Netflix crime, thriller and mystery productions continue to take a prominent place among the platform’s 2026 slate.
The lineup includes both original projects and upcoming seasons of previously announced or ongoing series, alongside feature films spanning psychological thrillers, crime stories and mystery-driven narratives.
Below is a curated list of Netflix crime, thriller and mystery series and films scheduled for release in 2026.
Netflix Crime TV Shows
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (January 15, 2026)
England. 1925. At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths, the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent, to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery. A witty, epic and fast-paced drama from the Queen Of Crime, Agatha Christie, is brought to life in a thrilling new version for Netflix.
Creator: Chris Chibnall
Key Cast: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman
Beef Season 2 (April 16, 2026)
A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.
Creator: Lee Sung Jin
Key Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan
Big Mistakes (TBA)
Two deeply incapable siblings are blackmailed into the world of organized crime.
Creator: Dan Levy
Key Cast: Dan Levy, Laurie Metcalf, Taylor Ortega, Boran Kuzum
The Chestnut Man Season 2: Hide and Seek (TBA)
The highly anticipated stand-alone sequel to The Chestnut Man.
Creator: Søren Sveistrup (adaptation)
Key Cast: Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Sofie Gråbøl
The Gentleman Season 2 (TBA)
It’s been one year since Eddie and Susie joined forces to work together in Bobby’s criminal empire overseas. As they drive to expand their enterprise, the decisions Bobby is making seem to be increasingly unsound. Now Eddie and Susie must decide whether to take action or risk losing it all, but unfettered ambition never ends well…
Creator: Guy Ritchie
Key Cast: Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings
His & Hers (January 8, 2026)
Set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, Anna lives in haunting reclusivity, fading away from her friends and career as a journalist. But when she overhears about a murder in Dahlonega, the sleepy town where she grew up, Anna is snapped back to life, pouncing on the case and the search for answers. Detective Jack Harper is strangely suspicious of her involvement, chasing her into the crosshairs of his own investigation. There are two sides to every story: His & Hers, which means someone is always lying.
Director: William Oldroyd
Key Cast: Tessa Thompson
The Hunting Wives Season 2 (TBA)
At the start of Season 2, Sophie and Margo are on the outs. But soon enough, old secrets and new foes force them back together. As they play their dangerous games the question arises. Are they the hunters or the hunted?
Creator: Rebecca Cutler
Key Cast: Brittany Snow, Malin Akerman, Jamie Ray Newman
I Will Find You (TBA)
An innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive, and must break out of prison to find out the truth.
Creator: Harlan Coben
Key Cast: Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia
Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (March 26, 2026)
Created by one of the greatest storytellers in crime fiction, Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole is a whodunnit serial killer mystery led by famed anti-hero Harry Hole. Underneath the surface, this series is a nuanced character drama about two police officers, and supposed colleagues, operating on opposite sides of the law.
Throughout the first season, Harry goes head-to-head with his long-time adversary and corrupt detective Tom Waaler. Harry is a brilliant but tormented homicide detective who struggles with his demons. As the two navigate the blurred ethical lines of the criminal justice system, Harry must do all he can to catch a serial killer and bring Waaler to justice before it is too late.
Creator: Jo Nesbø
Key Cast: Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman, Pia Tjelta, Ellen Helinder
The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 (February 5, 2026)
Based on the series of bestselling novels by renowned author Michael Connelly, the fourth season is based on the sixth book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Law of Innocence. Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia Rulfo) faces his toughest case yet as he and his team work tirelessly to prove his innocence in the murder of a former client, Sam Scales. To clear his name, they must unravel Sam’s final scam, forcing them to go head-to-head with the DA’s office, the FBI, and ghosts from Mickey’s own past.
Creator: David E. Kelley
Key Cast: Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole
Lupin Season 4 (Fall 2026)
Inspired by the legendary Arsène Lupin, the Lupin saga constantly surprises with its plot twists and captivating characters, all set against the enchanting backdrop of Paris.
Creator: George Kay, François Uzan
Key Cast: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier
Man on Fire (TBA)
Based on A.J. Quinnell’s book series, Man on Fire tells the story of John Creasy. Once a high-functioning and skilled Special Forces Mercenary, known for surviving even the most desolate of situations, Creasy is now plagued with intense PTSD. Determined to overcome his personal demons, he sets out on a path to redemption. But, before he can adjust to this new life, he finds himself back in the fire, fighting harder than ever.
Creator: Kyle Killen
Key Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll, Billie Boullet, Bobby Cannavale, Alice Braga
Mis Muertos Tristes (TBA)
Ema, a 60-year-old doctor, can see and hear the dead. She calls them “presences” and has lived her entire life avoiding letting this gift connect her with the suffering of others. But when her niece Julie, a disturbed young woman who can also communicate with the dead, but in a much more intense and sexual manner, arrives at her house, Ema is forced to get involved. What begins as a family reunion turns into a disturbing chain of events that alters the balance between the world of the living and the dead, infecting an entire neighborhood with voices from beyond.
