British thriller & detective series
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1. Utopia (I) (2013–2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.
Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 51,177
2. Sherlock (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves
Votes: 999,289
3. The Fall (I) (2013–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
Stars: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, John Lynch, Aisling Franciosi
Votes: 119,716
4. Killing Eve (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia
Votes: 135,313
5. Life on Mars (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 959 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a near-fatal car accident, smart, savvy, sharp-suited detective Sam is mysteriously transported back to 1973. Confused by his new surroundings, Sam tries to return to the present, but the police force of long ago needs his help.
Stars: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews
Votes: 32,439
6. Luther (2010–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown
Votes: 154,395
7. A Confession (2019)
TV-PG | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
DSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Stars: Martin Freeman, Siobhan Finneran, Imelda Staunton, Peter Wight
Votes: 10,051
8. Happy Valley (2014–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah
Votes: 64,644
9. Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010)
TV-MA | 1,320 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
After being shot in 2008 while investigating DCI Sam Tyler, DI Alex Drake wakes up in 1981.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster
Votes: 11,078
10. Guilt (2019–2023)
660 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two brothers accidentally run over and kill an old man. They cover their tracks, but their lives start to fall apart when neighbors and relatives of the dead doubt the way he died.
Stars: Mark Bonnar, Emun Elliott, Henry Pettigrew, Jamie Sives
Votes: 5,366
11. The Missing (2014–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.
Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Anastasia Hille, James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 30,249
12. Broadchurch (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 1,143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan
Votes: 127,357
13. And Then There Were None (2015)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Stars: Maeve Dermody, Charles Dance, Toby Stephens, Burn Gorman
Votes: 43,881
14. The Tourist (2022–2024)
TV-MA | 693 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Greg Larsen, Victoria Haralabidou
Votes: 29,487
15. The Victim (2019– )
Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother seeks the whereabouts of her son's killer after he is released from prison, unleashing a series of events that surface tragic memories and unexpected consequences.
Stars: Kelly Macdonald, James Harkness, Jamie Sives, John Scougall
Votes: 6,984
16. Vigil (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Orla Russell
Votes: 27,943
17. Bodyguard (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Troubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.
Stars: Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Ash Tandon
Votes: 147,989
18. Cheat (2019)
Not Rated | 181 min | Thriller
Centered around a dangerous relationship between university professor Leah and her student, Rose. After a series of events take place, things escalate between the two leading to fatal consequences.
Stars: Katherine Kelly, Molly Windsor, Tom Goodman-Hill, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 3,558
19. Thirteen (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
26-year-old Ivy Moxam steps out of an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, on an ordinary day. Ivy hasn't been seen for thirteen years; she was kidnapped in 2003 at the age of thirteen.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Valene Kane, Richard Rankin, Natasha Little
Votes: 9,173
20. Liar (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
British psychological thriller in which schoolteacher Laura Nielson accuses renowned surgeon Andrew Earlham of rape.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Ioan Gruffudd, Zoë Tapper, Danny Webb
Votes: 11,305
21. Showtrial (2021–2024)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following high profile murder cases through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts.
Stars: Celine Buckens, Joseph Payne, Kerr Logan, Tracy Ifeachor
Votes: 4,599
22. Time (2021– )
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Eric is a prison officer who tries to protect those in his charge. When one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice between his principles and his love for his family.
Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Sean Bean, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Graham
Votes: 27,264
23. Code of a Killer (2015)
65 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.
Stars: John Simm, Anna Madeley, David Threlfall, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,727
24. Deadwater Fell (2020)
46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Stars: David Tennant, Cush Jumbo, Matthew McNulty, Bradley Connell
Votes: 9,759
25. Dublin Murders (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the Dublin Murder Squad, Garda detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox investigate murder cases that tap into Ireland's past and also touch on their own personal lives.
Stars: Sarah Greene, Killian Scott, Michael D'Arcy, Eugene O'Hare
Votes: 12,015
26. Innocent (2018–2021)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After having their conviction overturned, people wrongly accused of murder rebuild their lives while the police hunt the true culprit.
Stars: Lee Ingleby, Daniel Ryan, Adrian Rawlins, Hermione Norris
Votes: 5,601
27. Line of Duty (2012–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson
Votes: 70,251
28. London Spy (2015– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them is found murdered.
Stars: Ben Whishaw, Edward Holcroft, Jim Broadbent, Zrinka Cvitesic
Votes: 10,394
29. Marcella (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Marcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.
