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Guilty Party

Guilty Party (2021 Paramount+ series): dark comedy created by Rebecca Addelman, starring Kate Beckinsale as discredited journalist Beth Burgess investigating Toni Plimpton's murder conviction; 10 episodes, canceled, removed from Paramount+ in 2023. Distinct from the 2017 YouTube series, the StudioCanal company, and the party game.

Gypsy (TV series)

Gypsy is a 2017 Netflix psychological thriller created by Lisa Rubin, starring Naomi Watts as therapist Jean Holloway, who uses an alias to enter patients' lives; 10 episodes, canceled after one season.

Hand of God (TV series)

Hand of God is an Amazon Prime Video crime drama (2014-2017) created by Ben Watkins, starring Ron Perlman as Judge Pernell Harris, who believes God commands vigilante justice after his son's suicide attempt; two seasons, 20 episodes, canceled in 2016.

Happy Face (TV series)

Happy Face is a 2025 Paramount+ crime drama, also called the Happy Face Killer series, adapted from Melissa Moore's 2018 podcast and Shattered Silence memoir; eight episodes starring Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid, canceled after one season in July 2025.

Happy Valley (TV series)

Happy Valley is a BBC crime drama (2014-2023) written and partly directed by Sally Wainwright, starring Sarah Lancashire as West Yorkshire sergeant Catherine Cawood pursuing Tommy Lee Royce; it won BAFTAs for its first two series.

Harry Wild

Harry Wild is an Irish Acorn TV comedy-mystery series (2022–) starring Jane Seymour as retired professor Harriet Wild, a Dublin amateur detective with sidekick Fergus; created by David Logan, five seasons plus a 2025 special.

Helsinki Syndrome (TV series)

Helsinki Syndrome (Helsinki-syndrooma) is a Finnish thriller series (2022–2024) by Bordertown creator Miikko Oikkonen, in which Elias Karo (Peter Franzén) takes four Helsingin Sanomat journalists hostage over 1990s banking-crisis injustices; two seasons on Yle, co-produced with Arte and NDR.

High Country (TV series)

High Country is an Australian mystery drama series created by Marcia Gardner and John Ridley for Foxtel/Binge, starring Leah Purcell as Detective Andie Whitford investigating five missing persons in the Victorian High Country; season 1 aired 2024, season 2 (What Lies Beneath) premiered 14 September 2026.

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is a 2026 TNT eight-episode political thriller limited series starring Joel Kinnaman as CIA analyst John Nixon and Waleed Zuaiter as Saddam Hussein, based on Nixon's memoir Debriefing the President, shot in Cairo, and covering the December 2003 capture and interrogation.

Hold Tight (miniseries)

Hold Tight (Polish: Zachowaj spokój) is a 2022 Polish Netflix crime miniseries adapted from Harlan Coben's 2008 novel, in which a teenager's disappearance shakes a Warsaw suburb.

Holy Family

Holy Family (Sagrada familia) is a Spanish-language Netflix drama thriller created and directed by Manolo Caro, starring Najwa Nimri as Gloria, a mother hiding a secret in 1990s Madrid; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2022-2023.

Home Before Dark (TV series)

Home Before Dark is an Apple TV+ mystery drama (2020–2021, 20 episodes) created by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik, starring Brooklynn Prince as young reporter Hilde Lisko, inspired by real journalist Hilde Lysiak, filmed in British Columbia.

Hostage (TV series)

Hostage is a 2025 Netflix British political thriller limited series, five episodes created by Matt Charman, starring Suranne Jones as UK PM Abigail Dalton and Julie Delpy as French President Vivienne Toussaint, released August 21, 2025.

House of Cards (American TV series)

House of Cards: American Netflix political thriller, 2013-2018, six seasons, created by Beau Willimon from Michael Dobbs's novel and the 1990 BBC series; starred Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright as the Underwoods; ended after Spacey allegations.

