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Best crime movies and shows on Netflix right now, ranked
The highest-rated crime movies and shows you can stream with a standard Netflix 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 Netflix
- 1
Scarface (1983)
Action, Crime, Drama
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 2
Facing El Chapo (2026)
Crime, Action, Thriller
Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 3
Heat (1995)
Crime, Drama, Action
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 4
Nightcrawler (2014)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 5
Shoplifters (2018)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 6
The Gentlemen (2020)
Comedy, Crime
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 7
Forgotten (2017)
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 8
The Irishman (2019)
Crime, Drama, History
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 9
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 10
Bad Genius (2017)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 11
True Romance (1993)
Action, Crime, Romance
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 12
Wind River (2017)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 13
The Bad Guys (2022)
Action, Adventure, Animation
When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 14
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 15
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 16
STRAW (2025)
Thriller, Drama, Crime
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 17
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Adventure, Mystery, Crime
Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother Sherlock.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 18
The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)
Documentary, Crime
After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 19
Extraction 2 (2023)
Action, Thriller, Crime
Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 20
The Equalizer (2014)
Thriller, Action, Crime
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 21
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
Family, Comedy, Crime
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 22
The Unforgivable (2021)
Drama, Crime
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 23
Fast Five (2011)
Action, Thriller, Crime
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 24
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Animation, Comedy, Crime
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 25
Furious 7 (2015)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
7.2TMDB, weighted
Best crime shows on Netflix
- 1
Breaking Bad (2008)
Drama, Crime
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
8.9TMDB, weighted
- 2
Better Call Saul (2015)
Crime, Drama
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
8.6TMDB, weighted
- 3
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Drama, Crime
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 4
Lucifer (2016)
Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 5
Dark (2017)
Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 6
Riverdale (2017)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 7
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 8
Money Heist (2017)
Crime, Drama
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 9
Hannibal (2013)
Drama, Crime
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 10
Banana Fish (2018)
Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure
A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 11
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
Comedy, Crime
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 12
Vincenzo (2021)
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian Mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 13
BEASTARS (2019)
Animation, Drama, Mystery
In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 14
Ozark (2017)
Crime, Drama
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 15
Girl from Nowhere (2018)
Drama, Mystery, Crime
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 16
MINDHUNTER (2017)
Drama, Crime
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 17
The Glory (2022)
Drama, Crime
Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 18
Monster (2004)
Animation, Drama, Mystery
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 19
Bloodhounds (2023)
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Faced with ruthless foes with a violent thirst, two young boxers band together — risking life and limb to bring justice and protect their loved ones.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 20
Narcos (2015)
Crime, Drama
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 21
Elite (2018)
Crime, Mystery, Drama
When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 22
The End of the F***ing World (2017)
Comedy, Drama, Crime
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 23
You (2018)
Mystery, Crime, Drama
A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 24
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
Crime, Drama
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 25
Kakegurui (2017)
Animation, Mystery, Crime
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
7.8TMDB, weighted
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