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51.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Happy Families
(1992)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The head of a wealthy but dysfunctional family is found bludgeoned to death in the family estate as Morse is forced to deal with the resultant media frenzy.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Sukie Smith, Gwen Taylor
Votes: 824
52.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Masonic Mysteries
(1990)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Morse finds himself framed for murder by an unknown mastermind and suspended as Lewis is seconded to DCI Bottomley, who is in charge of the case.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Madelaine Newton, Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 1,043
53.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Promised Land
(1991)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Morse and Lewis go to Australia to find a witness who has been in witness protection for ten years, but this is one witness who doesn't want to be found.
Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Con O'Neill
Votes: 805
54.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Way Through the Woods
(1995)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a serial killer is murdered in prison, his deathbed confession disavows one of the murders he had previously confessed to. Morse wants to reopen the case.
Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gary Powell, Vivienne Ritchie
Votes: 857
55.
The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode:
Night Out
(1975)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.
Director: David Wickes | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Mitzi Rogers
Votes: 165
56.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Dancing in the Dark
(2004)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost must deal with a corpse found in a recycling dump and a smuggling ring of white slavers specializing in young Polish girls.
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Nicholas Burns, John Lyons
Votes: 281
57.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
A Simple Sacrifice: Part 1
(2001)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After serving half her sentence for the murder of her husband and neighbor's son, new evidence suggests that Annie Keel could be innocent.
Director: Robert Del Maestro | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 200
58.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Special Relationship: Part 1
(2002)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the police cannot get a conviction, the cold case team takes on the murder of a feminist who worked for the Home Office.
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 159
59.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Endangered Species
(2006)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost is busy with two cases: smugglers trafficking in rare and endangered species and murder and the naked body of an art teacher discovered in the bedroom of returning vacationers.
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Blake Ritson, John Lyons
Votes: 303
60.
Beck (1997– )
Episode:
I Guds namn
(2007)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A paparazzi photographer is found dead, his apartment ransacked. When Beck's superior Margareta Oberg goes through the evidence, she reacts very strongly to two of the images left behind, ... See full summary »
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Peter Haber, Marie Göranzon, Mikael Persbrandt, Stina Rautelin
Votes: 1,281
61.
Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2020– )
Episode:
The Case of Henry Scarlet
(2020)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Eliza pieces the puzzle together to find out what really happened to her father. Moses has lots of criminal connections, which make him a suspect during the investigation, but it could turn out to be someone who has been under Duke's nose.
Director: Declan O'Dwyer | Stars: Kevin Doyle, Stuart Martin, Danny Midwinter, Matthew Malone
Votes: 504
62.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Deathwatch: Part 2
(2002)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Expatriate gangster Frank Sutton returns to Britain and recruits reporter Graham Barker to gather enough evidence and publish the truth about his brother Charles, who was framed and hung for murder.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 156
63.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Let Loose the Dogs
(2008)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One of the conspirators running a fixed dog fighting competition is murdered and the drunkard who is the prime suspect happens to be Murdoch's estranged father.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 389
64.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Great and the Good
(2008)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis and Hathaway become involved in the drugging and rape of a schoolgirl and discover that it is connected to several bizarre murders.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Laura Rees, Richard McCabe, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Jason Watkins
Votes: 652
65.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
The Chelsea Murders
(1981)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A mysterious and terrifyingly-masked serial murderer attacks a series of seemingly random victims in Chelsea. What could be the connection between this and a group local students making a film - and to investigative reporter Mary?
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Darien Angadi, Anthony Barnett, Miranda Bell, Christopher Bramwell
Votes: 42
66.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Allegory of Love
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Katia Winter, Tom Mison, Louise Dylan, Olly Alexander
Votes: 757
67.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Point of Vanishing
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former religious fanatic who deliberately tried to kill an outspoken atheist in a car crash but only succeeded in disabling his daughter is murdered.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Ophelia Lovibond, Danny Midwinter, Dougal Irvine, Julian Wadham
Votes: 675
68.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Dark Matter
(2010)
TV-PG | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Oxford professor, also an amateur astronomer and recently renewed churchgoer, is found dead in the school observatory under suspicious circumstances.
Director: Bille Eltringham | Stars: Warren Clarke, Deborah Cornelius, Christopher Bowen, Sophie Ward
Votes: 647
69.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Falling Darkness
(2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a Halloween, one of Dr Hobson's college roommates is found dead with a stake through her heart and a garlic bulb in her mouth.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Kevin Whately, Clare Holman, Niamh Cusack, Lucy Griffiths
Votes: 694
70.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Dead of Winter
(2010)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murders occur in Crevecoeur Hall, a lavish Oxford estate where Hathaway's father was in service and he spent his boyhood.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Richard Johnson, Nathaniel Parker, Jonty Stephens, Georgia Groome
Votes: 735
71.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Your Sudden Death Question
(2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of people gather at an Oxford college to compete in a quiz contest for a large prize. One of them, an annoying, know-it-all womaniser is murdered. Due to his personality quite a few people would loathe him, but murder him?
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Adam James, Susannah Doyle, Ruth Gemmell, Sally Bretton
Votes: 673
72.
The Chicago Code (2011)
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Teresa Colvin, the city's first female superintendent, lobbies for a city corruption task force to investigate Alderman Ronin Gibbons, a building-magnate-turned-politician. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles McDougall | Stars: Jason Clarke, Jennifer Beals, Matt Lauria, Devin Kelley
Votes: 214
73.
