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La Faille
La Faille (The Wall) is a Quebec French-language crime thriller TV series by Frédéric Ouellet, produced by Pixcom for Club illico from 2019, starring Isabel Richer as detective Céline Trudeau across three seasons and 25 episodes.
Land of Sin (TV series)
Land of Sin (Synden) is a 2026 Swedish Netflix limited crime series: five episodes by Peter Grönlund starring Krista Kosonen as investigator Dani probing teenager Silas's death on the Bjäre peninsula.
Marble Hall Murders (TV series)
Marble Hall Murders is a 2026 six-part BBC/PBS MASTERPIECE miniseries adapting Anthony Horowitz's third Susan Ryeland novel, starring Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan, with editor Susan drawn into a murder and becoming a suspect.
Mindhunter (TV series)
Mindhunter is a Netflix psychological crime drama (2017-2019, 19 episodes) created by Joe Penhall and directed by David Fincher, based on John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker's book, dramatizing the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the birth of criminal profiling through agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench.
Moonflower Murders (TV series)
Moonflower Murders is a 2024 six-part British mystery drama adapted by Anthony Horowitz from his 2020 novel, sequel to Magpie Murders. Lesley Manville's Susan Ryeland investigates Cecily Treherne's disappearance via clues in a dead author's Atticus Pünd novel; aired on PBS Masterpiece and BBC One.
Mystery Woman
Mystery Woman is a Hallmark Channel franchise of eleven TV movies (2003-2007) starring Kellie Martin as amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey, a mystery bookstore owner aided by former CIA operative Philby (Clarence Williams III), distinct from the Amanda Quick novel of a similar title.
Raakh (राख) (TV series)
Raakh (राख) is a 2026 Hindi Prime Video crime drama, created by Anusha Nandakumar, Sandeep Saket, and Prosit Roy, starring Ali Fazal as SI Jayprakash Jatav investigating the 1978 murder of two Delhi teenagers, loosely inspired by the Ranga-Billa case; distinct from the 1989 Aamir Khan film and the 2025 Marathi series of the same name.
Sara: Woman in the Shadows
Sara: Woman in the Shadows (Sara. La donna nell'ombra) is a 2025 Italian Netflix crime thriller, six episodes directed by Carmine Elia, adapted from Maurizio De Giovanni's novels about ex-secret agent Sara Morozzi investigating her son's death in Naples.
Scarpetta (TV series)
Scarpetta is a 2026 Prime Video crime thriller based on Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta novels, starring Nicole Kidman as the forensic pathologist, with Jamie Lee Curtis, eight episodes released March 11, 2026, dual timelines, and a two-season order.
Scorpion (TV series)
Scorpion is a CBS action-drama (2014-2018, four seasons) created by Nick Santora, inspired by self-proclaimed 197-IQ hacker Walter O'Brien, starring Elyes Gabel and Katharine McPhee as genius misfits solving high-tech threats for Homeland Security.
Scrublands (TV series)
Scrublands is an Australian crime drama series adapted from Chris Hammer's novel, following journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold) in the drought-stricken town of Riversend; two Stan seasons plus Scrublands: Trust (2027).
Search: The Naina Murder Case
Search: The Naina Murder Case (खोजें: नैना हत्याकांड) is a 2025 Hindi JioHotstar crime thriller, a six-episode Rohan Sippy adaptation of Danish series The Killing, starring Konkona Sen Sharma as ACP Sanyukta Das investigating a teenager's murder.
Signora Volpe
Signora Volpe is a British-Italian detective drama starring Emilia Fox as Sylvia Fox, a former MI6 spy who becomes an amateur detective in Umbria, Italy, from 2022.
SS-GB (TV series)
SS-GB is a 2017 BBC One five-part miniseries adapted from Len Deighton's 1978 alternate-history novel, directed by Philipp Kadelbach, starring Sam Riley as detective Douglas Archer in a Nazi-occupied 1941 Britain. Distinguishing facts: Berlinale 2017 premiere, Bond writers Purvis and Wade, 89% Tomatometer.
Sugar (2024 TV series)
Sugar is an Apple TV+ neo-noir detective drama created by Mark Protosevich, starring Colin Farrell as Los Angeles private eye John Sugar, hired to find a producer's missing granddaughter; episode 6 reveals Sugar is an alien. Season 1 premiered April 5, 2024; season 2 followed June 19, 2026.