As the borders between life, death, and desire blur, Ema will have to confront her past, her daughter, and the ghosts she never let go. The series is based on the tale My Sad Dead from the award-winning Argentine author Mariana Enriquez, borrowing from passages and characters from her other works: Julie, A Sunny Place for Shady People and Back When We Talked to the Dead.
Creator: Mariana Enriquez (adaptation)
Key Cast: Mercedes Morán, Dolores Fonzi, Alejandra Flechner, Carlos Portaluppi
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (TBA)
The Emmy-winning MONSTER anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan will return for a fourth installment following the series’ first female “monster” Lizzie Borden.
Creator: Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan
Key Cast: Ella Beatty, Charlie Hunnam, Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall
Nemesis (TBA)
Nemesis is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal) meets an immovable object (a brilliant police detective). What starts as a series that aims to subvert the heist genre at every turn, amped with thrilling life-or-death stakes, family dynamics, and explosive action, actually gives birth to an exploration of what drives us, sustains us, and ultimately destroys us.
Creator: Tani Morale
Key Cast: Matthew Law, Y’Ian Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, Gabrielle Dennis
The Night Agent Season 3 (February 19, 2026)
Coming off the explosive events of Season 2, Night Agent Peter Sutherland is called in to track down a young Treasury Agent who fled to Istanbul with sensitive government intel after killing his boss. This kicks off a sequence of events where Peter investigates a dark money network while avoiding its paid assassins, while putting him on a collision course with a relentless journalist. Working together, they uncover buried secrets and old grudges that threaten to bring the government to its knees and get them both killed in the process.
Creator: Shawn Ryan
Key Cast: Gabriel Basso, Louis Herthum, Stephen Moyer, Callum Vinson
Run Away (January 1, 2026)
Simon (Nesbitt) had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. So now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.
Creator: Harlan Coben
Key Cast: James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, Alfred Enoch
Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (TBA)
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen is an atmospheric horror series set at a wedding, following a bride and groom in the week leading up to their ill-fated nuptials. That’s not a spoiler; just read the title…
Creator: The Duffer Brothers
Key Cast: Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco, Jeff Wilbusch, Karla Crome
Strip Law (February 20, 2026)
Uptight lawyer Lincoln Gumb is too boring to win cases in Vegas until he teams up with local magician/hedonist Sheila Flambé to bring some flash and pizzazz to the stupidest cases the city can throw at them.
Creator: Cullen Crawford
Key Cast: Adam Scott, Janelle James, Stephen Root
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment Season 2 (January 7, 2026)
In Pinal County, Arizona, a newly elected sheriff launches a bold six-week experiment, unlocking the doors to an entire pod and giving inmates unprecedented control. Years of violence, lockdowns, and repeat offenders have created a cycle of aggression that seems impossible to break, and now the jail becomes a testing ground for a revolutionary approach to rehabilitation.
Executive Producers: Greg Henry, George Kralovansky, Isaac Holub, Kim Woodard, J.C. Begley
Netflix Crime Movies
11817 (TBA)
A family of four are suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out, and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Key Cast: Greta Lee, Wagner Moura, Gabriel Barbosa, Emma Ho
Animals (TBA)
When their son is kidnapped, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife find themselves drawn into a web of deception. As they scramble to raise the ransom payment, they’re forced to make choices that could tear their world apart.
Director: Ben Affleck
Key Cast: Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz
APEX (April 24, 2026)
A grieving woman testing her limits in the Australian wilderness is suddenly ensnared in a deadly game with a ruthless predator.
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Key Cast: Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton and Eric Bana
Enola Holmes 3 (Summer 2026)
Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide on a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before.
Director: Philip Barantini
Key Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Himesh Patel, Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Here Comes the Flood (TBA)
An unconventional heist movie about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Key Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Danai Gurira
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (January 21, 2026)
In the early hours of June 5, 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, igniting one of the most intense and widely covered missing-person cases in American history. Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart is a gripping documentary feature that takes viewer inside the real story, told in Elizabeth’s own words and through exclusive interviews with her family, investigators, and those closest to the case.
Blending archival footage and never-before-seen material, the film traces the harrowing nine months of Elizabeth’s captivity at the hands of Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee. It explores the psychological and emotional toll on Elizabeth and her family, the relentless media attention, and the community’s tireless search for answers. The documentary not only revisits the events that shocked a nation but also spotlights Elizabeth’s journey of healing and her ongoing mission to inspire and protect others.
Director: Benedict Sanderson
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (In Select Theaters March 6, 2026 and On Netflix March 20, 2026)
Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders…
Director: Tom Harper
Key Cast: Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle
The Rip (January 16, 2026)
Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question, including who they can rely on.
Director: Joe Carnahan
Key Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor
Unabom (TBA)
Inspired by true events, Unabom follows Ted Kaczynski’s (Jacob Tremblay) transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber. Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray (Russell Crowe), Kaczynski’s troubled past resurfaces decades later when his manhunt, led by FBI agent Joanne Miller (Shailene Woodley), brings to light the chilling consequences of ambition and isolation.
Director: Janus Metz
Key Cast: Russell Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, Shailene Woodley
The Whisper Man (Summer 2026)
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Alex North. When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.”
Director: James Ashcroft
Key Cast: Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott, Hamish Linklater
Source: Netflix
