Shows Like American Crime Story
If you liked American Crime Story (2016), 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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Interrogation (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeBased on a true story that spanned more than 30 years in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode is structured around an interrogation taken directly from the real…
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Accused (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaIn this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from…
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True Detective (2014)
★ 8.3/10Also dramaAn American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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DCI Banks (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaA 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.
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Fargo (2014)
★ 8.3/10Also crime and dramaA close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
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Dr. Death (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crimeAn anthology series, with each season following a new medical true crime story.
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crimeHotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.
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We Own This City (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaThe story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest…
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Criminal Minds (2005)
★ 8.3/10Also crime and dramaAn elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
★ 8/10Also crime and dramaIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the…
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The Sinner (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaIn a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.
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21 Jump Street (1987)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama21 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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Goliath (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and dramaOnce 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…
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The Gold (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaOn 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink's-Mat security depot, stumbling across gold bullion worth £26m.
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Law & Order True Crime (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaAn anthology series that delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.
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Five Days (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and dramaThriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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The Bay (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeFamily Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is…
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The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crimeA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA chronicle of the two major police investigations by LAPD Detective Greg Kading into the deaths of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.