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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
1. Breaking Bad2008
Series · 5 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 9.0
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live.
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Netflix4. Better Call Saul2015
Series · 6 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.7
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.
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Netflix5. Sherlock2010
Series · 4 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.5
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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BritBox+76. The Mentalist2008
Series · 7 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.4
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Hulu8. The Sopranos1999
Series · 6 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.7
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads.
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9. The Rookie2018
Series · 9 seasonsCrime, Drama, Comedy★ 8.5
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer.
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Series · 6 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 8.5
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.
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Netflix11. Lucifer2016
Series · 6 seasonsCrime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.4
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…
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Netflix12. MobLand2025
Series · 2 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.6
Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
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Spectrum On Demand13. Criminal Minds2005
Series · 19 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.3
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.
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Series · 7 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.4
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.
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Netflix17. The Wire2002
Series · 5 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.6
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions…
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HBO Max19. Tulsa King2022
Series · 4 seasonsCrime, Drama, Comedy★ 8.3
New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Paramount+21. The X-Files1993
Series · 11 seasonsMystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime★ 8.4
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena.
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Pluto TV (free)22. Chicago P.D.2014
Series · 14 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.4
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community.
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PeacockYouTube TV+323. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners2022
Series · 2 seasonsAnimation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.5
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
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Netflix24. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Series · 28 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.0
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
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HulufuboTVPeacockYouTube TV+225. Sons of Anarchy2008
Series · 7 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.4
The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by…
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Disney+Hulu26. Reacher2022
Series · 4 seasonsAction & Adventure, Crime★ 8.1
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.
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Prime Video
Amazon MX Player (free)27. Dark2017
Series · 3 seasonsCrime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.4
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
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Netflix
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.
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- 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.