Best crime English movies on MUBI in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

17 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.3. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Dogville (2003)

Movie · English · 2h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (1.7L votes)

Slow-burnTwistyMatureDark & gritty

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

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2. Carlito's Way (1993)

Movie · English · 2h 24m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (2.5L votes)

MatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.

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3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Movie · English · 2h 20m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.9 (1.3L votes)

Slow-burnDark & grittyTwistyMature

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming u

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4. Blue Collar (1978)

Movie · English · 1h 54m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.5 (12.4K votes)

Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

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5. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

Movie · English · 1h 51m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (10.6K votes)

MatureCold & detachedTwistyDark & gritty

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

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6. The Living End (1992)

Movie · English · 1h 25m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (4.8K votes)

MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyCold & detached

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

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7. Not a Pretty Picture (1976)

Movie · English · 1h 23m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (395 votes)

TwistyMatureDark & grittySlow-burn

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

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8. River of Grass (1995)

Movie · English · 1h 16m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (3.2K votes)

MatureTwistySlow-burnDark & gritty

Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.

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9. Within Our Gates (1920)

Movie · English · 1h 14m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.4 (4.2K votes)

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.

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10. Guilty Bystander (1950)

Movie · English · 1h 31m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (1.4K votes)

Edge-of-seatTwistyDark & grittyFast-paced

A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.

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11. Murder in Mississippi (1965)

Movie · English · 1h 23m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 5.5 (249 votes)

MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

Three white kids travel down to Mississippi to help with voter registration. Murder, sex slavery and general unsavoriness follow.

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12. Shanty Tramp (1967)

Movie · English · 1h 12m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 5.6 (606 votes)

Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

On a hot night in Dixie, the local shanty tramp heads out for adventure and leaves disaster in her wake. The lust she excites in the local men leads to fights, murders, lynch mobs, ruined reputations, and broken homes.

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13. The Odds (2012)

Movie · English · 1h 32m · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 5.1 (544 votes)

Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature

A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.

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14. The Mastermind (2025)

Movie · English · 1h 50m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (14.6K votes)

Edge-of-seat

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

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15. Olga's House of Shame (1964)

Movie · English · 1h 10m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 4.1 (522 votes)

MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedFast-paced

In this third installment of the "Olga" series, our heroine adds jewel smuggling to her repertoire of dope pushing and white slavery. As the vicious Olga (Audrey Campbell) expands her criminal empire, she also encounters more resistance as a string of once-trusted partners turn traitor in an effort to steal the success

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16. Punk Vacation (1987)

Movie · English · 1h 34m · Crime, Action · IMDb 3.9 (473 votes)

MatureCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

A peaceful California town is shaken after the brutal murder of diner owner by a gang of vicious punks. When the daughter of the slain man attempts to avenge her father’s death, she’s held hostage by the gang resulting in an epic battle between punks and rednecks.

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17. Terminal Island (1973)

Movie · English · 1h 28m · Action, Drama · IMDb 5.3 (2.0K votes)

MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

After the U.S. Supreme Court banishes the death penalty, California decides to exile all convicted murderers to the remote island of San Bruno, overseen by a tyrannical camp leader who forces all female inmates into sex slavery.

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