Shows Like Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty

If you liked Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (2022), a mystery 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
Three Pines (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache…
2
Emergence (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mystery
A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the…
3
Grimm (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mystery
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new…
4
Citadel (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn't know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they're called back to action as sinister forces…
5
Strike (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator…
6
Cross (2024)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but…
7
Crime (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
8
The Victims' Game (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.
9
Sherlock & Daughter (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mystery
Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.
10
The Better Sister (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the…
11
Fool Me Once (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and crime
When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.
12
Missing You (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.
13
Masters of Horror (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mystery
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
14
Life on Mars (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and drama
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come…
15
Death and Other Details (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and drama
How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer?…
16
The Night Manager (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mystery
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner…
17
L.A.'s Finest (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic…
18
The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mystery
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title…
19
I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and mystery
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
20
56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and crime
When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.