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Castle(2009-2016)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 852 votes)

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Vera(2011-)

TV-PG
| 1h 30min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 60 votes)

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Cold Case(2003-2010)

TV-PG
| 44min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Documentary
3.9/5 (with 177 votes)

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

Frankie Drake Mysteries(2017-2021)

TV-PG
| 40min per episode | Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.

Beauty and the Beast(2012-2016)

NR
| 42min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 198 votes)

Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret – when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses.

The Mysteries of Laura(2014-2016)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Mystery, Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 46 votes)

Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. Between cleaning up after her boys and cleaning up the streets, she’d be the first to admit she has her “hot mess” moments in this hilariously authentic look at what it really means to be a “working mom” today. Somehow, she makes it all work with the help of her sexy and understanding partner, and things becomes even more complicated when her husband, ironically, becomes her boss at the precinct. For Laura, every day is a high-wire balancing act.

Shades of Blue(2016-2018)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 123 votes)

Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But when she's trapped by the FBI and forced to inform on her own "brothers," she'll have to walk the fine line between love, loyalty, honor and betrayal, and try to keep it together for her daughter's future.

Rosewood(2015-2017)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama
3.3/5 (with 75 votes)

Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated technology and his drive to live life to the fullest to help a tough-as-nails detective and the Miami PD uncover clues no one else can see.

Flikken Maastricht(2007-)

NR
| 50min per episode | Crime, Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.

Rizzoli & Isles(2010-2016)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 198 votes)

Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.

Motive(2013-2016)

TV-14
| 44min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 38 votes)

A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the killer's connection to the victim. Viewers get a glimpse of the killer before and after the crime is committed.

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries(2012-2015)

53min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 67 votes)

Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels.

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Prime Suspect(1991-2006)

3.9/5 (with 38 votes)

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

Directed by Christopher Menaul - With Helen Mirren

Unforgettable(2011-2016)

NR
| 45min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 145 votes)

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.

The Bridge(2011-2018)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Crime, Mystery, Drama
4.1/5 (with 266 votes)

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

Cagney & Lacey(1982-1988)

45min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 27 votes)

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

Deadwind(2018-2021)

TV-MA
| 48min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 55 votes)

When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

Directed by Rike Jokela - With Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen

Women's Murder Club(2007-2008)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 21 votes)

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Top of the Lake(2013-2017)

TV-MA
| Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 155 votes)

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

Candice Renoir(2013-)

TV-G
| 50min per episode | Comedy, Crime
3.6/5 (with 26 votes)

Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who doesn’t make her job any easier, she is determined to turn her so-called weaknesses into strengths, solving the most complex cases with her common sense, her acute observation and her practical nature seasoned by a busy daily routine. Only Candice can catch a killer because she knows the chemical composition of a window-cleaning product or determine the hour of a murder from the cooking-time of kebabs… Candice is only naive on the outside, and nobody can resist her!

Ashes to Ashes(2008-2010)

3.8/5 (with 46 votes)

Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

Saving Grace(2007-2010)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
4.1/5 (with 21 votes)

Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.

A Murder at the End of the World(2023)

TV-MA
| Mystery, Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 63 votes)

Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker Darby Hart and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use her skills to prove it was murder before the killer takes another life.

Minority Report(2015)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Crime, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 78 votes)

Ten years after the demise of Precrime, crime-solving is different and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs—individuals who able to see the future. In Washington, D.C., a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.

Bella Block(1994-2018)

1h 30min per episode | Drama, Crime
1.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Bella Block is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger, first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF. In 2010 the 30th series was produced.

Miss Scarlet and the Duke(2020-)

45min per episode | Drama, Mystery, Crime
3.7/5 (with 37 votes)

When Eliza Scarlet’s father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

Secrecy of the investigation(2000-)

45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 6 votes)

In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?

With Anna Kovalchuk, Aleksandr Novikov, Vyacheslav Zakharov

The Killing(2011-2014)

TV-MA
| Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 339 votes)

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

Ties That Bind(2015)

TV-PG
| 43min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Allison McLean is a tough and experienced police detective, mother and wife in suburban Seattle. When she and her police partner must arrest her brother for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as he's convicted and sent to prison, leaving his two teenagers teetering on the brink of foster care. Ultimately, she takes them into her home, ending up with four teenagers to raise.

The Detail(2018)

40min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal lives.

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