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4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank: upcoming American dark comedy heist film, Frankie Shaw's directorial debut, starring Liam Neeson as ex-bank robber Danny; adapted from the Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss graphic novel; shot in Limerick, Ireland as 1990s America; Orion/Amazon MGM US distribution.
A Gilded Game (猎金·游戏)
A Gilded Game (猎金·游戏, The Trading Floor, 东方华尔街) is a 2025 Chinese financial crime drama by Herman Yau starring Andy Lau and Ou Hao; released May 1, 2025, it earned 2.98亿元 in China and scored 5.3 on Douban.
A Widow's Game
A Widow's Game (La viuda negra) is a 2025 Spanish Netflix true-crime thriller directed by Carlos Sedes, starring Ivana Baquero, Carmen Machi, and Tristán Ulloa, dramatizing the 2017 Patraix murder case in Valencia.
Alto Knights
The Alto Knights is a 2025 Warner Bros. gangster drama, also formerly titled Wise Guys, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi. Robert De Niro plays both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese; it flopped, grossing $6.1 million against a $45 million budget.
Amsterdamned II
Amsterdamned II (2025) is Dick Maas's Dutch thriller-horror sequel to his 1988 cult classic Amsterdamned, starring Huub Stapel as retired detective Eric Visser and Holly Mae Brood as Tara Lee, released 4 December 2025.
Animals (2026 film)
Animals is a 2026 American crime thriller directed by, co-written by, and starring Ben Affleck, released on Netflix October 9, 2026; it adapts Kurosawa's High and Low.
Back in Black (film)
Back in Black (To Rome and Back Again) is a 2026 Canadian dark comedy directed by Ron Murphy, co-written with Nick Torokvei, starring Christopher Walken, Ella Ballentine, and Jane Curtin. It premiered at TIFF on September 13, 2026, about a granddaughter whose murderous scheme saves a failing funeral home.
Barrio Triste
Barrio Triste is a 2025 found-footage feature debut by Stillz (Matías Vásquez), produced by Harmony Korine's EDGLRD with a score by Arca, about Medellín teens in 1987 who steal a news camera; it premiered at Venice Orizzonti.
Bitcoin (film)
Bitcoin (formerly Killing Satoshi) is Doug Liman's $70 million AI-driven thriller starring Casey Affleck as Craig Wright, with Gal Gadot and Pete Davidson; shot on one London soundstage, in post-production, no release date.
Blood on Snow (film)
Blood on Snow is a 2027 crime thriller directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, adapted from Jo Nesbø's novel, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, and Benedict Cumberbatch as a 1970s Oslo hitman who defies an order to kill his boss's wife; a Sky Original UK release.
By Any Means (2026 film)
By Any Means is a 2026 Paramount crime thriller directed by Elegance Bratton, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg as an FBI agent and mobster Gregory Scarpa investigating the 1966 Vernon Dahmer murder in Mississippi.
Carolina Caroline
Carolina Caroline is a 2025 American romantic crime thriller directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier, written by Tom Dean, starring Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner; premiered at TIFF 2025, released by Magnolia Pictures June 5, 2026.
Case 137
Case 137 (Dossier 137) is a 2025 French crime drama by Dominik Moll, starring Léa Drucker as an IGPN investigator probing an LBD shooting of a yellow-vest protester; Cannes 2025 Competition, 2026 César Best Actress.
Caught Stealing
Caught Stealing is a 2025 American crime caper directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Austin Butler as a former baseball player turned bartender swept into New York's criminal underworld.
Chili Finger
Chili Finger is a 2026 American dark comedy directed by Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad, starring Judy Greer, Sean Astin, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman. Loosely based on the 2005 Wendy's chili-finger hoax, it premiered at SXSW on March 14, 2026.
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994 (寒戰1994) is a 2026 Hong Kong crime thriller prequel directed by Longman Leung, set in 1994 before the handover; it stars Daniel Wu, Terrance Lau, Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok, and Tony Leung Ka-fai, and sets up Cold War 1995 (2027).
