10 Underrated, Quirky Crime Films to Watch on Netflix

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Never underestimate a tap-dancing hitman or a pot-smoking assassin.

Tired of the same old heroes saving the day with practiced maneuvers and alarming ease? Step aside Gal Gadot and Vin Diesel, Netflix has the antidote with a vast mirage of quirky, unlikely saviors and thieves going about survival by any means necessary. Ditching graceful showdowns full of sucker punches and kicks for clumsy brawls, these 11 quirky crime films on Netflix offer a refreshing, new interpretation of the genre.

7 Cop Car Sometimes there’s nothing more dangerous than childhood boredom. Two juvenile delinquents stumble upon a deserted cop car on the edge of a secluded forest and get tangled up in a vast conspiracy after they steal it and take it for a joyride. Kevin Bacon stars as the cruel, corrupt sheriff who hunts them down after they find what’s inside his car, and from there Cop Car is an exhilarating thriller that’s 90 minutes of pure adrenaline.

4 The Men Who Stare at Goats Ewan McGregor stars as a journalist in over his head throughout The Men Who Stare at Goats. A fictionalized account of the 2004 novel under the same name written by journalist Jon Ronson, McGregor plays Ann Arbor Daily Telegram reporter Bob Wilton, and he investigates a unit of the U.S. Army that attempts to train its soldiers in telepathic capabilities after traveling to Iraq to cover the war.

1 Charlie Says Journey back to 1969, a time when Southern California was filled with long hair, rock music, and tie-dye-wearing free spirits who roamed the streets with not a care in the world. That all abruptly changed on August 9, 1969, when the infamous Manson family committed the Tate-LaBianca murders and single-handedly ended the revolutionary decade.

 

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