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{{short description|2002 film by Barbet Schroeder}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Murder by Numbers
| image          = Murder by Numbers film.jpg
 
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Barbet Schroeder]]
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* Richard Crystal
* Barbet Schroeder
* Susan Hoffman
}}
| writer         = [[Tony Gayton]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Sandra Bullock]]
* [[Ben Chaplin]]
* [[Ryan Gosling]]
* [[Michael Pitt]]
* [[Agnes Bruckner]]
* [[Chris Penn]]
* [[R. D. Call]]
}}
| music          = [[Clint Mansell]]
| cinematography = [[Luciano Tovoli]]
| editing        = [[Lee Percy]]
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]
* Schroeder/Hoffman Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2002|04|19}}
| runtime        = 120 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 120:07--><ref>{{cite web|title=''MURDER BY NUMBERS'' (15)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/murder-numbers-1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419195701/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/murder-numbers-1|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2013|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=2002-05-01|access-date=2013-03-15}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $50 million
| gross          = $56.7 million
}}
'''''Murder by Numbers''''' is a 2002 American [[psychological thriller]] film produced and directed by [[Barbet Schroeder]] and starring [[Sandra Bullock]] in the main role alongside [[Ben Chaplin]], [[Ryan Gosling]], and [[Michael Pitt]]. It is loosely based on the [[Leopold and Loeb]] case.<ref>King, S. (April 19, 2002).  'Numbers' Joins List of Dramas Based on Loeb-Leopold Murder Case. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-19-et-king19-story.html LATimes.com],  retrieved June 1, 2016.</ref> The film was screened at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]], but was not entered in competition.<ref>[http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3158458/year/2002.html Festival de Cannes: Murder by Numbers]. Retrieved 2009-11-04.</ref>