Nothing hooks you like a great crime series.
The twists, the tension, the slow unravelling of the truth.
These 10 shows are the best the genre has to offer.
1. Breaking Bad (2008) 8.9
Genre: Drama, Crime · Cast: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting
2. Sherlock (2010) 8.5
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery · Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
3. True Detective (2014) 8.3
Genre: Drama, Mystery · Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
4. Fargo (2014) 8.3
Genre: Crime, Drama · Cast: Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
5. Ozark (2017) 8.2
Genre: Crime, Drama · Cast: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
6. Money Heist (2017) 8.2
Genre: Crime, Drama · Cast: Úrsula Corberó, Itziar Ituño, Álvaro Morte
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of se
7. Dexter (2006) 8.2
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery · Cast: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Geoff Pierson
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
8. MINDHUNTER (2017) 8.1
Genre: Drama, Crime · Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv
An agent in the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
9. Narcos (2015) 8.1
Genre: Crime, Drama · Cast: Pedro Pascal, Matias Varela, Damián Alcázar
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia’s infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
10. Broadchurch (2013) 7.9
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery · Director: Euros Lyn · Cast: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Julie Hesmondhalgh
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Every one of these will keep you guessing. Start tonight — just leave the lights on.