If You Liked DCI Banks, Watch These Next
Finished DCI Banks (2011) 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 DCI Banks, most of them are crime, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Dalgliesh(2021)
6.7CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
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2.Cross(2024)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.
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3.Inspector Morse(1987)
7.9CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
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4.Last Seen(2026)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.
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5.Above Suspicion(2009)
7.0MysteryCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Above Suspicion is a British crime drama programme starring Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis, a rookie detective determined to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer. Each series is based on a novel by Lynda La Plante: Above Suspicion…
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6.Ridley(2022)
6.2MysteryDramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
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7.21 Jump Street(1987)
7.3CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and drama
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.Five Days(2007)
5.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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9.Interrogation(2020)
6.8DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode is structured around an interrogation taken directly from the real police case files, with the goal of turning the viewer into a detective.
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10.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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11.Ballard(2025)
7.2DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the…
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12.East New York(2022)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of…
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13.American Crime Story(2016)
7.6CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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14.Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.(2018)
6.7CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A chronicle of the two major police investigations by LAPD Detective Greg Kading into the deaths of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
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15.Missing You(2025)
6.2DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama and crime
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.
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16.Strike(2017)
7.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling…
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17.Cardinal(2017)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
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.
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18.Criminal Record(2024)
6.5CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
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19.Instinct(2018)
6.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a gifted author, university professor and former CIA operative is lured back to his old life by tenacious top NYPD Detective Lizzie Needham. Though Dylan and Lizzie initially clash, when it comes to catching killers, they make an ideal team.
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20.No Offence(2015)
7.5MysteryCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the…
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