Best crime & musical shows on Max, ranked.

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.

The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses, his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.

Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their fami...

A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.

A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.

The hit Broadway musical about a small-town pie baker with big dreams gets the silver screen treatment.

Chen Wing Yan, a policeman, successfully infiltrates a gang while Lau Kin Ming, a triad member, becomes a mole in the police force. However, things change when both of them must seek each other out.

A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.

Umbre follows Relu, an enforcer for a small-time mob boss, as he struggles to keep his family in the dark about his job. The secrets Relu keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface.

In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.

A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.

A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.

A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.

A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.

Jean-Paul and Marianne spend lazy holidays at their villa in idyllic Southern France. However when Harry and his attractive young daughter Penelope show up, the dreamy summer days are suddenly filled with unspoken tension and jeal...

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.

Follows the aftermath of a mass shooting where the fates of all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims' families, the media and the defense teams are intertwined.

The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.

Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.

A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.

While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer.

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.

A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.

In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.

A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker uncovers evidence of a crime.

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.

In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a task force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspected family man.

A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.

Private investigator and war veteran Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott use their unique skills to investigate complex cases that the London police are unable to solve.

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.

In front of 52,000 people, Lady Gaga delivers a career-defining performance at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles during her 2022 Chromatica Ball Tour.

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.

Malcolm Bright, a former FBI profiler, is the son of a serial killer and suspects that he himself might become a sociopath. He solves crimes for the NYPD as a form of absolution for his upbringing.

Divorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.

Arthur Fleck, a party clown and a failed stand-up comedian, leads an impoverished life with his ailing mother. However, when society shuns him and brands him as a freak, he decides to embrace the life of chaos in Gotham City.

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.

A modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape.

World-class thief Daisy "Jett" Kowalski is just out of prison and already being forced back into what got her there, by a group of eccentric and dangerous criminals.

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

A new story created by the bestseller author Gustavo Malajovich inspired the first season of the series, along with Marcos Osorio Vidal.

Experience the sold-out show like never before.

Set in the 1970's Southwest, the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful.

A young orphan and her new family unite in a quest for revenge against those responsible for their personal tragedies.

Homicide investigations are conducted through images recorded on Investigation Discovery's true.

Ciro's body is slowly sinking in the Gulf of Naples. As he plunges into darkness, memories emerge.

What would happen if cannabis gets legalized in Brazil? Biriba is a drug dealer that lefts his past behind and uses his knowledge to start selling the product legally. He must deal with countess challenges and the weight of his past.

Twenty years after City of God, Buscapé recounts how conflicts between police, traffickers, and militias impacted the community.

A champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at an Arizona farm for delinquent youths.

The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.

A Cambodian-Filipino doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her son but when the system fails she uses her cunning and intelligence to save her son.

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

The successful judge Alicja Mazur, who is known for her strictness towards criminals. The woman is unexpectedly accused of a murder she did not commit.

When a contract killer has a rapidly evolving form of dementia, he is offered an opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son.

Honest LA insurance detective Joe Peters becomes corrupt after falling in love with sensual gold-digger model Diane.

While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.

In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.

The body of a young woman is discovered in the icy river. The investigation is led by Zawieja for whom solving the case will be a fight for herself.

These bone-chilling true-crime stories of murder explore crimes in which the victims' dead bodies are found in the basement of a home. The location might be their own home, or the killer's home, or an abandoned building.

A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.

A young man's shooting on a hot summer night isn't the only life destroyed.

Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

After her father is murdered, Komugi Yamashita finds a letter naming a suspect as innocent. The suspect is the son of a criminal executed 22 years ago. Seeking help from lawyer, she uncovers shocking truths about her father's past.

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

Get in the driver's seat for some of the most extraordinary police chases ever captured on camera -- with never-before-seen footage, it's a fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled window into a world where criminals will do anything to escape.

A small-town policewoman is chasing a vicious serial killer; at stake is first a country girl's life, and then her own life.

Explores small suburban towns across America that have been torn apart by murder.