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The Mentalist(2008-2015)

43min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
4.2/5 (with 1,760 votes)

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

Dexter(2006-2013)

55min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
4.1/5 (with 1,920 votes)

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

True Detective(2014-)

1h per episode | Drama
4.2/5 (with 1,498 votes)

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

A Próxima Vítima(1995)

45min per episode | Soap / Telenovela, Crime, Drama
3.9/5 (with 10 votes)

A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.

The Shield(2002-2008)

45min per episode | Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
4.1/5 (with 328 votes)

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

Twin Peaks(1990-2017)

46min per episode | Drama, Mystery
4.2/5 (with 938 votes)

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

MINDHUNTER(2017-2019)

4.0/5 (with 1,109 votes)

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Scream: The TV Series(2015-2019)

43min per episode | Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 532 votes)

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

The Following(2013-2015)

43min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 229 votes)

Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.

Bates Motel(2013-2017)

43min per episode | Drama, Crime, Mystery
4.1/5 (with 739 votes)

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

Manhunt(2017-2020)

42min per episode | Crime, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 196 votes)

Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.

You(2018-)

45min per episode | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1,454 votes)

A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

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Millennium(1996-1999)

3.9/5 (with 114 votes)

A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

Chucky(2021-)

3.9/5 (with 1,946 votes)

After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins.

Somewhere Between(2017)

41min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.2/5 (with 35 votes)

Laura Price, a local news producer in San Francisco, is helping the police to hunt down a serial killer. After the killer strikes close to home, a twist of fate allows a “Groundhog Day”-type reset, and Laura relives the week prior to the string of murders. Can she change fate and stop the killer?

Death Note(2006-2007)

4.3/5 (with 1,899 votes)

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

The Fall(2013-2016)

57min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.9/5 (with 380 votes)

When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

The Alienist(2018-2020)

48min per episode | Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 265 votes)

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

Hannibal(2013-2015)

4.1/5 (with 1,121 votes)

Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Harper's Island(2009)

42min per episode | Mystery, Drama
3.5/5 (with 110 votes)

A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival.

Profiler(1996-2000)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 32 votes)

Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia. Ally Walker starred as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters during the first three seasons, and was later replaced by Jamie Luner as profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel and Julian McMahon co-starred throughout the show's run. Caitlin Wachs played Dr. Waters daughter for the first two seasons, a role taken over by Evan Rachel Wood in 1998. Profiler shares a similar lead character and premise with the Fox Network series Millennium, created by Chris Carter. Both shows premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.

American Gothic(1995-1996)

45min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 23 votes)

Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to protect him, but that's complicated since she has feelings for Sheriff Buck. And Caleb's dead sister, Merlyn, returns as an angel, warning him that Buck is an incarnation of evil - and may not be human.

The Crimson Rivers(2018-2022)

48min per episode | Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 29 votes)

Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.

With Olivier Marchal, Erika Sainte, Louise Manteau

Slasher(2016-)

45min per episode | Mystery, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 138 votes)

Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.

Wisting(2019-)

45min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 39 votes)

Empathetic, meticulous and relentless - the only thing to escape Larvik detective William Wisting in his hunt for Norway's most notorious criminals is a happy family life. And when two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, it is the beginning of a showdown with the deadliest killer of them all.

Dexter: New Blood(2021-2022)

51min per episode | Drama, Crime
4.1/5 (with 491 votes)

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

Swarm(2023)

35min per episode | Drama, Crime, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 53 votes)

A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn.

The Serpent(2021)

58min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 116 votes)

The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.

Messiah(2001-2008)

1h 30min per episode | Mystery, Drama, Crime
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

Wire in the Blood(2002-2008)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 29 votes)

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.

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