2018 crime films

Gotti is a 2018 American biographical crime film about New York City mobster John Gotti, directed by Kevin Connolly and written by Lem Dobbs and Leo Rossi. It stars John Travolta as Gotti, alongside his real-life wife Kelly Preston as Gotti's wife Victoria in her penultimate film.

Gringo is a 2018 action comedy film directed by Nash Edgerton and written by Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone. The film stars David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron (who also produced), Joel Edgerton (Nash's brother), Amanda Seyfried, Thandiwe Newton, and Sharlto Copley, and follows a mild-mannered businessman who is sent to Mexico to deliver an experimental marijuana pill. When he is kidnapped by a drug cartel, he must escape alongside a hired mercenary. The film was co-produced between the United States and Australia.

El Angel (Spanish: El ángel) is a 2018 Argentine-Spanish true crime film directed by Luis Ortega. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It is inspired by the true story of Argentine serial killer Carlos Robledo Puch. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

The Old Man & the Gun is a 2018 American biographical crime film written and directed by David Lowery, about Forrest Tucker, a career criminal and prison escape artist. The script is loosely based on David Grann's 2003 article in The New Yorker titled "The Old Man and the Gun", which was later collected in Grann's 2010 book The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Tom Waits and Sissy Spacek. Redford, then 82 years old, announced his intent to retire from acting after completion of the film (his only live-action appearance since, a small role in Avengers: Endgame, was filmed before he made The Old Man & the Gun).

Jacqueline Comes Home is a Filipino crime biographical film starring Meg Imperial and Donnalyn Bartolome playing the roles of Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong and Ryan Eigenmann as Sonny, the ring leader of the rape and murder. This movie is Alma Moreno's first produced by Viva Films outside of her home studio Regal Films.

Birds of Passage (Spanish: Pájaros de verano, 'Summer Birds') is a 2018 epic crime film directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra.

The World Is Yours (French: Le Monde est à toi) is a 2018 French crime comedy film co-written and directed by Romain Gavras. It stars Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel, Oulaya Amamra, François Damiens and Philippe Katerine. It was selected to screen at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn is a 2018 crime comedy film directed by Jim Hosking, starring Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry, and Craig Robinson.

Gate (Korean: 게이트; RR: Ge-i-teu) is a 2018 South Korean crime comedy film directed by Shin Jai-ho.

Gangsta (Dutch: Patser) is a 2018 Belgian crime film co-edited, co-written and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Main roles are played by Matteo Simoni, Nora Gharib, Saïd Boumazoughe, Gene Bervoets and Axel Daeseleire.