Top 20 Crime Movies on Netflix [Recently Updated]

Top 20 Crime Movies on Netflix: There is currently a lot of compelling, edgy entertainment available on Netflix. We’ve compiled a list of Netflix’s top crime films right now. It’s impossible to deny the appeal of well-made films of this genre because they allow viewers to become engrossed in and fascinated by the tales of folks who live on the periphery—you know, safely—through the fiction of cinema.

These are the top crime films currently available on Netflix. When titles are added to and removed from the streaming service, this list is periodically updated.

Top 20 Crime Movies on Netflix

S.NoMovie NameLanguageYear
1The Good NurseEnglish2022
2The IrishmanEnglish2019
3Molly’s GameEnglish2017
4Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryEnglish2022
5The GentlemenEnglish2019
6The HighwaymenEnglish2019
7Reservoir DogsEnglish1992
8The DepartedEnglish2006
9Donnie BrascoEnglish1997
10PsychoTamil2020
11 Thar Hindi 2022
12 HIT: The First Case Hindi 2022
13 CBI 5 Malayalam 2022
14 Article 15 Hindi 2019
15 Gangs of Wasseypur Hindi 2012
16 Raat Akeli Hai Hindi 2020
17 Thimmarusu Telugu 2021
18 Forensic Malayalam 2020
19 The Chase Korean 2017
20 The Guilty English 2021

1 – The Good Nurse

Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain, Denise Pillott

Directed by: Tobias Lindholm

IMDb: 6.8

Story: Several hospital patients’ deaths have been linked to a notorious caretaker.

2 – The Irishman

Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and others

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

IMDb: 7.8

Story: As a devoted member of the Bufalino mafia family, hitman Frank Sheeran reflects on the secrets he guarded.

3 – Molly’s Game

Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and others

Directed by: Aaron Sorkin

IMDb: 7.4

Story: The actual account of Olympic-caliber skier Molly Bloom, who oversaw the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in the world and eventually became an FBI target.

4 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Starring: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, and others

Directed by: Rian Johnson

IMDb: 7.2

Story: Benoit Blanc, a renowned private investigator from the American South, takes his most recent case to Greece.

5 – The Gentlemen

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, and others

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

IMDb: 7.8

Story: An extremely successful marijuana enterprise owned by an American expat in London wants to be sold off, which sparks a series of schemes, conspiracies, bribes, and blackmail attempts to seize his realm.

6 – The Highwaymen

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

IMDb: 6.9

Story: The actual events behind the famed detectives who caught Bonnie and Clyde.

7 – Reservoir Dogs

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, and others

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

IMDb: 8.3

Story: The crooks who are still alive start to believe that one of them is a police informant when a straightforward jewelry heist goes tragically wrong.

8 – The Departed

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and others

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

IMDb: 8.5

Story: When joining an Irish gang in South Boston, an undercover police officer and a police mole make an effort to figure out who the other is.

9 – Donnie Brasco

Starring: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, and others

Directed by: Mike Newell,

IMDb: 7.7

Story: An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and discovers that he has grown more attached to the mafia lifestyle than to his normal one.

10 – Psycho

Starring: Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nithya Menen, and others

Directed by: Mysskin

IMDb: 6.2

Story: Psycho depicts the account of a blind guy who becomes engaged in a murder investigation and is inspired by the Buddhist legend of the terrifying serial killer Angulimala.

11 –  Thar

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and others

Directed by: Raj Singh Chaudhary

IMDb: 6.1

Story: A veteran officer looking into a case of violent killings runs into a mysterious stranger when they both arrive in a town in the Thar desert.

12 – HIT: The First Case

Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Milind Gunaji, and others

Directed by: Sailesh Kolanu

IMDb: 6.2

Story: Policeman Vikram is 32 years old. The stakes are raised when a girl named Preethi mysteriously vanishes in Hyderabad, and Vikram must crack the case at all costs while also struggling with his own tragic history.

13 –  CBI 5

Starring: Mammootty, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh, and others

Directed by: K. Madhu

IMDb: 5.6

Story: The city is experiencing a string of homicides. A team of CBI officers led by CBI officer Sethurama Iyer takes on the inquiry after the police are unable to solve the crime.

14 – Article 15

Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra, and others

Directed by: Anubhav Sinha

IMDb: 8.1

Story: An honorable police officer embarks on a campaign against discrimination and brutal caste-based crimes in India’s rural interior.

15 – Gangs of Wasseypur

Starring: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadha, and others

Directed by: Anurag Kashyap

IMDb: 8.2

Story: In India’s rural heartland, a devout police officer launches an anti-discrimination and violent caste-based crime crusade.

16 – Raat Akeli Hai

Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Ashish Chhipa, and others

Directed by: Honey Trehan

IMDb: 7.2

Story: The movie centers on a small-town police officer who is sent to look into a politician’s death. His investigation is hampered by the victim’s shrouded family and his own mixed emotions.

17 – Thimmarusu

Starring: Satyadev, Priyanka Jawalkar, Brahmaji, and others

Directed by: Sharan Koppisetty

IMDb: 7.1

Story: When a lawyer learns that an innocent man has been falsely accused of committing a murder, he decides to bring the real killers to justice.

18 – Forensic

Starring: Tovino Thomas, Mamta Mohandas, Saiju Kurup, and others

Directed by: Anas Khan – Akhil Paul

IMDb: 6.8

Story: As more victims are added to the list of victims, Samuel applies his forensic expertise to the case and makes significant discoveries. Shikha and Samuel work together to find evidence that could reveal the identity of the murderer.

19 –  The Chase

Starring: Yun-shik Baek, Dong-il Sung, Ho-jin Chun, and others

Directed by: Hongsun Kim

IMDb: 6.6

Story: Sim Deok-soo is a sour landlord who oversees a dilapidated apartment building. His tenants start mysteriously disappearing all of a sudden. An ex-detective who has since retired claims a serial killer from 30 years ago has reappeared.

20 – The Guilty

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal, and others

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

IMDb: 6.3

Story: When he receives an emergency call from a kidnapped woman, a police officer who has been demoted and is working at a call dispatch desk feels conflicted.

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