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Best crime movies and shows on Max right now, ranked
The highest-rated crime movies and shows you can stream with a standard Max plan in the US today: 25 movies and 25 series, checked title by title. Titles that need a paid add-on channel, a rental or a purchase aren’t counted.
How this is ranked: when a title has at least 5 ratings from Wochly users, its score is their average (green). Otherwise we use TMDB’s user rating weighted by how many people voted (marked “TMDB, weighted”), so a title with a handful of votes can’t outrank an established favorite. Talk, news and reality shows are left out. Availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and is re-checked every few hours.
Best crime movies on Max
- 1
The Dark Knight (2008)
Action, Thriller, Crime
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 2
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Science Fiction, Crime
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 3
The Departed (2006)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 4
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 5
Joker (2019)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 6
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Crime, Drama
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 7
High and Low (1963)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 8
M (1931)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 9
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 10
Rashomon (1950)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 11
Batman Begins (2005)
Drama, Crime, Action
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 12
The Batman (2022)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 13
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 14
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 15
Le Samouraï (1967)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 16
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Thriller, Crime
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 17
Sicario (2015)
Action, Crime, Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 18
Fallen Angels (1995)
Action, Romance, Crime
An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 19
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 20
Breathless (1960)
Drama, Crime, Romance
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 21
Police Story (1985)
Action, Crime, Comedy
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 22
One Battle After Another (2025)
Thriller, Crime, Comedy
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 23
Z (1969)
Thriller, Crime, Drama
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 24
Hell or High Water (2016)
Western, Crime, Drama
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 25
Despicable Me (2010)
Animation, Comedy, Crime
Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the unexpected bond they form forces him to question the criminal life he's always known.
7.2TMDB, weighted
Best crime shows on Max
- 1
The Sopranos (1999)
Crime, Drama
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 2
The Wire (2002)
Crime, Drama
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 3
The Penguin (2024)
Drama, Crime
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 4
Mare of Easttown (2021)
Drama, Crime, Mystery
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 5
Deadwood (2004)
Western, Crime, Drama
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 6
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Crime, Drama
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 7
The Night Of (2016)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 8
Banshee (2013)
Crime, Drama
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 9
Barry (2018)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 10
Oz (1997)
Crime, Drama
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 11
Luther (2010)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 12
Warrior (2019)
Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 13
Gomorrah (2014)
Crime, Drama
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 14
Sharp Objects (2018)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 15
The Jinx (2015)
Documentary, Crime
Robert Durst, scion of NY's billionaire real-estate family, has been accused of three murders but has evaded justice for over 30 years. Durst speaks in this true crime series, revealing secrets of a case that has baffled authorities.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 16
Watchmen (2019)
Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 17
Love & Death (2023)
Crime, Drama
Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore — two churchgoing couples — enjoy their small town Texas life... until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 18
Tokyo Vice (2022)
Crime, Drama
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 19
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (2019)
Drama, Crime
The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 20
The Outsider (2020)
Drama, Mystery, Crime
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 21
The Deuce (2017)
Drama, Crime
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 22
The Undoing (2020)
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 23
La jauría (2020)
Drama, Crime
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 24
30 Coins (2020)
Crime, Mystery, Drama
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 25
The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Crime, Drama
A whip-smart doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules.
7.0TMDB, weighted
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