Best Crime Series to Watch Now

Overview

In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman’s death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain — where nature obeys no rules but its own.

Cast

Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago, Wilson Bethel

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Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.

Cast

Nathan Fillion, Melissa O’Neil, Eric Winter, Alyssa Diaz, Mekia Cox

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A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh’s cold cases.

Cast

Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne

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Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the victims and their families.

Cast

Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field

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When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.

Cast

Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Eric Dane, Violett Beane, Uli Latukefu

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Power is up for grabs as the Harrigans and Stevensons, two warring London crime families, clash in a kill-or-be-killed battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. Caught in the crossfire is Harry Da Souza, the street-smart ‘fixer’ as dangerous as he is handsome, who knows too well where loyalties lie when opposing forces collide. As kingdom goes up against kingdom, lines will be crossed – and the only saving grace is a bet-your-life guarantee: family above everything.

Cast

Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver

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Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka, but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together there is trouble ahead.

Cast

Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch, Sam Heughan, Jessica De Gouw, Ioanna Kimbook

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Efemini, a down-on-his-luck everyman whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with an old friend. Forced by circumstance to suppress his principles and explore a life of cybercrime, he finds himself making ever-greater moral compromises to stay ahead of the consequences of his new choices and broadening tastes.

Director

Kemi Adetiba

Cast

Chidi Mokeme, Bucci Franklin, Bimbo Akintola, Ireti Doyle, Damilola Adegbite

Overview

Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.

Cast

Scott Ryan, Chika Yasumura, Brooke Satchwell, Jeremy Sims, Damon Herriman

Overview

Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.

Cast

Peter Krause, Angela Bassett, Oliver Stark, Kenneth Choi, Aisha Hinds

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When a 25-year-old murder in St Andrews becomes the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with heading up a review. Digging up the past, Karen uncovers fresh evidence and a potential perpetrator. But when suspects start coming under attack, the cold case turns into an active investigation. Can Karen find the killer before it’s too late?

Director

Gareth Bryn

Cast

Lauren Lyle, Emer Kenny, Chris Jenks, Zach Wyatt, Rakhee Thakrar

Duration

89 minutes

Overview

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

Cast

Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas

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In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Cast

Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Peter Scanavino, Octavio Pisano

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The search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for detective Annie Redford, who is trying to cope with her first murder case.

Cast

Laura Fraser, Siobhan Finneran, Don Gilet, John Sessions, Alastair Mackenzie

Duration

45 minutes

Overview

The members of a diverse vigilante group formed to boost the police’s image are put in jeopardy when they stumble upon an unexpected drug deal.

Cast

Santiago Korovsky, Daniel Hendler, Pilar Gamboa, Hernán Cuevas, Valeria Licciardi

Overview

The tranquility in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high stakes investigation unfolds.

Cast

Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin

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When an arson investigator begrudgingly teams up with a police detective, their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.

Cast

Taron Egerton, Jurnee Smollett, John Leguizamo, Rafe Spall, Greg Kinnear

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An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Eleanor Matsuura, Chukwudi Iwuji, Úrsula Corberó

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A woman who goes on maternity leave becomes increasingly paranoid about the motives of the person covering for her.

Director

Joe Ahearne

Cast

Neve McIntosh, Navin Chowdhry, Kim Allan, Gilly Gilchrist, Siobhan Redmond

Overview

Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But closure won’t come easy. When Miami Metro’s Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness in the city that never sleeps, they soon find themselves deeper than they ever imagined – and that the only way out is together.

Cast

Michael C. Hall, Jack Alcott, Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage, David Zayas