Shows Like Life on Mars

If you liked Life on Mars (2006), 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.

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Life on Mars (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and drama
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
2
Dalgliesh (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
3
No Offence (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and crime
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists…
4
Bodies (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and mystery
One victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must solve the mystery to protect Britain's future.
5
Continuum (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the…
6
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…
7
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…
8
Class of '09 (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
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Inspector Morse (1987)
★ 7.9/10Also crime and drama
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of…
10
Ashes to Ashes (2008)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and sci-fi & fantasy
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
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21 Jump Street (1987)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and mystery
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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Ridley (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and drama
Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
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Ripper Street (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mystery
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in…
14
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…
15
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…
16
Five Days (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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Fortitude (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama
Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a…
18
Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime
In swinging 60’s Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine must prove herself brilliant enough to…
19
Carnival Row (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and drama
In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective…
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DCI Banks (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.