Best tv shows like Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
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Plot Summary:
If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the assistance of young student Doyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, detective, period drama
Best tv shows and movies like Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000):
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Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Plot Summary:
A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Under the Skin (2022)
Plot Summary:
Once a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, young artist Shen Yi had all of the skills required to become a great painter. But when an impromptu commission lands Shen Yi in the middle of a police case gone wrong, his entire life gets flipped upside down. Seven years later, Shen Yi hopes he can find a way to make amends by taking a job as the Criminal Investigation Unit’s new portraitist. As the long-time friend of the officer killed in the incident involving Shen Yi, Captain Du Cheng is anything but welcoming when Shen Yi joins the team. Laying heavy blame on the artist for the death of his friend, Du Cheng refuses to accept Shen Yi and as such, does everything he can to make his life miserable. Working together to solve cases, Du Cheng and Shen Yi find themselves becoming a formidable force. But will the combined skill of this duo be enough to solve the mystery which still surrounds the death of Du Cheng’s oldest friend?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Agatha Christie's Hjerson (2021)
Plot Summary:
Swedish murder investigator Sven Hjerson forms an unexpected detective duo with stubborn TV producer Klara after several years of isolation. Will she also manage to recruit him for her new TV show?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Germany, Finland, UK
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Night and Day (2016)
Plot Summary:
Working on a series of harrowing cases, forensic pathologist, Sara Grau, finds the key to a case in which she has unwittingly become a prime target. Sophisticated Spanish crime thriller.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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The Murdoch Mysteries (2004)
Plot Summary:
In 1890s Canada, a police inspector applies the latest scientific methods of deduction, much to the chagrin of his superiors.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating
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Art of Crime (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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The City and The City (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mind bending, detective, neo noir, tense, captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, dystopian
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Jack Irish (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Houdini and Doyle (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, intellectual, enigmatic, detective, period drama, detective series
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Hassel (2017)
Plot Summary:
Detective Roland Hassel's father figure and mentor, Yngve Ruda, is brutally murdered in the middle of the street. Devastated, Hassel decides to undertake his own covert investigation to find Ruda's killer and avenge him with the support of 'Triton', a special task force consisting of Hassel's most devoted co-workers. But Hassel's obsession with the case affects his family as well. As Hassel, his girlfriend Daniela and his 14-year-old stepdaughter Vida struggle to stay together as a real family they find themselves in a downward spiral taking them further and further into an abyss. Meanwhile, the evidence on Ruda's killer leads away from the street and up the corridors of power in Stockholm and Brussels. But Hassel's battle against crime and corruption knows no boundaries and he will stop at nothing.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, hardboiled detective, detective series
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Detective Chinatown (2020)
Plot Summary:
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, detective, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Barcelona Crime (2017)
Plot Summary:
With its expert and attractive crime squad run by these two, Barcelona can be proud of its homicide team: Xavi, independent, impulsive, enigmatic, with a well-functioning network of contacts on the city‘s dark side; and his charming partner Fina, a single mother and self-confident beauty. They‘re never far behind the plotters and schemers who prefer to do their dark dealings after sunset. Their cases take them throughout the Catalan metropolis – out to its suburbs and deep into the heart of the medieval city. With puzzling mysteries waiting to be solved, Xavi and Fina have lots to do before crimes are mercilessly stopped.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Murder in Suburbia (2004)
Plot Summary:
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, rough, detective, tense, crime drama, captivating, suspense, mind bending, serious
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Wilder (2017)
Plot Summary:
A detective returns to his home town in the Swiss mountains to remember her brother who died in an accident many years ago along with several other children. After a murder in town, she stays and starts to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Survivor (2018)
Plot Summary:
龙番市发生连环杀人案,死者均为女性,尸体无一例外的丢失了身体的某一部位。警法五人组不断穿梭于各大案发现场和解剖室中,寻找背后真相。暗黑的屋子,诡异的灯光,整齐摆放的透明玻璃罐里装的竟然是丢失的心脏!接二连三的命案,迷雾重重的案情,秦明将如何为逝者代言,讲述真相?面对不断杀人的凶手,最后的幸存者到底是谁?让秦明自责没有抓到的凶手和本案是否有关联?隐藏在死者身上的十字架和最后那句“十年前那个人回来了”究竟代表了什么?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Marnow Murders (2021)
Plot Summary:
The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently made some powerful enemies that will do everything in their power to keep the truth from coming to light. The further along with their investigation Frank Elling, a devoted husband and father, and the aloof Lona Mendt get, the bigger the obstacles become.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Circle (2017)
Plot Summary:
