Best Crime Thrillers To Watch On Netflix 2026

So you're looking for a thrilling crime film to watch on Netflix right now? Or, you're the kind of person who is into knowing it all when it comes to recommending films and shows, you've found yourself at the right spot.

We are always recommending best of best films to stream on OTT whether its from Prime Video catalogue, Netflix's bank or Apple TV, recommendations are always making their way to you and this is no exception. If you've already watched masterpieces like Nightcrawler, The Silence of the Lambs, and Chinatown.

Starring Colin Farrell as Lord Dolye in the psychological crime thriller about a debt-ridden gambler is offered a chance at the baccarat table by a mysterious casino employee while a private investigator played by Tilda Swinton is is hot pursuit of Doyle.

Knowing Tom Hardy is in the movies should seal the deal for you, anyway. However if you must know the crime thriller is about around drug deal gone wrong leading a homicide detective to get involved to solve the crime.

Based on the 2006 Nithari serial killings in Noida, Sector 36, directed by Aditya Nimbalkar and written by Bodhayan Roy Chaudhury stars Vikrant Massey who plays a serial killer abducting children from an Indian slum.

In this twisty thriller, hardened detective Tom Nichols (Benicio Del Toro) is thrown into a murder investigation after a young real estate agent is found dead at one of her listings. The young woman’s boyfriend, Will Grady (Justin Timberlake), who’s the head of his family’s real estate empire, is completely devastated by her death, but something is amiss — and Nichols’ investigation into the case leads him to a web of corruption that begins to unravel his whole life.

A thief played by Dhanush tries to go straight, but when predatory banks trap his father in debt, he returns to crime with a determined cop closing in on his trail.

In Korean haunting psychological thriller, two cops (played by veteran actor Shin Ha-kyun and child star turned heartthrob Yeo Jin-goo) reluctantly pair up to catch a serial killer responsible for terrorizing a sleepy Korean town. As they begin to suspect everyone including each other — they discover that many of the town’s residents harbor dark secrets of their own

Best friends Beth (Leighton Meester) and Kate (Christina Wolfe) are on what starts as a made-for-Instagram girls trip to Croatia, complete with a gorgeous Airbnb, glamorous vacation attire, delicious food, and views so breathtakingly idyllic they’ll have you pausing the movie to google flights to Europe.

A taut mystery-thriller starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Verma, and Jaideep Ahlawat about a mother trying to cover up a sudden crime.

Directed by Dinjith Ayyathan and written and shot by Bahul RameshIn the misty hills of Kerala, the search for an enigmatic dog breeder pulls his wife and caretaker into a world of danger and murky secrets.

The Good Detective received high ratings when it aired and has been renewed for a second season. Despite maintaining his innocence, in Season 1, Lee Dae-chul (Jo Jae-yoon) is convicted of murdering two people and sent to death row. Five years later, his daughter is reported missing and possibly dead, prompting Detective Kang Do-chang (Son Hyun-joo) to reinvestigate Dae-chul’s case. Do-chang and his sharp-witted partner Oh Ji-hyeok (Jang Seung-jo) team up with dogged reporter Jin Seo-kyung (Lee Elijah) to find the truth. As they try to save Dae-chul from execution, they begin to uncover rampant corruption across the highest levels of institutional power.

A psychiatrist investigates a self-confessed serial killer after nine girls disappear, only to question whether he's guilty or a victim in a darker game.

A slow-burn, atmospheric noir set in rural Punjab about two cops investigating the murder of a foreign groom just days before his wedding.