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.
| Directing | Lars von Trier | Director |
| Sound | Bo Holten | Music |
| Camera | Tom Elling | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Stephen Wakelam | Translator |
| Art | Peter Grant | Props |
| Art | Jeffrey Nedergaard | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | John Johansen | Props |
| Crew | Palle Arestrup | Post-Production Manager |
| Crew | Ole Jacob Victor | Stunts |
| Art | John Wexøe | Painter |
| Sound | Henrik Fleischer | Location Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Lasse Spang Olsen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Lars Nielsen | Props |
| Directing | Åke Sandgren | Second Unit Director |
| Art | William Knuttel | Props |
| Crew | Christel Hammer | Public Relations |
| Production | Jan Richter-Friis | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Leif Stubkjær | Underwater Camera |
| Sound | Bo Holten | Conductor |
| Directing | Stine Monty Freddie | Continuity |
| Production | Per Holst | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Peter Englesson | Assistant Sound Engineer |
| Production | Liz Cassidy | Casting |
| Sound | Morten Degnbol | Sound Engineer |
| Editing | Michael Frank Nielsen | Color Grading |
| Sound | Iben Haahr Andersen | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Lars von Trier | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Eg Norre | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Jack Thuesen | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | John Johansen | Still Photographer |
| Production | Per Årman | Production Manager |
| Art | Peter Høimark | Production Design |
| Camera | Søren Berthelin | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Flemming Bruhn Pedersen | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Birte Christensen | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Niels Vørsel | Screenplay |
| Sound | Tómas Gislason | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Åke Sandgren | Assistant Director |
| Art | Tove Robert Rasmussen | Property Master |
| Crew | Peter Høimark | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Jens Gielow | Gaffer |
| Production | Sanne Arnt Torp | Production Manager |
| Camera | Steen Møller Rasmussen | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Tómas Gislason | Editor |
| Crew | Lasse Spang Olsen | Stunts |
| Camera | Otto Stenov | Grip |
| Crew | William Quarshie | Translator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Manon Rasmussen | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Jan Guldbrandsen | Electrician |