House of Cards (British TV series)

House of Cards (British TV series): 1990 BBC1 four-part political thriller adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs's novel, starring Ian Richardson as chief whip Francis Urquhart; basis of the 2013 Netflix remake.

I Am the Night (TV series)

I Am the Night (formerly One Day She'll Darken) is a 2019 TNT six-episode limited crime drama created by Sam Sheridan, directed partly by Patty Jenkins, starring Chris Pine and India Eisley, loosely adapting Fauna Hodel's memoir about the Black Dahlia case.

I Dol I (아이돌 아이)

I Dol I (아이돌아이, also Idol I, Liar Lawyer) is a 2025-2026 ENA/Genie TV Korean legal mystery romantic comedy of 12 episodes starring Choi Soo-young as lawyer-fan Maeng Se-na defending accused idol Do Ra-ik, played by Kim Jae-young.

I Will Find You

I Will Find You is a 2026 Netflix eight-episode limited series adapted by Robert Hull from Harlan Coben's 2023 novel, starring Sam Worthington as David Burroughs, a wrongfully imprisoned father who escapes to find his possibly living son; released June 18, 2026.

I, Jack Wright

I, Jack Wright: British six-part crime drama created by Chris Lang (Unforgotten), produced by Federation Stories, starring Trevor Eve, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and John Simm; premiered on U&Alibi in April 2025, later acquired by the BBC, with a second series commissioned.

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a 2024 Netflix six-episode limited series by Anubhav Sinha dramatizing the December 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 from Kathmandu to Delhi, its seven-day ordeal, and the release of three militants including Masood Azhar.

Imperfect Women

Imperfect Women is an Apple TV psychological thriller series (2026) adapted from Araminta Hall's 2020 novel, starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, and Kate Mara as friends shattered by a murder; renewed for a second season in October 2026.

Imposters (TV series)

Imposters is a Bravo dark comedy-drama (2017–2018) created by Adam Brooks and Paul Adelstein, starring Inbar Lavi as con artist Maddie pursued by her three victims, canceled after two seasons.

In From the Cold

In From the Cold is a 2022 Netflix spy thriller series created by Adam Glass, starring Margarita Levieva as Jenny Franklin, a New Jersey mom and dormant Russian assassin with shape-shifting powers; 8 episodes, canceled after one season.

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight: USA Network crime drama (2008–2012), created by David Maples, starring Mary McCormack as U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon of the witness protection program in New Mexico; five seasons, canceled August 2011 despite 4.9 million average viewers. Distinguished from the 2021 Coulthart UFO book and other same-title works.

Industry (TV series)

Industry (TV series): HBO/BBC drama created by former bankers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, premiering November 2020, about graduates competing at the fictional London investment bank Pierpoint; four seasons through 2026, covering ESG investing and a payments firm's fraud.

Interrogation (2020 TV series)

Interrogation is a 2020 American non-linear true-crime drama on CBS All Access, created by John Mankiewicz and Anders Weidemann, based on the Bruce Lisker case; its 10 episodes can be watched in any order except first and last.

Irish Blood

Irish Blood is a 2025 Acorn TV crime drama starring Alicia Silverstone as L.A. lawyer Fiona Fox, who travels to Ireland after a message from her estranged father Declan. Six episodes; renewed; season 2 filmed in Dublin.

Irreverent

Irreverent (2022) is an Australian-American comedy-crime-drama series created by Paddy Macrae, in which Colin Donnell's Chicago criminal poses as Reverend Mack Boyd in Far North Queensland; one season of 10 episodes on Peacock and Netflix.

Jana: Marked for Life

Jana: Marked for Life (Jana – Märkta för livet) is a 2024 Swedish six-part Nordic noir thriller on Viaplay and Prime Video, adapted from Emelie Schepp's Jana Berzelius novels, starring Madeleine Martin as a prosecutor and former child soldier.

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Jean-Claude Van Johnson is a 2016–2017 Amazon Prime Video action-comedy series created by Dave Callaham, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a retired action star whose film career covered his black-ops agent work; six episodes, cancelled after one season.