Crime TV Dramas on Netflix
Last updated May 02, 2025
Cracked: Season 2
2013 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a new psychiatrist joins Psych Crimes, the bonds among what has become a cohesive unit will be tested and eventually strengthened. Although the unit operates outside normal cop culture, it is now recognized within the service as a potent force.
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The Shield: Season 1
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDetective Vic Mackey leads a posse of Los Angeles rogue cops with a great track record of fighting crime. Vic calls the shots with the team, but trouble brews when a new captain who can't abide by Vic's renegade tactics is assigned to the precinct.
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The Shield: Season 2
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDet. Vic Mackey returns as the hard-hitting leader of the Strike Team -- a experimental group of rogue cops that are working to clean up the gritty streets of Los Angeles by bringing down Armadillo, a sadistic drug lord, and the Armenian mob.
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The Shield: Season 3
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 3 begins with gang warfare causing chaos in Los Angeles. The crime wave forces the Strike Team to abandon its efforts to play by the rules. Meanwhile, Vic must adjust to a new supervisor while he navigates the perilous waters of urban crime.
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The Shield: Season 4
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWith Capt. David Aceveda elected to a position on the city council, Glenn Close joins the cast as Capt. Monica Rawling, overseeing Det. Mackey's drug-fighting unit after the elite Strike Team's dissolution.
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The Shield: Season 5
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsTaking down assorted scumbags, Vic Mackey continues to fight the good fight his way -- which means no rules. But not if Lt. Kavanaugh -- who's leading the Internal Affairs investigation into the Strike Team's questionable tactics -- can help it.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1
1955 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAlfred Hitchcock plays host to mystery, murder and mayhem in the first season of his iconic television series, which premiered in 1955 with "Revenge," starring Vera Miles (Psycho) and helmed by the master of suspense himself. Joanne Woodward, Cloris Leachman, John Cassavetes and other noteworthy names bring chills to the small screen in tales penned by literary luminaries such as Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch and Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Numb3rs: Season 1
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFBI agent Don Eppes recruits his math whiz brother, Charlie, to help solve some of the bureau's most challenging crimes. Despite their different approaches to life and work, when the two team up, they become a brilliant crime-fighting machine.
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Numb3rs: Season 2
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFBI agent Don Eppes and his younger brother, Charlie, look into the murder of a judge's wife. They also help identify a dead woman who was trying to rob a jewelry store and try to protect a popular female singer from a persistent stalker.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 2
1956 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsYour evenings will be packed with mystery, murder and intrigue as you view this collection of all 39 installments from the Emmy-winning television series' sophomore season. As always, the legendary Alfred Hitchcock introduces the classic half-hour tales and closes each show with his trademark wry comments. Guest stars include Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Rip Torn, Vic Morrow, Dick York, Alan Napier, Cedric Hardwicke and Claude Rains.
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Numb3rs: Season 3
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 3 sees the Eppes brothers -- seasoned FBI agent Don and math whiz Charlie -- deal with a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde on a seven-state crime spree, a series of highway shootings and more.
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The Shield: Season 6
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 6 takes place in the wake of Lt. Jon Kavanaugh's investigation of the Strike Team -- a tumultuous time resulting in the murder Det. Lemansky at the hands of one of their own. Meanwhile, Vic learns of a plan to force him out of the unit.
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Twin Peaks: Season 2
1990 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCreator David Lynch's surreal cult phenomenon returns for a second season, following FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper as he continues to investigate the puzzling murder of high school student Laura Palmer.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 3
1957 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMurder, obsession, revenge and all the other hallmarks of Alfred Hitchcock's work are in full flower in the third season of his classic anthology series, which features loads of big-name guest stars eager to work with the Master of Suspense.
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Numb3rs: Season 4
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAs the fourth season of the hit crime series opens, FBI Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his math genius brother (David Krumholtz) continue dealing with the fallout from events that transpired in last season's finale. Some information the bureau has about mole Colby Granger (Dylan Bruno) may be erroneous, and the hunt is on when he escapes from prison. Peter MacNicol returns as a series regular, while guest stars this year include Val Kilmer.
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Twin Peaks: Season 1
1990 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe full first season of bizarre, ingenious, hysterical and terrifying stories set in the Pacific Northwest logging town of Twin Peaks follows quirky FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper as he tries to solve the murder of high school student Laura Palmer.
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Numb3rs: Season 5
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMath genius Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) applies advanced numbers theories in unusual ways to help his FBI agent brother, Don (Rob Morrow), solve his toughest cases in this police drama inspired by actual crimes that features real mathematical concepts. In the fifth season, the brothers match wits against a new crop of criminals. Judd Hirsch co-stars as their curmudgeonly dad, and Peter MacNicol plays Charlie's mathematical mentor.
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Life on Mars (UK): Series 1
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDetective Sam Tyler's world is turned upside down when, moments after he is knocked unconscious by a car, he wakes up in 1973. He soon finds that the police force of old needs his help when he meets the corrupt, technologically backward boss.
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Wallander: Series 1
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsKenneth Branagh delivers a bravura performance as Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander in three stories drawn from Henning Mankell's best-sellers.With violence on the rise in once-peaceful Ystad, the dour detective battles crime as well as personal demons.
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Numb3rs: Season 6
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFBI Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) continues to rely on the skill of his math genius brother (David Krumholtz) to solve the most cryptic cases the bureau can throw at the investigator in this all-in-the-family crime drama's sixth season. Featuring bona fide mathematics concepts and stories inspired by real crimes, the show also stars Judd Hirsch as the siblings' crosspatch father and Peter MacNicol as a mathematical mentor.
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Life on Mars (UK): Series 2
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhile butting heads with his chain-smoking, bigoted and dangerously dodgy colleagues, Sam is slowly beginning to discover a chilling meaning behind everything that's happened. Will he ever find a way to get back home?
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The Shield
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAs leader of the Los Angeles police department's controversial Strike Team unit, Det. Vic Mackey is above the law, stopping at nothing to rid the streets of gangland thugs. His questionable tactics constantly place him at odds with his superiors.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMaster of the suspense Alfred Hitchcock brings his droll sensibility to the small screen in four seasons -- 1955 through 1958 -- in this anthology series featuring a parade of stars in chilling stories by leading authors.
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Numb3rs
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsReal-life brothers Ridley and Tony Scott serve as producers of this crime drama about two brothers -- Don Eppes, a veteran FBI agent, and Charlie Eppes, a genius mathematician -- who pool their divergent skills to crack cases.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHercule Poirot (David Suchet) faces one of his most baffling cases when an overbearing American businessman turns up stabbed to death aboard the &NFi;Orient Express&NFi_;, a pan-European train that becomes stuck in a snowdrift en route from Istanbul. With no help available from the outside, Poirot must rely on his famous "little grey cells" to ferrett out the killer. Philip Martin directs this adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie whodunit.
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