The best crime titles on Netflix

361 crime titles are streaming on Netflix in the US. These are the top 20 by score, rebuilt every day from the live catalogue, so nothing here has already left.

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Top pick

Breaking Bad (2008)

BN 88.5Series

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financ…

89Breaking Bad (2008) posterBreaking Bad2008 · Series85Better Call Saul (2015) posterBetter Call Saul2015 · Series84Peaky Blinders (2013) posterPeaky Blinders2013 · Series84MINDHUNTER (2017) posterMINDHUNTER2017 · Series83Lucifer (2016) posterLucifer2016 · Series83You (2018) posterYou2018 · Series83Riverdale (2017) posterRiverdale2017 · Series83Dark (2017) posterDark2017 · Series82Money Heist (2017) posterMoney Heist2017 · Series81Scarface (1983) posterScarface1983 · Film81Orange Is the New Black (2013) posterOrange Is the New Black2013 · Series80Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022) posterCyberpunk: Edgerunners2022 · Series79Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) posterBrooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · Series78Heat (1995) posterHeat1995 · Film78Facing El Chapo (2026) posterFacing El Chapo2026 · Film76The Gentlemen (2020) posterThe Gentlemen2020 · Film75Shoplifters (2018) posterShoplifters2018 · Film75The Irishman (2019) posterThe Irishman2019 · Film

Best crime movies on Netflix

#TitleBNIMDbRTRuntime
1Scarface (1983)80.6n/an/a2h 50m
2Heat (1995)78.3n/an/a2h 50m
3Facing El Chapo (2026)77.9n/an/a1h 31m
4The Gentlemen (2020)75.5n/an/a1h 53m
5Shoplifters (2018)75.3n/an/a2h 0m
6The Irishman (2019)74.8n/an/a3h 29m
7Forgotten (2017)74.3n/an/a1h 48m
8Donnie Brasco (1997)74.1n/an/a2h 7m
9True Romance (1993)73.6n/an/a1h 59m
10Wind River (2017)73.5n/an/a1h 47m
11The Bad Guys (2022)73.2n/an/a1h 40m
12The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)73.2n/an/a2h 38m
13Law Abiding Citizen (2009)73.1n/an/a1h 49m
14Bad Genius (2017)73n/an/a2h 10m
15The Equalizer (2014)72.5n/an/a2h 12m

Best crime series on Netflix

#TitleBNIMDbRTRuntime
1Breaking Bad (2008)88.5n/an/an/a
2Better Call Saul (2015)84.8n/an/an/a
3Peaky Blinders (2013)83.9n/an/an/a
4MINDHUNTER (2017)83.7n/an/an/a
5Lucifer (2016)83.3n/an/a45m
6You (2018)83.2n/an/an/a
7Riverdale (2017)82.9n/an/a45m
8Dark (2017)82.5n/an/an/a
9Money Heist (2017)81.6n/an/an/a
10Orange Is the New Black (2013)80.5n/an/an/a
11Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)79.6n/an/an/a
12Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)79.4n/an/an/a

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Questions about crime on Netflix

What is the best crime movie on Netflix?

Scarface (1983) is the highest-scoring crime movie on Netflix right now, at 80.6/100 on our blend of critic and audience ratings.

What is the best crime series on Netflix?

Breaking Bad leads Netflix's crime series at 88.5/100.

How many crime titles are on Netflix?

We count 361 crime titles on Netflix in the US, checked against the live catalogue every day.

What crime titles were just added to Netflix?

Recent arrivals include Gajab Raat, Heat, The Fate of the Furious, Cocaine Bear.

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