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)
Episode:
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House
(2011)
TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Based on true events. Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the horrific murder of a three-year-old boy.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Paddy Considine, Peter Capaldi, Tom Georgeson, William Beck
Votes: 2,475
74.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
(2011)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At the reunion of former students of an all-female college, one of the attendees is murdered. Lewis suspects the murder may be linked to an attack at the college he investigated nine years earlier.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Laurence Fox, Zoe Telford, Melanie Kilburn, Kathryn O'Reilly
Votes: 662
75.
Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode:
Goodbye China
(2011)
TV-MA | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gently and Bacchus look into the suspicious death of Gently's old friend and ex-snout, China.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: James Acton, Jay Miller, Niek Versteeg, Martin Shaw
Votes: 466
76.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Generation of Vipers
(2012)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When it becomes widely known that a best-selling feminist author and lecturer has joined an Internet dating site, she apparently commits suicide.
Director: David O'Neill | Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Jason Durr, Julie Cox
Votes: 677
77.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Indelible Stain
(2012)
TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A visiting lecturer at the college of criminology who holds controversial theories on genetic predisposition toward criminal behavior is found hanged.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Harriet Madeley, Richard Southgate, David Soul, David Calder
Votes: 567
78.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Fearful Symmetry
(2012)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a pretty graduate student moonlighting as a baby sitter is found bound on a bed and smothered, it is found that she posed for provocative bondage photos.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Abigail Hardingham, Georgia Taylor, Ciarán McMenamin, Lucy Cohu
Votes: 611
79.
Ripper Street (2012–2016)
Episode:
Tournament of Shadows
(2013)
TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Jewish man is murdered, and it soon becomes clear that he had uncovered a complex spy plot involving striking workers and the Russian secret police.
Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 557
80.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Ramblin' Boy: Part 1
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a body discovered in a wooded area is found already embalmed, the logical conclusion is that a murder victim must have been cremated in his place.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Simon Wilson, Lia Williams, Mark Powley, Tom Brooke
Votes: 557
81.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Intelligent Design: Part 1
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The day after an alcoholic college professor who killed a young girl in a drunken accident is released from prison and returns home, he is run over by his own car.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Churchett, Alison Steadman, Crystal Leaity, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 545
82.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Ramblin' Boy: Part 2
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The suspected identity of the cremated corpse keeps changing as attempts are made on the lives of two of the students involved in the case are made.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Taron Egerton, Babou Ceesay, Kevin Whately, Harriet Ballard
Votes: 480
83.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Intelligent Design: Part 2
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Benison College is being renovated, the desiccated body of a student who disappeared 15 years earlier is found in an attic and linked to Seager's murder.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Fox, Alison Steadman, Miranda Raison, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 487
84.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Down Among the Fearful: Part 2
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reuben's killer also murders his co-researcher and suspicion falls on fellow psychic Frank Mclean and tarot reader Justine Skinner.
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Beatie Edney, Emily Joyce, Catherine Steadman, Adam Wadsworth
Votes: 480
85.
Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
Episode:
Operation Nadine: Part 1
(1992)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Series 2, Tennison has proven herself and won her colleagues' grudging respect. When she is assigned to head a murder inquiry in the African Caribbean community, it seems further ... See full summary »
Director: John Strickland | Stars: Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield, Jack Ellis
Votes: 301
86.
Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
Episode:
Operation Nadine: Part 2
(1992)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Series 2, Tennison has proven herself and won her colleagues' grudging respect. When she is assigned to head a murder inquiry in the African Caribbean community, it seems further ... See full summary »
Director: John Strickland | Stars: Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield, Jack Ellis
Votes: 277
87.
Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
Episode:
Keeper of Souls: Part 1
(1993)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After being passed over for Detective Superintendant and giving notice, Jane briefly reunites with a very old flame who is now a famous crime writer. But, again, Jane breaks off the ... See full summary »
Director: David Drury | Stars: Helen Mirren, Peter Capaldi, Michael Shannon, Greg Saunders
Votes: 267
88.
Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(2017)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a single mother's death is covered up, Sidney and Geordie try to hold those accountable for their actions.
Director: Rebecca Gatward | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver
Votes: 376
89.
Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode:
Outrage
(2019)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While chasing a heroin supplier, CPD crosses paths with a convicted criminal recently released on a technicality. Halstead's history with the man threatens the team's ability to put him back in prison.
Director: Vincent Misiano | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos
Votes: 421
90.
Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode:
Trust
(2019)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An investigation into the death of a well known district attorney puts the Intelligence Division at odds with a mayoral candidate. Antonio returns to work but doesn't trust his own judgment when an operation goes sideways.
Director: Lily Mariye | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos
Votes: 441
91.
Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode:
Night in Chicago
(2019)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Atwater goes undercover to bring down the longtime head of a criminal enterprise and becomes entangled in a situation that tests his allegiances as well as his conscience.
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos
Votes: 463
92.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
A Possible Path Out of TDS Forming in the Zeitgeist, Catholic Church, Climate Debate, Coffee
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
93.
Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode:
Pain Killer
(2019)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mayoral candidate is shot by an unidentified sniper, and CPD races to catch the shooter before he can take out his next target.
Director: Nicole Rubio | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos
Votes: 395