Crime Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated July 01, 2025
A Perfect Getaway
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsNewlyweds Cliff and Cydney are enjoying a perfect honeymoon in Hawaii -- that is, until they run into a pair of menacing hikers. But that's not the only threat lurking in this jungle paradise.
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The Way of the Gun
2000 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsCriminals Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro) and Parker (Ryan Phillippe) kidnap a pregnant surrogate mother (Juliette Lewis) for a $15 million ransom from the baby's gangster father in Oscar-winning writer Christopher MacQuarrie's (The Usual Suspects) directorial debut. But as the duo waits in Mexico with the woman in tow, they discover they may be in over their heads. Packed with twists, this actioner features a killer turn by co-star James Caan.
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The Vanishing
1993 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBarney (Jeff Bridges) is a deranged man who plans to abduct a woman, but despite his careful design and numerous run-throughs, things never go quite right. He's finally successful when Diane (Sandra Bullock) makes herself an obvious target after a fight with her boyfriend, Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland). Jeff spends years trying to figure out what happened to Diane, almost destroying his own life. Director George Sluizer remakes his own 1988 film.
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen an elderly neighbor in good health unexpectedly dies, New Yorker Carol Lipton is convinced that the death was no accident and ropes a few of her friends into investigating, despite protests from her skeptical husband.
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Race
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRanvir and Rajeev are competitors when it comes to horse racing and everything else, including love. The plot thickens when three women enter their lives and a murder is committed. Now, it's up to a sharp inspector to determine the killer's identity.
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Johnny Gaddaar
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA thug double-crosses his partners, planning to make off with a big score -- and the wife of another gang member. Preparing to start a new life abroad, he realizes he must not only outwit his partners, but at some point, he'll have to kill them, too.
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The Escapist
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen Frank Perry, a con serving a life sentence, learns that his estranged daughter has fallen terminally ill, he enlists a hapless group of inmates to help him escape the maximum-security facility so he can reconcile with her before it's too late.
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Trapped
2002 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this tense thriller, a young girl with asthma is kidnapped and held for ransom, but her captors tell her parents that they'll deprive the child of her medication unless they comply with their terms, one of which is not to contact the police.
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The General's Daughter
1999 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRespected Army Gen. Joe Campbell (James Cromwell) is headed for a hero's retirement -- until his daughter is raped and murdered on his military base, and warrant officers and ex-lovers Paul Brenner (John Travolta) and Sara Sunhill (Madeleine Stowe) are given 36 hours to solve the convoluted case. But what they discover could bring the entire base down. Simon West directs this thriller based on the novel by Nelson DeMille.
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The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRobert Wise's tense drama tells the story of a Nazi concentration camp survivor who assumes the identity of her dead best friend when the war ends. She moves to San Francisco, where she finds herself godmother to a young boy and heir to a fortune.
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Suspect
1987 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen a Supreme Court justice commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all signs point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But the public defender assigned to his case soon begins to believe Anderson may be innocent.
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Vettai
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis powerful Tamil action film follows the shared fate of two very different siblings: policeman Thiru and his roguish brother, Guru. When Thiru finds himself outmatched while fighting local gangsters, Guru comes to his aid.
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Chain Reaction
1996 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen a team of scientists discovers a clean, low-cost energy alternative, their lab is destroyed, the research head is killed, and student machinist Eddie Kasalivich gets framed for both crimes. With the police and FBI chasing him down, Eddie turns to mentor Paul Shannon to save his revolutionary hydrogen-power discovery and himself.
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Don
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDon, a ruthless crime boss and drug lord, is nabbed and held captive by the authorities, who send his naïve look-alike, Vijay, to infiltrate the man's gang. But Vijay soon realizes he's caught in a double cross.
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsCharming sociopath Tom Ripley maneuvers into the lush life of Dickie, a young heir vacationing in Italy. Hired to persuade Dickie to return to America, Tom embraces Dickie's posh lifestyle and takes extreme measures to hold onto it.
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Grandmaster
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA dejected and withdrawn police chief is jolted into duty when a serial killer's grisly game turns personal. Anticipating the killer's next move, the chief realizes that the pattern makes his daughter and estranged wife the next likely victims.
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Following
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsChristopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this odd, claustrophobic neo-noir film about a seedy young Brit (Jeremy Theobald) who's obsessed with following people -- albeit harmlessly at first. After meeting a like-minded bloke (Alex Haw), the twosome graduate to breaking and entering -- but meet their match in a tough blonde dame (Lucy Russell) who may have dubious plans of her own.
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Original Sin
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWealthy Cuban landowner Luis Vargas sends away for a plain-Jane bride. But when she arrives and turns out to be stunningly beautiful, Vargas is putty in her hands, which is a bad thing, since his new wife turns out to be a cunning con artist.
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La Liste
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFormer cop Michael Lombardi is accused of murder, and only his brother, Roman, is convinced of his innocence. Now the suspicion is moving to Roman when his superiors make an important discovery.
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Caught in the Crossfire
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTino (50 Cent) is a gang member on the horns of a major dilemma when he is forced to turn informant for a pair of homicide detectives investigating a gang-related murder on the mean streets of an American city. Meanwhile, the cops have their own hands full as the case lands them in the crossfire of hostile gangbangers and some very nasty fellow police officers. Chris Klein and Adam Rodriguez also star in this tense urban thriller.
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Mother's Day
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe new owners of a home pick the wrong day to host a birthday party when their bash is crashed by the house's previous occupants: three fugitive bank robber brothers; their sister; and their shrewd, protective and psychotic mother.
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Secret Window
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMort Rainey (Johnny Depp), a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife (Maria Bello), is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe (John Turturro) who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity. Charles S. Dutton and Timothy Hutton co-star in this suspenseful drama based on a Stephen King novella.
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Omar Killed Me
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen an elderly woman is found murdered in her basement, a message she allegedly scribbled on the wall identifies the killer as Omar, her longtime gardener. But a journalist covering the case sets out to prove that Omar was framed.
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A Lonely Place to Die
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFive mountaineering friends on vacation in the Scottish Highlands stumble upon a tiny chamber in the woods, in which a young Serbian girl is trapped. But when they free her and try to take her to safety, they become the kidnappers' next targets.
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The River Murders
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSeattle detective Jack Verdon thinks that his womanizing past is behind him. But the devoted husband and father falls under suspicion when several of his former lovers turn up dead in this tense thriller.
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