swap_horiz Magnum P.I. Alternatives

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Philip Marlowe series (Raymond Chandler)

The Philip Marlowe series is a sequence of detective novels by American writer Raymond Chandler, centered on a private i...

Classic American Hard Boiled Noir

9.5 Brilliant

2

Sam Spade (Dashiell Hammett)

Sam Spade is a fictional private investigator created by American writer Dashiell Hammett. He is the central character o...

Classic American Hard Boiled Novel

9.5 Brilliant

3

Cluedo

Cluedo is a deduction board game created by Anthony E. Pratt and first released in the United Kingdom in 1949. Players i...

Classic Family Board Game Deduction

9.3 Excellent

4

Nero Wolfe series (Rex Stout)

The Nero Wolfe series is a collection of detective stories and novels by American writer Rex Stout, centered on Nero Wol...

Classic American Golden Age Armchair Detective

9.3 Excellent

5

Murder on the Orient Express (Novel)

Murder on the Orient Express is a 1934 detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian investigator Hercule Poi...

Classic Novel Agatha Christie 1934

9.2 Excellent

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Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (BBC)

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None is a three-part BBC television adaptation broadcast in 2015. It is based on Ag...

Classic TV Show British Bbc

8.7 Great

7

Kindaichi Case Files

The Kindaichi Case Files is a Japanese mystery manga series centered on Hajime Kindaichi, a high-school student and amat...

Anime Classic Japan Japanese

8.3 Great

8

Perry Mason series (Erle Stanley Gardner)

The Perry Mason series is a group of legal-detective novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, beginning with The Case of the Velv...

Classic American Legal Courtroom

8.2 Great

9

Spenser series (Robert B. Parker)

The Spenser series is a set of crime novels by Robert B. Parker featuring Spenser, a private investigator based in Bosto...

Classic American Boston Hard Boiled

8.2 Great

10

Forever (2014)

Forever is an American fantasy crime drama television series that premiered on ABC in 2014. Ioan Gruffudd plays Dr. Henr...

American Procedural Supernatural Abc

7.6 Good

11

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky is a British television comedy-drama and mystery series that ran from 1994 to 1997. Richard Griffiths pla...

Classic TV Show British Bbc

7.6 Good

12

Nancy Drew series

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Classic American Mystery Juvenile

7.5 Good

13

Quincy M.E.

Quincy M.E. is an American television mystery and medical drama that aired on NBC from 1976 to 1983. It centers on Dr. R...

Classic American TV Show Forensic

7.4 Good

14

Philo Vance series (S.S. Van Dine)

The Philo Vance series is a group of detective novels by S.S. Van Dine, beginning with The Benson Murder Case in 1926. P...

Classic American Golden Age Amateur

7.3 Good

15

Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a British crime drama series broadcast on BBC One from 2001 to 2008. It follows Detect...

Classic Drama TV Show British

7.1 Good

16

NUMB3RS

NUMB3RS is an American crime drama television series broadcast by CBS from 2005 to 2010 for six seasons. It centers on F...

Procedural Cbs TV Show 2000S

6.9 Fair

17

The Hardy Boys series

The Hardy Boys series is a juvenile mystery series about brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, who investigate crimes and unexpl...

Classic American Mystery Juvenile

6.8 Fair

18

Charlie Chan series (Earl Derr Biggers)

The Charlie Chan series is a sequence of detective novels created by American author Earl Derr Biggers. It follows Charl...

Classic American Detective Golden Age

6.8 Fair

19

A Caribbean Mystery (1983 TV)

A Caribbean Mystery is a 1983 made-for-television mystery film based on Agatha Christie's 1964 novel. Helen Hayes plays...

Classic TV Show British Bbc

6.7 Fair

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Diagnosis Murder

Diagnosis: Murder is an American television mystery series that aired on CBS from 1993 to 2001. Dick Van Dyke stars as D...

Classic Cbs TV Show 1990S

6.5 Fair