swap_horiz Happy Valley Alternatives

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Silent Witness

Silent Witness is a British television drama exploring crime investigations through forensic pathology. The show follows...

Detective Crime Medical British

9.3 Excellent

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Sherlock

Sherlock is a British crime drama television series adapting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Benedict...

Classic Drama Detective Mystery

8.9 Great

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Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders portrays a Birmingham-based criminal organization operating during and after World War I. The series depi...

Period Piece Historical Drama Gangster Noir

8.7 Great

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Furuhata Ninzaburō

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series exploring crime investigation through the lens of detective Furuhata....

Japan Police Procedural 1990S Detective Fiction

8.7 Great

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Hannibal

Hannibal is a television series exploring the complex dynamic between FBI investigator Will Graham and forensic psychiat...

Dark Fantasy Police Procedural Psychological Thriller Complex Narrative

8.6 Great

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Foyle's War

Foyle’s War is a British detective drama focusing on Inspector Michael Foyle investigating crimes during and immediately...

Classic Mystery Historical Suspenseful

8.6 Great

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Prime Suspect

The series follows Helen Mirren’s portrayal of Jane Tennison, a pioneering female detective inspector navigating the cha...

Police Procedural Psychological Thriller 1990S Strong Female Lead

8.6 Great

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Dexter

Dexter is an American crime drama set in Miami, following forensic technician Dexter Morgan. He leads a double life as a...

Psychological Family Drama Police Procedural Thriller

8.5 Great

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Cracker

Cracker is a British crime drama centered on Dr. Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a criminal psychologist collaborating with th...

Police Procedural 1990S United Kingdom Dark Drama

8.4 Great

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Unforgotten on Masterpiece

Unforgotten is a British television drama focusing on London’s Metropolitan Police investigating historical murders and...

Detective Mystery Police Procedural Dark Crime

8.4 Great

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Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes explores crime investigation through the lens of time travel. Detective Inspector Joe Martin investigates...

Time Travel Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Thriller

8.3 Great

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Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse is a British television drama spanning thirty-three two-hour episodes, broadcast from 1987 to 2000. The...

Classic Intellectual Mystery Police Procedural

8.2 Great

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Vera

Vera is a British television drama series based on Ann Cleeves’ novels. The show centers around Detective Chief Inspecto...

Character Driven Mystery British Police Procedural

8.1 Great

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Inspector George Gently

Inspector George Gently is a British crime drama set in the 1960s, focusing on the work of Inspector Gently and his team...

Classic Crime Police Procedural 60S

8.1 Great

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Wallander

Wallander is a British television series adapted from Swedish novels by Henning Mankell featuring Kenneth Branagh as Kur...

Mystery Crime British Police Procedural

8.0 Great

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Department Q

Department Q is a British crime drama television series based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. The show follows Detective...

Netflix Mystery Crime Psychological Thriller

7.6 Good

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Marcella

Marcella is a British television series focusing on Detective Inspector Marcella invited back to London’s Metropolitan P...

Mystery Psychological Thriller Mature Audience Female Lead

7.4 Good

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Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe is a British crime drama series adapted from Reginald Hill’s novels. The show centers around two dete...

Classic Crime Dark Comedy Police Procedural Investigative

7.4 Good

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Profiler

Profiler was an American crime drama broadcast on NBC from 1996-2000. The show centered on an FBI Violent Crimes Task Fo...

Crime Police Procedural Psychological Thriller 1990S

7.2 Good

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Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole

Detective Hole is a Nordic-noir television series adapting Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole novels. It follows Oslo police investig...

Nordic Suspenseful Dark Crime United States

7.2 Good