Detective series melodramas

List of the best detective series in the genre of romance, selected by visitors to our site: The Ripper, Babylon Berlin, Secret Garden, The Package, Tale of the Nine Tailed, You Are the One, Falling Into Your Smile, The Heirs, Dream High, Krik sovy.

In the top there are new series of 2023, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredocumentary, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

For five years, between 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryGermany
Duration01:11

Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

A wealthy man and a poor stunt girl fall in love. But things get complicated when their souls become inexplicably swapped and dark secrets surface.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genremelodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:25

Yoon So-So works as a travel guide in France. She leads a group of tourists on a package tour. The travelers all have their own stories. San Ma-Roo joined the tour after being dumped by his girlfriend. Kim Gyung-Jae has been dating for the past 10 years. A mysterious man seems to follow Yoon So-So. Jung Yeon-Sung joined the package tour with a partner, but he will not reveal what kind of relationship they are in. Han So-Ran is a web designer and agonizes over staying single or marriage. Oh Gab-Soo is extremely stubborn. Han Book-Ja spent most of her life taking care of her husband. Na Hyun is a woman whom other people cannot guess her age.They all do not want to become involved in each other's personal lives, but, while they travel together, they become closer and develop relationships.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

An urban dark fantasy drama about a gumiho who settles into the city and a producer who is after it.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
CountryArgentina
Duration00:43

You are the one is a 2006 Argentine romantic comedy television series starring Facundo Arana and Natalia Oreiro, directed by Rodolfo Antúnez and Jorge Bechara and broadcast by El Trece between January 16, 2006 and January 9, 2007. During its broadcast its overall rating averaged 26.9 points. It was written by Ernesto Korovsky and Sebastian Parrotta, and won four Martín Fierro Awards and three Clarín Awards.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genremelodrama
CountryChina

Student Tong Yao makes two vows: to never be in a relationship with someone in the same field and to make up for the Chinese League of Legends. When Tong Yao earns her spot as the first formal female player in China's professional league, she catches the attention of an elite team captain. Facing doubts and inconveniences, she meets each challenge with her own persistence and her teammates' support. After much effort, what will become of her vows? Will she stand on the world stage to make up for six years of regret? Will she avoid a romantic entanglement within the e-sports world? Adapted from the novel You're Beautiful When You Smile by Qing Mei.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan is heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sung, who's arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée Rachel Yoo arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel's half-brother Choi Young Do develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy?

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, music
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:05

Dream High is a South Korean television series broadcast by KBS in 2011. It features miss A's Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, T-ara's Eunjung, IU and 2PM. The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in viewership ratings in the 18 to 20 percent range during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended. Its sequel Dream High Season 2 aired a year later with a different cast.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecrime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:50

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Markimdb: 8.5
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:15

Hwang Shi-Mok had brain surgery when he was a child, which caused him to lack emotion. Now, Hwang Shi-Mok works as a prosecutor. He is rational, but cold and lonely. He is also one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. One day, a dead body is thrown in front of him. He meets Police Lieutenant Han Yeo-Jin at a murder crime scene. They work together to eradicate corruption at the prosecutor's office and solve a serial murder case.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration16:00

Jang Jae-yeol is a writer of bestselling mystery novels and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Ji Hae-soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship. Driven and ambitious with her career yet compassionate towards her patients, Hae-soo has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her personal life. Once Jae-yeol and Hae-soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love and they begin to learn how compatible they are. Jae-yeol and Hae-soo attempt to heal each other's deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae-yeol's mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Tak Dong Kyung lives a fairly ordinary life until she stumbles into an unexpected fate and ends up signing a hundred-day contract with Myul Mang, risking her everything.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
CountryRussia

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Markimdb: 8.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration10:30

Liquidation is a highly popular Russian television series, which parallels the famous The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed with notable ethical shift. In the "Meeting Place", chief of criminal investigations Gleb Zheglov had a modus operandi "Thief must go to prison, no matter how I put him there". In Liquidation, chief of criminal investigations David Gotsman's motto has changed to "Thief must go to prison, but lawfully so". The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Vladimir Mashkov and Konstantin Lavronenko. Sergei Makovetsky had to replace Andrey Krasko, who died of heart attack during the filming.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySoviet Union
Duration04:18

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:00

A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:45

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Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

No Go Jin is the most popular mathematics instructor in the private education field and the CEO of GOTOP Education. Even though he has only a high school level education, he has achieved all of his success due to his extreme intelligence. He seems like a perfect man with a handsome appearance, high IQ, and wealth. He is also narcissistic. One day, he is suddenly warned that he will be murdered.Lee Shin A works as No Go Jin’s secretary. She is a diligent and responsible employee. Due to her quiet and introverted personality, she has little presence with her boss No Go Jin and her colleagues at work. Her colleagues begin to recognize her, because she has worked for the notorious No Go Jin for more than 1 year. She then learns that she does not have much time left to live.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, detective, history
CountryUnited Kingdom

London widow Cora Seaborne moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms an unlikely bond with the village vicar, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountrySouth Korea

The dreams of two young people are crushed by an overwhelming financial crisis in the 1990s. But when they reunite at the ages of 25 and 21, the spirited pair finds friendship and affection in times of adversity as they venture into adulthood together.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

An ordinary office worker disguises herself and goes on a blind date with her attractive boss in the place of her friend to end this unwanted marriage blind date after her request.

Markimdb: 8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryBrazil

An obsessive passion places mother and daughter in a dangerous love triangle.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Canada

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. Steed's most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, and later Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:05

A story that revolves around five aristocratic families, set during the reign of Alexander I, and centered on the love triangle between Natasha Rostova, Pierre Bezukhov, and Andrei Bolkonsky.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea

Set in a fictional country called Daeho, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredocumentary, crime, detective, history
CountryUSA

In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genremelodrama, reality TV, game
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

On the shores of paradise, gorgeous singles meet and mingle. But there's a twist. To win a $100,000 grand prize, they'll have to give up sex.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, cartoon, short
CountryUSA

A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, detective
CountrySerbia

Investigating the bloody massacre in the far away village, inspector Petar finds himself at the centre of a conflict with the forces of darkness.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

Former childhood best friends reconnect as adults and try to get past the rift that led to their falling out.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:04

Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:44

High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration00:43

In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredocumentary, crime, detective, biography
CountryGermany

After Birgit Meier vanishes in 1989, police missteps plague the case for years. But her brother never wavers in his tireless quest to find the truth.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

DI Humphrey Goodman takes up post in Devon. But with a high crime rate, maybe things will be louder than expected.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, detective
CountrySerbia

The clash between the two families in the small town hides a secret kept for decades. It is time to resolve it.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.

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