If You Liked Criminal Minds, Watch These Next
Finished Criminal Minds (2005) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Criminal Minds, most of them are crime, drama, mystery.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Profiler(1996)
7.0CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Rachel Burke is a criminal profiler, one of the best, actually. She, along with a sophisticated team of specialists on the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force in Atlanta, investigates crimes throughout the country. Together, they solve the toughest of cases while trying to live their lives as best they can.
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2.The Blacklist(2013)
7.6DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama and crime
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the…
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3.Waking the Dead(2001)
7.2CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and mystery
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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4.Furious(2026)
7.4DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
FBI agent Alice Black is on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Both walk their own paths toward justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to blur.
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5.CSI: NY(2004)
7.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
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6.Dexter(2006)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
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.
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7.21 Jump Street(1987)
7.3CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and mystery
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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8.Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior(2011)
7.2CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in…
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9.Criminal: UK(2019)
7.2CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Within the walls of an interrogation room, London investigators question suspects accused of grievous crimes until the truth comes to light.
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10.Luther(2010)
7.9CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
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11.Class of '09(2023)
7.1DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and mystery
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
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12.CIA(2026)
8.5CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
When by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman is loaned out to a clandestine CIA/FBI task force, he finds himself teamed up with secretive and roguish CIA case officer Colin Glass. Together they work covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells, and geopolitical secrets.
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13.Chicago P.D.(2014)
8.4CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the…
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14.Prodigal Son(2019)
8.1CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
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15.Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders(2016)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.
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16.The Rookie: Feds(2022)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI, is a force of nature, the living embodiment of a dream deferred – and she works together with her new colleagues at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau to bring down the country’s toughest criminals.
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17.Lie to Me(2009)
7.9CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.
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18.FBI(2018)
7.9CrimeAction & AdventureDramaAlso crime and drama
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
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19.R.J. Decker(2026)
7.6CrimeMysteryAlso crime and mystery
Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.
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20.True Detective(2014)
8.3DramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
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.
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