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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
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
Prisioneros 2013
Película
Cuando su hija pequeña y su amiga desaparecen el día de Acción de Gracias, un padre se toma la justicia por su mano mientras un detective investiga el caso.
Las caras de Prisioneros
- Un detective que no se rinde
- Hasta dónde llega un padre
- Un caso construido como un laberinto
- Lluvia, frío y luz gris
Buena para ti si
- te gusta estar tenso durante dos horas y media seguidas.
- te gusta reunir pistas e intentar adelantarte al detective.
- te gusta ver a un actor llegar a un lugar crudo. Hugh Jackman lo hace.
Mala para ti si
- un niño en peligro es demasiado para ti.
- dos horas y media son demasiado para tu noche.
Temas: la fe · la venganza · la culpa · la paternidad
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
Mystic River 2003
Película
Cuando Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle y Sean Devine eran unos niños que crecían juntos en un peligroso barrio obrero de Boston, pasaban los días jugando al hockey en la calle. Pero, un día, a Dave le ocurrió algo que marcó para siempre su vida y las de sus amigos. Veinticinco años más tarde, otra tragedia los vuelve a unir: el asesinato de Katie, la hija de 19 años de Jimmy. A Sean, que es policía, le asignan el caso; pero también tiene que estar muy pendiente de Jimmy porque, en su desesperación, está intentando tomarse la justicia por su mano.
Las caras de Mystic River
- Tres amigos de infancia en Boston
- Una hija asesinada
- Un pasado que nunca sanó
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las actuaciones crudas y potentes.
- te gusta una tragedia sin un final limpio.
- te gusta una investigación de asesinato en un barrio unido.
Mala para ti si
- el abuso infantil y el duelo de un padre son demasiado duros para ti.
- necesitas ritmo. Eastwood deja que el duelo y los silencios se alarguen.
Temas: el trauma · la culpa · la lealtad
Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie) 2003
Película
Corea del Sur, 1986. Una joven aparece brutalmente violada y asesinada. Dos meses después, se producen una serie de violaciones y asesinatos en circunstancias similares. Para buscar al asesino, se organiza un destacamento especial, encabezado por un detective de la policía local (Park Doo-man) y un detective de la policía de Seúl (Seo Tae-yoon), que ha solicitado ser asignado al caso.
Las caras de Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie)
- Dos detectives rurales tras un asesino en serie
- La Corea del Sur de los años 80 bajo régimen militar
- Crímenes basados en un caso real sin resolver de la época
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una cacería en campos bajo la lluvia donde cada pista se escapa.
- puedes reírte de policías torpes y brutales en medio de un caso sombrío.
- aguantas una historia donde la desesperación gana a la justicia.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas la brutalidad policial ni ver víctimas asesinadas en pantalla.
- no quieres leer subtítulos durante dos horas.
- necesitas un caso cerrado y un culpable con nombre.
Temas: la obsesión · el fracaso · la violencia policial · un país en transición
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 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
Black Bird 2022
Series
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
The sides of Black Bird
- A drug dealer sent into a maximum security prison
- A man suspected of killing young girls
- A confession to get out of him
Good for you if
- you like long conversations in a cell where one wrong word ruins everything.
- you can't look away from Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall.
- you want a true story told soberly.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a man describe the murders of young women.
- you want a prison story with fights and escapes.
About: guilt · redemption · fathers and sons
The Fall 2013
Series
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
The sides of The Fall
- A London detective sent to Belfast
- A family man who is a serial killer
- A slow cat-and-mouse hunt
Good for you if
- you like knowing who the killer is and waiting for Stella Gibson to close in.
- you want to watch Gillian Anderson's cool, unshakable detective.
- you like a Belfast police task force working a serial killer case.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch killings of women shown up close.
- you'd rather not spend hours inside a killer's daily life with his own children.
About: obsession · control · violence against women
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
The Outsider 2020
Series
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
The sides of The Outsider
- A boy's murder in a Georgia town
- A suspect seen in two places at once
- An investigator who sees what others miss
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in quiet rooms and dark caves.
- you like a case with proof that a man was in two places at once.
- you like a patient story that takes its time with grief.
Bad for you if
- the murder of a child and a grieving family are too much for you.
- you need a crime explained without anything supernatural.
About: grief · belief · evil

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
Perdida 2014
Película
En su quinto aniversario de boda, la mujer de un hombre desaparece, y a medida que la policía y la prensa investigan, él se convierte en el principal sospechoso.
Las caras de Perdida
- Un matrimonio visto desde los dos lados
- Un juicio en televisión
- Una historia que cambia de forma a mitad de camino
- Frío, preciso y de humor negro
Buena para ti si
- te encanta que se te caiga el suelo bajo los pies a mitad de película.
- te gusta una interpretación de la que no puedes apartar la vista. Rosamund Pike sostiene cada escena en la que sale Amy.
- te gustan los personajes difíciles de querer.
Mala para ti si
- prefieres saltarte las escenas de sexo, o la ves en familia.
- una escena repentina y muy violenta te arruinaría la noche.
Temas: el matrimonio · las mentiras · los medios · la imagen
True Detective 2014
Series
Each season, different detectives work one murder case. The first follows two Louisiana detectives on a ritual killing that stays with them for seventeen years.
The sides of True Detective
- Two detectives, conversation as tension
- An obsession with a case that won't close
- A place that feels haunted
Good for you if
- you like long conversations in a car more than shootouts.
- you like a case that takes its time and a mood that settles in.
- you like dark ideas and darker places.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not keep track of one case told across two or three timelines.
- you can't take disturbing images of murder victims.
About: time · evil · faith · partnership
The Bone Collector 1999
Film
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
The sides of The Bone Collector
- A paralysed forensic expert working from his bed
- A rookie cop as his eyes at crime scenes
- A killer leaving clues across New York
Good for you if
- you like reading clues from bones, dirt and old New York.
- you like a race to save victims before time runs out.
- you like the bond between Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gruesome murder scenes.
- you'd rather not watch a man who wants to end his life.
About: partnership · despair · obsession
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
The Alienist 2018
Series
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
The sides of The Alienist
- New York in 1896
- A psychologist hunting a killer
- Theodore Roosevelt as police commissioner
Good for you if
- you like a killer tracked through the first steps of criminal psychology.
- you like the gaslit streets of 1890s New York.
- you like a dark hunt that tightens episode after episode.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand mutilated bodies on screen.
- you can't watch murders of young boys forced into prostitution.
About: madness · justice · women in a man's world
Top of the Lake 2013
Series
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
The sides of Top of the Lake
- A detective back in her New Zealand hometown
- A pregnant twelve-year-old girl who vanishes
- A lake town ruled by a dangerous father
Good for you if
- you like a missing-girl case in a remote New Zealand town.
- you like a patient story that lets the lake and the mountains breathe.
- you want to watch Elisabeth Moss carry a detective who is barely holding on.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories about the sexual abuse of girls and women.
- you want a crime show with chases and shootouts.
About: trauma · abuse · going home · motherhood
Safe 2018
Series
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
The sides of Safe
- A widowed surgeon searching for his missing daughter
- A gated community in England
- Neighbours hiding secrets
Good for you if
- you like a missing-teen case where everyone nearby is a suspect.
- you like a Harlan Coben story that turns at the end of every episode.
- you like a father who can't stop digging, whatever he finds.
Bad for you if
- you lose track of a big cast of neighbours, each with a secret.
- you'd rather not watch a grieving father fear the worst for his child.
About: grief · secrets · parenthood