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12 12 12
12 12 12 is an upcoming eight-episode Apple TV heist drama created by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble, starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. Its title refers to 12 months of planning, 12 hours of heist, and 12 days after; it premieres November 13, 2026.
Anxious People
Anxious People (Folk med ångest) is a 2021 Swedish Netflix limited series, six episodes, adapted from Fredrik Backman's 2019 novel, directed by Felix Herngren, about a botched bank robbery, eight hostages, and a vanished robber.
Average Joe
Average Joe (2023) is a BET+ dark comedy crime drama created by Robb Cullen, starring Deon Cole as Pittsburgh plumber Joe Washington, whose late father stole $10 million from the Russian mob; season 2 moved to Paramount+ in 2026.
Bad Influencer (TV series)
Bad Influencer is a 2025 South African Netflix crime drama, seven episodes, created by Kudi Maradzika, starring Jo-Anne Reyneke as counterfeiter BK and Cindy Mahlangu as influencer Pinky in Johannesburg; distinct from the 2023 British film and 2024 German series of the same name.
Berlin (Spanish TV series)
Berlin (Berlín) is a Spanish Netflix crime drama, a prequel spin-off of La casa de papel created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, starring Pedro Alonso as Berlín; season 1 premiered December 29, 2023 in Paris, season 2 (Berlín y la dama del armiño) on May 15, 2026 in Seville.
Black Rabbit
Black Rabbit is a 2025 Netflix crime thriller limited series created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, starring Jude Law as restaurateur Jake Friedken and Jason Bateman as his debt-ridden brother Vince; eight episodes, 7 Emmy nominations.
Boat Story
Boat Story is a 2023 six-part BBC One darkly comic crime thriller, also called a comedy drama, created by Harry and Jack Williams for Two Brothers Pictures with Amazon Freevee, starring Daisy Haggard, Paterson Joseph, and Tchéky Karyo.
Clark (2022 TV series)
Clark (2022) is a Swedish Netflix limited series, six episodes directed by Jonas Åkerlund, starring Bill Skarsgård as bank robber Clark Olofsson, whose 1973 Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis inspired the term Stockholm syndrome; loosely based on his autobiography.
Culprits
Culprits is a 2023 British heist thriller series created by J Blakeson for Disney+ and Hulu, starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Gemma Arterton. Eight episodes follow a heist crew hunted by a masked assassin across three timelines; one season, 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Deliver Me
Deliver Me (I dina händer) is a 2024 Swedish Netflix limited series, five episodes, based on Malin Persson Giolito's novel, directed by Anna Zackrisson, about two 14-year-old friends recruited by a Stockholm gang.
Dope Thief
Dope Thief is an Apple TV+ crime drama series (2025), adapted from Dennis Tafoya's 2009 novel, created by Peter Craig with Ridley Scott directing the premiere. Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura play Philly friends posing as DEA agents; eight episodes, 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, canceled after one season.
Duster
Duster is a 2025 HBO Max crime drama co-created by J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan, set in the 1970s Southwest, starring Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson; eight episodes, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, canceled after one season in July 2025.
Furies (TV series)
Furies is a French action-crime Netflix series (premiered March 1, 2024) created by Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave, starring Lina El Arabi, Marina Foïs, and Mathieu Kassovitz; distinct from the 2026 film Furies and Hulu's Furious.
Furious (TV series)
Furious is a 2026 Hulu psychological crime thriller created by Elizabeth Meriwether, starring Emmy Rossum as FBI agent Alice Black hunting serial killer Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew). Eight episodes, TV-MA, renewed for season 2 in August 2026; also on Disney+ internationally.
Ganglands
Ganglands (Braqueurs) is a French Netflix action crime series created by Hamid Hlioua and Julien Leclercq, adapted from his 2015 film The Crew, starring Sami Bouajila as robber Mehdi; two seasons, 12 episodes, 2021–2023.