A special team of four is established by the Istanbul Police Department. The team has all kinds of different talents. These four people, who have experienced many things in their past, start working together to solve grisly murders.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Motive (2013)
Plot Summary:
A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an unconventional way to watch a crime unfold. Each episode begins by revealing to the audience, not only the victim, but the killer as well. The homicide detective then begins to piece together clues. How did they do it? How are the victim and killer connected? What's the motive? As the mystery unfolds, the audience navigates the twisted and complicated maze of each murder and solves the puzzle alongside Det. Flynn and her team.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
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Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2016)
Plot Summary:
Medical examiner Qin Ming, together with his assistant and a police detective, solves crimes with his expertise.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 33 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dorama
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The Level (2016)
Plot Summary:
A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police and the killer are searching for.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense
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Dalgliesh (2021)
Plot Summary:
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama
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Dry Water (2020)
Plot Summary:
Paulo Duarte dies. An apparent suicide that does not convince anyone - neither the police nor his sister Teresa, who decides to leave her life in Lisbon to find out what really happened to her brother. Teresa is not mistaken and Paul's death hides much more than it seems - an arms trafficking network led by Mauro Galdón, Teresa's successful businessman and godfather. The unexpected death of her brother causes Teresa to see her life change suddenly. Unable to wait for the results of the investigation, he moves from Lisbon to Vigo, to work at his brother's old company and investigate what happened to him. The events led to months of coordinated investigation between the judicial police of Spain and Portugal, under the watchful eye of Interpol.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Blutige Anfänger (2020)
Plot Summary:
Praxissemester an der Polizeifachhochschule Halle/Saale: Endlich raus aus den Seminarräumen und rein in's echte Leben - was für die Studenten bedeutetet: echte Mordfälle. Mit Unterstützung ihrer Ausbilder in der Mordkommission werden sie diese lösen müssen. Dabei schießen die Anfänger manches Mal über das Ziel hinaus, machen Fehler und müssen neu dazulernen auf ihrem Weg zu fertigen Kriminalbeamten. In jeder Folge wird zwischen Hochschule und wahrem Leben ein Fall seziert, diskutiert und gelöst, während auch private Verwicklungen der Studenten, Dozenten und Ausbilder nicht zu kurz kommen.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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The Man Who Smiled (2003)
Plot Summary:
An old friend of Kurt Wallander, solicitor Sten Torstensson, visits him one day to tell him that his father has passed away close to Brösarp under peculiar circumstances. Kurt does not take his friend's worry seriously. Shortly after, the friend is found brutally murdered and Wallander realises too late that he was wrong. In the hunt for the killer Wallander finds a conspiracy of crimes that leads him to a company that handles transplantations of human organs. Behind the company he finds the image of a man. An elegant and self-confident man who writes his own rules. But who is he? Who gives himself the right to judge over other people? Whose morals decide what is right and wrong? Kurt Wallander is not one of them. In "The man who smiled" he gets himself into crossfire of immorality, betrayal, lies and everything else a man will do to be loved.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Sea of Plastic (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional town of Campoamargo, set in an area of the province of Almería known as the "sea of plastic" due to the numerous greenhouses that cover it, and the interracial conflicts that arise in the greenhouses. The pilot episode aired on 22 September 2015 on simulcast in Antena 3, Neox, Nova and Mega.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, multicultural, detective
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Dublin Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Partners for Justice (2018)
Plot Summary:
Baek Beom has worked as a forensic doctor for 10 years. He has a bad personality, but he is excellent with his work. Baek Beom does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a warm heart. She has a bright personality and she comes from wealth family background. The forensic doctor and prosecutor work together to solve cases.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, detective
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Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa (2016)
Plot Summary:
Criminologist Himura Hideo gets so much pleasure out of being in crime scenes that he's even confessed to having wanted to kill someone. Constantly seeking out the ultimate crime, he is indeed a man with quite a few issues. Mystery writer Arisugawa Arisu, on the other hand, keeps a close eye on Himura's investigations and writes about them but at times completely misses the point. Not at all the type of guy you'd call dependable, Arisugawa nonetheless professes to be the protector of the clumsy Himura. Although these two men appear like they have no business being in crime scenes, they mitigate each other's shortcomings and use their compelling logic to unravel the elaborately woven tricks left behind by the criminals. It's almost as if Himura and Arisugawa use incredible magical powers to tease out unimaginable truths!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Chasing Shadows (2014)
Plot Summary:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, captivating, suspense
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Watson, finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, gothic, spiritual, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
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