The crime thriller is that one genre that always gets people hooked with its intricate storyline, suspense and sense of justice. Thus, we bring you the best Prime Video crime series that will get you hooked instantly. From secret agents on an extensive mission to homicide detectives trying to solve the puzzle of all the crimes, there are various original shows that you should check out below.
10 Best Prime Video Crime Series to Watch
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Created by Tom Clancy, it’s a political action crime thriller, starring John Krasinski in the lead with Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman, Dina Shihabi, John Hoogenakker, Noomi Rapace, Jordi Mollà and others.
It follows the story of an up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, who usually works behind the desk but his next assignment thrusts him to a dangerous field mission, where a lot is at stake. There are 3 seasons so far with the last and final season is said to be in the making.
Watch it here.
Mirzapur
Starring Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur, Divyenndu, and Kulbhushan Kharband and Amit Sial. This Indian crime thriller series follows Akhandanand Tripathi also popularly known as Kaleen Bhaiya, who runs a drugs and arms business, under the guise of a carpet manufacturing company.
Due to his son’s actions, the father & son duo are faced with Ramakant Pandit, an upstanding lawyer, and his sons, Guddu and Bablu. It snowballs into a game of ambition, power and greed in a lawless city.
Watch it here.
Hunters
With two seasons in total, the series is created by David Weil and stars Logan Lerman, Al Pacino, Jerrika Hinton, Lena Olin, Saul Rubinek, Carol Kane, Josh Radnor, Greg Austin, Tiffany Boone and others. Set in 1977, it follows a group of people who hunt down the Nazis living in the US and come across a bigger scheme of things, which should be stopped before another tragedy happens.
Watch it here.
The Family Man
The Family Man stars Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar, Neeraj Madhav, Sharib Hashmi, Dalip Tahil, Sunny Hinduja, and Shreya Dhanwanthary. It follows an ordinary man who tries to keep to keep his personal and professional life as a secret spy, away from each other. But things do not always go in his way, as his two different lives get intertwined with each other. There are two seasons in total and you can watch them here.
Bosch
Bosch is one of the top-rated crime thrillers shows on Prime Video, starring Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick, Annie Wersching, Sarah Clarke, Jason Gedrick and Madison Lintz. With seven seasons in total and a rebranding one titled, Bosch: Legacy, the show follows Harry Bosch a detective, who is trying to solve the murder of a young boy while also facing a trial for killing a serial killer himself.
Watch it here.
Paatal Lok
Starring Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Abhishek Banerjee, and Gul Panag in the leading roles, Paatal Lok is a story of a cop who desperately wants to solve the case of an attempt to murder gone wrong. He wants to prove that he is on the right path to solve the mystery but will have to face many brunts for it too. The show is loosely based on Tarun Tejpal’s 2010 novel – The Story of My Assassins.
Watch it here.
Hanna
With three seasons, the show follows Hanna, a girl with some extraordinary skills, who lives an isolated life in the woods with just her dad. Curious to know, who she really is, it snowballs into a trail of shocking events revealing the truth of her super origins. The cast of the series includes Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Noah Taylor, Dermot Mulroney and Ray Liotta.
Watch it here.
Goliath
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Olivia Thirlby, Nina Arianda, Molly Parker and others, the show follows a lawyer named Billy McBride, who is apparently going in a downward spiral in his life. But when he decides to take a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, he will be facing his acquaintances and discover a trail of secrets hidden beneath.
Watch it here.
Carnival Row
Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, the show is a mix of a period drama with a fantasy world filled with mythological immigrant creatures. Feared by humans, they are forbidden to live, love, or fly with freedom. But even in darkness, hope lives, as a human detective and a faerie rekindle a dangerous affair. The city’s uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals a monster no one could imagine.
Recently its second season was released and you can watch it here.
Homecoming
Based on the podcast of the same name, the series stars Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky, and Sissy Spacek. It tells the thrilling story of Heidi Bergman Roberts) who used to be a caseworker at Homecoming, a facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. But in the present day, she works as a waitress and gets visited by a Department of Defense auditor who questions why she left.
That’s when her seemingly normal life takes a dark turn when you realise that behind the motivation to help others, many other sinister things were happening & Heidi might have a hand in it too.
Watch it here.
Which of the above-mentioned shows will you be adding to your watchlist? Let us know in the comments below.
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