Shows Like Lynley
If you liked Lynley (2025), a crime 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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Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeKarl 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…
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also crime 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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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeDS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
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Sherlock Holmes (1984)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and mysterySherlock Holmes, along with his friend Dr. Watson, uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve.
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Father Brown (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and mysteryFather Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
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Inspector George Gently (2008)
★ 7.9/10Also mystery and crimeCrime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
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Agatha Raisin (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryBurnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively…
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Perry Mason (1957)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and crimeThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and mysteryFrom England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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A Touch of Frost (1992)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and mysteryJack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman…
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Annika (2021)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crimeThe 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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Harry Wild (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crimeA recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
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Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and mysteryAmateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.
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Thorne (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and mysteryDI Tom Thorne finds himself dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races against time to find a serial killer who carries out unusual attacks on young women.
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77 Sunset Strip (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and mysteryStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to…
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A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
★ 8/10Also crime and mysteryGenius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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Barnaby Jones (1973)
★ 7/10Also crime 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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Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeBrighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife…
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The Crow Girl (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeDCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven join forces to hunt the killer of young men. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder.
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Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and mysteryMr Jason Rafiel seeks Miss Marple's help to solve a crime but he does gives her any details. In fact, he can't be sure that a crime was committed at all.