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Crime 101 (2026)

Crime 101 poster
Directed by
Bart Layton
Genre
crime thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 15m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1,172 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police task force tries to stop a string of high-level robberies along the Pacific coast. A detective forms a theory about the culprit while a criminal mastermind plans one last heist.

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What happens

Crime 101 is a 2026 crime thriller film starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, and Halle Berry. It is written and directed by Bart Layton, based on the 2020 novella by Don Winslow. The film also features Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Nolte. A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, the film premiered in London on January 28, 2026, and was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios and internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing International on February 13, 2026. It received positive reviews from critics but was a box-office bomb, grossing $72.9 million worldwide on a budget of $90 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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