Stars: Anna Friel, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 37,278
30. Behind Her Eyes (2021)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
It follows Louise, a single mum with a son and a part-time job in a psychiatrist's office. She begins an affair with her boss and strikes up an unlikely friendship with his wife.
Stars: Simona Brown, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, Robert Aramayo
Votes: 75,164
31. Safe (2018)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon begins uncovering dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington, Marc Warren, Hannah Arterton
Votes: 52,214
32. The Bay (2019– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police in the Morecambe Bay area in Lancashire investigate missing persons and suspicious deaths.
Stars: Daniel Ryan, Erin Shanagher, Andrew Dowbiggin, Thomas Law
Votes: 11,317
33. The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014)
TV-14 | 314 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
Stars: Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Sophie Rundle, Anna Maxwell Martin
Votes: 14,046
34. The Cry (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman crumbles after her baby disappears. Though the public is quick to place blame, the truth proves to be more complex.
Stars: Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie, Asher Keddie, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 5,659
35. The Girl Before (2021)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman falls for an architect and gets an eerie premonition about his house, when she finds out that another woman died there.
Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Plummer, Ben Hardy
Votes: 5,639
36. The Tower (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a long-serving cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block, Detective Sarah Collins investigates the dark heart of policing.
Stars: Gemma Whelan, Emmett J Scanlan, Tahirah Sharif, Jimmy Akingbola
Votes: 6,084
37. The Guilty (2013)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Lives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a four-year-old boy goes missing during a neighbourhood barbecue.
Stars: Darren Boyd, Tamsin Greig, Katherine Kelly, Arsher Ali
Votes: 1,187
38. The Moorside (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Sian Brooke, Faye McKeever, John Dagleish
Votes: 3,066
39. The Nest (2020)
R | 60 min | Thriller
A teenage girl in Glasgow agrees to carry a baby for couple Dan and Emily.
Stars: Sophie Rundle, Martin Compston, Christine Bottomley, Katie Leung
Votes: 4,474
40. The Replacement (2017)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman about to begin her maternity leave from work begins to suspect that her replacement is plotting to take over her life.
Stars: Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin, Dougray Scott
Votes: 3,015
41. Stay Close (2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past.
Stars: Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage, Sarah Parish
Votes: 37,584
42. The Stranger (I) (2020– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The secrets and lies of suburban families are made public by the appearance of a stranger.
Stars: Richard Armitage, Hannah John-Kamen, Siobhan Finneran, Jacob Dudman
Votes: 61,052
43. The Tunnel (2013–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the U.K. and France, and two agents must work together on behalf of their respective countries to find the murderer.
Stars: Stephen Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Cédric Vieira, Angel Coulby
Votes: 10,664
44. Too Close (2021)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A forensic psychiatrist must assess a woman accused of a heinous crime who claims she can't remember a thing.
Stars: Emily Watson, Denise Gough, Thalissa Teixeira, Karl Johnson
Votes: 4,092
45. Unforgotten (2015– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jordan Long, Carolina Main, Nicola Walker
Votes: 30,539
46. What Remains (2013)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young couple move into an apartment only to find the body of a young woman that had been missing for 2 years but never registered as missing which leads to a deeper investigation into what actually happened.
Stars: Alexander Arnold, David Bamber, Claudie Blakley, Denise Gough
Votes: 4,177
47. You Don't Know Me (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A young man stands accused of murder. The evidence is overwhelming. But at his trial, this man tells an extraordinary story.
Stars: Samuel Adewunmi, Badria Timimi, Yetunde Oduwole, Bukky Bakray
Votes: 7,855
48. Angela Black (2021)
TV-14 | 298 min | Drama
Trapped in a relationship she cannot escape, Angela is approached out of the blue by Ed, a private investigator, who spills her husband's darkest secrets.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Michiel Huisman, Samuel Adewunmi, Seth Stokes
Votes: 3,853
49. Close to Me (2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Jo Harding is a woman who has a perfect life with her partner until a fall erases an entire year from her memory. As she struggles to piece events together, Jo discovers that her life was in fact far from perfect.
Stars: Connie Nielsen, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Taylor, Rosy McEwen
Votes: 2,261
50. Hidden (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police investigate when the body of a girl is found in a lake.
Stars: Sian Reese-Williams, Sion Alun Davies, Victoria Pugh, Sarah Tempest
Votes: 5,580
51. Anatomy of a Scandal (2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A sexual consent scandal amongst British privileged elite and the women caught up in its wake.
Stars: Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery, Rupert Friend, Sebastian Selwood
Votes: 36,170
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