Een detective ontmoet, na een lang verblijf in Cairo, zijn voormalige werkgever, met wie hij het boek 'The element of crime' heeft geschreven; een boek dat een methodologie behandelt gebaseerd op het je kunnen identificeren met een crimineel. In een moordzaak waarin hij wordt betrokken, past hij deze methodologie toe.
Nee, helaas is Forbrydelsens element nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Tom Elling | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Lars von Trier | Director |
| Sound | Bo Holten | Music |
| Art | John Johansen | Props |
| Art | John Wexøe | Painter |
| Art | Peter Grant | Props |
| Art | Lars Nielsen | Props |
| Crew | Ole Jacob Victor | Stunts |
| Crew | Stephen Wakelam | Translator |
| Crew | Palle Arestrup | Post-Production Manager |
| Directing | Åke Sandgren | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Henrik Fleischer | Location Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Lasse Spang Olsen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | William Knuttel | Props |
| Art | Jeffrey Nedergaard | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Leif Stubkjær | Underwater Camera |
| Directing | Stine Monty Freddie | Continuity |
| Crew | Christel Hammer | Public Relations |
| Production | Jan Richter-Friis | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Bo Holten | Conductor |
| Production | Per Holst | Executive Producer |
| Production | Liz Cassidy | Casting |
| Sound | Iben Haahr Andersen | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Morten Degnbol | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Peter Englesson | Assistant Sound Engineer |
| Editing | Michael Frank Nielsen | Color Grading |
| Camera | Søren Berthelin | Camera Operator |
| Art | Tove Robert Rasmussen | Property Master |
| Crew | William Quarshie | Translator |
| Writing | Lars von Trier | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jack Thuesen | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Peter Høimark | Special Effects |
| Writing | Niels Vørsel | Screenplay |
| Camera | Steen Møller Rasmussen | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Eg Norre | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Jan Guldbrandsen | Electrician |
| Directing | Åke Sandgren | Assistant Director |
| Art | Peter Høimark | Production Design |
| Lighting | Flemming Bruhn Pedersen | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Jens Gielow | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Birte Christensen | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Per Årman | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Manon Rasmussen | Costume Design |
| Editing | Tómas Gislason | Editor |
| Production | Sanne Arnt Torp | Production Manager |
| Crew | Lasse Spang Olsen | Stunts |
| Camera | John Johansen | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Otto Stenov | Grip |
| Sound | Tómas Gislason | Sound Editor |
