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12 12 12
12 12 12 is an upcoming eight-episode Apple TV heist drama created by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble, starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. Its title refers to 12 months of planning, 12 hours of heist, and 12 days after; it premieres November 13, 2026.
1983 (TV series)
1983 is Netflix's first Polish original series, an eight-episode alternate-history thriller created by Joshua Long, directed by Agnieszka Holland and three others, premiering 30 November 2018, set in a 2003 Poland where the Iron Curtain never fell.
24 (TV series)
24 is a Fox real-time action thriller created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran (2001–2010, 8 seasons), starring Kiefer Sutherland as CTU agent Jack Bauer, with each season covering one day in 24 episodes; Emmys include 2006 Outstanding Drama Series.
56 Days
56 Days is a Prime Video erotic crime thriller (2026), eight episodes adapted from Catherine Ryan Howard's 2021 Dublin lockdown novel, starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia, set in Boston, filmed in Montreal.
9-1-1: Nashville
9-1-1: Nashville is an ABC procedural drama, the second 9-1-1 spinoff after Lone Star, premiering October 9, 2025. It stars Chris O'Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, and LeAnn Rimes as Nashville first responders entangled in Hart family drama.
A Friend of the Family
A Friend of the Family is a 2022 Peacock true-crime limited series, created by Nick Antosca, dramatizing the 1970s double kidnapping of Jan Broberg by family friend Robert Berchtold; Jan and Mary Ann Broberg produced.
Absentia (TV series)
Absentia is an American psychological crime thriller series (2017–2020, Amazon Prime Video), created by Gaia Violo and Matthew Cirulnick, starring Stana Katic as FBI agent Emily Byrne, declared dead in absentia and found alive six years later; three seasons, 30 episodes, later a Netflix top-10 hit.
Adolescence (TV series)
Adolescence is a 2025 Netflix four-part British limited crime drama by Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, and Philip Barantini, each episode one continuous take, about 13-year-old Jamie Miller's murder arrest; 8 Emmys, 4 Golden Globes, Peabody, 142.6M views.
Allegiance (Canadian TV series)
Allegiance is a Canadian CBC police procedural drama created by Anar Ali, premiering February 7, 2024. It stars Supinder Wraich as rookie officer Sabrina Sohal in Surrey, BC, whose father, the Minister of Public Safety, is arrested on terror charges.
American Rust (TV series)
American Rust is a crime drama adapted from Philipp Meyer's 2009 novel, created by Dan Futterman, starring Jeff Daniels as police chief Del Harris in the fictional Pennsylvania Rust Belt town of Buell. Season 1 aired on Showtime in 2021; the revived season 2, Broken Justice, streamed on Prime Video in 2024.
An t-Eilean
An t-Eilean (The Island) is a Scottish Gaelic-language BBC ALBA crime drama, the UK's first high-end Gaelic series, costing over £1m per episode, set on Lewis and Harris, winner of the Prix CIRCOM 2025 Grand Prix, with a second series in production.
Anxious People
Anxious People (Folk med ångest) is a 2021 Swedish Netflix limited series, six episodes, adapted from Fredrik Backman's 2019 novel, directed by Felix Herngren, about a botched bank robbery, eight hostages, and a vanished robber.
Arctic Circle (2018 TV series)
Arctic Circle (Finnish: Ivalo) is a Finnish-German crime drama thriller series (2018-) by Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria Fiction, starring Iina Kuustonen as officer Nina Kautsalo, premiering on Elisa Viihde December 21, 2018; five seasons, 6.5 million euro budget, filmed in Finnish Lapland.
Average Joe
Average Joe (2023) is a BET+ dark comedy crime drama created by Robb Cullen, starring Deon Cole as Pittsburgh plumber Joe Washington, whose late father stole $10 million from the Russian mob; season 2 moved to Paramount+ in 2026.
Baby Reindeer
Baby Reindeer is a 2024 Netflix seven-episode limited series created by and starring Richard Gadd, adapted from his Edinburgh Fringe play about being stalked. It won six Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Peabody, and prompted a $170 million defamation suit by Fiona Harvey.
