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Films and TV shows about crime

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Films and TV shows about crime

Movie1996

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A wry, snowbound crime story that balances quirky humor with sudden violence and a warm, pregnant detective's calm persistence.

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engaged
Runtime
98 min
FargoHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1995

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A cool, controlled crime epic that builds tension through meticulous detail and quiet character moments, culminating in explosive set pieces and a haunting sense of inevitability.

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Runtime
170 min
HeatHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2010

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A tense, gritty crime drama that mixes hard-boiled heist action with a melancholy, doomed romance, all set in a working-class Boston enclave.

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brisk
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engaged
Runtime
125 min
The TownHidden from your suggestions.
TV series2002–2008

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A patient, sprawling portrait of a city where every institution grinds people down, rewarding close attention with quiet, cumulative devastation.

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slow-burn
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demanding
Seasons
5
The WireHidden from your suggestions.
TV series2014–2024

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Snowbound Midwestern politeness curdles into deadpan menace and sudden bloodshed, with quirky killers and dogged cops in a wry, chilly crime fable.

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Seasons
5
FargoHidden from your suggestions.
TV series2014–2019

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A pulpy, brooding crime saga that blends police procedural grit with comic-book theatrics, veering between grim intensity and gleeful villainous excess.

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brisk
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engaged
Seasons
5
GothamHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1931

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A chilling, methodical descent into a city's panic, where whistled dread and mob justice feel unnervingly close to home.

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engaged
Runtime
110 min
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