#crime-drama

Robert De Niro and Michael Keaton head the cast of The Whisper Man, a Netflix crime thriller about a missing boy, a dead wife and a father nobody wants to ring.

Sam Worthington plays a father jailed for murdering his own son, who then learns the boy may still be alive. Netflix’s eight-part thriller has a killer premise.

Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo go head to head over an old murder conviction in Apple TV’s London crime drama. It’s slow, serious and very well acted. Is it worth your evenings?

Neil Forsyth’s true-story drama sends HM Customs officers undercover with 1990s heroin gangs. Tom Burke is terrific and Coogan growls nicely, but some hour-long episodes drag.

Tom Hardy fixes problems, Pierce Brosnan goes full Irish patriarch and London runs with blood. Is MobLand, on Paramount+, a proper gangster saga or just very well-tailored nonsense?

Florence Pugh leads Netflix’s seven-part East of Eden, a two-generation family saga from Zoe Kazan. Is it a prestige binge worth your weekend? Here’s our spoiler-free verdict.

Twenty-odd years on, David Chase’s mob drama still shows every prestige series how it’s done. Here’s why The Sopranos deserves a rewatch, and where to stream it in the UK.

Thirty-odd years on, Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas still has the sharpest suits, the best soundtrack and the scariest dinner guests in cinema. It’s on Sky and NOW, if you need an excuse.

Over half a century on, Coppola’s mafia epic is still the film every other crime drama gets measured against. Brando, Pacino and three hours that feel nothing like three hours.

Breaking Bad turned a mild-mannered chemistry teacher into one of TV’s great monsters. Nearly two decades on, does Vince Gilligan’s crime drama still hold up? Here’s why it does.

Matthew Goode plays a prickly, damaged detective running a basement cold-case unit in Edinburgh. This adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels is moody, funny and worth staying up for.

Patrick Brammall plays an emergency dispatcher who thinks a panicked caller might be his missing daughter. Apple TV’s Australian six-parter is a gripping set-up, with a few familiar wobbles.

Neil Forsyth’s six-part BBC drama about the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery is less about the heist than the money trail, and it’s one of the best British crime series of recent years.

Sylvester Stallone plays a mob capo exiled to Oklahoma in Taylor Sheridan’s crime caper. It’s daft, slick and a lot of fun, and season four is now on Paramount+.