Crime Movies to Skip

Studios spent millions on these crimemovies. The directors should've opened donut shops instead. Here's what to avoid.

Joker: Folie à Deux

2024

$190M on a Joker musical nobody asked for. The first Joker made $1B for $55M by being bold. The sequel spent 3.5x more and punished the audience for liking the original. Lost $144M. Open a karaoke bar.

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Why We Call Out Bad Crime Movies

Every year, studios release crime movies with budgets in the hundreds of millions. The marketing machine tells you they're must-see events. Most of the time, they're not. They're recycled plots, CGI spectacles with zero heart, and sequels nobody asked for. Meanwhile, brilliant crime films with a fraction of the budget go unnoticed. Signal exists to flip that equation. We call out the waste so you can find the gems. Your time is worth more than a $200M movie with a $2 script.