Shows Like The Manipulated

If you liked The Manipulated (2025), a crime and drama 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
Criminal Record (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old…
2
Goliath (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman…
3
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.
4
Mr Inbetween (2018)
★ 8.3/10Also crime and drama
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
5
Rebus (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Iconic character John Rebus is reimagined as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.
6
Made in Korea (2025)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and drama
In 1970s South Korea, follow two men on opposite sides of power — one driven by ambition, the other by justice. As their worlds collide, greed, loyalty, and survival intertwine in a battle that will shape a nation.
7
The Patient (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
8
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…
9
Power Book IV: Force (2022)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and drama
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
10
Cape Fear (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
When convicted murderer Max Cady is released from prison, he begins infiltrating the family of the married attorneys who helped put him behind bars.
11
Furious (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
FBI agent Alice Black is on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Both walk their own paths toward justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to…
12
Full Circle (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama
An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
13
Doctor X: Mafia in White (2026)
★ 9.4/10Also drama and crime
In a hospital dominated by ego and corruption, an enigmatic but brilliant surgeon arrives — taking on seemingly impossible cases amid fierce opposition.
14
Gangnam B-Side (2024)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama
When Jaehee, a top call girl at a club in Gangnam, goes missing, Detective Kang Dongwoo returns to crack the case. Prosecutor Min Seojin aims to rise in rank, while the notorious pimp, Yoon Gilho becomes a prime…
15
Nobody Knows (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
A high school boy falls off of the top of a building and lapses into a coma. A detective and his school teacher attempt to get to the bottom of the incident.
16
Player (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and drama
The story about the revenge of four talented individuals in their respective fields who create an elite team to solve crimes.
17
Protection (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
Follows a witness protection officer who finds herself at the center of a breach; compromised by an extramarital romance with a coworker; but resolute in her resolve to fight back and unearth the real cause of…
18
Sneaky Pete (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to…
19
The Witness (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime
With their 2-year-old as the sole witness to her murder, Rachel Nickell's partner fights to protect him amid a flawed investigation.
20
The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.