non-fiction |
Twice filmed: ''[A Judgement in Stone]''
Japan
Sada Abe case">Sada Abe">Sada Abe case
18 May 1936USA
Scottsboro Boys case">Scottsboro Boys">Scottsboro Boys case
23 April 1931[Lindbergh kidnapping]
1 March 1932Frequently filmed: ''[Murder on the Orient Express]''
William D. Lundy murder">Majczek and Marcinkiewicz">William D. Lundy murder
9 December 1932
1940s
Austria
Bahamas
Sir Harry Oakes murder">Harry Oakes">Sir Harry Oakes murder
7 July 1943Canada
Edwin Alonzo Boyd era">Edwin Alonzo Boyd">Edwin Alonzo Boyd era
1949–1952| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd * | 1982 | Les Rose | Canada | The Boyd Gang | Marjorie Lamb & Barry Pearson | 1976 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
France
Doctor Petiot case">Marcel Petiot">Doctor Petiot case
before 31 October 1944Italy
Salvatore Giuliano era">Salvatore Giuliano">Salvatore Giuliano era
[Portella della Ginestra massacre]
1 May 1947| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Sicilian | 1987 | Michael Cimino | USA | The Sicilian | Mario Puzo | 1984 | Novel |
Pleasure Island">Pleasure Island (Pinocchio)">Pleasure Island
Frequently filmed: ''[The Adventures of Pinocchio]''
- ♠ A young innocent is deceived by swindlers and sold into slavery.
- α Animated film
Kenya
Happy Valley murder">Happy Valley set">Happy Valley murder
1941| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | White Mischief | 1987 | Michael Radford | UK | White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll | James Fox | 197? | Non-fiction |
Newfoundland">Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland
USA
[Sleepy Lagoon murder]
2 August 1942| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Zoot Suit | 1981 | Luis Valdez | USA | Zoot Suit | Luis Valdez | 1979 | Play |
Black Dahlia murder">Black Dahlia">Black Dahlia murder
c. 15 January 1947West Germany
1950s
Canada
France
UK
Stone of Scone theft">Stone of Scone#Removal and damage">Stone of Scone theft
25 December 1950| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Stone of Destiny | 2008 | Charles Martin Smith | UK & Canada | ' aka Taking of the Stone of Destiny | Ian R. Hamilton | 1952 | Memoir''' |
Ruth Ellis case">Ruth Ellis">Ruth Ellis case
1955| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Pierrepoint | 1995 | Adrian Shergold | UK | ' | Albert Pierrepoint | 1974 | Memoir''' |
USA
[Great Brink's Robbery]
17 January 1950Coleman Peterson case">John D. Voelker">Coleman Peterson case
31 July 1952| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | Otto Preminger | USA | Anatomy of a Murder | "Robert Traver" | 1958 | Novel |
Ed Gein case">Ed Gein">Ed Gein case
1957| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Jonathan Demme | USA | The Silence of the Lambs | Thomas Harris | 1988 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: ''Psycho">Psycho (novel)">Psycho''
Suicide of George Reeves">George Reeves">Suicide of George Reeves
16 June 1959[Clutter Family murder]s
15 November 1959| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | In Cold Blood | 1967 | Richard Brooks | USA | In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 1966 | Nonfiction |
| 2 | In Cold Blood | 1996 | Jonathan Kaplan | USA | In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 1966 | Nonfiction |
| 3 | Capote | 2005 | Bennett Miller | USA | Capote | Gerald Clarke | 199? | Biography |
| 4 | Infamous | 2006 | Douglas McGrath | USA | ' | George Plimpton | 1997 | Biography''' |
1960s
Argentina
San Fernando bank robbery">San Fernando, Buenos Aires">San Fernando bank robbery
1965| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Burnt Money ♣ :es:Plata quemada|Plata quemada | 2000 | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina, France, Spain, Uruguay | Money to Burn :es:Plata quemada |Plata quemada | Ricardo Piglia | 1997 | Novel |
- ♣ The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit ended in Uruguay.
France
- ♠ The film was remade for television in 2005 as Joseph.
Sweden
Frequently filmed: ''Roseanna">Roseanna (novel)">Roseanna'' and sequels
- Δ The film adaptation changes the setting from Stockholm to San Francisco.
Turkey
Topkapı Museum">Topkapı Palace">Topkapı Museum
UK
[Profumo affair]
1963| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Scandal | 1989 | Michael Caton-Jones | UK | Scandal | Christine Keeler | 1989 | Memoir |
Uruguay
San Fernando bank robbery getaway">San Fernando, Buenos Aires">San Fernando bank robbery getaway
1965| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Burnt Money ♣ :es:Plata quemada|Plata quemada | 2000 | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina, France, Spain, Uruguay | Money to Burn :es:Plata quemada |Plata quemada | Ricardo Piglia | 1997 | Novel |
- ♣ The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit ended in Uruguay.