Task (TV series)
Task is an HBO crime drama created by Brad Ingelsby, starring Mark Ruffalo as FBI agent Tom Brandis and Tom Pelphrey as robber Robbie Prendergrast in Delaware County, Pennsylvania; seven-episode season 1 premiered September 7, 2025, earned a 96% Tomatometer, and was renewed for season 2.
The 100 Code
The 100 Code (The Hundred Code) is a 2015 Swedish-German crime thriller series, 12 episodes, created by Bobby Moresco, starring Michael Nyqvist and Dominic Monaghan as detectives hunting a serial killer in Stockholm; Sky Deutschland's first co-production, not renewed.
The Bridge
The Bridge (Bron/Broen) is a Swedish-Danish Nordic noir crime series (2011-2018) created by Hans Rosenfeldt, starring Sofia Helin as Saga Norén; a body cut in half on the Øresund Bridge forces cross-border cooperation, spawning remakes worldwide.
The Calling
The Calling (2022 Peacock crime drama), David E. Kelley adaptation of Dror Mishani's Avraham Avraham novels, starring Jeff Wilbusch as Orthodox Jewish NYPD detective Avraham Avraham; one 8-episode season, 18% Tomatometer, 85% audience score.
The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective is a British crime drama created by Peter Fincham for Acorn TV and ZDF, produced by Expectation. Adrian Scarborough stars as DI Max Arnold, a houseboat-dwelling detective solving murders in affluent Chelsea, London; four 90-minute episodes per season since 2022.
The Chestnut Man
The Chestnut Man (Kastanjemanden) is a Danish Netflix Nordic-noir crime thriller from SAM Productions, adapted from Søren Sveistrup's debut novel, premiering 29 September 2021; Season 2, Hide and Seek, followed 7 May 2026.
The Gathering (TV series)
The Gathering (2024) is a six-part Channel 4 thriller by Helen Walsh and World Productions, set in Liverpool, about an attack on gymnast Kelly at an illicit rave; it won three Monte Carlo TV Festival awards and became Channel 4's most streamed new drama of 2024.
The Killings at Parrish Station
The Killings at Parrish Station is a 2026 Australian Stan Original crime drama, six episodes, created by Ben Jenkins, starring Mia Wasikowska, about a 1987 desert-station massacre and identical 2024 murders.
The Last Frontier (2025 TV series)
The Last Frontier (2025 TV series), Apple TV action thriller created by Jon Bokenkamp and Richard D'Ovidio; Jason Clarke plays U.S. Marshal Frank Remnick hunting escaped convicts after a prison plane crash in Alaska; 10 episodes, canceled after one season.
The Lowdown (American TV series)
The Lowdown is an FX neo-noir comedy-drama created by Sterlin Harjo, starring Ethan Hawke as Tulsa citizen journalist Lee Raybon. Season 1 premiered September 23, 2025; renewed January 2026; season 2 with Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin premiered October 14, 2026.
The Missing (British TV series)
The Missing is a British anthology crime drama (2014–2016) created by Harry and Jack Williams for BBC One and Starz, starring James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor, and Tchéky Karyo as detective Julien Baptiste, about missing children across two time frames; it spawned the spin-off Baptiste.
The Split Up
The Split Up is a 2026 BBC legal drama, a spin-off of Abi Morgan's The Split, created by Ursula Rani Sarma. Six 60-minute episodes follow the Kishan family's Manchester divorce law firm, led by Ritu Arya and Sanjeev Bhaskar, renewed for a second series.
The Woods
The Woods, also known as W głębi lasu, is a 2020 Polish-language Netflix crime thriller miniseries in six episodes, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2007 novel.
Tracker (American TV series)
Tracker is a CBS crime drama starring Justin Hartley as reward seeker Colter Shaw, based on Jeffery Deaver's novel The Never Game. It premiered after Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024, became the most-watched US entertainment series of 2023-24, and reached its fourth season in 2026.
Trom
Trom is a 2022 Faroese-Danish Nordic noir crime drama, the first TV series produced in the Faroe Islands. Six episodes on Viaplay, created by Torfinnur Jákupsson from Jógvan Isaksen's novels, starring Ulrich Thomsen; Monte-Carlo Nymphe D'or winner.