The Victim

Series Similar to The Victim

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

1. Showtrial

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Legal · returning

   Recommended for similar Legal profile.

   Showtrial will once again centre around a hotly contested criminal trial that divides the nation and takes place in the full glare of the media spotlight.When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer - a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed ‘Officer X'? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus's death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?

2. Fearless

   2017 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Emma Banville is a solicitor known for defending lost causes. She's investigating the killing of a schoolgirl in East Anglia and trying to free the man she thinks was wrongly convicted of the girl's murder. As she digs ever deeper into the case, she begins to sense powerful forces, in the police and the intelligence services at home and abroad, who want to stop her uncovering the truth.

3. The Escape Artist

   2013 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Legal profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice.

4. Defending Jacob

   2020 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Legal profile.

   Defending Jacob unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town and one family in particular, forcing an assistant district attorney to choose between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his son.

5. Silk

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

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

   Series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas and problems that modern day barristers have to face, and what it means to become a silk.

6. The Replacement

   2017 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on BBC One.

   Three-part psychological thriller about a woman who goes on maternity leave only to become increasingly paranoid about the motives of the person covering for her.

7. Apple Tree Yard

   2017 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on BBC One.

   A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.

8. Dublin Murders

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on BBC One.

   Set during the height of the Celtic Tiger financial boom of the millennium, Dublin Murders is focused on two murder investigations led by ambitious and charismatic Detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox. The victims - a young talented ballerina who is found dead on an ancient stone altar; and a vivacious free-spirited woman, who is found stabbed in a roofless famine cottage - are seemingly unrelated, but as we will discover, are actually knitted together by powerful shared themes - the macabre ‘red in tooth and claw' elements of both stories, and their heart-thumping psychological thriller qualities.

9. Big Mouth

   2022 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Legal profile.

   Big Mouth tells the story of an underperforming lawyer who gets caught up in a murder case. In order to survive and protect his family, he digs into a huge conspiracy among the privileged upper classes.

10. The Night Of

    2016 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

    Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8.4).

    The Night Of is an eight-part limited series that delves into the intricate story of a fictitious murder case in New York City. The series follows the police investigation and legal proceedings, all the while examining the criminal justice system and the purgatory of Rikers Island, where the accused awaits his trial.Filmed in and around Manhattan, the HBO series is based on the BBC's Criminal Justice, created by Peter Moffat.