USA
Clarence Earl Gideon case">Gideon v. Wainwright">Clarence Earl Gideon case
3 June 1961Ian James Campbell murder">The Onion Field">Ian James Campbell murder
9 March 1963| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Onion Field | 1979 | Harold Becker | USA | The Onion Field | Joseph Wambaugh | 1973 | Non-fiction |
Boston Strangler case">Boston Strangler">Boston Strangler case
1962–1964Assassination of John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy assassination">Assassination of John F. Kennedy
22 November 1963Bulletin ... film currently in development: ''Reclaiming History">Reclaiming History (miniseries)">Reclaiming History''
- ♣ Lane is credited as screenwriter, rather than as author.
- ♦ Bugliosi's preparation for the televised "trial" of deceased defendant Oswald became the book Reclaiming History.
- ♠ The authors are credited as technical advisors on JFK.
- ♥ Prouty's book has an introduction by Oliver Stone.
- * TV special
- ** TV miniseries
- δ Documentary
- † Dramatized documentary
Kitty Genovese murder">Kitty Genovese">Kitty Genovese murder
13 March 1964Sylvia Likens murder">Sylvia Likens">Sylvia Likens murder
26 October 1965| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Girl Next Door | 2007 | Gregory Wilson | USA | The Girl Next Door | Jack Ketchum | 2005 | Novel |
Richard Speck case">Richard Speck">Richard Speck case
13 July 1966Tate–LaBianca murders">Charles Manson">Tate–LaBianca murders
1969Zodiac case">Zodiac Killer">Zodiac case
1970s
Canada
Helen Betty Osborne murder">Helen Betty Osborne">Helen Betty Osborne murder
13 November 1971| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Conspiracy of Silence * | 1991 | Francis Mankiewicz | Canada | Conspiracy of Silence | Lisa Priest | 1989 ¤ | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Guyana
Jonestown Massacre">Jonestown">Jonestown Massacre
18 November 1978Italy
Sweden
Norrmalmstorg bank robbery">Norrmalmstorg robbery">Norrmalmstorg bank robbery
23–28 August 1973UK
Bulletin ... film now in production: ''Straw Dogs">Straw Dogs (2011 film)">Straw Dogs'' by [Rod Lurie]
Baker Street bank robbery">Baker Street robbery">Baker Street bank robbery
11 September 1971What if ...
- ♠ The earliest editions of the novel did not contain a glossary, or any indication that the slang was based on Russian.
USA
New England
- ♠ The film, shot in Bennington, Vermont, involves a "bank in a remote town in New England".
Jeffrey MacDonald case">Jeffrey R. MacDonald">Jeffrey MacDonald case
17 February 1970| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Fatal Vision ** | 1984 | David Greene | USA | Fatal Vision | Joe McGinniss | 1983 | Non-fiction |
- ** TV miniseries
[Knapp Commission] on [New [York City Police Department|NYPD]] corruption
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Serpico | 1973 | Sidney Lumet | USA | Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System | Peter Maas | 1973? | Non-fiction |
Watergate burglary">Watergate burglaries">Watergate burglary
17 June 1972| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | All the President's Men | 1976 | Alan J. Pakula | USA | All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward | 1974 | Memoir |
| 2 | Blind Ambition * | 1979 | George Schaefer | USA | Blind Ambition: The White House Years | John Dean with Taylor Branch | 1976 | Memoir |
| 3 | Nixon | 1995 | Oliver Stone | USA | The Final Days | Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein | 1976 | Non-fiction |
| 3 | ' | Fawn Brodie | 1981 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | ' | Stephen Ambrose | 1991 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | ' | Stephen Ambrose | 1991 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | ' | Stephen Ambrose | 1991 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | ' | Jonathan Aitken | 1996 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | "The Second Coming" | W.B. Yeats | 1920 | Poem''' |
- * TV movie
Gay Brooklyn bank robbery">John Wojtowicz">Gay Brooklyn bank robbery
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Dog Day Afternoon | 1975 | Sidney Lumet | USA | "The Boys in the Bank" | P.F. Kluge | 1972 | Article |
Ted Bundy case">Ted Bundy">Ted Bundy case
1974–1978| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Deliberate Stranger * | 1986 | Marvin J. Chomsky | USA | ' | Richard W. Larsen | 1980 | Non-fiction''' |
- * TV movie
Frank Lucas case">Frank Lucas (drug dealer)">Frank Lucas case
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | American Gangster | 2007 | Ridley Scott | USA | "The Return of Superfly" | 197? | Article |
Martha Moxley murder">Martha Moxley">Martha Moxley murder
31 October 1975| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Murder in Greenwich * | 2002 | Tom McLoughlin | USA | Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley? | Mark Fuhrman | 1998 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Hillside Strangler case">Hillside Strangler">Hillside Strangler case
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Case of the Hillside Stranglers * | 1989 | Steve Gethers | USA | ' | Darcy O'Brien | 1985 | Non-fiction''' |
- * TV movie
Bob Crane murder">Bob Crane#Crane's murder">Bob Crane murder
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Auto Focus | 2002 | Paul Schrader | USA | ' | Robert Graysmith | 199? | Biography''' |
What if ...
- * TV movie
1980s
Australia
[Azaria Chamberlain disappearance]
17 August 1980| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Evil Angels | 1988 | Fred Schepisi | Australia and USA | Evil Angels | John Bryson | 1985 | Non-fiction |
Canada
- * TV movie
Colin Thatcher case">Colin Thatcher">Colin Thatcher case
Montreal Massacre">École Polytechnique massacre">Montreal Massacre
6 December 1989France
Roberto Succo case">Roberto Succo">Roberto Succo case
1980s| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Roberto Succo :fr:Roberto Succo |Roberto Succo | 2001 | Cédric Kahn | France | Je te tue : histoire vraie de Roberto Succo, assassin sans raison | :fr:Pascale Froment|Pascale Froment | 1991 | Non-fiction |
India
Phoolan Devi case">Phoolan Devi">Phoolan Devi case
Iran
Soraya M. case
1986| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | The Stoning of Soraya M. :fa:سنگسار ثريا م.|سنگسار ثریا م. | 2008 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | USA | The Stoning of Soraya M. La Femme lapidée | Freidoune Sahebjam | 1990 | Novel |
Mexico
Enrique Camarena murder">Enrique Camarena Salazar">Enrique Camarena murder
9 February 1985| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | ' ** | 1990 | Brian Gibson | USA | Desperados | Elaine Shannon | 198? | Non-fiction |
| 1 | "Desperados" | Elaine Shannon | 198? | Article''' |
- ** TV miniseries
Soviet Union
Andrei Chikatilo case">Andrei Chikatilo">Andrei Chikatilo case
1978–1990| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Citizen X * | 1995 | Chris Gerolmo | USA | The Killer Department | Robert Cullen | 1993 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
What if ...
- ♠ In this version, the murderer, renamed Evilenko, has psychic powers.
USA
Doctor Tarnower murder">Herman Tarnower">Doctor Tarnower murder
10 March 1980| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Mrs. Harris * | 2005 | Phyllis Nagy | USA | Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower | Shana Alexander | 1983 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
John Lennon murder">Death of John Lennon">John Lennon murder
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Chapter 27 | 2005 | J. P. Schaefer | USA | Let Me Take You Down | Jack Jones | 200? | Non-fiction |
| 1 | ' | Robert Rosen | 2000 | Non-fiction''' |
See also Assassinations in fiction.
Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek case">Laurie Bembenek">Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek case
28 May 1981| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | ' * aka Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | 1993 | Sandor Stern | Canada & USA | Woman on Trial | Lawrencia Bembenek | 1992 | Memoir''' |
- * TV movie
Henry Lee Lucas case">Henry Lee Lucas">Henry Lee Lucas case
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | ' | 1986 | John McNaughton | USA | Lucas Report | Jim Mattox, Texas Attorney General | 1986 | Report''' |
Alan Berg murder">Alan Berg">Alan Berg murder
18 June 1984| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Talk Radio | 1988 | Oliver Stone | USA | Talk Radio | Eric Bogosian | 1987 | Play |
| 1 | Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg | Stephen Singular | 198? | Non-fiction |
See also Assassinations in fiction.
''Exxon Valdez'' disaster">Exxon Valdez oil spill">''Exxon Valdez'' disaster
23 March 1989West Germany
1990s
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Paul Bernardo case">Paul Bernardo">Paul Bernardo case
up to 1992France
India
Bombay bombings of 1993">1993 Bombay bombings">Bombay bombings of 1993
12 March 1993| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Black Friday | 2004 | Anurag Kashyap | India | Black Friday – The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts | S. Hussain Zaidi | 199? | Non-fiction |
Singapore
Barings Bank collapse">Barings Bank#1995 collapse">Barings Bank collapse
1995| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Rogue Trader | 1999 | James Dearden | UK | Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World | Nick Leeson | 199? | Memoir |
Spain
- ♠ A crossword puzzle writer becomes involved in a bizarre mystery in Seville.
UK
James Bulger murder">Murder of James Bulger">James Bulger murder
12 February 1993| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | Boy A ♠ | 2007 | John Crowley | UK | Boy A | Jonathan Trigell | 2004 | Novel | – |
- ♠ The principal connection to the Bulger case appears to be the youthfulness of the convicted boys.
USA
[Suicide of Vince Foster]
20 July 1993| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Primary Colors | 1998 | Mike Nichols | USA | Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics | "Anonymous" | 1996 | Novel |
Vietnam
2000s
[Aruba]
Natalee Holloway disappearance">Natalee Holloway">Natalee Holloway disappearance
30 May 2005| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Natalee Holloway* | 2009 | Mikael Salomon | USA | ' | Beth Holloway | 2007 | Non-fiction''' |
- * TV movie
Brazil
Italy
Mexico
South Korea
[Hwaseong serial murders]
USA
- д Decade when story occurs is presumed.
- ** TV miniseries
Valerie Plame exposure">Valerie Plame">Valerie Plame exposure
Bulletin ... upcoming film: ''Fair Game">Fair Game (2010 film)">Fair Game'' by [Doug Liman]
Political crimes
For political prisoners, see List of films based on civics books.Drug trade
For traffickers, see above.For addicts, see List of films based on civics books.