Sherlock

Series Similar to Sherlock

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

1. Elementary

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   Elementary is a modern-day take on the classic Sherlock Holmes story 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.

2. Messiah

   2001 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

3. Broadchurch

   2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   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.

4. Lie to Me*

   2009 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   This compelling new drama series stars Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to discover not only if someone is lying, but why. Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Dr. Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies.

5. White Christmas

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   Kim Yo Han is a psychiatrist who gets involved in a serial murder when his car broke down on Christmas Eve during a sudden storm and he is forced to take shelter at a private high school. Seven students and a teacher are also there over the winter break, but they are gradually murdered one by one as they receive letters from a killer who wants revenge for the death of his mother and sister.

6. Bosch

   2015 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.5).

   Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past.

7. Dexter

   2006 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   He's smart, he's good looking, and he's got a great sense of humor. He's Dexter Morgan, everyone's favorite serial killer. As a Miami forensics expert, he spends his days solving crimes, and nights committing them. But Dexter lives by a strict code of honor that is both his saving grace and lifelong burden. Torn between his deadly compulsion and his desire for true happiness, Dexter is a man in profound conflict with the world and himself.

8. Ripper Street

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

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

9. Zen

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on BBC One.

   Drama series centred around Rome detective Aurelio Zen, who finds it tough being the only honest cop in town. Plotting politicians, a stressed-out boss and vengeful gangsters don't make it easy.

10. Janet King

    2014 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

    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.