Recent crime investigative movies and shows on Netflix, Prime Video and other platforms have brought murder cases, conspiracies, cybercrime and courtroom mysteries to the screen. From Kohrra Season 2 and Paatal Lok Season 2 to Taskaree and Reacher Season 4, these stories follow investigators, lawyers and ordinary people chasing difficult truths.
15 Recent Crime Investigative Movies and Shows on OTT
1. Kohrra Season 2 (Netflix)
A woman’s murder brings officers Amarpal Garundi and Dhanwant Kaur into an investigation where almost everyone is hiding emotional scars or private secrets. As they question suspects and piece together the case, troubles from their own lives begin affecting how they see the truth. Season 2 builds its mystery around both the crime and the damaged relationships surrounding it.
2. System (Prime Video)
Public prosecutor Neha Rajvansh sees a difficult case as a chance to strengthen her career, but the courtroom battle soon becomes far more complicated. Working with sharp stenographer Sarika Rawat exposes class differences, personal ambitions and motives neither woman expected to confront. Their search for justice gradually becomes a tense struggle over who really holds power inside the system.
3. Criminal Justice: A Family Matter (JioHotstar)
Madhav Mishra takes up the defence of a man caught in a murder case that looks convincing from the outside. As he begins examining the family around the accused, hidden tensions, emotional wounds and conflicting stories start changing the meaning of the evidence. The courtroom mystery grows more complicated with every new revelation.
4. The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 (Netflix)
Mickey Haller suddenly becomes the accused when he is framed for the murder of one of his former clients. With his own freedom at stake, he and his team must investigate the case from the inside and uncover who is trying to make him look guilty. Season 4 turns Mickey’s legal skills into a deeply personal fight to clear his name.
5. The Family Man Season 3 (Prime Video)
Srikant Tiwari returns to intelligence work just as another major national threat begins demanding his full attention. The mission makes his already complicated double life even harder, because one wrong move could endanger both the country and the family he is trying to protect. Season 3 once again brings covert operations and domestic pressure together.
6. Paatal Lok Season 2 (Prime Video)
Inspector Hathi Ram Chaudhary is pulled into another investigation where murder, politics and powerful interests are tightly connected. Each clue leads him deeper into a dangerous network while the case also begins taking a toll on his judgment and personal life. Season 2 follows Hathi Ram into darker territory where finding the truth carries a heavy cost.
7. Pritam and Pedro (JioHotstar)
An experienced police officer who trusts old-school investigation is forced to work with a young ethical hacker after a high-profile digital kidnapping. Their opposite methods create constant clashes, but the trail soon points towards a much bigger cybercrime operation. The series mixes investigation and humour through two partners who rarely agree on how to solve the case.
8. Steal (Prime Video)
Zara’s normal day at a pension fund office turns terrifying when armed criminals force her to help steal billions. As a troubled detective starts investigating the robbery, he finds clues suggesting the attack may be hiding a much larger plan. The case grows more dangerous as secret connections and hidden motives begin coming to the surface.
9. Babita Singh Reporting (Prime Video)
Babita “Baby” Singh returns home for a family celebration after getting herself suspended from duty, but her visit turns tragic when her childhood friend is murdered. Unable to stay away from the case, the rookie cop starts investigating quietly on her own. Her search for the killer soon uncovers secrets and betrayals much closer to home than she expected.
10. Kartavya (Netflix)
Police officer Pawan is left shaken after a journalist is murdered despite being under his protection. Determined to understand who failed and why, he follows the case into a dangerous world of corruption, political pressure and people powerful enough to hide the truth. The investigation becomes even more personal when the threat begins reaching his family.
11. Sikandar Ka Muqaddar (Netflix)
A major diamond robbery leaves several unanswered questions, but police officer Jaswinder Singh becomes convinced that Sikandar Sharma is linked to the crime. His need to prove the suspicion slowly turns into an obsession that follows both men for years. When their lives cross again, buried details from the original heist begin challenging everything believed about the case.
12. Reacher Season 4 (Prime Video)
Jack Reacher becomes involved in a new mystery after a disturbing incident on a Philadelphia subway catches his attention. What appears to be an isolated event begins pointing towards a much larger conspiracy involving powerful people. His search for answers quickly places him in another dangerous investigation where the threat keeps growing.
13. Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web (Netflix)
A Mumbai Customs officer leads a specialised team trying to break an international smuggling network operating through airports and secret routes. Every operation reveals new players and raises the possibility that the criminals are receiving help from inside the system. The investigation becomes a dangerous race to uncover the syndicate’s hidden connections before it can strike back.
14. Ikka (Netflix)
Lawyer Arjun Mehra is asked to defend a man he once believed was responsible for attempted murder. As fresh evidence appears, the case begins challenging a judgment Arjun had considered settled and forces him to question what he thought he knew. The courtroom investigation soon becomes deeply personal as professional duty clashes with old beliefs.
15. The Whisper Man (Netflix)
A widowed crime writer is pushed into a nightmare when his young son suddenly disappears. Desperate to find him, he turns to his estranged father, a retired detective who once investigated a serial killer known as the Whisper Man. Their search connects a terrifying new abduction with old crimes and unresolved wounds inside their own family.
From murder investigations and courtroom battles to cybercrime and intelligence missions, these crime thrillers offer plenty of mysteries to solve.
