swap_horiz The Long Shadow Alternatives

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Adolescence

Adolescence is a 2025 British Netflix crime drama miniseries created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, noted for filmin...

Drama Netflix Crime 2020S

9.2 Excellent

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The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The People v. O. J. Simpson is a 2016 FX true-crime miniseries about the Simpson murder trial, winner of the Emmy for li...

Fx Crime True Story Legal

9.1 Excellent

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The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment is a 2023 British true-crime drama by Sarah Phelps, notable for its account of Peter Farquhar and...

Drama Crime True Story Bbc

8.5 Great

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Black Bird

Black Bird is a 2022 U.S. Apple TV+ miniseries based on James Keene's memoir about eliciting a confession from a suspect...

Crime True Story Apple Tv+ Prison

8.4 Great

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We Own This City

We Own This City is a 2022 HBO miniseries from David Simon and George Pelecanos, examining corruption in Baltimore's Gun...

Police Hbo Crime True Story

8.1 Great

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The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies is a 2014 ITV drama by Peter Morgan, notable for depicting the press vilificati...

Crime True Story Media 2010S

8.1 Great

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Quiz

Quiz is a 2020 British miniseries by James Graham, dramatizing the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? coughing scandal.

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.8 Good

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The Gold

The Gold is a British crime drama created by Neil Forsyth, notable for dramatizing the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery and its...

Crime True Story Bbc Heist

7.8 Good

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A Confession

A Confession is a 2019 ITV crime drama by Jeff Pope, notable for examining Detective Steve Fulcher's handling of the Sia...

Detective Crime True Story 2010S

7.6 Good

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Litvinenko

Litvinenko is a 2022 ITVX miniseries by George Kay, notable for David Tennant's portrayal of Alexander Litvinenko after...

Crime True Story Political 2020S

7.5 Good

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White House Farm

White House Farm is a 2020 ITV true-crime drama, notable for dramatizing the 1985 Bamber-Caffell family murders and the...

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.5 Good

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The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe is a 2022 ITV drama by Chris Lang, notable for dramatizing John Darwin's faked canoe d...

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.4 Good

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A Friend of the Family

A Friend of the Family is a 2022 Peacock true-crime miniseries about Jan Broberg's kidnappings by a family friend in 197...

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.3 Good

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The Reckoning

The Reckoning is a 2023 BBC docudrama by Neil McKay, notable for Steve Coogan's portrayal of Jimmy Savile and the crimes...

Crime True Story Bbc Biography

7.3 Good

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The Pembrokeshire Murders

The Pembrokeshire Murders is a 2021 ITV true-crime drama, notable for revisiting John Cooper's Welsh murder cases throug...

Detective Crime True Story 2020S

7.2 Good

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Deceit

Deceit is a 2021 Channel 4 drama by Emilia di Girolamo, notable for revisiting the undercover Lizzie James operation in...

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.2 Good

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Landscapers

Landscapers is a 2021 British miniseries starring Olivia Colman and David Thewlis, dramatizing the real murders committe...

Hbo Crime True Story Black Comedy

7.1 Good

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Welcome to Chippendales

Welcome to Chippendales is a 2022 U.S. Hulu miniseries about Chippendales founder Somen Banerjee and the nightclub empir...

Business Crime True Story Hulu

7.1 Good

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The Girl from Plainville

The Girl from Plainville is a 2022 U.S. Hulu miniseries dramatizing the Michelle Carter texting-suicide case in Massachu...

Crime True Story Legal Hulu

6.8 Fair

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Joan

Joan is a 2024 ITV crime miniseries by Anna Symon, notable for Sophie Turner's portrayal of real-life jewel thief Joan H...

Drama Crime Biography 2020S

6.6 Fair