10 detective mini-series for pleasant evenings

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If you are tired of stories sucked out of your finger and want something worthwhile that will tickle your nerves and remain in your memory, these detective series are for you.

We will rank the series from shortest to longest. You will definitely find for yourself something that will catch on and will not take up all your free time. But there will be pleasant impressions, sometimes bewilderment, sometimes even fright. All serials end logically and do not require continuation.

Town

• Detective drama.
• UK, 2012.
• Duration: 1 season (3 episodes of 45 minutes).
• IMDb: 6.8.

The story begins with the arrival of the protagonist Mark in his hometown. His arrival is associated with the mysterious death of both parents. A 30-year-old man finds this double "suicide" suspicious. He wants to get to the bottom of the story and stays in town with his sister and grandmother, who adore him.

Secrets and lies

• Detective, thriller, drama.
• Australia, 2014.
• Duration: 1 season (6 episodes, 42 minutes each).
• IMDb: 7.6.

Ben finds the lifeless body of a child in the woods and becomes the prime suspect in the murder. Detective Andrea Cornell takes over, and the quiet life of the man and his family comes to an end.

Murder code

• Detective, thriller, crime, drama.
• UK, 2012.
• Duration: 2 seasons (7 episodes, 45 minutes each).
• IMDb: 8.0.

The action takes place in England in the 50s of the last century. Four young women who worked in a secret encryption unit during the war begin their own investigation of the murders of the girls. The series has incomparable images and characters, the atmosphere of that time is perfectly conveyed.

Joe

• Detective, crime.
• France, UK, 2013.
• Duration: Season 1 (8 episodes, 43 minutes each).
• IMDb: 6.5.

Joe Saint-Clair works for the elite Parisian crime department. Joe's puzzles are complex. How will he deal with them? Together with the detective, we will reveal the most unusual secrets of the sights of Paris, walk through the inviting neighborhoods, and also learn what justice is in the eyes of the hero.

Low winter sun

• Detective, crime, drama.
• USA, 2013.
• Duration: Season 1 (10 episodes, 43 minutes each).
• IMDb: 7.1.

People talk about morality as if it were black and white. And some consider themselves smarter and at a cocktail party likes to speculate that there are only shades of gray. But do you know how the truth is? She's like a damn lamp: everything blinks and blinks, turns on and off.

Detroit, where the events take place, is called the dead city. And the series allows you to plunge into a rather gloomy atmosphere of the color of wet asphalt. Tangled connections, revenge, corruption, drugs, police - everything mixed together here when a cop killed his partner.

Nice looking

• Detective, crime, thriller.
• USA, 2015.
• Duration: 1 season (11 episodes, 40 minutes each).
• IMDb: 7.3.

The New Yorker assumed that her new online friend was a serial killer and decided to expose the culprit using her hacker powers. In this matter, she is helped by smart and resourceful like-minded people.

The one who kills

• Detective, crime.
• Denmark, 2011.
• Duration: Season 1 (10 episodes, 45 minutes each).
• IMDb: 7.2.

Not everything is so quiet in the capital of Denmark. Maniacs and murderers operate here. And the main character, whose childhood was darkened by psychological trauma, considers it her duty to administer justice over the terrible criminals. The series is challenging, but worthwhile.

Freud's method

• Detective.
• Russia, 2012.
• Duration: Season 1 (12 episodes, 50 minutes each).
• IMDb: 6.1.

Despite the low rating, the series is not bad. Sparkling humor, unusual ways of fighting crime, an alternative view of situations - all this creates a special atmosphere. Solving the most difficult puzzles, Roman Freidin comes to the conclusion: every criminal is a rushing soul, suffering.

Method

• Detective, crime, drama.
• Russia, 2015.
• Duration: 1 season (16 episodes of 53 minutes).
• IMDb: 7.3.

All animals are gregarious. Loners have a flock inside.

"Method" is a miracle of modern Russian cinema. The main character Rodion has his own methods of investigation. He so clearly captures the thoughts of maniacs that one involuntarily thinks: maybe he himself is such?

Real detective

• Detective, thriller, crime, drama.
• USA, 2014.
• Duration: 2 seasons (16 episodes, 60 minutes each).
• IMDb: 9.1.

You are flint! Everything else is dust on the boots. Swept away and live.

The series, which has managed to fall in love with many viewers, deserves to be revisited, revealing more and more new details. The two seasons are unrelated, but they have a poignant plot and well-thought-out characters.