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Hulu
86
8.5
/123596/
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79
/904/
96
/222/
92
83
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cc age 14+

What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
poster
Netflix
84
8.3
/123282/
83
/12810/
78
/1352/
93
/135/
93
76
/70/
cc age 17+

Orphan Black (2013)
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.9
/125186/
79
/12959/
76
/1741/
96
/144/
89
74
/32/
cc age 14+

Elementary (2012)
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Hulu
82
8.4
/204948/
81
/12300/
77
/1677/
87
/257/
87
79
/167/
cc age 14+

24 (2001)
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
poster
82
8.4
/266824/
85
/23727/
81
/2655/
91
/87/
81
72
/47/
cc age 14+

Fringe (2008)
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
poster
Hulu
81
8.0
/82116/
79
/5397/
74
/553/
89
/103/
95
70
/38/
cc age 14+

Burn Notice (2007)
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.9
/56589/
80
/3949/
76
/409/
92
/46/
90
67
/22/
cc age 14+

Leverage (2008)
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.9
/138507/
78
/10705/
82
/3413/
89
/74/
90
58
/30/
cc age 14+

Grimm (2011)
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.8
/93593/
77
/7285/
75
/1911/
87
/69/
78
73
/30/
cc age 12+

Marvel's Agent Carter (2015)
It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life - Steve Rogers.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
IMDb 56
8.9
/732151/
84
/23401/
82
/3864/
79
/388/
59
75
/165/
cc age 16+

True Detective (2014)
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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Peacock Premium
78
7.8
/31101/
79
/1100/
79
/321/
83
/39/
84
68
/33/
cc age 14+

The Closer (2005)
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
77
8.3
/10406/
80
/298/
77
/92/
100
/46/
73
65
/26/
cc age 15+

Prime Suspect (1991)
Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.
poster
77
8.0
/29122/
78
/912/
79
/937/
82
/39/
92
56
/9/

Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
poster
Hulu
77
8.2
/218207/
81
/13204/
83
/4079/
65
/52/
cc age 14+

The Mentalist (2008)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.7
/33515/
75
/1329/
73
/350/
3.7
/5581/
80
/20/
82
70
/14/
cc age 18+

The White Queen (2013)
Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.
poster
Hulu
76
IMDb 58
8.1
/141529/
79
/4784/
79
/4075/
66
/27/

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Hulu
75
8.0
/133728/
79
/7848/
78
/1608/
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/25/
cc age 14+

Lie to Me (2009)
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
8.1
/86011/
78
/3194/
77
/784/
69
/75/
83
66
/55/
cc age 18+

The Tudors (2007)
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
poster
Netflix
75
IMDb 50
7.6
/368049/
78
/16559/
82
/10707/
84
/209/
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64
/51/
cc age 14+

Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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74
7.8
/249674/
76
/16500/
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/3589/
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/159/
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cc age 14+

Gotham (2014)
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
poster
PBS
74
7.9
/11670/
74
/570/
75
/107/
69
/5/

The Tunnel (2013)
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
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74
7.6
/63140/
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/3602/
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/509/
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/35/
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cc age 14+

FlashForward (2009)
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.
poster
Hulu
73
7.7
/93138/
76
/3925/
76
/1328/
65
/34/
cc age 14+

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
73
7.4
/82076/
76
/5074/
77
/1806/
66
/29/
cc age 14+

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
poster
fuboTV
73
8.3
/193829/
81
/11148/
76
/1222/
57
/88/
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64
/50/
cc age 18+

Californication (2007)
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
poster
Hulu
73
7.9
/269120/
77
/15641/
76
/1983/
68
/143/
73
69
/110/
cc age 15+

True Blood (2008)
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.5
/13666/
70
/600/
71
/130/
73
/11/
72
/30/
cc age 15+

Invasion (2005)
In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?
poster
Hulu
71
7.3
/66524/
72
/5304/
74
/1087/
74
/77/
74
64
/31/
cc age 14+

Sleepy Hollow (2013)
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
poster
Peacock Premium
71
7.6
/29378/
76
/905/
76
/363/
58
/22/
cc age 14+

