20 best shows like Sherlock (2010)

List of the best shows and series like Sherlock (2010): The Mentalist, True Detective, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, The Misfit of Demon King Academy, Supernatural, The Innocent, Invisible City, Lupin, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Who Killed Sara?.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, crime, detective
CountryUSA

An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were descendants who became too weak after being accustomed to peace, and all sorts of magic that deteriorated to the extreme. Anos enters Demon King Academy that gathers and educates those who are viewed as the reincarnation of the Demon King, but the academy could not see through his true powers and ends up branding him as a misfit.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration00:43

    When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySpain

    An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryBrazil

    An environmental police officer uncovers a hidden world of mythological entities from Brazilian folklore when he finds a connection between the mysterious appearance of a dead river dolphin on a Rio de Janeiro beach and the death of his beloved wife.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, USA

    Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryMexico

    Hell-bent on exacting revenge and proving he was framed for his sister's murder, Álex sets out to unearth much more than the crime's real culprit.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryPoland, USA

    Paul Copeland is looking to solve the murder of his sister back in 1994.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    The story of Ben Clemens, who after 32 years as a border patrol agent is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of the United States. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question his black and white views of the world, challenging his ideology and his loyalties.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    When tough-acting loner paramedic Maleek is paired with over-friendly divorcee Wendy, their partnership looks dead on arrival. But pretty soon they're giving each other life support.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:33

    Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, a body washes ashore and is discovered by an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer, Jackie Quinones, who is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryUnited 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.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    The terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a flourishing Dallas neurosurgeon whose patients suddenly begin becoming permanently maimed or dead. As victims piled up, two fellow physicians set out to stop him.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantastic, comedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Explore the intoxication of sexual attraction, the dangerous power of emotional manipulation, and how finding a volatile form of solace in another can have dire consequences as two conflicted coppers track down a pair of deadly killers.

    Markimdb: 9.2
    Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:22

    Rick is a mentally-unbalanced but scientifically-gifted old man who has recently reconnected with his family. He spends most of his time involving his young grandson Morty in dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout space and alternate universes. Compounded with Morty's already unstable family life, these events cause Morty much distress at home and school.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    A tight-knit group of teens unearths a long-buried secret, setting off a chain of illicit events that takes them on an adventure they'll never forget.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom

    After being implicated in a deadly scandal, a trader at a leading London bank fights to clear his name, but instead uncovers an intercontinental conspiracy masterminded by powerful forces operating in the shadows.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySpain, Japan

    Ten scientists trapped in a mobile science laboratory at the South Pole realize that one among them is a killer.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIndia

    Set in the backdrop of the mystical city of Varanasi, Asur follows Nikhil Nair, a forensic-expert-turned-teacher, who returns to his roots at the Central Bureau of Investigation, and along with his former mentor Dhananjay Rajpoot, finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a brutal serial killer. What follows is a blend of suspense, mythology and the murders of some people totally unrelated.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, adventure, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada

    Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Following the death of her son in a hit and run, all Frances Cairnes wants is to hunt down and kill the man she believes is responsible. When she finally tracks him down, she tricks her way into his house and plots his murder from within.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecrime, detective
    CountryAustria, Germany

    Eager to make his name in 19th-century Vienna, a hungry young Sigmund Freud joins a psychic and an inspector to solve a string of bloody mysteries.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A family’s lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecrime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecrime, detective
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom

    When Eliza Scarlet’s father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    After a list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman, one of the named people begins investigating and is drawn to the The Pale Horse, the home of a trio of rumored witches living in a small village. Word has it that the witches can do away with wealthy relatives using dark arts.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryRussia

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