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Broadchurch 2013
Series
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
The sides of Broadchurch
- The murder of an eleven-year-old boy
- Two detectives who clash
- A seaside town in Dorset under suspicion
Good for you if
- you like a whodunit where every neighbor could be the killer.
- you like Olivia Colman and David Tennant as mismatched detectives.
- you like a story about a family's grief, not only the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a child's death and a family's grief.
- you need chases and action, and this investigation takes its time.
About: grief · community · guilt · trust
The Killing 2011
Series
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
The sides of The Killing
- Two detectives on the murder of Rosie Larsen
- A grey and rainy Seattle
- A mayoral campaign caught up in the investigation
Good for you if
- you like one murder investigated over two whole seasons.
- you like long rainy silences and a patient investigation.
- you can take a story about grief that stays dark.
Bad for you if
- you want shootouts and chases more than interrogations.
- you lose track when the story splits between the detectives, the grieving family and a mayoral race.
About: grief · guilt · obsession
Mare of Easttown 2021
Series
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
The sides of Mare of Easttown
- A detective in a small Pennsylvania town
- A teenage mother found dead
- A grandmother raising her late son's child
Good for you if
- you like a small-town murder where every neighbour could be hiding something.
- you like Kate Winslet as a tired, stubborn local cop.
- you like a crime story that cares as much about Mare's family as the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and a son's suicide on screen.
- you need chases and shootouts more than slow detective work.
About: grief · small towns · motherhood · guilt
Rizzoli & Isles 2010
Series
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.
The sides of Rizzoli & Isles
- A tough Boston homicide detective
- A medical examiner more at ease with the dead
- Two close friends solving murders
Good for you if
- you like the friendship between Jane and Maura more than the cases.
- you like a new murder solved in every episode.
- you like a crime show with family dinners and teasing.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you can't stand autopsy scenes.
About: friendship · family · justice

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
Series
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
The sides of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- A New York squad for sex crimes
- Detective Olivia Benson
- Cases that end in court
Good for you if
- you like a case a week, from the interrogation room to the courtroom.
- you like Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, there for every victim.
Bad for you if
- you can't take on twenty-eight seasons.
- you can't watch stories of sexual assault and abuse, even told with care.
About: justice · victims · trauma

El mentalista 2008
Serie
El mentalista es una serie policiaca americana sobre Patrick Jane, ex médium, que trabaja de asesor para la Oficina de Investigación de California (California Bureau of Investigation), usando su altamente desarrollada capacidad de observación, que anteriormente usaba para "leer" mentes.
Las caras de El mentalista
- Un falso vidente que trabaja con la policía
- Un asesino en serie llamado Red John
- Casos resueltos leyendo a la gente
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un caso por semana resuelto observando cómo mienten los sospechosos.
- te gusta el encanto de Simon Baker como Patrick Jane, que sonríe mientras sufre su duelo.
- quieres una larga cacería de Red John, el asesino que se llevó a la familia de Jane.
Mala para ti si
- siete temporadas de casos son demasiado para ti.
- quieres tiroteos y persecuciones más que conversaciones en una habitación.
Temas: el duelo · la venganza · el engaño

Bones 2005
Series
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
The sides of Bones
- A forensic anthropologist who reads skeletons
- An FBI agent who trusts his gut
- A lab full of scientists solving murders
Good for you if
- you like a murder solved from bones, insects and a chipped tooth.
- you like the sparks between Booth, the FBI agent, and Brennan, the scientist.
- you like the whole Jeffersonian team arguing over the remains.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to twelve seasons.
- you can't stand close-ups of rotting and burned bodies.
About: science · partnership · love
The Bridge 2011
Series
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.
The sides of The Bridge
- A body on the Øresund Bridge, half in each country
- Saga Norén, a Swedish detective with no filter
- A Danish cop who has to work with her
Good for you if
- you like a killer who plays a long game with two police forces.
- you like Saga Norén, blunt, literal and fiercely good at her job.
- you can take a cold Nordic noir with sad endings.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles in Swedish and Danish.
- you need a crime show that moves faster.
About: loneliness · justice · friendship
Castle 2009
Series
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
The sides of Castle
- A crime novelist following a New York homicide detective
- A new murder case in every episode
- A teenage daughter and a mother at home
Good for you if
- you like a murder to solve every episode.
- you like Castle and Beckett taking years to get together.
- you like a writer joking his way through crime scenes.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you need police work that could really happen, not a novelist on every case.
About: love · family · justice
Luther 2010
Series
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
The sides of Luther
- A London detective who breaks his own rules
- Serial killers hunted across the city
- A friendship with a murderer he cannot arrest
Good for you if
- you like a manhunt that starts in the first ten minutes.
- you like a detective you are never sure you should trust.
- you like London murder cases and the people who work them.
Bad for you if
- you can't take what the killers leave behind.
- you don't want an evening filled with murder and grief.
- five seasons of that darkness is too much for you.
About: obsession · guilt · justice
Bosch 2015
Series
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. As daring recruit Julia Brasher catches his eye and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.
The sides of Bosch
- An LAPD homicide detective in Los Angeles
- Cold cases and departmental politics
- A detective and his teenage daughter
Good for you if
- you like a murder case that takes a whole season to solve.
- you like patient police work over shootouts.
- you like Harry Bosch, a stubborn detective with a jazz record collection.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you want chases and gunfights in a cop show.
About: justice · the past · fatherhood
The Chestnut Man 2021
Series
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
The sides of The Chestnut Man
- A chestnut figure left at each murder scene
- Two mismatched Copenhagen detectives
- A minister's daughter who went missing
Good for you if
- you like a serial killer hunt in autumn Copenhagen.
- you like a missing girl case tied to fresh murders.
- you can take a cold, grim Nordic noir.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand mutilated bodies on screen.
- you won't read subtitles for a Danish series.
About: grief · the past · justice
El intercambio 2008
Película
Christine Collins es una madre que recupera a su hijo, al que habían secuestrado meses antes. Pero en la locura del muy fotografiado reencuentro, comienza a sospechar que el niño que le han entregado no es su hijo. A pesar de unas fuerzas del orden corruptas y de una opinión pública más que escéptica, intenta dilucidar el misterio cueste lo que cueste. Tachada de loca e incapacitada, por fin encuentra un aliado en el reverendo Briegleb, que la ayudará en su búsqueda.
Las caras de El intercambio
- Una madre cuyo hijo desaparece en el Los Ángeles de 1928
- Un niño devuelto por la policía que no es el suyo
- Una mujer internada en un psiquiátrico por insistir
Buena para ti si
- quieres la historia real de Christine Collins y su lucha contra la policía de Los Ángeles.
- no puedes apartar la vista de Angelina Jolie como una madre que no se rinde.
- te gusta el Los Ángeles de los años veinte, con sus tranvías y sus centralitas telefónicas.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas un niño desaparecido y los crímenes que hay detrás.
- dos horas y veinte te parecen demasiado.
Temas: la maternidad · la corrupción · la verdad
Gone Baby Gone 2007
Film
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
The sides of Gone Baby Gone
- A four-year-old missing in Boston
- Two private detectives from the neighborhood
- A choice between the law and what is right
Good for you if
- you like a missing-child case that keeps changing shape.
- you like a tense thriller in the bars and streets of Boston.
- you like an ending that leaves you asking what you would have done.
Bad for you if
- a missing child, drugs and abuse are too much for you.
- you need an ending that leaves you some hope.
About: justice · parenthood · corruption

