The 20 Best Crime Thriller Movies to Watch This Weekend
Are you a movie fanatic? Yes. Now tell us whether you are a ‘fearless’ movie fanatic? Maybe? Well, if you watch crime thrillers, then you can confidently say a big ‘Yes.’
Comedy movies make you laugh. Horror movies make you bite your nails. And the best crime thriller movies make you question yourself with unexpected twists, terrors, and tensions.
Crime thrillers can also go wrong. Yes, they can! And it can be a waste of your time and enthusiasm. Hence, we have come up with a list of the best crime thriller movies to watch. But beware, you may run out of nails to bite!
These lists cover the best crime Hollywood, Bollywood thrillers and some of the best crime thriller movies highly rated by IMDB.
Best Crime Thriller Movies to Watch: Hollywood
Hollywood lovers, it would be unfair to pick out only ten (10) best crime thriller movies to watch from a hundred of the good ones.
Nevertheless, here are our favorite picks for you:
Knives Out
Get lost in the web of lies and red herrings while uncovering the murder case of a crime novelist.
Genre | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
Duration | 130 minutes |
IMDB Rating | 7.9/10 |
Creators | Rian Johnson |
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Year | 2019 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Joker
The thrilling story of a daytime comedian who turned into a wild criminal mastermind.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Duration | 122 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.4/10 |
Creators | Todd Phillips |
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Year | 2019 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
The Godfather
No words can describe this movie, for it is one of the greatest films of all time.
Genre | Crime, Drama |
Duration | 175 mins |
IMDB Rating | 9.2/10 |
Creators | Francis Ford Coppola |
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Year | 1972 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
Don’t Breathe
The lives of three (3) thieves who invade houses of wealthy people find themselves trapped after attempting to invade the home of a blind veteran.
Genre | Crime, Horror, Thriller |
Duration | 88 mins |
IMDB Rating | 7.1/10 |
Creators | Fede Alvarez |
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Year | 2016 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight is the story of Heroism vs. Vigilantism.
Genre | Action, Crime, Drama |
Duration | 152 mins |
IMDB Rating | 9.0/10 |
Creators | Christopher Nolan |
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Year | 2008 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
The Wolf of Wall Street
Get a closer look into the journey of Belfort’s sleazy endeavors of defrauding wealthy investors!
Genre | Biography, Crime, Drama |
Duration | 180 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.2/10 |
Creators | Martin Scorsese |
Cast | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey |
Year | 2013 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
Pulp Fiction
This movie revolves around three (3) men-Vincent, Jules, and Butch — and their choices concerning honor and disgrace, life and death, and the chance whims.
Genre | Crime, Drama |
Duration | 154 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.9/10 |
Creators | Quentin Tarantino |
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Year | 1994 |
Where to Watch | Will be available soon |
The Departed
An engaging story of an undercover cop and a mole trying to identify each other while invading an Irish gang.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Duration | 151 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.5/10 |
Creators | Martin Scorsese |
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Year | 2006 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Se7en
The story of two (2) detectives (a veteran and a rookie) hunting a serial killer!
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 127 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.6/10 |
Creators | David Fincher |
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Year | 1995 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
Prisoners
The story of a father taking matters into his own hands upon his daughter and her friend go missing!
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 153 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.1/10 |
Creators | Denis Villeneuve |
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Year | 2013 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Best Crime Thriller Movies To Watch: Bollywood
Bollywood freaks! Are you reading this? We have had some gripping best crime thrillers in Hindi too. Do you remember watching Baazigar (1993), Dushman (1998), Kaal (2005), Gangster (2006), A Wednesday (2008), 36 China Town (2006), The Villain (2014), and Talvar (2015)?
Well, besides these, we have other favorites too. Have a look:
Haseena Dilruba
Watch the story of a woman who is under investigation as a suspect for her husband’s murder.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 135 mins |
IMDB Rating | 6.9/10 |
Creators | Vinil Mathew |
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Year | 2021 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
Andhadhun
This power-packed performance of a pianist pretending to be blind will scare you as well as make you laugh.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Music |
Duration | 139 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.2/10 |
Creators | Sriram Raghavan |
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Year | 2018 |
Where to Watch | Jio Cinema |
Gangs of Wasseypur
Gangs of Wasseypur is a rough revenge story of a gangster.
Genre | Action, Crime, Drama |
Duration | 321 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.2/10 |
Creators | Anurag Kashyap |
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Year | 2012 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Mom
Another revenge story, but this time of a stepmother who avenges the gang-rape of her step-daughter.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Duration | 146 mins |
IMDB Rating | 7.3/10 |
Creators | Ravi Udyawar |
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Year | 2017 |
Where to Watch | Netflix India |
Badla
This movie is about a newly successful entrepreneur and her story of solving the mystery of her lover’s death.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 118 mins |
IMDB Rating | 7.8/10 |
Creators | Sujoy Ghosh |
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Year | 2019 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Drishyum
Police vs. Layman. Justice vs. Truth.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 163 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.2/10 |
Creators | Nishikant Kamat |
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Year | 2015 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
K.G.F. Chapter 1
A movie that revolves around a notorious gold mafia.
Genre | Action, Crime, Drama |
Duration | 156 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.3/10 |
Creators | Prashanth Neel |
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Year | 2018 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Article 15
This movie dives deep into the ugly socio-politics of the Indian system.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 130 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.2/10 |
Creators | Anubhav Sinha |
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Year | 2019 |
Where to Watch | Netflix |
Section 375
Section 375 is a story of a renowned filmmaker accused of rape by his junior.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 124 mins |
IMDB Rating | 8.1/10 |
Creators | Ajay Bahl |
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Year | 2019 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Talaash
Talaash is the story of a sex worker and murder who avenges her own murder in mysterious, spooky ways.
Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Duration | 140 mins |
IMDB Rating | 7.2/10 |
Creators | Reema Kagti, Priyamvada Narayanan |
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Year | 2012 |
Where to Watch | Amazon Prime |
Conclusion
We hope you might have found at least a couple of the movies from the above lists which you are yet to watch. So, schedule a date with yourself in the coming weekend and have some popcorn ready!