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The best crime movies and shows on Netflix right now

Right now the best crime films and series on Netflix in the United States are Breaking Bad (2008), Better Call Saul (2015) and Peaky Blinders (2013). 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

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  1. 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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  2. 2. 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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  3. 3. Peaky Blinders2013

    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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  4. 4. 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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  5. 5. Riverdale2017

    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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  7. 6. 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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  8. 7. 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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  9. 8. You2018

    Series · 5 seasonsMystery, Crime, Drama★ 8.0

    A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.

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  10. 9. Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013

    Series · 8 seasonsComedy, Crime★ 8.2

    A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

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  11. 10. Hannibal2013

    Series · 3 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 8.3

    Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel.

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  12. 11. MINDHUNTER2017

    Series · 2 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 8.1

    An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

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  13. 12. Scarface1983

    Film · 2h 50mAction, Crime, Drama★ 8.2

    After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami.

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  14. 13. Money Heist2017

    Series · 3 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.2

    To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose.

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  15. 14. Ozark2017

    Series · 4 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.2

    A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

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  16. 15. Narcos2015

    Series · 3 seasonsCrime, Drama★ 8.1

    A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

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  17. 16. S.W.A.T.2017

    Series · 8 seasonsCrime, Action & Adventure, Drama★ 8.0

    A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he…

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  18. 17. Orange Is the New Black2013

    Series · 7 seasonsDrama, Comedy, Crime★ 7.6

    A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

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  19. 18. Heat1995

    Film · 2h 50mCrime, Drama, Action★ 7.9

    Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest.

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  20. 19. NCIS2003

    Series · 24 seasonsCrime, Drama, Action & Adventure★ 7.6

    From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

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  21. 20. I Will Find You2026

    Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 8.2

    Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.

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  22. 21. The Blacklist2013

    Series · 10 seasonsDrama, Crime, Mystery★ 7.6

    Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists.

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  23. 22. Vincenzo2021

    Series · 1 seasonAction & Adventure, Comedy, Drama★ 8.5

    During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian Mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.

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  24. 23. Facing El Chapo2026

    Film · 1h 31mCrime, Action, Thriller★ 8.7

    Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.

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  25. 24. The Gentlemen2020

    Film · 1h 53mComedy, Crime★ 7.7

    American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his…

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  26. 25. The Irishman2019

    Film · 3h 29mCrime, Drama, History★ 7.6

    Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino.

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  27. 26. Donnie Brasco1997

    Film · 2h 7mCrime, Drama, Thriller★ 7.5

    An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

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  28. 27. The Bad Guys2022

    Film · 1h 40mAction, Adventure, Animation★ 7.5

    When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

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  29. 28. True Romance1993

    Film · 1h 59mAction, Crime, Romance★ 7.5

    Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

    Stream onNetflixSundance NowSony Pictures Core

  30. 29. Wind River2017

    Film · 1h 47mCrime, Mystery, Thriller★ 7.4

    An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

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  31. 30. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011

    Film · 2h 38mThriller, Crime, Mystery★ 7.4

    Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander.

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Questions

What are the best crime films and series on Netflix right now?
In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Breaking Bad (2008), rated 9.0 out of 10 on TMDB, then Better Call Saul and Peaky Blinders.
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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