Shows Like Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

If you liked Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984), 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
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and crime
The 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…
2
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news…
3
Barnaby Jones (1973)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Barnaby 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…
4
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime
In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS…
5
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and drama
From 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.
6
Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Karl 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…
7
Annika (2021)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crime
The 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.
8
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
9
Thorne (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama
DI 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.
10
Perry Mason (1957)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and drama
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
11
The Crow Girl (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime
DCI 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.
12
Inspector George Gently (2008)
★ 7.9/10Also mystery and crime
Crime 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.
13
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and drama
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
14
Magpie Murders (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.
15
If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
Tracy Whitney was in love, pregnant and engaged to marry into one of America's best family. And then, with one phone call, she lost everything. After 5 years of unjust imprisonment, Tracy emerges from prison a new…
16
Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New…
17
Coroner (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
18
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery and drama
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
19
Scream: The TV Series (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets…
20
Signora Volpe (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and mystery
After years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.