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The best crime movies and shows to stream right now
Right now the best crime films and series in the United States are Breaking Bad (2008), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994). 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
2. The Dark Knight2008
Film · 2h 32mAction, Thriller, Crime★ 8.5
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.
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HBO Max
YouTube TV3. The Shawshank Redemption1994
Film · 2h 22mDrama, Crime★ 8.7
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden.
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Philo
MGM+
AMC+7. The Godfather1972
Film · 2h 55mDrama, Crime★ 8.7
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take…
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fuboTV
Paramount+MGM+15. The Godfather Part II1974
Film · 3h 22mDrama, Crime★ 8.6
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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fuboTVParamount+16. 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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Apple TVParamount+YouTube TV
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18. The Green Mile1999
Film · 3h 9mFantasy, Drama, Crime★ 8.5
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments.
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PhiloAMC+20. Se7en1995
Film · 2h 7mCrime, Mystery, Thriller★ 8.4
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det.
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fuboTVParamount+28. The Silence of the Lambs1991
Film · 1h 59mCrime, Thriller, Drama★ 8.3
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder…
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fuboTV
MGM+PhiloKanopy (free)+129. Joker2019
Film · 2h 2mCrime, Thriller, Drama★ 8.1
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.
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HBO Max
Cinemax30. Once Upon a Time in America1984
Film · 2h 19mDrama, Crime★ 8.4
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Prime Video
Plex (free)
Tubi (free)
Questions
- What are the best crime films and series right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Breaking Bad (2008), rated 9.0 out of 10 on TMDB, then The Dark Knight and The Shawshank Redemption.
- 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.
- Can it pick something for me?
- Yes. The picker at watchwalla.com/tonight asks who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for, and gives three picks streaming where you are. Sign in and every title also gets a match score for your own taste.