Crime 101 (2026 film)
Crime 101 is a 2026 American heist thriller directed by Bart Layton, adapted from Don Winslow's novella, starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, and Halle Berry. Released 13 February 2026 by Amazon MGM (Sony internationally), it runs 140 minutes and is rated R.
Dante (film)
Dante (2026) is a Spanish thriller directed and written by Hugo Ruiz, starring Chino Darín and Ester Expósito; a night-shift paramedic is trapped by gangsters after an emergency call. Premiered at Tribeca 2026, distinct from In the Hand of Dante.
Dead Man's Wire
Dead Man's Wire is Gus Van Sant's 2025 true-crime thriller, starring Bill Skarsgård as Tony Kiritsis, who held mortgage broker Richard Hall hostage in Indianapolis in 1977 with a shotgun wired to his neck; premiered at Venice, released January 2026.
Dharmayuddhaya 2 (ධර්මයුද්ධය)
Dharmayuddhaya 2 (ධර්මයුද්ධය 2), also known as Dharmaduddhaya 2, is a 2026 Sinhala Sri Lankan crime thriller directed by Aruna Jayawardana, sequel to Dharmayuddhaya (2017) in the Drishyam remake series, released 23 January 2026 with Bimal Jayakody as Harishchandra.
Eenie Meanie (film)
Eenie Meanie is a 2025 American heist thriller, Shawn Simmons's directorial debut, starring Samara Weaving as getaway driver Edie, with Karl Glusman and Andy Garcia. Released August 22, 2025 on Hulu (US) and Disney+ internationally; 106 minutes, rated R; 43% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Elize: Shadows of a Woman (Elize: Sombras de uma Mulher) is a 2026 Brazilian Netflix psychological thriller directed by Felipe Vellas, starring Lorena Comparato as Elize Matsunaga, dramatizing her 2012 murder of husband Marcos Matsunaga.
Enemies (upcoming film)
Enemies is Henry Dunham's upcoming A24 crime thriller starring Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White as a contract killer and a detective, shot in Chicago in 2025 on a reported $25 million budget, produced by Square Peg, now in post-production with a 2027 release expected.
Evil Genius (film)
Evil Genius (2026 film), also known as 이블 지니어스, is Courteney Cox's true-crime dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette and David Harbour about the 2003 pizza bomber case, premiered at TIFF.
Father (වාසනා) (2026 film)
Father (ෆාදර්, also Father: The Judgement Is Inconclusive) is a 2026 Sinhala Sri Lankan gangster film by Chaminda Jayasuriya about Desmond Gunasekara, released 9 January 2026; distinct from a Kannada film of the same name.
Fuze (film)
Fuze is a 2025 British heist thriller directed by David Mackenzie, written by Ben Hopkins, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, and Sam Worthington; an unexploded WWII bomb in London covers a bank robbery. Premiered at TIFF 2025, released April 2026, grossed $5.6 million.
Gangstas (film)
Gangstas (Patsers) is a 2025 Belgian action crime comedy by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, sequel to Gangsta (2018), starring Matteo Simoni as Antwerp drug dealer Adamo; released February 19, 2025, grossing $3,278,817.
Go Away!
Go Away! is a British dark comedy-crime film about a cannabis-growing lodger whose scheme is threatened by a bailiff mishap and his landlord's home viewings.
Good News (2025 film)
Good News (굿뉴스) is a 2025 South Korean Netflix black comedy thriller by Byun Sung-hyun, starring Sul Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, and Ryoo Seung-bum, fictionalizing the 1970 Yodogo hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 by the Red Army Faction.
Here Comes the Flood (film)
Here Comes the Flood is an upcoming Netflix heist thriller directed by Fernando Meirelles, written by Simon Kinberg, starring Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Daisy Edgar-Jones; filmed 2025-2026, releasing 2027.