Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.
Mark | imdb: 8.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:00 |
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 07:20 |
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography, history |
Country | France, Germany |
Duration | 05:34 |
Carlos is a French-German television and cinema biographical film from 2010, about the life of the 1970s international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, from his first series of attacks in 1973 until his arrest in 1994. It premiered as a three-part TV mini-series on French pay channel Canal+, with the three parts airing on 19 May, May 26 and June 2, 2010. On the same day it premiered on Canal+, the full 5½ hour version was also shown out of competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Daniel Leconte of French production company Film En Stock and Jens Meuer of German production company Egoli Tossell Film, in association with Canal+ and French Arte, it was directed by Olivier Assayas from a screenplay by Leconte, Assayas and Dan Franck, and stars Édgar Ramírez as Carlos. The film exists both as a three-part mini-series and a feature film of various lengths between 338 and 319 minutes, but also in several abridged versions, from 187 minutes down to 166 minutes. Classified as a theatrical film as well as a TV film/TV mini-series, Carlos has been awarded both theatrical awards and TV awards; among them the 2010 Golden Globe award for the 'Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television', the 2010 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director, the National Society of Film Critics 2010 award for Best Director, the New York Film Critics Circle 2010 award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2010 European Film Award for Best Editor, the 2010 Critics Award for Best Film at the São Paulo International Film Festival, and Édgar Ramírez won the 2010 César Award for Most Promising Actor.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain |
Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different approaches, the sleuths form a perfect complementary partnership as they seek to solve a new crime on the island each week.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:11 |
A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 00:41 |
In London, the life of Jean, a troubled crime scene cleaner, is turned upside down when his outlaw brother Martin crash lands into his world, entangling them in the deadly dynamics of organized crime.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:31 |
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:40 |
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Jonathan Creek follows the story of Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist. Like most journalists, she sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted, but this is what makes her such a great journalist! While writing a piece about the death of a prominent artist, she happens across a man named Jonathan Creek. Jonathan makes a living inventing magical tricks for magician Adam Klaus, and has a brilliantly lateral mind.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 01:00 |
The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel, at the midpoint between France and the UK. They later learn that the killer—who comes to be nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist"—is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden deaths in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep, a drink, a smoke, good food, a woman: With one woman in particular – his adoptive brother's wife Sarah and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke's life.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:09 |
In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | comedy, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:35 |
London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR department just as an outbreak of violence erupts.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:43 |
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
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.
Mark | imdb: 8.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 00:55 |
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, crime, history |
Country | USA, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Canada |
Duration | 00:55 |
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:31 |
Detective dramas featuring private investigator Cormoran Strike based on the novels by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling's pen name).
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 05:00 |
On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal system.Reluctantly, he is drawn into a case that involves his old friend Martin Newall who faces conspiracy and murder charges while at the same time being investigated by a vicious and vengeful detective DS Mark Wenborn.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:30 |
Danny is a gregarious, hedonistic romantic who gets drawn into the dangerous world of British espionage in this contemporary, emotional thriller. He falls for the anti-social but enigmatic Alex, both from opposite worlds, and they soon realise they’re perfect for each other. But when Alex suddenly disappears, Danny is utterly ill-equipped to take on his complex and codified world. Young, innocent and adrift he needs to decide whether he’s prepared to fight for the truth?
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:43 |
In Overton, a remote little village in the English countryside, the townsfolk have two interests which are farming and racehorses. Life there seems simple but the village teens resort to playing chicken over razor-sharp blades spinning atop farm silos and other dangerous games to kill their boredom.Then, quite suddenly, life in Overton becomes a lot less boring. Another, much more literal type of killing is revealed when someone finds the body of a local teen under the wheels of a tractor. Now a murder investigation will bring to light all those secrets this close-knit community has been hiding, and life in Overton will never be the same.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:52 |
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Mark | imdb: 8.8 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:00 |
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, Italy, Germany |
Duration | 04:30 |
Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.
Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:30 |
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | action, drama, crime |
Country | France, Germany, Belgium, USA |
Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our global safety. As Europe has become a "safe house" for criminals eluding law enforcers, a special kind of law enforcement team is needed to handle specific ongoing crimes on a global level. "Crossing Lines" is the story of one such team, made up of five international cops, headed by Captain Daniel. The team - comprised of individuals who have little in common - must learn to live and work under the most dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. Housed in an unused storage section underneath the ICC, this mismatched team faces bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while traversing continents in pursuit of justice.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family, and the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:43 |
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:33 |
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 03:00 |
8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | action, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
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.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:00 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | action, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 01:31 |
The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the stolen diamonds whatever the cost. Also in pursuit is French-Algerian policeman Khalil.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:29 |
A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the secrets will also affect the personal lives of both Sunny and Cassie.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:59 |
A noir thriller with diverse individuals whose worlds become interwoven after the murder of drug baron Harvey Wratten. From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its shocking climax The Shadow Line explores the morality of these characters as they negotiate the repercussions of Wratten's death and attempt to navigate the fine line between right and wrong. As the thread around Wratten's operation begins to unravel, the web of intrigue becomes more complex and the question of which side of the line they stand on becomes increasingly blurred. An intelligent and gripping conspiracy thriller that delves to the heart of human morality, The Shadow Line will have audiences enthralled over six taut and thrilling episodes. Faced with similar dilemmas, on which side of the line would you stand?
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Canada |
A North American spin-off of the hit U.K. television series, Primeval: New World follows a specialized team of animal experts and scientists that investigates the appearance of temporal anomalies and battles both prehistoric and futuristic creatures.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | comedy, drama, adventure, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
When strange young misfit Kim Noakes was just a little girl, her father died in murky circumstances and her mother Tina whisked her away to a remote rural life of seclusion and bizarre survival techniques. Now all grown up, Kim sets out into the real world for the first time to begin a secret mission of honouring her father’s memory.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
A web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the people closest to him.