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Law & Order(1990-)

42min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 254 votes)

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Bosch(2015-2021)

45min per episode | Mystery, Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 255 votes)

Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to remain loyal to his personal code: “Everybody counts or nobody counts.”

Castle(2009-2016)

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.

Diagnosis: Murder(1993-2001)

45min per episode | Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 49 votes)

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Columbo(1971-2003)

1h 15min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
4.1/5 (with 304 votes)

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

Homicide: Life on the Street(1993-1999)

45min per episode | Mystery, Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 56 votes)

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Grimm(2011-2017)

4.1/5 (with 1,490 votes)

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

Cold Case(2003-2010)

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.

The Streets of San Francisco(1972-1977)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
3.5/5 (with 41 votes)

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

The Mysteries of Laura(2014-2016)

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.

Rizzoli & Isles(2010-2016)

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.

Hunter(1984-1991)

1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.6/5 (with 40 votes)

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

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The Last Cop(2010-2014)

42min per episode | Crime
3.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.

Unforgettable(2011-2016)

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.

Bodies of Evidence(1992-1993)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee Horsley and George Clooney as Los Angeles homicide detectives.

Forever Knight(1992-1996)

3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.

The Murders(2019)

45min per episode | Crime, Drama
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.

Powers(2015-2016)

40min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 80 votes)

Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?

Cardinal(2017-2020)

43min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 68 votes)

Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise Delorme, a tough investigator in her own right.

New Amsterdam(2008)

45min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 35 votes)

John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, and immortal. In 1642 he saved a Native Indian girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. In return, the girl cast an ancient spell that conferred immortality upon him. Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love.

Homicides(2011)

1h 10min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

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Those Who Kill(2014)

43min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.

Common Law(2012)

43min per episode | Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

Travis Marks and Wes Mitchell were LAPD's dream team on the homicide squad, but constant bickering got in the way of their work and the two ended up on probation. To revive their flagging professional relationship, their Captain sends them to couples therapy to help understand and resolve their conflicts.

Kanıt(2010-2013)

1h 15min per episode | Crime, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Each episode, police inspectors Orhan and Selim try and solve puzzling cases with the help and guidance of forensics. Professor Sevil Atasoy, a forensic scientist, also joins us sometimes to tell relevant anecdotes.

Golden Boy(2013)

44min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Crime
3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Golden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by Berlanti Television and Warner Bros. Television. CBS placed a series order on May 13, 2012. The series ran on CBS from February 26 to May 14, 2013 and aired Tuesdays at 10:00 pm ET. On May 10, 2013, CBS canceled the series after one season.

Cold Justice(2013-)

42min per episode | Crime, Mystery, Documentary
3.8/5 (with 15 votes)

From Executive Producer Dick Wolf,this true crime investigative series follows veteran prosecutor Kelly Siegler, and her rotating team of seasoned detectives, as they travel to small towns across the country and help local law-enforcement agencies dig into unsolved homicide cases that have lingered for years without answers or justice for the victims due to lack of funding and proper forensic technology.

Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins(2022-)

43min per episode | Crime, Documentary
4.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Faith Jenkins investigates burgeoning romances from their sweet beginnings, and follows what happened all the way through to their bitter endings. With her background as a criminal prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and her expertise in matters ofthe heart, Faith gives her professional POV of the nightmarish cases. With firsthand accounts from victims' family, friends and law enforcement, each episode reveals the inner workings of intimate attachments that seemed fated to last forever and ended in murder.

Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace(2015)

23min per episode | Animation, Mystery, Crime
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba's worries, he volunteers to be Akechi's assistant.

Directed by Seiji Kishi

To Catch a Killer(2018-)

43min per episode | Crime, Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

(US) Step Inside the mind of a detective as he hunts down a ruthless murderer. Each episode unfolds as an epic game of cat-and-mouse, leading to the bombshell moment when these two iconic adversaries come together in an unexpected way.

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer(2021)

48min per episode | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 138 votes)

Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

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