The film industry is gradually but surely getting back on its feet after nearly two years of halted productions, delayed releases, and scrapped projects. A variety of new crime films are set to be released in the year ahead, from sequels to literary adaptations to high budget hits to low-key surprises.
In our search for new crime movies, we found a few that we believe are worth keeping an eye on.
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Now, let us begin with the movie list.
1. Ambulance
A modest thriller on Netflix starring Jake Gyllenhaal, The Guilty, came out in 21. The film was a re-creation of a similar (but better) Danish film. This time, the Donnie Darko actor stars in a less diffident and self-possessed remake of another Danish flick, Ambulance, in 2022. Do we know what level of modesty and restraint will be present in this heist thriller? Well, the movie is directed by Michael ‘Crash Bang Wallop’ Bay, who also directed Armageddon.
2. Knives Out 2
Back in 2019, the tongue-in-cheek mystery Knives Out shocked both audiences and critics. Immediately after its release in 2019, a sequel was announced. With another ensemble cast, Daniel Craig proceeds as Benoit Blanc, the idiosyncratic investigator.
Ethan Hawke, Kate Hudson, Kate Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr, Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, and Dave Bautista join the lineup this time. Netflix paid $469m for this film and the next sequel, with Craig on the hook for $100m for each of the two films – so expect Netflix to make a big push when the film’s release date approaches.
3. Death on the Nile
The second appearance of Kenneth Branagh as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has been in the works for two years, but finally is released in February. Murder on the Orient Express from 2017 was not particularly exceptional, but it was cute enough and a great way to spend two hours. Poirot’s follow-up finds him aboard the SS Karnak where – you would never guess it – someone has been murdered. Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, and Russell Brand are among the main suspects.
4. The Gray Man
As part of their massive spending spree, Netflix approved a £200m check for Avengers: End Game directors Joseph and Anthony Russo to make an action thriller, crime/crime thriller, starring some A-listers. CIA operative Ryan Gosling has been deceived by the Agency and is forced to go rogue. Chris Evans, an old colleague and friend, is tasked with tracking him down and taking him out. Ascent to superstardom continues for Ana de Armas in a supporting role.
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
The latest prestige project from Martin Scorsese features Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Robert De Niro. They have collaborated frequently to make a western crime epic that explores the 1920s cover-up surrounding the serial murder of multiple members of the oil-rich Oklahoma-based Osage Nation. This is a non-fiction adaptation of David Grann’s book with the same title.
6. Bullet Train
Based on the book by K*tar* Isaka, this crime to remember story stars Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Brian Tyree Henry, Bad Bunny, Michael Shannon, Logan Lerman, and Sandra Bullock, among others. On a high-speed train, a group of highly advanced assassins are trying to kill each other and stay alive. The film will be released this summer.
7. Havoc
Netflix looks like it is going to have a great year with yet another major crime/action movie due out in 2022, Gareth Evans’ Havoc. We have high hopes for the action scenes in The Raid, as the film’s Welsh director specializes in set pieces.
It’s Tom Hardy who plays the no-nonsense detective who is on the trail of some very bad men to save the son of a politician. Aside from Whitaker and Olyphant, the cast includes Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, and Luis Guzmán.
8. See How They Run
With Saoirse Ronan, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, Shirley Henderson, Sam Rockwell, and Reece Shearsmith starring, this throwback piece will open in picture houses across the world in 2022.
Taking place in the 1950s West End of London, the setting is enormously evocative. Rockwell and Ronan’s ‘Old Bill’ characters are thrown into a baffling murder mystery in Theatreland. There will be a bumper crop of funny throwback murder mysteries this year, with Knives Out 2 and this.
9. Wash Me in the River
The film stars Robert De Niro, Jack Huston, and John Malkovich, and probably will not be a big release, but it could be a lot of fun. In a fairly straightforward retaliation film, Huston plays an ex-Oxy addict who vows revenge (with a nail gun) on the drug dealers who sold him the drugs that killed his fiancée. We guess that De Niro is the compassionate sheriff on his trail. The US rapper and trap star Quavo plays the head of a drug cartel who may or may not end up with a nail in his skull.
10. Deep Water
Ben Affleck is worried about losing their marriage, so he ignores – and even encourages – the infidelity of his wife. He becomes the prime suspect (understandably) when the men she sees start dying mysteriously. Affleck’s wife Ana de Armas also stars in Deep Water, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1957 novel of the same name.
Final Words
Finding the perfect crime movie for movie night can be quite frustrating. That is why we did the research for you and came up with some of the best movies. We hope this article helps you choose a great crime movie to enjoy your weekend with your friends and family.
