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Dear Child
Dear Child may be tackling difficult themes, including sexual violence and domestic abuse, but it’s not hard to watch at…
Task
From the creators of HBO’s Mare of Easttown comes Task, a gritty crime drama that follows two men —one cop…
Black Doves
I would be okay if Black Doves was just a straightforward spy thriller; Knightley and Whishaw have enough charm, enigma,…
PLUTO
Reimagining a children’s classic as a mature serial killer mystery, PLUTO already had high expectations for its anime adaptation. The…
Paradise
You’ll have to trust us on this: it’s best to know absolutely nothing about this show before you start watching.…
Death by Lightning
Out of all the presidents in American history, you’ll be hard pressed to remember James A. Garfield. That’s because the…
The Whistleblower (2010)
Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is the biography of a once Nebraskan police officer who volunteers for the U.N. peacekeeping…
Plainclothes (2025)
The strength of Plainclothes is the way it captures a memory. Fitting, for a film primarily set on New Year’s…
Black Snow
Black Snow has the sleek style of a modern murder mystery, but its concern with Australia’s colonial past that sets…
A Man on the Inside
Man on the Inside may be a detective show, but at its core, it’s a series about the beauty and…
MobLand
It’s easy to feel like you’ll know exactly what you’ll get once you see stills from Guy Ritchie’s MobLand, which…
Vigil
Vigil is a murder mystery/political thriller set in the depths of British waters, particularly in the nuclear-powered missile submarine HMS…
The Good Mothers
With years of films depicting Italian crime syndicates, most focus on their leaders – the Dons, the Capos, and the…
Your Friends & Neighbors
It’s always fascinating to see how the ultra-rich live, but it’s even more fun to see them ruin themselves with…
Swarm
Created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover (Atlanta), Swarm is a dark and bloody deep dive into fan culture. It…
Griselda
With the success of Narcos, Netflix has created multiple shows about drugs in Latin America to the point that the…
Ballard
Based on the books by Michael Connelly (Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer), Ballard is about the titular LAPD detective (Maggie Q)…
Master Gardener (2023)
As the third instalment in Paul Schrader’s “man in a room” trilogy after First Reformed (2017) and The Card Counter…
Will Trent
Will Trent is a crime procedural that tackles a new mystery every few episodes. It doesn’t differ from other detective…
Ponies
Ponies is a fun ride. Centered on two widows who lost their CIA husbands, the unexpected spy series puts their…
Cross
At an hour each episode, Cross isn’t exactly an easy watch. It might be extra hard to stomach if you’re…
To Leslie (2022)
To Leslie follows the eponymous Leslie (Andrea Riseborough), a Southern woman who finds herself at the bottom of the barrel…
Goliath
Produced by David E. Kelley, one of the most prolific TV writer-producers and the mastermind behind Boston Legal, Picket Fences,…
Poacher
In Poacher, two passionate but low-level wildlife preservers are tasked to bring down a massive crime ring that murders elephants…
Long Bright River
Set in a high-crime neighborhood in Philadelphia, the series follows Mickey (Seyfried), a cop in search of her missing sister…
All Her Fault
When a mix-up in the school pick-up line turns out to be a kidnapping, it’s the beginning of the nightmare…
Dark Winds
Even without doing the important and long overdue work of uplifting Native American voices, Dark Winds manages to be an…
Big Mistakes
When a petty theft leads to a never-ending list of favors the leads have to fulfill for a gangster, this…
The Secret Agent (2025)
From 1964-1985, Brazil was under a military dictatorship. If you’re looking for films about this period of time, you can…
Ludwig
Ludwig is a classic whodunnit with an interesting twist—the detective solving murder mysteries isn’t a cool genius like Sherlock or…
Steal
As financial systems update for the digital age, so do the related crimes. This crime thriller series starts out with…
Not Me
After years of separation, White returns to Thailand and disguises himself as his twin brother Black to investigate who attacked…
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