By Oluwatosin Maliki
Do you need a good mystery to solve? Or do you want to take a walk through the criminal underworld?
Then, check out these top movies as you enjoy yourself from the comfort of your home.
These crime thrillers will definitely give you chills, so watch when you are in that mood.
Enjoy our recommendations on the best crime thrillers below:
1. Reptile
This is Grant Singer’s directorial debut, the movie Reptile is a detective movie following veteran detective Tom Nichols (Benicio Del Toro), whose long-standing career faces its toughest test.
The movie features Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, and more to make up an ensemble cast that thrives with Singer and Benjamin Brewer’s unpredictable story.
Reptile was successful at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, it is a crime thriller with enough suspense to keep viewers hooked long after the credits roll.
Director: Grant Singer
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian
2. The Gray Man
The action-packed spy thriller, The Gray Man stars Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans as highly skilled CIA operative rivals in a big-budget caper.
Feel your eyes with amazing stunts in this non-stop thriller, this intricate game of cat and mouse is an explosive feast for the eyes with a ridiculously attractive all-star cast and massive set pieces that allow for colossal stunts.
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
3. Windfall
McDowell, the creative genius is making a name for himself as an independent filmmaker who is able to make the most out of isolated environments.
McDowell’s latest film, Windfall, is one of the best thrillers of the year so far. The 92-minute feature follows a nameless robber (Jason Segel) who breaks into the home of a wealthy CEO (a scenery-chewing Jesse Plemons) and his illustrious girlfriend (Lily Collins).
Director: Charlie McDowell
Cast: Jason Segal, Lily Collins, Jesse Plemons
4. The Unforgivable
The crime movie is based on the British miniseries Unforgiven written by Sally Wainwright, the intense crime drama, The Unforgivable, follows the life of Ruth Slater (Bullock), a woman newly released from prison after serving several years for a deadly crime.
After her release from prison, she tries to piece together a normal life, she quickly finds that reintegrating into society is far harder than she expected.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D ‘Onofrio, Jon Bernthal
5. Red Notice (2021)
Red Notice offers a lot of action and some of the most ridiculous one-liners you could imagine.
It stars Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds, their engaging chemistry keeps this international heist thriller moving at a pleasant pace.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thunder
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds
6. Sweet Girl
Sweet Girl is a father-daughter action flick starring Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold).
The movie depicts how pharmaceutical companies profit off the deaths of sick patients, Sweet Girl stems from that anger and devastation, transforming into a fantasy where the fight for family and justice is literal.
Director: Brian Andrew Mendoza
Cast: Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
7. The Guilty (2021)
The Guilty is a situational thriller set in a 911 dispatch center. Joe Baylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a police officer, demoted to an operator role.
Baylor is in the midst of some type of investigation, and he views this temporary assignment as more a punishment than a job. But when Baylor takes a seemingly innocuous call, his night, and the direction of his entire life, changes in ways he never could imagine.
The movie is based on Den skyldige, the Danish film written by Gustav Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough (voice), Peter Sarsgaard (voice).