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The best crime movies and shows on Apple TV right now
Right now the best crime films and series on Apple TV in the United States are Pulp Fiction (1994), Prisoners (2013) and Slow Horses (2022). This is the top 30 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
1. Pulp Fiction1994
Film · 2h 34mThriller, Crime, Comedy★ 8.5
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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Kanopy (free)2. Prisoners2013
Film · 2h 33mDrama, Thriller, Crime★ 8.1
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession…
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Series · 6 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.1
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
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Prime Video (free)4. Defending Jacob2020
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 8.2
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
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Apple TV5. Black Bird2022
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 8.1
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
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6. Your Friends & Neighbors2025
Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 7.8
When a financial titan suddenly finds himself divorced and jobless, he starts robbing his wealthy neighbors to stay afloat. Stealing from his own social circle strangely exhilarates him—but he gradually gets tangled in a deadly web.
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Apple TV7. Killers of the Flower Moon2023
Film · 3h 26mCrime, History, Drama★ 7.4
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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Apple TV8. Lucky2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 7.3
When a multi-million-dollar heist goes sideways, con artist Lucky is forced to go on the run. Pursued by both the FBI and a ruthless crime boss, Lucky must fight for her life—and a way out.
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Apple TV9. Cape Fear2026
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama★ 7.1
When convicted murderer Max Cady is released from prison, he begins infiltrating the family of the married attorneys who helped put him behind bars.
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Apple TV10. The Crowded Room2023
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime, Mystery★ 7.7
In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
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Apple TV11. Last Seen2026
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 7.6
When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.
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Apple TV12. Bad Monkey2024
Series · 2 seasonsComedy, Crime★ 7.2
A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.
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Apple TV13. The Nice Guys2016
Film · 1h 56mComedy, Crime, Action★ 7.1
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
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Apple TV14. Bad Sisters2022
Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 7.5
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.
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Apple TV15. The Last Frontier2025
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 7.2
When a prison transport plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness—freeing dozens of violent inmates—the region's lone marshal must protect the town he's vowed to keep safe.
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Apple TV16. Cherry2021
Film · 2h 22mDrama, Crime★ 7.3
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
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Apple TV17. Shining Girls2022
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 7.4
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault.
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Apple TV18. Shantaram2022
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama, Action & Adventure★ 7.4
Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city's poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.
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Apple TV19. Imperfect Women2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 6.3
After a murder shatters the lives of three best friends, their decades-long bond is tested when an investigation reveals betrayals and shocking truths.
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Apple TV20. The Afterparty2022
Series · 2 seasonsMystery, Comedy, Crime★ 7.1
Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.
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Apple TV21. Manhunt2024
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 6.9
A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—as the fate of the country hangs…
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Apple TV22. Down Cemetery Road2025
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 6.8
When a child goes missing in the aftermath of a house explosion, a concerned neighbor teams up with a private investigator to find them.
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Apple TV23. Criminal Record2024
Series · 2 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 6.5
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
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Apple TV24. Lady in the Lake2024
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 6.6
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women, Maddie Schwartz and Cleo Sherwood, converge on a fatal collision course.
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Apple TV25. Dope Thief2025
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama★ 6.6
Two lifelong friends in Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rob small-time drug dealers. It's a perfect grift—until they choose the wrong mark and become targets of a massive narcotics enterprise.
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Apple TV26. Bad Boys1995
Film · 1h 59mAction, Comedy, Crime★ 6.8
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose.
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Film · 1h 48mCrime, Comedy★ 6.5
Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced to work with an unexpected counterpart.
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Apple TV28. Sharper2023
Film · 1h 55mCrime, Thriller★ 6.9
A small, wealthy family in New York City gets progressively torn apart by secrets, lies, and the theft that orchestrates all of it.
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Apple TV29. The Instigators2024
Film · 1h 42mCrime, Comedy★ 6.1
Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up with an unusual accomplice — Rory's therapist — to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.
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Apple TV30. Highest 2 Lowest2025
Film · 2h 13mCrime, Drama★ 5.5
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
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Questions
- What are the best crime films and series on Apple TV right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Pulp Fiction (1994), rated 8.5 out of 10 on TMDB, then Prisoners and Slow Horses.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
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