Looking for some gripping crime thrillers that are worth binge-watching? Here’s a list of highly regarded crime films available on Netflix and Prime Video right now, including IMDb favourites and award-winning thrillers, known for their compelling storylines and outstanding performances.
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1. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
To provide for his newborn son, Ryan Gosling, a former motorcycle stunt rider who now works as a bank robber, takes on a risky life of crime. In this epic, morally complex drama, he meets an ambitious police officer (Bradley Cooper), and their decisions have an impact on two generations.
2. The Good Nurse (2022)
This gripping thriller is based on a true story and centres on ICU nurse Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain), who believes her new coworker, serial killer Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne), is behind a series of patient deaths. Its storytelling and performances received a ton of praise.
3. The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
The movie, which is set in 1830, follows a detective (Christian Bale) as he investigates murders at a military academy at West Point, with the help of a young Edgar Allan Poe. It stands out as a gothic mystery because of its eerie atmosphere.
4. Se7en (1995)
Two detectives (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) are hunting a serial killer whose crimes correlate to the seven deadly sins in David Fincher’s classic dark thriller. Unsettling, tense, and unforgettable.
5. Gone Girl (2014)
A psychological thriller about a husband (Ben Affleck) whose wife’s disappearance reveals sinister secrets is another Fincher masterpiece. Twisted, sharp, and well-regarded.
6. Emily the Criminal (2022)
Aubrey Plaza plays a desperate woman who joins the criminal underworld to pay off debt in this incisive independent crime drama. It’s a contemporary sleeper hit with a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
7. The Stranger (2022)
In this Australian film, Joel Edgerton plays an undercover police officer who infiltrates the criminal underworld. Slick, tense, and captivating, it has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
8. City of God (2002)
This gripping Brazilian crime epic, which is set in Rio de Janeiro’s violent favelas, chronicles the entwined lives of kids growing up in a criminal environment. With an 8.6 IMDb rating, it’s a brilliant, unvarnished depiction of survival and fate.
9. Goodfellas (1990)
The renowned biography of mobster Henry Hill and his Mafia life by Martin Scorsese. It is regarded as one of the best movies in the genre and is a must-see.
10. The Godfather (1972)
Francis Ford Coppola’s Oscar-winning masterpiece, the ultimate crime saga, chronicles the rise to power of the Corleone family. A cultural icon and widely praised.
