Shows Like Father Dowling Mysteries

If you liked Father Dowling Mysteries (1989), a comedy and crime 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.

1
The Afterparty (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and comedy
Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.
2
Murderville (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crime
Eccentric detective Terry Seattle teams up with clueless celebrity guest stars to investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy.
3
R.J. Decker (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and mystery
Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.
4
Dead Still (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and comedy
Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into…
5
Whitstable Pearl (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her…
6
Ellis (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and crime
DCI Ellis, a tenacious cop, is parachuted into failing investigations alongside her partner DS Harper. Each case will bring her to a different police station where she'll have to not only immerse herself in the case…
7
Swedish Dicks (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crime
Two unlicensed Swedish private investigators try to make a living in Los Angeles.
8
The Residence (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and crime
A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.
9
Grimsburg (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime
Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal clown or correctly identify a mid-century modern armoire. But there’s one mystery he still can’t crack — his family. Now that he's back in Grimsburg…
10
Countdown (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and mystery
When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement…
11
Big Mistakes (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crime
Blackmailed into working for some very dangerous people, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganized duo in organized crime.
12
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and crime
For Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the…
13
Sherwood (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
Old grudges, new rivalries. A tangled web of murder and revenge spirals in a fractured Nottinghamshire mining community. Powerful drama with Lesley Manville and David Morrissey.
14
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and mystery
They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.
15
Snatch (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crime
A group of up-and-coming hustlers stumble upon a truckload of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.
16
Deadloch (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crime
Two vastly different female detectives are thrown together to solve the murder of a local man in the sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch.
17
Angie Tribeca (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crime
Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.
18
Heathers (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crime
A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine, Veronica Sawyer, deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
19
The Stranger (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime
When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, Adam Price's life upends as he becomes entangled in a web of secrets.
20
Paranoid (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and crime
The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost…