The Closer

Series Similar to The Closer

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

1. The Mentalist

   2008 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended97% match

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

   Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. No-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism, and dangerous lack of boundaries. Lisbon's team includes agents Kimball Cho, Wayne Rigsby and rookie member Grace Van Pelt, who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases.

2. Motive

   2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Motive is an unconventional way to watch a crime drama unfold. Each episode begins by revealing not only the victim, but the killer as well. It's not a "whodunit", it's a "whydunit", a question faced by spirited female Vancouver homicide detective Angie Flynn as she begins to piece together the clues from the crime. How are the victim and killer connected? What is the motive? As the mystery unfolds, the audience navigates a complicated maze of clues alongside the detective and her team.

3. Southland

   2009 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.1), also on TNT.

   From Emmy Award winners John Wells, Ann Biderman and Chris Chulack comes a raw and authentic look at the police unit in Los Angeles. From the beaches of Malibu to the streets of East LA, Southland is a fast moving drama that will take you inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims and their families.John Cooper is a seasoned Los Angeles cop, assigned to train young rookie Ben Sherman. Cooper's honest, no nonsense approach to the job leaves Sherman questioning whether or not he has what it takes to become a police officer.

4. Cold Case

   2003 · Drama, Crime · ended95% match

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

   Cold Case is a drama about Lilly Rush, an enigmatic and highly effective detective on the Philadelphia Homicide Squad. Rush's instinctive understanding of the criminal mind and her singular passion for uncovering the truth makes her the perfect fit for investigating cold cases, yester-crimes that have remained unsolved - some only a few months old, others going back decades. Rush and her team use their wits to take on aging evidence and witnesses with buried secrets, uncovering fresh clues, digging into old wounds and doggedly pursuing the truth.

5. Life

   2007 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

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

   A detective gets a second chance after serving twelve years in prison for a crime he did not commit. 

6. Ripper Street

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended94% 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.

7. Lie to Me

   2009 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended93% match

   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.

8. Bosch

   2015 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended93% match

   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.

9. Dexter

   2006 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended93% match

   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.

10. Murder in the First

    2014 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended93% match

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

    Murder in the First follows homicide detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan as they investigate two seemingly unrelated murders. The mystery deepens, however, when they find both murders have a common denominator in a Silicon Valley wunderkind.