10 international crime dramas coming to Netflix in 2025

We're nearing the end of the year which means all the streamers are going to be teasing us with what they'll be premiering in 2025. Netflix has dropped their international slate for those looking to dive into stories that take place outside of the United States.

We covered the movies that you should be putting on your radar, now we're going to be diving into the crime dramas you're going to want to check out next year. Here's a list of 10 that'll leave you hanging on the edge of your seat!

International crime shows coming to Netflix (2025)

Sakamoto Days

Country: Japan
Release window: January 2025
Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ayane Sakura, Nao Toyama, Hina Kino, and Ryota Suzuki

Based on the manga of the same name by Yuto Suzuki, Sakomoto Days follows Taro, an ex-hitman who must use his skills when his family is threated by assassins. He's helped by his comrades who ensure that through all the chaos, Taro's loved ones can find some semblance of peace in their not so ordinary lives.

Atrapados

Country: Argentina
Cast: Soledad Villamil, Juan Minujín, Alberto Ammann, Matías Recalt, Fernán Mirás, Mike Amigorena and Carmela Rivero

Based on Caught by Harlan Coban, and executive produced by the author, Atrapados is about Ema Garay, a reporter who catches criminals who've managed to evade the eye of justice in Bariloche City. Her work has garnered quite the attention in the field of digital journalism. However, Ema finds herself getting closer than usual to a case when she meets Leo Mercer. The social worker winds up being the prime suspect in an investigation involving the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. It's a confronting process for Ema as she searches for the truth while also coming to terms with her own.

División Palermo season 2

Country: Argentina
Cast: Santiago Korovsky, Daniel Hendler, Pilar Gamboa, Martín Garabal, Charo López, Valeria Lois,Marcelo D´Andrea, Fabián Arenillas, Gabriela Izcovich, Hernán Cuevas,Renato Condori, Sangalli, Facundo Bogarin, Valeria Licciardi, and Nilda Sindaco

División Palermo returns with its second season as the city's urban guard expands its reach into different neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the division is set to face new challenges including getting dropped into a criminal world that's peculiar in nature.

Criminal Code season 2

Country: Brazil
Cast: Maeve Jinkings, Thomás Aquino, Pedro Caetano, Rômulo Braga, and Alex Nader

Criminal Code's second outing picks up with Embaixador a free man thanks to Isaac and the Phantom Gang breaking him out of prison. Their role in his escape has made them the prime targets of the Federal Police, but they aren't lying low. The gang sets out to do the kind of heists that give them legendary notoriety, flaunting their skills in the face of law enforcement trying to take the crew down.

As the police are hard at work in their investigation, they're dealing with professional and personal issues. Suellen has something to prove when it comes to her leadership skills, and Benício is spiraling due to the loss of yet another friend and the knowledge that Sem Alma has escaped prison.

Delhi Crime season 3

Country: India
Cast: Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, and Rajesh Tailang

Madam Sir is on the case once again in Delhi Crime's third season which is being touted as a gripping thriller. It's going to be a career defining investigation as it'll lead to the reveal of a widespread crime operation.

The Gringo Hunters

Country: Mexico
Cast: Harold Torres, Mayra Hermosillo, Manuel Masalva, Andrew Leland Rogers, Héctor Kotsifakis, Dagoberto Gama, Regina Nava, Sebastian Roché, Gerardo Trejoluna, Paulina Dávila, and José María Yazpik

Across the border in Mexico, the police have put together an elite squad responsible for apprehending American criminals who think they can hide in the country to evade the U.S. judicial system. On The Gringo Hunters, it's American citizens who are deported back to their home country to await trial for the crimes they've committed.

The Helicopter Heist

Country: Sweden
Cast: Mahmut Suvakci, Ardalan Esmaili, Dejan Milacic, Iskra Kostic, Erik Svedberg-Zelman,Vic Carmen Sonne, and Johanna Hedberg och Wim Elfwencrona

Based on true events, The Helicopter Heist is a fictionalized recounting of what's considered to be one of the most daring crimes. It was meticulously planned with an ingenuity and nerve that earned the heist an infamous place in history.

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) season 4

Country: Germany
Cast: Maximilian Mundt, Danilo Kamperidis, Lena Klenke, Damian Hardung, Leonidas Emre Pakkan, Lena Urzendowsky, and Leonie Wesselow

It's been four years and Moritz is finally out of prison in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) season 4 . He's determined to stay on the straight and narrow launching a legal business with his best friend Lenny. But during his time incarcerated, Bonus Life has been turned into a supplement start-up that's been successful for Dan. He's even been picked for the 30 under 30 list for young entrepreneurs. Of course, this doesn't sit well with Moritz who decides he needs to take control of the company himself.

He enlists the help of his prison mate, Ersan, who will serve as an anonymous investor that takes over the majority of Bonus Life. It's all supposed to be on the up-and-up. Ersan knows someone who will front them the cash for the takeover. But there are terms and conditions that Moritz doesn't know, so when he takes the loan all his careful planning goes up in smoke. The cool million came with strings and now his life and Lisa, Lenny, and Ersan's are on the line. Plus, he's got to get the police and a drug ring boss off his back before things get even worse!

Néro

Country: France
Cast: Pio Marmaï, Olivier Gourmet, Alice Isaaz, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, and Camille Razat

Set in the South of France in the year 1504, Néro follows an assassin who is betrayed by his ally and master. He must go on the run but, while he's attempting to avoid the dangerous people after him, he learns he has a daughter, Perla. He is cynical, surly, and being hunted, so he's not the best person to be with right now but they have no choice. Their journey together, however, will come down to a decision on whether he saves himself, or Perla, and the world.

Rana Naidu season 2

Country: India
Cast: Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh Daggubati, Arjun Rampal, Surveen Chawla, Sushant Singh, and Abhishek Bannerjee

Rana Naidu is working his last job in season 2. It's the one that should finally secure his family's future. But he must also contend with conflicts that arise with his loved ones and his past coming back to bite him in the form of a ruthless underworld criminal.

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