20 best shows like The Serpent (2021)


List of the best shows and series like The Serpent (2021): Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, The Pale Horse, Defending Jacob, Sherlock, За час до рассвета, Chikatilo, Wolf Trap, The Mentalist, Deadwater Fell, Bloodlands.

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: 6.1
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: 7.9
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: 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: 5.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryRussia

    After faking his own death, notorious gangster Volkov (Wolf) retires overseas with a new identity. When his parents die in a car accident 20 years later, he secretly returns to his hometown and learns that the nephew of a local mobster is responsible for his parents’ death. After killing the man, a battle between the old-newcomer and local crime bosses unfolds.

    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: 6.5
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited 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.

    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
    Genredrama, crime, detective, history
    CountryFrance

    Paris, France, 1899. The corpse of an unknown woman is found in the river Seine. The investigation will push a young ambitious inspector to discover a heavy state secret.

    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: 8.8
    Genreaction, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySoviet Union
    Duration05:59

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    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he want?

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryIsrael, USA

    A happily married man's life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for his wife's killers, who have fled to the U.S. With the help of an ex-lover, he uncovers disturbing truths about his beloved wife and the secrets she kept from him.

    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
    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: 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: 6.5
    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: 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: 6.7
    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: 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: 7.7
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

    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: 7.7
    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: 8.8
    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: 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.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA, Colombia, Mexico
    Duration02:13

    The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

    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: 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: 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
      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: 7.2
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryItaly, USA, United Kingdom, France, Spain

      A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a tortured artist struggling for perfection.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan, USA

      Years after the horrors of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire find themselves consumed by a dark conspiracy when a viral attack ravages the White House.

      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: 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
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.

      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: 8.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountrySouth Korea

      Vincenzo Cassano is an Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere who moves back to Korea due to a conflict within his organization. He ends up crossing paths with a sharp-tongued lawyer named Cha-young, and the two join forces in using villainous methods to take down villains who cannot be punished by the law.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA

      Based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode is structured around an interrogation taken directly from the real police case files, with the goal of turning the viewer into a detective.

      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: 7.2
      Genrehorror, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.

      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: 7.6
      Genredrama, history, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.

      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: 5.9
      Genreaction, drama, western, crime
      CountryUSA

      Reboot of the 1993 series focusing on Walker as he returns from years undercover. A widower and father of two, he begins fighting crime with a new partner, who is one of the only female Rangers in history.




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