20 best shows like The Blacklist (2013)

List of the best shows and series like The Blacklist (2013): Sherlock, White Collar, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Ordeal by Innocence, Forever, Hannibal, Ringer, Deadwind.

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: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Neal Caffrey, a con man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With only months left serving a four-year sentence, he escapes to look for Kate, his girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially captured Caffrey, finds and returns him to prison. This time, Caffrey proposes a deal with the FBI, as part of a work-release program. After some hesitation, Burke agrees, and thus begins this unconventional arrangement where Caffrey helps Burke apprehend white collar criminals.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:44

    Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

    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: 6.2
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds, during the show's fifth season, the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot. Just like the parent series, CBS owned the underlying North American rights, while ABC owned the international rights. The series premiered on February 16, 2011, and filled the Wednesday 10 pm time slot, airing immediately after the original Criminal Minds. CBS cancelled the series on May 17, 2011. The series ends with a cliffhanger. On September 6, 2011 CBS DVD released the complete series as a 4 disc-set. It is packaged as "The DVD Edition". There are numerous special features and two episode commentaries with the cast and crew. The set includes the backdoor pilot from season five of the original show.

    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: 8.3
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:40

    Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret.

    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: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Six months after deciding to pull herself together and get sober, Bridget witnesses a murder. Realizing her life is in danger and not trusting the FBI to protect her, she runs to her wealthy twin sister, Siobhan, in New York. Things start out well -- with the two patching up a fractured relationship -- when Siobhan suddenly goes missing. Bridget assumes her sister's identity, but soon learns that Siobhan's life is not as perfect as it looks and she is no safer than she was before

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFinland, Germany, France
    Duration01:29

    When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    In Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, a group of three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi.

    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: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:49

    An action-packed Las Vegas thriller about a former military operative turned security expert who is drawn into a high-stakes game where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable from playing out. Can he take them down from the inside and get revenge for the death of his wife, or is it true what they say: the House always wins.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, news
    CountryUSA

    An anthology series that delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.

    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: 6.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountrySpain
    Duration00:56

    The disastrous meltdown of a nuclear power plant in Northern Spain created a contaminated no-go zone and left the nearby provincial city and inhabitants in a state of shock and mourning. Three years later, while the city prepares for the commemoration ceremony, a mutilated body is found in a warehouse. Police inspector Hector Uria's search for the murderer takes him deep into the no-go zone and into his own past.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:06

    Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada

    A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book.”

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrethriller, drama, documentary, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada

    Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    When FBI Agent Peter Connelly, recently stationed in Jerusalem, begins investigating the murder of a young American, he realizes that he’s uncovered an ancient international conspiracy that threatens to change the course of human history. Certain that the dangerous prophecy is nearing fruition, Peter must race against the clock to unravel its mystery. From a remote farm in Norway, to an enigmatic compound in New Mexico, to the serpentine tunnels of Jerusalem, he searches for the truth, the revelation of which will shake the world's beliefs to its very core.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySweden

    Police detective Peter Wendel leads a cold case group. Based on an original idea by Leif GW Persson, one of Sweden’s most recognized criminologists.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:59

    In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountrySpain

    In a town in southern Spain where racial tensions run high among the workers in its many greenhouses, a cop investigates the murder of a young woman.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    In 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, FBI Agent Clarice Starling returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.

    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
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:59

    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?

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Sam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series whose epic breakdown is broadcast to the public and sends her to rehab. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing lone-wolf private investigator Eddie Valetik as research for a potential comeback role. Though Eddie resents the babysitting gig, high-spirited Sam uses the skills she learned as an actor playing a cop and proves herself to be surprisingly valuable.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryArgentina

    An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of an important national judge.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:40

    Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:37

    A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration04:09

    The elite unit of the New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe.

    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: 7.4
    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: 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.

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