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Best crime TV shows

Bad Plans, Big Drama

Mafia meltdowns, bank jobs gone wrong, and detectives who play dirty. These stories make your worst life choices look tame. Pro tip: Don’t try this at home. The most popular crime TV shows on GoodWatch come first.

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Murder on the Home Front
Murder on the Home Front (2013)
GoodWatch score 68
Darker Passages
Darker Passages (2023)
GoodWatch score 72
Ross Kemp on Gangs
Ross Kemp on Gangs (2006)
GoodWatch score 72
The Black Swan
The Black Swan (2024)
GoodWatch score 81
Cyber Vaar
Cyber Vaar (2022)
GoodWatch score 73
The Business of Drugs
The Business of Drugs (2020)
GoodWatch score 70
The Choice
The Choice (2022)
GoodWatch score 54
I Want To Be Alive
I Want To Be Alive (2021)
GoodWatch score 60
Iru Dhuruvam
Iru Dhuruvam (2019)
GoodWatch score 79
Trial 4
Trial 4 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Bad Boy Billionaires: India (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
The Holiday
The Holiday (2022)
GoodWatch score 44
Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime
Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime (2021)
GoodWatch score 55
Live Telecast
Live Telecast (2021)
GoodWatch score 61
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning (2023)
GoodWatch score 73
The Playing Card Killer
The Playing Card Killer (2023)
GoodWatch score 58
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (2002)
GoodWatch score 73
Mr. & Mrs. Murder
Mr. & Mrs. Murder (2025)
GoodWatch score 68
The Frog
The Frog (2020)
GoodWatch score 76
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer (1992)
GoodWatch score 72
Exhibit A
Exhibit A (2019)
GoodWatch score 66
Dark 7 White
Dark 7 White (2020)
GoodWatch score 57
Flesh
Flesh (2017)
GoodWatch score 78
Debt to the Sea
Debt to the Sea (2019)
GoodWatch score 72
Myself Allen Swapan
Myself Allen Swapan (2023)
GoodWatch score 78
The Cheat
The Cheat (2017)
GoodWatch score 71
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis (2018)
GoodWatch score 76
An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase
An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2018)
GoodWatch score 72
Mohanagar
Mohanagar (2021)
GoodWatch score 84
The TikTok Killer
The TikTok Killer (2026)
GoodWatch score 58
Love Con Revenge
Love Con Revenge (2025)
GoodWatch score 75
Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan
Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan (2021)
GoodWatch score 55
Sasquatch
Sasquatch (2021)
GoodWatch score 75
Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil
Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil (2023)
GoodWatch score 70
Ek Thi Begum
Ek Thi Begum (2020)
GoodWatch score 72
Kaiser
Kaiser (2022)
GoodWatch score 81
Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
Who Killed Garrett Phillips? (2019)
GoodWatch score 76
Kothao Keu Nei
Kothao Keu Nei (1990)
GoodWatch score 94
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey (2016)
GoodWatch score 47
Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals
Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals (2023)
GoodWatch score 53

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