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20 best shows like Shocker (1989)

List of the best shows and series like Shocker (1989): iZombie, Midwinter of the Spirit, Scream Queens, Supernatural, Bedlam, YOU, Mr. Robot, Kill la Kill, Marvel's The Punisher, The Following.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrehorror, comedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

Country vicar Merrily Watkins just happens to be one of the few women priests working as an exorcist. When a man is found murdered by crucifixion, the police, aware of her knowledge of the paranormal underworld, turn to the Vicar for assistance. Before long Merilly is convinced Satanists are behind the crime and the investigation takes them into a very dark and dangerous world.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrehorror, comedy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:04

The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast. 

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: 6.4
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    Bedlam was a British supernatural drama television series created by David Allison, Neil Jones and Chris Parker. It first aired on 7 February 2011 on Sky Living and Sky Living HD. The series finale was aired on 15 March 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned for airing in Spring 2012 with an updated cast. Series 2 began airing in June 2012 with Lacey Turner taking the lead as a suspended paramedic who can see dead people. On 13 November 2012 Jack Roth who plays Max in the series revealed that Bedlam may return for Series 3 and that a decision on the shows future is to be made around Christmas 2012. On 11 March 2013 Roth announced on Twitter that Bedlam would not be returning for a third series.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, he uses the internet and social media to gather the most intimate of details and get close to her. A charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every obstacle - and person - in his way.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration00:25

    The story centers around two fiercely fighting schoolgirls, Ryuuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuuin. On a campus ruled by force, a transfer student wielding a Basami sword brings about upheaval.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountrySpain

    Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, "Witches of East End" centers on the adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches -- who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long Island's secluded seaside town of East Haven. When Freya becomes engaged to a young, wealthy newcomer, a series of events forces Joanna to admit to her daughters they are, in fact, powerful and immortal witches.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the psychopath, their lives totally change.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatening to destroy them all.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:41

    Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrefantastic, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Several skeletons are discovered on the tracks of a closed train station. However, one of the dead victims walks into the police station. Where did all these dead bodies come from, and who is committing all of these murders? The world split into two on the night of a murder 12 years ago, and Do Won chases after the hidden truth in the parallel universe. This drama shows the contrast between two different worlds, divided by two different choices.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:40

    Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryItaly

    Leonardo Cagliostro, a policeman, dies and decides to stay on Earth in order to find out more about the circumstances of his death and to save his wife, Anna, who's in danger.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, 'but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing.' Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over. The sentimental drama is 'inspired by the work of medium James Van Praagh.'

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:44

    A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantasy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:30

    The Hotel Del Luna, located in Seoul, is not like any other hotel: its clients are all ghosts. Jang Man-wol, stuck in the hotel for the past millennium, meets Goo Chan-sung, the new manager.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The true story of London Metropolitan police detective Colin Sutton's manhunt for serial killer Levi Bellfield.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryGermany, Austria
    Duration00:42

    When a gruesomely staged body is found, propped up on a mountain pass in the Alps close to the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate. For German detective Ellie, this is the first real challenge of her career; her Austrian counterpart Gedeon though seems to have lost any ambitions in his job. Very soon, they discover more crime scenes with symbolically posed victims, reminiscent of pagan rituals. It all seems to be part of a bigger, sinister plan. Ellie finds herself under increasing pressure to understand the deranged killer's motives so she can stop him. The hunt leads them ever deeper in the dark valleys and archaic Alpine customs - and the paranoid world of the killer.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:06

    Inuyashiki Ichirou is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he’s done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn’t get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichirou stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there’s something… different about himself. However, it turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichirou needs to take a new lease on life and now it seems like there’s nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect that he never had before… unless, that is, there was someone else out there with these same changes…

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration00:29

    Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have only one interlocutor, Damien Carrot, her son, who became a cop because of the crimes of his mother, and who refuses all contact with her since her arrest.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:52

    "Rimuru Tempest" is the new name of a slime in a fantasy world taken by a former 37-year-old human Satou Mikami after he is killed by a passing robber. Broken free from ordinary, stale past life, his fresh adventure in a fantasy world as a slime monster with unique abilities begins.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:02

    The search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for detective Annie Redford, who is trying to cope with her first murder case.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:30

    Iwatani Naofumi was summoned into a parallel world along with 3 other people to become the world's Heroes. Each of the heroes respectively equipped with their own legendary equipment when summoned, Naofumi received the Legendary Shield as his weapon. Due to Naofumi's lack of charisma and experience he's labeled as the weakest, only to end up betrayed, falsely accused, and robbed by on the third day of adventure. Shunned by everyone from the king to peasants, Naofumi's thoughts were filled with nothing but vengeance and hatred. Thus, his destiny in a parallel World begins...

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:01

    “Wicked City” follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed to solve a serial murder case.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryCanada

    A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada, Australia

    Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    The eccentric Oh Hyun Jae was a peerless criminal profiler until a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée, causing him to become a recluse. When a serial killer long thought dead returns to terrorize the city, rising star of the police, Hwang Hwa Young, resolves to outwit the killer. To do so, she teams up with both Oh and the remarkable rookie cop Cha Soo Young, whose photographic memory may prove to be a powerful crime-fighting weapon.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredocumentary, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, detective, history
    CountryItaly, Germany
    Duration00:50

    Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival at the abbey, the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryDenmark
    Duration00:45

    Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:58

    A young H.G. Wells time travels to modern day New York City in pursuit of the charismatic—yet secretly psychopathic—Dr. John Stevenson, better known as "Jack the Ripper," following the doctor's brazen escape from the Victorian London authorities.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration00:24

    Two detectives teamed up to catch a serial killer who murdered their family. Moo Jin Hyuk's life spiraled out of control after his wife was murdered. He starts to put himself together after he meets Kang Kwon Joo, US-graduated voice-profiler, who lost her police father to the same serial killer. They work together on the 112 (emergency telephone number) call center team.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year... that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe soon learns she's part of an ancient race which has been hunted by human assassins for millennia —and that she may be their only hope for ultimate survival.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantasy, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    In Victorian London, a gang of troubled street teens are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner, the elusive Sherlock Holmes. As the crimes take on a horrifying supernatural edge and a dark power emerges, it'll be up to the Irregulars to come together to save not only London but the entire world.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryItaly
    Duration01:54

    In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
    Duration07:20

    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.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:55

    Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.




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