Shows Like The Crystal Cuckoo
If you liked The Crystal Cuckoo (2025), a drama 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.
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The Crowded Room (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crimeIn 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
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Echoes (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryIdentical twins Leni and Gina have secretly switched places for years. But when one sister disappears, both of their lives start to fall apart.
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Inside Man (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA prisoner on death row in the US, a vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar cross paths in the most unexpected way.
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Sherlock & Daughter (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysterySherlock 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.
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Missing You (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crimeWhen 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.
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Burning Body (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mysteryWhen a police officer is murdered and set on fire, all eyes focus on two other agents: his girlfriend and her lover.
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Crime (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaDetective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
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Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crimeA complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate…
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Fool Me Once (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and crimeWhen ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.
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The Survivors (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryFifteen years ago, the loss of three young people tore this sleepy seaside town apart. Now, the mysterious death of a young woman dredges up the past.
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The Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryMother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect…
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Senora Acero (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and crimeThe adventures of Vicenta Acero, the feared coyote who now leads the dynasty of illicit dealings once under the control of her father.
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Scarpetta (2026)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeRenowned forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a haunting murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. In 1998…
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Suspect (2022)
★ 6/10Also drama and mysteryA Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about…
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Devil in Ohio (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaDetermined to protect a young patient who escaped a mysterious cult, a psychiatrist takes the girl in, putting her own family — and life — in danger.
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crimeFive years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't…
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The Salisbury Poisonings (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeIn March 2018 Salisbury became the site of an unprecedented national emergency. This three-part dramatisation focuses on the extraordinary heroism shown by the local community.
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Before (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and mysteryAfter tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past.
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Death and Other Details (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and dramaHow 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?…
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I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and mysteryWrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.