Why watch?

Frederick Lau and Christoph Krutzler are two con artists trying to pull off a major heist, and you can feel the chemistry between them in every scene — mostly watching them screw each other over and argue. The show doesn't work scene-to-scene, but when it jumps between timelines or shows the same situation from a different angle, it gets genuinely unpredictable. If you want a crime story with no moral lesson where everyone's complicated and nobody's really likable by the end, this hits.

Who is it for?

Best as an evening watch when you want something gritty and unflinching — the show doesn't soften the gangster world. If you liked Gomorrah or Breaking Bad, same level of tension and brutality. Fair warning: lots of violence, language, and heavy scenes — not for kids.

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Crooks

2024 · 2 seasons7.016
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A priceless coin forces a retired safecracker and a two-bit gangster to work together, drawing them into daring heists and global criminal rivalries.

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A retired burglar and a small-time crook team up over a valuable coin that neither can resist, and suddenly they're knee-deep in a war between international crime syndicates. Frederick Lau and Christoph Krutzler have this weird chemistry where they're constantly at each other's throats but can't function without the other guy. What starts as a simple score spirals into something much messier, with every move dragging them deeper into dangerous territory. If you liked the buddy-cop chaos of Tarantino films or the criminal underworld grit of shows like Breaking Bad, this scratches the same itch.

Why watch?

Frederick Lau and Christoph Krutzler are two con artists trying to pull off a major heist, and you can feel the chemistry between them in every scene — mostly watching them screw e…

Who is it for?

Best as an evening watch when you want something gritty and unflinching — the show doesn't soften the gangster world. If you liked Gomorrah or Breaking Bad, same level of tension a…

Similar titles

If you liked the tense team dynamics in Crooks where people work together despite not trusting each other, check out The German House — you get a crew caught up in something danger…

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