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Highest 2 Lowest
Highest 2 Lowest is Spike Lee's 2025 crime thriller, a New York reinterpretation of Kurosawa's High and Low, starring Denzel Washington as music mogul David King in a $17.5 million ransom plot; his fifth film with Washington, released by A24 and Apple TV+.
Hostages (2025 film)
Hostages (2025) is a British comedy thriller directed and written by Jim Owen, starring Charlotte Ritchie, Tanya Moodie, and Nicholas Asbury as strangers trapped in a London hotel during a terror scare; distinct from iHostage and the Israeli documentary Hostages.
How to Make a Killing
How to Make a Killing is a 2026 American black comedy thriller directed by John Patton Ford. It stars Glen Powell as a man who murders his relatives for inheritance.
I Love Boosters
I Love Boosters is Boots Riley's 2026 surrealist crime comedy, starring Keke Palmer, Demi Moore, and LaKeith Stanfield; released by NEON on May 22, 2026 after premiering as SXSW's opening-night film.
IHostage
iHostage is a 2025 Dutch Netflix thriller directed by Bobby Boermans, dramatizing the February 22, 2022 Amsterdam Apple Store hostage crisis on Leidseplein, a five-hour standoff with a €200 million cryptocurrency ransom demand; it drew 15.1 million first-week views but only 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Is God Is (film)
Is God Is is a 2026 American revenge thriller, Aleshea Harris's feature directorial debut adapted from her Obie-winning 2018 play, starring Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Vivica A. Fox, and Sterling K. Brown; released May 15, 2026 by Amazon MGM Studios.
Just Play Dead
Just Play Dead is a 2026 crime thriller directed by Martin Campbell, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green as spouses with rival murder schemes, released in limited US theaters August 28, 2026 and on VOD September 1, scoring 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kockroach (film)
Kockroach is an upcoming Matt Ross crime drama adapting William Lashner's 2007 novel (as Tyler Knox), starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, and Zazie Beetz; a cockroach becomes human in 1950s New York and rises to crime boss. Filmed in Sydney; in post-production as of October 2026.
Kommersant (Коммерсантъ) (film)
Kommersant (Коммерсантъ), 2025 Russian crime drama by Fyodor and Nikita Kravchuk, adapted from Andrei Rubanov's novel Sazhayte, i vyrastet; Alexander Petrov plays a 1990s banker surviving Matrosskaya Tishina prison.
LifeHack (film)
LifeHack is a 2025 British screenlife cyber-heist thriller, Ronan Corrigan's feature debut, starring Georgie Farmer and Yasmin Finney as teen hackers who rob a crypto billionaire and are blackmailed by his daughter. Premiered at SXSW 2025; released in US theaters May 15, 2026 and on Netflix US September 23, 2026.
Little Lorraine (film)
Little Lorraine is a 2025 Canadian crime drama, Andy Hines's feature debut, based on Adam Baldwin's song "Lighthouse in Little Lorraine," about a 60-person Cape Breton fishing town drawn into 1980s cocaine smuggling; premiered at TIFF, released April 17, 2026.
Luther 3
Luther 3 (Series Three) is the third season of the BBC crime drama Luther, written by Neil Cross and starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther; filmed from November 2012, broadcast July 2013 in four episodes, ending with Neil Cross's 2013 announcement of no fourth season.
Manila's Finest (2025 film)
Manila's Finest is a 2025 Filipino period crime thriller directed by Raymond Red, set in 1969 Manila before martial law, starring Piolo Pascual as police captain Homer Magtibay. An MMFF 2025 entry, it won eight awards including Third Best Picture and Best Cinematography, and streamed on Netflix from August 2026.
Moses the Black (film)
Moses the Black is a 2026 American crime drama directed by Yelena Popovic, starring Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, Quavo, and Chukwudi Iwuji, executive produced by 50 Cent, released theatrically January 30, 2026 by Fathom Entertainment.
My Father, the BTK Killer
My Father, the BTK Killer is a 2025 Netflix true crime documentary directed by Skye Borgman, telling the Dennis Rader BTK murders story through daughter Kerri Rawson, based on her 2019 memoir.
