Crime TV Dramas on Netflix
Last updated May 01, 2025
Dexter: Season 3
2008 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsGood-natured forensics specialist Dexter Morgan continues his secret moonlighting activities as a serial murderer in the third season of this drama series that twists the fine line between good and evil.
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The Killing
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe disappearance of a young Seattle girl sets in motion this moody crime series centering on detective Sarah Linden, who's trying to start a new life in California but is unable to walk away from the mysteries posed by the complex case.
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The Killing: Season 1
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe disappearance of a young Seattle girl sets in motion this moody crime series centering on detective Sarah Linden, who's trying to start a new life in California but is unable to walk away from the mysteries posed by the complex case.
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Bones: Season 6
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe chemistry between forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan and FBI homicide investigator Seeley Booth remains palpable in the sixth season of this hit Fox crime drama. But Brennan prefers to keep things professional.
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Covert Affairs: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAnnie goes from CIA trainee to field operative in a flash, thanks to her gift for languages, her gung-ho attitude and her top-notch investigative skills -- or so she thinks. The agency, however, may be more interested in her past than in her future.
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Jericho
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe wayward son of the mayor of Jericho returns to the rural town to collect an inheritance, only to be stranded by a nuclear blast that cuts off communications to the outside world and makes him a reluctant leader amid chaos.
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Inspector Morse: Series 1
1987 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsOxford, England's enigmatic Inspector Morse and his partner, Sgt. Lewis, investigate the untimely death of a piano teacher; the slaying of an Oxford University examination official; and an old, unsolved murder at a country church.
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Inspector Morse: Series 2
1988 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMorse's cases include the seemingly natural death of an American tourist with a connection to an Oxford museum, the slaying of a Japanese student, the disappearance of a teenage schoolgirl and the murder of a secretary who had murky relationships.
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Inspector Morse: Series 3
1989 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsEnigmatic Inspector Morse and his partner Sgt. Lewis investigate mysterious deaths in Oxford, including a cricket player's apparent suicide and the strangulation of a playboy architect.
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Inspector Morse: Series 4
1990 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsCranky and brilliant Inspector Morse and partner Sgt. Lewis continue to solve Oxford's murder mysteries when an environmentalist's death appears suspicious, a family business turns deadly, and Morse himself becomes a prime murder suspect.
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Bones
2005 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsSocially awkward forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan teams up with intuitive FBI agent Seeley Booth to investigate crimes that have left scant evidence behind: namely, the bones of the deceased.
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Inspector Lewis
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsPolice inspector Lewis returns to solving homicides after a long absence and partners with the clever, university-educated Det. Sgt. Hathaway, whose knowledge of the modern world frequently proves helpful to his old-school boss.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis: Series 5
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Series 5 of this police drama, Inspector Lewis and Detective Hathaway must enter a strange, new world -- suburbia -- to solve Oxford's mysteries. Responding with typical tenacity, Lewis pursues cases involving a babysitter, a botanist and more.
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Human Target: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this drama based on a graphic novel of the same name, Mark Valley plays Christopher Chance, a for-hire bodyguard and private investigator who integrates himself into his clients' lives so that he becomes a target instead of them.
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Human Target: Season 2
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMark Valley stars as Christopher Chance, a security expert and private investigator who's hired by his clients to fend off threats by making himself the target of their enemies. In Season 2, Chance seeks out a former enemy, Winston (Chi McBride) looks to his ex-wife for help on a case, and the team expands to include billionaire benefactor Ilsa Pucci (Indira Varma) and skilled thief Ames (Janet Montgomery).
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Bones: Season 5
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAfter a provocative Season 4 finale, a new dynamic heats up between forensic anthropologist "Bones" Brennan and FBI agent Seeley Booth. They team up on a new slate of cases in which Bones employs her knack for investigating victims' remains.
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Bones: Season 4
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsForensic anthropologist "Bones" Brennan and FBI agent Seeley Booth continue to crack murder cases while figuring out their feelings for each other in the fourth season of this darkly comic procedural drama inspired by true events.
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Human Target
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis action-packed series follows the inscrutable Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), a security expert who protects his endangered clients by integrating himself into their lives so completely that he becomes the target of the violence aimed at them. Chance's motives and mysterious past remain impenetrable to his business partner, Wilson (Chi McBride), but his unusual methods enable him to help those in need and outwit his own nefarious enemies.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis: Series 4
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsNo-nonsense sleuth Inspector Lewis and his brainy partner DS Hathaway investigate a murder in Oxford's last all-women's college in Series 4. Other baffling cases include the murder of a bishop and the deaths of participants in a clinical drug trial.
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Inspector Morse
1987 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsInspector Morse has an abundance of intellect, but not much patience when it comes to his superiors or low-brow culture. Along with his cheerful sergeant, Lewis, Morse tackles the most devious crimes found in the diverse community of Oxford.
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Covert Affairs
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAnnie Walker is a CIA operative who is yanked out of training and thrust into active duty. As she contends with the intrigues of international spy rings, she comes to understand she's being used as bait to lure a villain from her past.
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Ripper Street
2013 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn April 1889 -- six months after the last Jack the Ripper killing -- East London is emerging into a fragile peace, hopeful that the murderer's reign of terror might have finally run its course.
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Bones: Season 1
2005 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis darkly comic series follows forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who has a knack for finding clues in the bones of murder victims. Called in to help law enforcement, she teams with a federal agent whose methods conflict with her own.
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Midsomer Murders: Series 4
2001 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe fictional English county of Midsomer is shaken by more grisly killings in Series 4 of the procedural drama. DCI Barnaby and crew investigate a murder with extraterrestrial undertones, and struggle to solve the murder of a philandering postman.
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Midsomer Murders: Series 3
1999 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Series 3 of the crime drama series, DCI Barnaby and his murder-solving colleagues face a supernatural threat when a 17th-century painting is defaced. Meanwhile, a widely hated man in the village of Midsomer Mallow is skewered with a pitchfork.
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