Go Ahead, Brother
Go Ahead, Brother (Idź przodem, bracie) is a Polish Netflix crime thriller series premiering 30 October 2024, created by Kacper Wysocki, starring Piotr Witkowski as a former special-ops officer turned security guard; season 2 arrives in 2027.
Griselda
Griselda (2024) is a six-episode Netflix limited crime drama starring Sofía Vergara as cocaine trafficker Griselda Blanco, created by the Narcos team (Eric Newman, Andrés Baiz), with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and a lawsuit from Blanco's son.
Irreverent
Irreverent (2022) is an Australian-American comedy-crime-drama series created by Paddy Macrae, in which Colin Donnell's Chicago criminal poses as Reverend Mack Boyd in Far North Queensland; one season of 10 episodes on Peacock and Netflix.
Kings of Jo'Burg
Kings of Jo'Burg is a South African Netflix crime-supernatural series created by Shona Ferguson about the Masire family's Johannesburg criminal empire and family curse; three seasons, 2020 to 2025.
Last King of the Cross
Last King of the Cross is a Paramount+ Australian crime drama inspired by John Ibrahim's 2017 autobiography, starring Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbour, and Tim Roth; two seasons (2023, 2024) dramatize the Ibrahim brothers' rise in Sydney's Kings Cross underworld.
Mint (TV series)
Mint is a 2026 BBC crime drama created, written, and directed by Charlotte Regan, an eight-part Romeo-and-Juliet-style romance set in industrial Scotland, starring Emma Laird, Sam Riley, Laura Fraser, and Loyle Carner in his acting debut.
MobLand
MobLand is a Paramount+ British crime drama (2025–) created by Ronan Bennett with Jez Butterworth and Guy Ritchie, starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren as the London Harrigan crime family and their fixer Harry Da Souza; renewed through season 3.
Narcos: Mexico
Narcos: Mexico (Narcos: México) is a Netflix crime drama, 2018–2021, 3 seasons, 30 episodes, spun off from Narcos as its planned fourth season, starring Diego Luna, Michael Peña, and Scoot McNairy as the Guadalajara cartel rises.
Nemesis (2026 TV series)
Nemesis (2026 Netflix series) is an American crime drama created by Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole, premiering May 14, 2026 with eight episodes. It stars Matthew Law as LAPD detective Isaiah Stiles and Y'lan Noel as thief Coltrane Wilder, set in Los Angeles, renewed for season 2 in June 2026.
Out There (2025 TV series)
Out There is a six-part ITV1 and ITVX British crime thriller from 2025 in which Martin Clunes plays Welsh farmer Nathan Williams fighting county lines drug gangs threatening his son, created by Marc Evans and Ed Whitmore, canceled after one series.
Power Book IV: Force
Power Book IV: Force is an American crime drama on Starz starring Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan, a New York drug dealer who moves to Chicago.
Rabbit, Rabbit (TV series)
Rabbit, Rabbit is an upcoming Netflix hostage thriller limited series created by Peter Craig, directed by Philip Barantini, starring Adam Driver as escaped convict J-Will and Regina Hall as FBI negotiator Poppy; filmed in New Jersey in 2026, unreleased as of late 2026.
Reprisal (TV series)
Reprisal is a 2019 Hulu action drama series created by Josh Corbin, starring Abigail Spencer as Katherine Harlow, a femme fatale seeking revenge on her brother's gang, the Banished Brawlers. One 10-episode season, canceled in 2020; distinct from the 2018 Bruce Willis film of the same name.
Reunion (British TV series)
Reunion is a 2025 four-part BBC One thriller by deaf writer William Mager, produced by Warp Films, starring Matthew Gurney as Daniel Brennan, a deaf ex-prisoner seeking truth; bilingual BSL and English, set in Sheffield and the Peak District.
Reykjavik Fusion
Reykjavík Fusion is an Icelandic crime drama miniseries (6 x ~50 min) created by Hörður Rúnarsson and Birkir Blær Ingólfsson, starring Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as ex-con chef Jónas who launders money for crime boss Kristján; premiered at Canneseries 2025, first Icelandic series selected there.