If You Liked American Crime Story, Watch These Next
Finished American Crime Story (2016) 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 American Crime Story, most of them are crime, drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.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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2.Accused(2023)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from the defendant’s point of view, each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing…
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3.True Detective(2014)
8.3DramaMysteryAlso drama
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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4.Accused(2010)
8.2DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
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5.Fargo(2014)
8.3CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
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6.DCI Banks(2011)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and 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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7.Law & Order True Crime(2017)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
An anthology series that delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.
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8.Dr. Death(2021)
7.3DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
An anthology series, with each season following a new medical true crime story.
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9.We Own This City(2022)
7.2CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.
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10.The Lincoln Lawyer(2022)
7.7DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.
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11.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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12.Criminal Minds(2005)
8.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
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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13.The Sinner(2017)
7.5CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.
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14.21 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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15.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)
8.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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16.Ellis(2024)
5.9MysteryCrimeAlso crime
DCI Ellis, a tenacious cop, is parachuted into failing investigations alongside her partner DS Harper. Each case will bring her to a different police station where she'll have to not only immerse herself in the case, but also win over the local police.
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17.Goliath(2016)
7.6CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and…
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18.Five Days(2007)
5.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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19.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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20.The Act(2019)
7.6DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.
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