Neighborhood Watch (film)
Neighborhood Watch (2025 film), Duncan Skiles crime thriller written by Sean Farley, starring Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan; released April 25, 2025 by RLJE Films, distinct from the Aimee Graham film and the 2012 comedy The Watch.
Night Always Comes
Night Always Comes (2025) is a Netflix crime thriller directed by Benjamin Caron, adapted by Sarah Conradt from Willy Vlautin's 2021 novel. Vanessa Kirby plays Lynette, raising $25,000 in one Portland night to stop her family's eviction; released August 15, 2025, 108 minutes, rated R.
No Ordinary Heist
No Ordinary Heist is a 2026 Colin McIvor crime thriller starring Eddie Marsan and Éanna Hardwicke, dramatizing the 2004 Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, a £26.5 million tiger kidnapping.
No Other Choice (어쩔수가없다)
No Other Choice (어쩔수가없다) is Park Chan-wook's 2025 South Korean black comedy thriller, adapted from Donald E. Westlake's novel The Ax, starring Lee Byung-hun as a laid-off paper worker who murders his job competitors; Venice 2025 premiere, Blue Dragon Best Film.
Nocturnal (2025 film)
Nocturnal (브로큰, Broken), 2025 South Korean crime drama by Kim Jin-hwang starring Ha Jung-woo, Kim Nam-gil, and Yoo Da-in; released February 5, 2025, 99 minutes; a reformed gangster hunts his brother's killer, whose death was predicted in a novel.
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Now You See Me: Now You Don't, also known as Now You See Me 3, is a 2025 American heist thriller directed by Ruben Fleischer.
Paper Tiger (2026 film)
Paper Tiger is James Gray's 2026 American crime drama, his ninth feature, starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Miles Teller as a 1986 Queens family entangled with the Russian mafia; it competed at Cannes 2026 and opened NYFF64, released by Neon in November 2026.
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is a 2026 British film, also called the Peaky Blinders movie, directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight. Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby returns in 1940 wartime Birmingham; released March 6 in theaters and March 20, 2026 on Netflix.
Play Dirty (2025 film)
Play Dirty (2025) is Shane Black's Prime Video heist film adapting Donald E. Westlake's Parker novels, starring Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, and Rosa Salazar; distinct from Tom DeNucci's Tubi film of the same name.
Primetime (film)
Primetime is a 2026 A24 crime drama thriller directed by Lance Oppenheim, written by Ajon Singh, starring Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen; premiered at Venice, released September 25, 2026.
Project Y (film)
Project Y (프로젝트 Y) is a 2026 South Korean crime drama by Lee Hwan starring Han So-hee and Jeon Jong-seo as friends stealing 8 billion won in gold bars in Gangnam; premiered at TIFF 2025 and won Best Film at London East Asia Film Festival.
Roofman
Roofman (2025) is a Paramount crime comedy-drama directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Channing Tatum as real robber Jeffrey Manchester, who robbed McDonald's through their roofs, escaped prison in 2004, and hid in a Charlotte toy store for six months.
She Rides Shotgun
She Rides Shotgun is a 2025 American action-thriller directed by Nick Rowland, adapted from Jordan Harper's 2017 novel, starring Taron Egerton and Ana Sophia Heger as a fugitive ex-con father and his 11-year-old daughter.
Sovereign (film)
Sovereign is a 2025 American crime thriller written and directed by Christian Swegal, starring Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay, and Dennis Quaid. Inspired by the 2010 West Memphis police shootout involving sovereign citizens Jerry and Joseph Kane, it premiered at Tribeca on June 8, 2025 and opened July 11 via Briarcliff Entertainment.
Sunny (2026 film)
Sunny (2026 film): American crime drama thriller directed by Eva Sørhaug, written with William Day Frank, starring Angelina Jolie, Aidan Gillen, and John Cenatiempo; a gangster mother plots escape from a drug kingpin; in post-production. Distinct from Sunny Dancer and Don't Say Good Luck.