
It's one of our favorite ways to spend our free nights: Sitting in the dark, cuddled up under a blanket, just waiting to jump out of skin the moment a shadowy figure appears in a doorway. (What? We just really love a good, suspenseful film.) These nights in are even better if it involves some sort of crime, such as a person on the run from the bad guys, or a detective trying to solve a string of murders.
And thankfully, Netflix has us covered. The streaming service feeds our addiction on a rotating basis, releasing new and creepy documentaries and original thrillers that are bound to keep us up at night -- but are still totally worth watching anyway.
But alas, there's just so much to see on the streaming service (don't get us wrong, we're 100 percent thankful for, considering we're often in the mood for a rom-com, too). Things tend to get lost in the mix, or our recommendations get screwy after watching The Umbrella Academy and finding ourselves on a "time travel" binge.
It's situations like these that lead us to clicking around, coming upon the niche combination of "Crime" and "New Releases." Here, we were able to find something that we hadn't seen before, which had the ability to make us grip the edge of our seats and audibly gasp.
So, we decided to share.
We've rounded up these new crime releases -- some of which have been around for a few months, but are still as thrilling as ever -- with their descriptions. There's a little something for everyone included on the list, from documentaries to cheesy (in the best way) flicks, all of which is bound to keep crime junkies occupied -- at least for a few days.