Mystery Road

Series Similar to Mystery Road

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

1. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

   2012 · Drama, Crime · ended99% match

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

   Our glamorous lady detective, The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, swans into early 1929 Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.

2. Janet King

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended99% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8), also on ABC.

   Created as a spin-off from the 2011 legal drama Crownies. Janet King follows the story of Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King, tracing her journey in Series 1 in the Department of Public Prosecutions to a Royal Commission into Serious Firearm Crime in Series 2 to the National Crime Commission in Series 3.

3. High Potential

   2024 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning99% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on ABC.

   High Potential follows Morgan, a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.

4. The Doctor Blake Mysteries

   2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended98% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.1), also on ABC.

   Doctor Lucien Blake returns to Ballarat to once again solve a series of strange and baffling murders, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.

5. The Brokenwood Mysteries

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning98% match

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

   The Brokenwood Mysteries is set in a seemingly quiet New Zealand country town where the town's newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.Premiered in 2014 on Prime Television New Zealand. Moved to TVNZ 1 and Acorn TV with Season 7 in early 2021.

6. Annika

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended98% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Annika follows the sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders that wash up in the waterways of Scotland. Throughout the series, Annika makes the audience her confidante by breaking the fourth wall and sharing her wry observations on the case and her life, as she manages her brilliant yet unconventional team, and her equally brilliant yet complex teenage daughter.

7. Seven Types of Ambiguity

   2017 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on ABC.

   Seven-year-old Sam Marin is taken from his school. Much to the relief of his parents Anna and Joe, Sam is found unharmed hours later and police arrest ex-schoolteacher, Simon Heywood. But this is far from an open and shut case as it turns out that Simon is Anna's ex-lover, and his neighbour and possible accomplice Angela has an intriguing connection to Joe. Soon Simon's psychiatrist and ally Dr. Alex Klima, his lawyer Gina, and even Joe's best mate Mitch get pulled into the vortex where relationships become entangled and moral dilemmas abound about who really is at fault. And it's not a matter of who took Sam, but a question of why.Told from the shifting perspectives of six characters, this psychological mystery explores the complex emotional terrain of past and present relationships and the risks people will go to in the name of love.Based on the critically acclaimed novel ‘Seven Types of Ambiguity' by award winning author Elliot Perlman.

8. Ripper Street

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.1), hidden gem.

   The Whitechapel police fight to bring law to the lawless in the wake of Jack the Ripper's reign of terror.

9. Castle

   2009 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.2), also on ABC.

   Castle follows Rick Castle who is one of the world's most successful crime authors. But when his rock star lifestyle isn't enough, this bad boy goes looking for new trouble and finds it working with smart, beautiful Detective Kate Beckett. Inspired by her professional record and intrigued by her buttoned-up personality, Castle's found the model for his bold new character whether she likes it or not. Now with the mayor's permission, Castle is helping solve crime with his own twist.

10. Broadchurch

    2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended95% match

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.4).

    David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker, star in Broadchurch – a brand new powerful, thought provoking drama series by Kudos Film and Television for ITV.The sadness of losing a child consumes the family, Beth and Mark Latimer their daughter 15-year-old Chloe and Beth's mum Liz as they attempt to cope with their grief, everyday normal life and the abruptness of the unwarranted attention heaped upon them. Devastated by their loss, it's the most stressful and emotional time in their lives as they struggle to relate to their friends, neighbours, the church, the press, and the police.