Shows Like The Hardy Boys
If you liked The Hardy Boys (2021), a drama and mystery series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Coroner (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mysteryJenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and mysteryThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious…
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Steal (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryA typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who…
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My Brilliant Career (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaRestless, razor-sharp and refusing to conform, 17-year-old Sybylla Melvyn is dead set on writing her own story in an era that expects her to find a man and settle down.
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Annika (2021)
★ 7/10Also mystery and dramaThe sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
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Barnaby Jones (1973)
★ 7/10Also drama and mysteryBarnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April…
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and dramaA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Signora Volpe (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and dramaAfter years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.
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Nancy Drew (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and dramaNancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
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Mosaic (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryExplore the psychological underpinnings of love and murder in a small mountain resort town while following popular children’s book author and illustrator Olivia Lake, whose literary success makes her a local celebrity…
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Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryToronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense…
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Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and dramaIn the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS…
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Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
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Scream: The TV Series (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mysteryWhat starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets…
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The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and dramaIn a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
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Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryBaretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New…
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Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and dramaA Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books…
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The Tower (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing…
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Days of Our Lives (1965)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
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Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaKarl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his…