7 Best Crime Movies on Netflix

Griff Griffin
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There’s no shortage of excellent crime movies on Netflix. If you want to embroil yourself in a criminal conspiracy, look no farther.

From classic thrillers like Zodiac, to more recent criminal capers like The Killer, these are the 7 best Netflix crime movies to watch right now.

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<p>Netflix</p><p>Benicio Del Toro is in prime grizzled detective mode as Tom Nichols, a man on the hunt for the murderer of a young real estate agent. Could Justin Timberlake’s real estate mogul possibly be involved? With grounded action set-pieces and the muted malice that lingers long afterwards, it’s like <em>Sicario</em> meets <em>Real Housewives.</em></p>
<p>Netflix</p><p>A crime classic that’s been gaining ground since a somewhat muted release in 2007, David Fincher weaves an epic tale of one man’s obsession to uncover the truth behind a series of ‘60s and ‘70s San Francisco murders. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. form part of a stellar ensemble cast.</p>

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A crime classic that’s been gaining ground since a somewhat muted release in 2007, David Fincher weaves an epic tale of one man’s obsession to uncover the truth behind a series of ‘60s and ‘70s San Francisco murders. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. form part of a stellar ensemble cast.

<p>Netflix</p><p>Before dazzling with <em>Dune</em>, director Denis Villeneuve helmed the tightest and most tense crime thriller of 2013. Now on Netflix, the movie follows the abduction of two young girls in Pennsylvania. Hugh Jackman plays the distraught father who, dissatisfied with the police’s methods, takes matters into his own hands.</p>

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Before dazzling with Dune, director Denis Villeneuve helmed the tightest and most tense crime thriller of 2013. Now on Netflix, the movie follows the abduction of two young girls in Pennsylvania. Hugh Jackman plays the distraught father who, dissatisfied with the police’s methods, takes matters into his own hands.

<p>Netflix</p><p>The most recent film on this list, David Fincher directs this story focusing on a calculating hitman played by Michael Fassbender. When someone close to him gets targeted, Fassbender sets off on a mission of revenge against the perpetrators. The action’s thumping and the kills are ingenious (when they go to plan).</p>

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The most recent film on this list, David Fincher directs this story focusing on a calculating hitman played by Michael Fassbender. When someone close to him gets targeted, Fassbender sets off on a mission of revenge against the perpetrators. The action’s thumping and the kills are ingenious (when they go to plan).

<p>Netflix</p><p>A crime film that stars neither a hero nor villain - at least, not to start with. Instead, Jake Gyllenhaal’s sociopathic crime journalist Louis Bloom is an outside observer angling to get the juiciest footage. That is, until he starts to get slightly too involved in the crimes.</p>

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A crime film that stars neither a hero nor villain - at least, not to start with. Instead, Jake Gyllenhaal’s sociopathic crime journalist Louis Bloom is an outside observer angling to get the juiciest footage. That is, until he starts to get slightly too involved in the crimes.

<p>Netflix</p><p>This 2022 Netflix crime thriller stars the unlikely figure of <em>Paddington</em>’s cuddly Hugh Bonneville. He plays a retired High Court Judge who, it turns out when his home is raided by rebellious graffiti artist George MacKay, is secretly a sadistic kidnapper keeping an imprisoned man in his basement.</p>

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This 2022 Netflix crime thriller stars the unlikely figure of Paddington’s cuddly Hugh Bonneville. He plays a retired High Court Judge who, it turns out when his home is raided by rebellious graffiti artist George MacKay, is secretly a sadistic kidnapper keeping an imprisoned man in his basement.

<p>Netflix</p><p>One of the most underrated crime films on Netflix pits Joel Edgerton’s undercover police officer against prime suspect in a child abduction case Jared Harris. Its setting across wide expanses of Australia gives the film an unrelenting bleakness.</p>

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One of the most underrated crime films on Netflix pits Joel Edgerton’s undercover police officer against prime suspect in a child abduction case Jared Harris. Its setting across wide expanses of Australia gives the film an unrelenting bleakness.