Best Crime Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Crime Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 6889. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Oththa Seruppu Size 7 (2019)
Rated 9.4/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 1h 43m. Taken into custody, a murder suspect's theatrical explanations of his peculiar modus operandi unearth truths far beyond the crime he’s accused of.
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rated 9.3/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1994, 2h 22m. Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison and gradually forms a close bond with older inmate Red.
3. The Godfather (1972)
Rated 9.2/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1972, 2h 57m. When an organized-crime family patriarch barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son steps in to take care of the would-be killers.
4. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1974, 3h 22m. This second film in the trilogy explores the Corleone family roots, tracing Don Vito's journey from Sicily to a life of organized crime in New York.
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1994, 2h 34m. Quentin Tarantino's stylized crime caper weaves together stories featuring a burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner and a washed-up boxer.
6. GoodFellas (1990)
Rated 8.7/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1990, 2h 25m. This gripping gangster opus follows real-world mobster Henry Hill, who dreamed of making it big but landed in the Witness Protection Program instead.
7. Wild Card (2014)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 31m. When his friend is raped, freelance tough guy and gambling junkie Nick tracks down the creep but unwittingly stirs the wrath of a pitiless mob boss.
8. The Green Mile (1999)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1999, 3h 08m. When a prison guard discovers that a death row inmate possesses mysterious powers, he tries desperately to prevent the condemned man's execution.
9. Leon: The Professional (1994)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1994, 1h 49m. Léon, a hit man in New York, becomes the unwilling custodian of Mathilda, a vengeful 12-year-old whose family was wiped out by a crooked DEA agent.
10. The Departed (2006)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2006, 2h 31m. To take down Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own men to infiltrate it, not realizing the syndicate has done the same thing.