Best Action & Crime Movies & TV Shows

Baby Driver

8 / 10

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Run time: 113m Tagline: All you need is one killer track. Release: 2017-06-28

Stars: Ansel Elgort CJ Jones Eiza González Flea Jamie Foxx Jon Bernthal Jon Hamm Kevin Spacey Lanny Joon Lily James

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Run time: 119m Tagline: To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman. Release: 1991-02-14

Stars: Anthony Heald Anthony Hopkins Brooke Smith Diane Baker Frankie Faison Jodie Foster Kasi Lemmons Scott Glenn Ted Levine Tracey Walter

Dude, Where’s My Car?

4 / 10

Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.

Run time: 83m Tagline: After a night they can't remember, comes a day they'll never forget. Release: 2000-12-15

Stars: Ashton Kutcher Charlie O'Connell Christian Middelthon David Herman Hal Sparks Jennifer Garner John Toles-Bey Kristy Swanson Marla Sokoloff Seann William Scott

Beauty and the Beast

5 / 10

Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret – when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses.

Stars: Austin Basis F. Murray Abraham Jay Ryan Kristin Kreuk Nicole Gale Anderson Nina Lisandrello

Supergirl

7 / 10

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

Stars: Azie Tesfai Chyler Leigh David Harewood Jesse Rath Julie Gonzalo Katie McGrath Melissa Benoist Nicole Maines Peta Sergeant Staz Nair

CSI: Miami

7 / 10

The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

Stars: Adam Rodriguez David Caruso Emily Procter Eva LaRue Jonathan Togo Omar Benson Miller Rex Linn

The Shield

9 / 10

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

Stars: Benito Martinez Catherine Dent Cathy Cahlin Ryan CCH Pounder David Marciano Jay Karnes Michael Chiklis Michael Jace Paula Garcés Walton Goggins

How to Get Away with Murder

8 / 10

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

Stars: Aja Naomi King Amirah Vann Billy Brown Charlie Weber Conrad Ricamora Jack Falahee Liza Weil Matt McGorry Rome Flynn Viola Davis

Oz

9 / 10

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Stars: Craig muMs Grant Dean Winters Eamonn Walker Ernie Hudson Harold Perrineau J.K. Simmons Kirk Acevedo Lee Tergesen Rita Moreno Terry Kinney

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

9 / 10

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Stars: David Berman Elisabeth Harnois Elisabeth Shue Eric Szmanda George Eads Jon Wellner Jorja Fox Robert David Hall Ted Danson Wallace Langham

The Killing

8 / 10

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

Stars: Gregg Henry Joan Allen Joel Kinnaman Levi Meaden Mireille Enos Morten Hauch-Fausbøll Rowan Longworth Sterling Beaumon

Luther

9 / 10

A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

Stars: Dermot Crowley Enzo Cilenti Hermione Norris Idris Elba Michael Smiley Patrick Malahide Ruth Wilson Wunmi Mosaku

The Following

7 / 10

Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.

Stars: Gregg Henry James Purefoy Jessica Stroup Kevin Bacon Sam Underwood Shawn Ashmore Zuleikha Robinson