Babylon Berlin
Babylon Berlin, German period crime drama by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten based on Volker Kutscher's Gereon Rath novels; five seasons, 48 episodes, set 1929–1933 Weimar Berlin, starring Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries; final season released September 2026.
Bäckström (Swedish TV series)
Bäckström is a Swedish crime drama (2020–2024) based on Leif GW Persson's Evert Bäckström novels, starring Kjell Bergqvist; three six-episode seasons on C More/TV4, distinct from the US series Backstrom.
Bad Influencer (TV series)
Bad Influencer is a 2025 South African Netflix crime drama, seven episodes, created by Kudi Maradzika, starring Jo-Anne Reyneke as counterfeiter BK and Cindy Mahlangu as influencer Pinky in Johannesburg; distinct from the 2023 British film and 2024 German series of the same name.
Balthazar
Balthazar is a French TF1 crime thriller (2018–2023, 5 seasons, 38 episodes) created by Clélia Constantine and Clothilde Jamin, starring Tomer Sisley as eccentric forensic pathologist Raphaël Balthazar and Hélène de Fougerolles as Commander Hélène Bach.
Barry (TV series)
Barry is an HBO dark comedy-drama (2018–2023, four seasons, 32 episodes) co-created by Bill Hader and Alec Berg about hitman Barry Berkman, who follows a target into an acting class; it won 10 Emmys from 55 nominations.
Battle Creek (TV series)
Battle Creek is a 2015 CBS police comedy-drama created by Vince Gilligan and David Shore, starring Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters as mismatched FBI and local lawmen in Battle Creek, Michigan; 13 episodes, canceled after one season.
Believe Me (TV series)
Believe Me is a 2026 four-part ITV1 true crime drama written by Jeff Pope, directed by Julia Ford, about three victims of black cab rapist John Worboys, starring Daniel Mays, Aimée-Ffion Edwards, Aasiya Shah, and Miriam Petche.
Below (miniseries)
Below is a 2026 six-episode Netflix limited series created by Jesse McKeown, starring Josh Hartnett as Newfoundland fisherman Calvin Penney facing a giant prehistoric squid; distinct from other shows titled Below.
Berlin (Spanish TV series)
Berlin (Berlín) is a Spanish Netflix crime drama, a prequel spin-off of La casa de papel created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, starring Pedro Alonso as Berlín; season 1 premiered December 29, 2023 in Paris, season 2 (Berlín y la dama del armiño) on May 15, 2026 in Seville.
Billionaires' Bunker
Billionaires' Bunker (El refugio atómico) is a Spanish Netflix thriller by Money Heist creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato: billionaires in a luxury bunker, 8 episodes, premiered September 19, 2025, canceled December 2025 after one season.
Billions (TV series)
Billions is a Showtime drama (2016–2023, 7 seasons, 84 episodes) created by Koppelman, Levien, and Sorkin, starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis as a U.S. Attorney and hedge fund manager; loosely inspired by Preet Bharara, ending in 2023 with spin-offs announced.
Black Doves
Black Doves is a British Netflix spy thriller created by Joe Barton, starring Keira Knightley as Helen Webb and Ben Whishaw as Sam Young; Season 1 premiered December 5, 2024, and Season 2 arrives November 5, 2026.
Black Earth Rising
Black Earth Rising is a 2018 eight-part BBC Two/Netflix thriller written and directed by Hugo Blick, starring Michaela Coel as Rwandan genocide survivor Kate Ashby, exploring post-genocide justice, the ICC, and RPF reprisals.
Black Rabbit
Black Rabbit is a 2025 Netflix crime thriller limited series created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, starring Jude Law as restaurateur Jake Friedken and Jason Bateman as his debt-ridden brother Vince; eight episodes, 7 Emmy nominations.
Black Snow
Black Snow is an Australian Stan crime mystery series (premiered 1 January 2023) in which Travis Fimmel's cold-case detective James Cormack investigates the 1994 murder of Isabel Baker in a North Queensland town, centered on its Australian South Sea Islander community; seasons 2 and 3 followed.