# Good Detective Show like Broadchurch etc. for Netflix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368 "2015-06-01T18:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cartesian\_Rationalist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Cartesian\_Rationalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartesian_Rationalist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/1 "2015-06-01T18:52:38Z")
Hello Dopers, I’ve been binge-watching a few detective dramas on Netflix, and I would like to find more, the ones I have watched are: The Killing, Sherlock, Luther and Broadchurch. I am looking for similar shows, and particularly a show where it’s hard to tell who the “murderer” is, and if it has more than one season, the better. Which shows would you recommend along the lines of the ones I already mentioned? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/2 "2015-06-01T19:01:56Z")
Try [Life](http://instantwatcher.com/titles/177457). It only lasted I think 2 seasons on NBC but it left a lasting impression on me, and it came to a mostly satisfying conclusion in that two seasons. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/3 "2015-06-01T19:04:06Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Try [Life](http://instantwatcher.com/titles/177457). It only lasted I think 2 seasons on NBC but it left a lasting impression on me, and it came to a mostly satisfying conclusion in that two seasons. And it has Damien Lewis, who was fantastic in the role! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/4 "2015-06-01T19:08:01Z")
Watch _Endeavor_, which is a prequel series to the _Inspector Morse_ series. Very good, I think. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/5 "2015-06-01T19:12:35Z")
**Top of the Lake** and **The Fall** are both great. The criminal in **Top of the Lake** is a real surprise, though in **The Fall** , he’s shown in the first ten minutes – the suspense is whether he’ll be caught. For something light and fun, there are the **Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries** ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/6 "2015-06-01T19:13:12Z")
“Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” for a good detective series set in Roaring 20s Australia. Two seasons with a third in production. If you have the DVD service, try “New Tricks”. Several seasons about a cold case squad composed of retired male officers led by an active lady officer. ---
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/7 "2015-06-01T19:21:58Z")
The Danish/Swedish version of The Bridge is very good (but I don’t know whether it is on the Netflix streaming service). Another Danish show that is definitely on Netflix is Dicte, about a crime reporter. I just watched a French series called Witnesses which was excellent. And I’ll put in another vote for The Fall. I was toying with starting a thread very much like this, so I will be reading on with interest. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/8 "2015-06-01T20:04:17Z")
There’s a Swedish version and an English version of the same detective series, _Wallander_. I slightly preferred the Swedish version, possibly because I thought the women were hotter. They are both very good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/9 "2015-06-01T20:05:57Z")
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Smiley’s People ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/10 "2015-06-01T22:33:42Z")
Not sure if it’s on Netflix: 35 Diwrnod (Welsh, English subtitles). Vera. Recommended to me but I haven’t yet watched: Happy Valley Single-Handed Hinterland Murderland There is also the now-classic: Prime Suspect. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/11 "2015-06-01T23:01:36Z")
Perhaps Southcliff(one word I think). One of the several '‘Happy Valley’'s is sort of related to the genre. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/12 "2015-06-01T23:21:58Z")
In order: Happy Valley The Fall Top of the Lake slightly diff but still worth a look … The Honourable Woman ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/13 "2015-06-01T23:49:34Z")
I love _[Grantchester](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3747572/)_, only recently shown here in the U.S. The last I heard, they were planning another series. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/14 "2015-06-01T23:52:47Z")
Oh man, how did I forget _Foyle’s War_??!! Abandon all other viewing til you watch this. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/15 "2015-06-02T13:24:15Z")
Wallander. There are various incarnations…the Kenneth Branagh version is probably the most accessible version for English viewers. > **[Wallander (British TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallander_(UK_TV_series))** > > Wallander is a British television series that aired from 2008 to 2016. It was adapted from a Swedish series, based on the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector. It was the first time the Wallander novels have been adapted into an English-language production. Yellow Bird, a production company formed by Mankell, began negotiations with British companies to produce the adaptations in 2006. In 2007, Branagh met Mank... ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/16 "2015-06-02T13:50:52Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Wallander. > > There are various incarnations…the Kenneth Branagh version is probably the most accessible version for English viewers. > > [Wallander (British TV series) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallander_(UK_TV_series)) Far be it from me to dis Sir Kenneth even by implication, but I’d go with the Krister Henriksson version instead. I prefer the\* foreigness \*of it and the subtitles are utterly incidental. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/17 "2015-06-02T13:56:09Z")
Line of Duty is a BBC police drama. The first season was pretty good…the second season not as much (although still popular enough to commission two more seasons) > **[Line of Duty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_Duty)** > > Line of Duty is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. On 26 June 2012, BBC Two began to broadcast the first series; it was its best-performing drama series in ten years with a consolidated audience of 4.1 million viewers. Broadcast of the second series began on 12 February 2014; its widespread public and critical acclaim led to the BBC commissioning a further two series. The third series began on 24 March 2016 on BBC Two; In Ma... ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/18 "2015-06-02T14:01:31Z")
One more. Accused is not specifically a detective show, but still a compelling law/order series with some great acting. > **[Accused](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accused_%28TV_series%29)** > > Accused or The Accused may refer to: ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/19 "2015-06-02T14:01:50Z")
Oh Lordy yes, Krister Henriksson every time. I don’t know if it’s something to do with trying to do an English language version actually in the original country, but something about the Branagh version just didn’t work. They were too obviously “acting”, or at least Branagh was, and most of the other actors were looking as though they wanted to be anywhere else. Just to confuse, in one episode, an actor playing one of the regular good guys in the Henriksson version turned up playing a villain in one episode of the Branagh series. If you’re OK with foreign language cop shows, try the French series Engrenages (Spiral - though I would have thought a better translation would be Wheels Within Wheels): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral\_(TV\_series)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_(TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368/20 "2015-06-04T00:06:25Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” for a good detective series set in Roaring 20s Australia. Two seasons with a third in production. > > If you have the DVD service, try “New Tricks”. Several seasons about a cold case squad composed of retired male officers led by an active lady officer. Have to agree about ‘New Tricks’, Very sharp writing and terrific actors. We’ve been watching _Death in Paradise_ on Netflix. It’s rated pretty highly and the first season was good, but I find the writing to be very uneven in the second season and, when we finish that, we’ll probably go on to something else. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368.md?page=2)