20 best shows like The A List (2018)

List of the best shows and series like The A List (2018): Line of Duty, Fearless, White House Farm, Stonemouth, Sherlock, Thirteen, Collateral, Top of the Lake, Luther, Safe.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

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

Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.

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

Factual drama based on the notorious White House Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

Based on Iain Banks's best-selling novel, this romantic mystery follows Stewart as he returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth behind his best friend's death.

Markimdb: 9.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:30

    A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    Today is the day Ivy Moxham will escape from the cellar that's been her prison for the last 13 years. Today is the day she'll return to her home, to her family, to her life. Today is only the beginning. Thirteen explores how to pick up the threads of a life half-lived and how to survive as a family under the greatest pressure: how to feel again, chance love again. It is a psychological drama about who to trust when you can't even trust yourself. Ivy Moxham is a young girl. Ivy Moxham is a woman. Ivy Moxham is whoever you want her to be.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:59

    When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels a conspiracy that goes to the top.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, USA
    Duration05:00

    A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

    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
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:18

    After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.

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

    Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.

    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: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities. A dark, witty and daring examination of morality and redemption.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    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?

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:31

    Detective dramas featuring private investigator Cormoran Strike based on the novels by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling's pen name).

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, United Kingdom

    Icelandic crime drama featuring Chief of Police Andri.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:29

    A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:30

    The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    During the thrilling social change of the mid-1950s, four remarkable women who previously served secretly during WWII as code-breakers, turn their skills to solving murders overlooked by police. In the process they are plunged into fascinating corners of the city, forge powerful relationships, and rediscover their own powers and potential.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    An incendiary hate crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Students get involved in a violent Internet-based game, around the same time as a series of murders - is there a connection?

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:41

    DI Cadi John and DC Owen Vaughan try to solve a case involving Mali Pryce, a young woman whose body was discovered in a stream in the woods.

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

    The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration03:34

    A dark and compelling thriller centering on Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft, a female detective with an explosive secret.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySweden, Finland, United Kingdom, Norway
    Duration02:04

    Detective Inspector Eva Thörnblad returns to Silver Height seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared by a lake in the woods. The body was never found and the girl was believed to have drowned. Now a boy has vanished without a trace and Thörnblad wants to find out if there is a link to her daughter's disappearance. At the same time , she will take care of the legacy of her father, the great entrepreneur Johan Thörnblad, who built an empire of timber and timber processing on the large forest owned by his ancestors. As the plot deepens more children are kidnapped and what initially seems like a police drama takes a more sinister and stranger twist with each episode.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain

    Zoe Walker leaves her quiet life behind to investigate her brother's disappearance in Ibiza, where she quickly heads down a decadent and dangerous path.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:48

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration03:06

    Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySpain

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    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the people closest to him.

    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: 7.4
    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: 7.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper into secrets of the area.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    For most physicians, the Hippocratic oath is sacred. But for one Chicago doctor, who is indebted to the mafia, saving lives isn’t her only concern. The Mob Doctor is a fast-paced medical drama focusing on a young female surgeon caught between two worlds as she juggles her promising medical career with her family’s debt to Chicago’s Southside mob.

    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: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySpain

    A teacher starts her job at a high school but is haunted by a suspicious death that occurred there weeks before and begins fearing for her own life.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryBrazil

    Discussing the limits between good and bad, the plot is set in Rio de Janeiro and tells the story of Romero Rômulo (Alexandre Nero), an ex-politician that has a life less obvious then it seems.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, family, crime, detective
    CountryNetherlands

    Sleuthy foster siblings Max, Tess, Sal, Anika, and Daniel Hunter find new quests, more mysteries, and even new Hunter sibs!

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France
    Duration01:00

    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

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Every villain has a noble cause, and every hero has a dark side.Detective Ryan Lopez is a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. What the world doesn't know is that long before Ryan became a cop, he pledged allegiance to a different band of brothers – a powerful Latino gang called Los Angelicos. When Ryan's best friend and police partner is senselessly killed by a notorious gang member, Ryan teams up with longtime Task Force member Cassius Green who has been at the forefront of the city's war on organized crime. In this war between law enforcement and gangs, the series explores how only people who really know the streets can win the battle on the streets.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, West Germany

    Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere. T

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:45

    Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySpain

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    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:18

    It's 1933, and an older and greyer Hercule Poirot has fallen out of the public eye. When he receives anonymous letters threatening murder, he must take matters into his own hands.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:37

    Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.




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