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True Detective Season 1

True Detective Season 1 is an HBO crime drama exploring a complex investigation into brutal murders in rural Louisiana....

Detective TV Serial Killer 2010S

9.2 Excellent

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Forbrydelsen

Forbrydelsen is a Danish neo-noir crime series exploring complex investigations and moral ambiguities. Created by Søren...

Danish Detective Crime 2000S

8.7 Great

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The Killing (Forbrydelsen)

The Killing is a neo-noir television series centered on Seattle Detective Sarah Linden. The show explores complex, seria...

Danish Detective TV 2010S

8.7 Great

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The Bridge (Broen)

The Bridge, originally titled Bron in Swedish and Broen in Danish, is a Scandinavian crime television series co-produced...

Detective TV Scandinavian 2010S

8.6 Great

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The Long Goodbye

Robert Altman’s *The Long Goodbye* (1973) presents a revisionist take on Raymond Chandler’s classic detective story. Ell...

Detective Mystery 1970S

8.5 Great

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Terriers

Terriers is a television drama set in San Diego following an unconventional detective team. Led by Donal Logue’s unlicen...

American Detective Crime TV Series

8.4 Great

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Leon: The Professional

Leon: The Professional presents a compelling story of a professional contract killer, Leon (Jean Reno), who unexpectedly...

French Psychological Crime 1990S

8.3 Great

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True Detective Season 3

The third season of HBO's anthology crime drama True Detective premiered in 2019 and was created principally by Nic Pizz...

Detective TV 2010S Missing Persons

8.1 Great

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Tar

Tár is a 2022 psychological drama written and directed by Todd Field, with Cate Blanchett playing Lydia Tár, a fictional...

American Psychological Crime Dark

7.9 Good

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The Outsider

The Outsider is a 2020 American crime drama and supernatural horror miniseries broadcast on HBO, based on Stephen King's...

American Supernatural Crime TV Series

7.6 Good

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Top of the Lake: China Girl

Top of the Lake: China Girl is a 2017 mystery drama co-directed by Jane Campion and Ariel Kleiman, serving as the second...

Mystery Australian Crime TV Series

7.3 Good

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Minx

Minx is an American period comedy-drama series created by Ellen Rapoport, set in 1970s Los Angeles. Ophelia Lovibond sta...

American Crime Dark Comedy Period

7.3 Good

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The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

"The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans" is a 2009 American crime drama directed by Werner Herzog. Nicolas Cage...

Police American Dark 2000S

7.2 Good

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True Detective: Night Country

"True Detective: Night Country" is the fourth season of the HBO anthology crime series, created by filmmaker Issa López...

American Detective Crime TV Series

7.2 Good

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Sick of Myself

Escape to Witch Mountain is a 1975 Walt Disney Productions film directed by John Hough, based on the 1968 novel by Alexa...

Norwegian Psychological Crime Dark

7.1 Good

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The Dry

The Dry is a 2020 Australian mystery thriller directed by Robert Connolly and adapted from Jane Harper's novel. Eric Ban...

Mystery Australian Crime 2020S

7.0 Good

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The Card Counter

The Card Counter is a 2021 American crime drama written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany...

American Psychological Crime Dark

7.0 Good

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Homicide

Homicide is a 1991 American crime film written and directed by David Mamet, with Joe Mantegna playing Baltimore detectiv...

Police American Psychological Crime

6.9 Fair

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Monsieur Spade

Monsieur Spade is a 2024 neo-noir television miniseries created by Scott Frank and Tom Fontana, with Clive Owen playing...

French Detective TV Series 2020S

6.9 Fair

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True Detective Season 2

True Detective season 2 is the 2015 installment of HBO's anthology crime drama created by Nic Pizzolatto. Set in the fic...

California Detective Crime TV

6.9 Fair