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
70
6.5
/63816/
69
/2176/
77
/1659/
69
/32/
cc age 14+

CSI: Miami (2002)
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
poster
69
7.4
/13403/
76
/524/
70
/95/
56
/38/
cc age 14+

In Plain Sight (2008)
U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.
poster
Paramount Plus
69
7.2
/32826/
73
/1254/
74
/553/
60
/35/
cc age 14+

Medium (2005)
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
poster
fuboTV
67
7.0
/144159/
74
/9505/
70
/1926/
84
/182/
34
73
/44/
cc age 14+

Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
poster
66
7.0
/47472/
73
/2214/
70
/410/
53
/24/
cc age 14+

Numb3rs (2005)
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.
poster
72
65
7.4
/6130/
67
/168/
70
/33/
88
/8/
70
65
/10/

Showtrial (2021)
An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
poster
Netflix
64
6.3
/14145/
64
/861/
71
/148/
58
/24/
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57
/10/
cc age 10+

Quantum Leap (2022)
It's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song, has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.
poster
64
61
7.2
/6128/
69
/282/
70
/81/
47
/17/
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/26/
cc age 16+

Threshold (2005)
Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.
poster
60
6.0
/20201/
65
/1323/
67
/407/
66
/112/
44
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/47/
cc age 14+

The Twilight Zone (2019)
Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
55
6.6
/4130/
64
/352/
64
/68/
39
/23/
65
47
/17/
cc age 16+

Intruders (2014)
Members of a secret society chase immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others.
poster
The Roku Channel
51
5.7
/8680/
55
/624/
50
/72/
41
/34/
50
54
/25/
cc age 14+

The Cape (2011)
"The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" - his son's favorite comic book superhero - and takes the law into his own hands.
poster
70
51
7.4
/5810/
70
/66/
67
/58/
3.4
/809/

Arabian Nights (2000)
Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he will lose his kingdom. His uncertainty over his newfound bride causes her to stall the sultan with a series of fantastic stories to ease the tension and stall her impending execution.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
48
6.8
/1107/
60
/15/
66
/14/
100
/14/
91

Soldier Soldier (1991)
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.
poster
66
45
6.6
/5949/
63
/151/
69
/20/
3.1
/862/

Spartacus (2004)
Spartacus, who was enslaved by the Romans after they murdered his father, leads fellow slaves in an attempt to overthrow the repressive Roman Empire.
poster
68
41
7.0
/1347/
71
/80/
73
/16/
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42
/17/
cc age 14+

Miami Medical (2010)
A team of expert surgeons thrive on the adrenaline rush of working at one of the premiere trauma facilities in the country while drawing upon their wit and irreverence to survive on the edge.
poster
Hoopla
62
31
7.1
/2796/
61
/49/
56
/19/
3.5
/868/

The Buccaneers (1995)
Because of their "new money" background, four American girls have difficulty breaking into the upper-crust society of New York. Laura Testvalley, the governess of one of the girls, suggests a London season and thus the young women set sail for England and the unsuspecting English aristocracy. In England, all the girls soon find eligible husbands and the youngest girl, Nan, seems to land the best husband of them all: the handsome and very wealthy Julius, Duke of Trevennick. The girls soon discover that English upper-class men are not at all what they expected and hoped for.
poster
59
30
6.2
/1826/
51
/41/
64
/30/

Empire (2005)
As Conqueror Julius Caesar is drawing his last breath, he swears Tyrannus—Rome's finest warrior—to an oath to protect his successor, Octavius, his 18-year-old nephew. Tyrannus and Octavius are forced into exile to protect the young man from those who want to sever Caesar's bloodline once and for all.
poster
The Roku Channel
69
21
6.8
/1429/
70
/27/
71
/13/
cc age 15+

Strong Medicine (2000)
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
poster
59
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7.7
/235/
60
/27/
40
/2/

The Ready Room (2019)
Welcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star Trek: Picard cast and crew to discuss the weekly episodes.


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