If You Liked True Detective, Watch These Next
Finished True Detective (2014) 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 True Detective, most of them are drama, mystery.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.American Crime Story(2016)
7.6CrimeDramaAlso drama
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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2.Waking the Dead(2001)
7.2CrimeMysteryDramaAlso mystery and drama
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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3.Dexter(2006)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
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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4.CSI: NY(2004)
7.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
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5.Fargo(2014)
8.3CrimeDramaAlso drama
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
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6.Grimm(2011)
8.3DramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and mystery
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.
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7.Criminal Minds(2005)
8.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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8.Perry Mason(2020)
7.2DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and mystery
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers…
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9.Cross(2024)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
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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10.Motive(2013)
6.5CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
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.
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11.Slasher(2016)
6.7MysteryCrimeDramaAlso mystery and drama
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.
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12.Cardinal(2017)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso 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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13.Luther(2010)
7.9CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
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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14.21 Jump Street(1987)
7.3CrimeMysteryDramaAlso mystery 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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15.Line of Duty(2012)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
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16.DCI Banks(2011)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso drama
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
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17.Five Days(2007)
5.8CrimeDramaAlso drama
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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18.Inspector Morse(1987)
7.9CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
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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19.American Crime(2015)
6.7DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama and mystery
An anthology drama focusing on all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system dealing with crimes committed in America.
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20.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)
7.6CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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