Crime Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 22, 2025
Havoc
2005 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA wealthy teen and her superficial friends want to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang.
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Freedomland
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a single mother reports that her infant son was murdered by a black man from the projects, an intrepid African-American detective and a white journalist team up to dig for details but what they unearth is hard to believe.
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Délice Paloma
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMadame Aldjéria is a charismatic "fixer" in Algeria who helps her clients with requests, from finding romantic companions to framing innocent people. But one day, the crafty con artist launches a scam that may prove to be her undoing.
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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis chilling drama details the events near the end of the 2001 G8 summit, when police stormed a school for journalists and brutally attacked the residents -- men and women from all over Europe -- accusing them of planning violent action.
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Dangerous Ishhq
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFabulously wealthy Rohan is kidnapped, and police tell his supermodel girlfriend Sanjana that even the ransom won't assure his return. Compounding her helplessness, Sanjana starts having strange visions of them together in different historical eras.
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The Taste of Money
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this suspenseful erotic drama, the private male secretary and lover of Madam Baek, a Korean conglomerate's middle-aged matriarch, falls for her more genuine daughter. Meanwhile, Madam Baek's husband has an affair with the Filipino nanny.
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Pieta
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsKang-do, an enforcer for a loan shark in a destitute area of Seoul, is unrelentingly brutal in his collection of debts. But when a mysterious woman appears and claims that she is his mother, Kang-do finds himself developing a hunger for human warmth.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsCorrupt Detective Terence McDonaugh -- whose bad habits include painkillers, reckless sports gambling and accepting sexual bribes -- investigates the murder of five Senegalese illegal immigrants in New Orleans.
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Inspector Bellamy
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsFrom renowned French director Claude Chabrol comes this intriguingly low-key police thriller in which vacationing detective Paul Bellamy (Gérard Depardieu) can't keep himself from getting involved when a mystery rears its head on holiday. Of course, his wife (Marie Bunel) is less than thrilled to share her vacation with criminals, and when Bellamy's brother pays an unexpected visit, the family tensions ratchet up as high as the professional ones.
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Raavan
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen he's posted to a provincial town, policeman Dev goes after the local thugs, with dire consequences. Enraged by Dev's attacks, the head of the bandits kidnaps Dev's wife and takes her into the jungle, where their feelings for each other explode.
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Assassination Tango
2002 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsEnticed by a tidy sum, a veteran hit man interrupts his domestic life to travel to Argentina to ice a brutal retired general. As the assassin waits for the right moment to take out his target, he passes the time with a willowy young dancer.
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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsMaster director Yimou Zhang tackles an adaptation of the Coen brothers' classic Blood Simple in this period dramedy full of slapstick and plot twists. When the owner of a Chinese noodle shop attempts to kill his adulterous wife, the fireworks fly. The proprietor also hopes to eliminate his wife's woebegone lover, but complications and high-flying action arise courtesy of a rampaging band of feudal soldiers and the shop's wacky employees.
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Black Heaven
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhile searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world.
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The Snowtown Murders
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis grisly thriller is based on the true story of Australia's worst serial killer, John Bunting, and the people he convinced to help him. One of them is teenager Jamie, whose entire family eventually falls under Bunting's dark spell.
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Sikandar
2009 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsSikandar is a typical 14-year-old, obsessed with soccer and doing his best to please his aunt and uncle -- his foster parents. But his life takes a violent turn one afternoon when he finds a gun on the side of the road while walking home from school.
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Sins
2005 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsThis controversial film follows the exploits of two passionate lovers in a relationship that was doomed from the start. Father Williams and young Rosemary begin a seemingly innocent association, but the relationship quickly turns intensely physical.
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Leslie, My Name Is Evil
2009 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsSheltered, sexually frustrated chemist Perry is thrust headlong into the wildness of the 1960s when he is selected as a jury member in the infamous trial of Charles Manson and becomes obsessed with one of Manson's followers, Leslie Van Houten.
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Cold Weather
2010 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsAfter things go south for former forensic science major Doug (Cris Lankenau), he leaves Chicago and returns home to Oregon to live with his sister, Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn) -- and soon finds himself entangled in an unexpected situation that calls on his investigative mind. Together with Gail and his friend Carlos, Doug uses his forensic skills and the techniques he's learned as a detective fiction enthusiast to unravel the mystery he encounters.
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Foul Gesture
2006 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsIn Israel, a land marked by violence and the need to avenge the past, depressed writer Michael Klienhouse (co-writer Gal Zaid) runs afoul of war-hero-turned-gangster Dreyfus (Ashar Tzarfati) and finds himself in a fight for his life that, ironically, renews his zest for living. Michael's wife respects her husband's newfound assertiveness, but the escalating hostilities endanger them and their son, prompting questions about Michael's actions.
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Sawaal
1982 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsThe daughter of powerful smuggler Seth Dhanpath Rai falls for a policeman and wants to marry him despite her father's objections. But when his son also chooses a more honorable path in life, Dhanpath Rai realizes its time to rethink his priorities.
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Spring Breakers
2012 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsAfter four college girls rob a fast food joint to fund their spring break in Florida, they hit the road and wind up in jail and hungover. They're bailed out by a deeply weird dude named Alien, who demands their help with his own criminal enterprises.
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Entrance
2012 | NR | 2.4 out of 5 StarsAfter mysteriously losing her dog one evening, a Los Angeles barista questions her commitment to living in the city and decides to get out. But when her going-away party takes an odd turn, she finds that the city just might not let her go so easily.
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Joe + Belle
2011 | NR | 2.4 out of 5 StarsJoe, a laid-back dope dealer full of magnetic charisma, and Belle, a forlorn yet irresistibly sensual crazy girl, fall madly in love against the backdrop of a wild cross-country getaway after they accidentally kill a guy.
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Eik Dasttak
2006 | NR | 2.2 out of 5 StarsWhen by-the-book cop Kshitij discovers his partner, Ankita, is on the take, he tries to persuade her to give up her corrupt lifestyle. As they track down a businessman's hidden stash, Kshitij hopes to steer Ankita back onto the straight and narrow.
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