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