Beck

Series Similar to Beck

If you enjoyed Beck, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Wallander

   2006 · Drama, Crime · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on TV4.

   Wallander follows a troubled detective who lives and works in Ystad, near the southern tip of Sweden.

2. Bäckström

   2020 · Drama, Crime · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Bäckström revolves around the nationally famous homicide detective Evert Bäckström, who can boast of having solved 99 percent of all the cases he has taken on. But when a skull pierced with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago, Evert Bäckström is faced with a more troubling mystery than even he could have imagined.

3. Snabba cash

   2021 · Drama, Crime · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8).

   Snabba cash is set in Stockholm ten years after the events depicted in the feature films. It is a buzzing environment where the craving for status and money is stronger than ever. The entrepreneurial jet set as well as the criminal world has become even more brutal, chaotic and ruthless. When these two worlds collide, loyalty, friendships and business partners will all be tested in the never-ending quest for easy money.

4. Maria Wern

   2008 · Drama, Crime · returning96% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on TV4.

   After the death of her husband, Police Inspector Maria Wern moves to the picturesque Swedish island of Gotland with her two children to start over. While struggling with raising two children as a single mother and still mourning her husband's death, Maria manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life in a harsh and male dominated environment. She constantly encounters rage, death and evil but she remains determined to endure what sometimes feels like a losing battle.

5. Springfloden

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Springfloden alternates between the time lines of 1987 and 2011. The latter follows Police Academy Cadet Olivia Rönning and her work for a class assignment: She is tasked with unraveling the mystery of a cold case from 1987, one in which three people sadistically murdered a young woman on a Koster Islands beach – a killing that a young boy inadvertently witnessed.At that time, national homicide investigator Tom Stilton was unable to solve the case, since he couldn't ascertain the victim's identity, locate the murderers, or establish a motive for the killing. And so it was shelved. Fifteen years later, he took a new approach to the case, but a bruising divorce left Stilton in a fragile mental state that deteriorated even further.As Rönning digs through case files, she sorts out as much as she can, but there are still many questions left unanswered. What would really help her is getting input from the now-former detective, the homeless Stilton.

6. Fartblinda

   2019 · Drama, Thriller · returning95% match

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   An ambitious financial reporter Bea receives an anonymous tip about irregularities at a Swedish major bank. Bea weathered a scoop, but the review is made more difficult by her love affair with the bank's married CEO, Peder. Based on Carolina Neurath's book "Speed Blind" which in turn is inspired by real events.

7. Tunna blå linjen

   2021 · Drama, Crime · returning95% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   An intimate portrayal of the daily life of four police officers, where the line between private and professional life blurs out as tensions heighten in the animated and crime-ridden city of Malmö, Sweden. 

8. Bron / Broen

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.3).

   When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

9. Genombrottet

   2025 · Drama, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   When a shocking double homicide goes unsolved for 16 years, a detective teams up with a genealogist to catch the killer before it becomes a cold case.

10. Jordskott

    2014 · Drama, Crime, Fantasy · ended95% match

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

    A detective returns to her hometown ten years after her daughters disappearance trying to find a connection to a current case.