CSI: NY 2004
Series
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
The sides of CSI: NY
- A forensic team in New York
- Mac Taylor leading the crime lab
- A new case every episode
Good for you if
- you like forensic clues that crack a murder.
- you like crimes from every corner of New York City.
- you like a case solved by the end of each episode.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand close-ups of bodies and wounds.
- nine seasons is too much for you.
About: justice · loss · duty
Midsomer Murders 1997
Series
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
The sides of Midsomer Murders
- Murders in pretty English villages
- A calm DCI and his young sergeant
- Fêtes, manor houses and village feuds
Good for you if
- you like a whodunit with a full list of suspects every episode.
- you like a cosy murder in a thatched village with tea afterwards.
- you like the oddly cheerful ways people die in Midsomer.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to 25 seasons of one series.
- you want chases and shootouts, and this is patient, polite detective work.
About: village life · secrets · justice
Érase una vez en América 1984
Película
David Aaronson "Noodles", un pobre joven judío, conoce en los suburbios de principios del siglo XX de Manhattan, Nueva York, a Maximilian Bercovicz "Max", otro joven de origen hebreo dispuesto a llegar lejos por cualquier método. Entablan una gran amistad y forman, con los 3 colegas de "Noodles", Patrick Goldberg "Patsy", Philip Stein "Cockeye", y Dominic una banda que prospera rápidamente. Desgraciadamente, son perseguidos por Bugsy, el tipo para el que Noodles y sus amigos trabajaban anteriormente, y en uno de sus asaltos, mata a Dominic. Rápidamente Noodles se tira encima suyo y le mata, por lo que pasará 12 años en prisión. Cuando Noodles sale de prisión le recibe Max, que sigue con su banda junto a los otros 2 amigos, Patsy y Cockeye. Rápidamente, entre los 4, llegan a convertirse, en tiempos de la prohibición, en unos de los mayores gánsteres de todo el país.
Las caras de Érase una vez en América
- Amigos de la infancia convertidos en gánsteres
- Nueva York en tiempos de la Ley Seca
- Un hombre que vuelve a su antiguo barrio décadas después
Buena para ti si
- te gusta que la música de Ennio Morricone cargue con toda una vida.
- te gusta una pandilla de chicos que crecen juntos hasta ser gánsteres.
- te gusta un final que te deja preguntándote qué fue real.
Mala para ti si
- no puedes ver escenas de violación y abusos.
- necesitas una historia que avance rápido.
Temas: el arrepentimiento · la memoria · la traición · la amistad
Criminal Minds 2005
Series
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
The sides of Criminal Minds
- An FBI team of profilers
- Serial killers tracked by how they think
- A jet that takes them to each case
Good for you if
- you like working out who the killer is from how he thinks.
- you like racing with the team to stop the next victim.
- you like the BAU as a family, from Reid to Garcia.
Bad for you if
- you can't take on nineteen seasons.
- you can't stand serial killers and what they do to their victims.
About: evil · profiling · teamwork
Sharp Objects 2018
Series
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
The sides of Sharp Objects
- A reporter back in her Missouri hometown
- Two murdered girls
- A mother and daughter with a terrible bond
Good for you if
- you want to watch Amy Adams carry every scene as Camille.
- you like a heavy, humid small town revealed one memory at a time.
- you can take a dark Southern story with no easy comfort.
Bad for you if
- you can't face self-harm, alcoholism and child abuse on screen.
- you'd rather avoid frank sex scenes, and Camille has a few.
About: trauma · mothers and daughters · home

Forever 2014
Series
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret.
The sides of Forever
- An immortal medical examiner in New York
- Two hundred years of past lives in flashbacks
- A detective partner who doesn't know his secret
Good for you if
- you like a murder case each week solved from the morgue.
- you like flashbacks to Henry's two centuries of life.
- you'd rather have murder stories without gore.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a series that stops after one season with Henry's secret unsolved.
- you need chases and fights.
About: immortality · grief · love that outlives