Dexter (2006) is a crime and drama series created by James Manos Jr.. Its recurring themes include miami, florida, double life, homicide, vigilante. The 20 series below were selected because they overlap with it on measurable signals — shared genres, shared themes, overlapping cast or crew, and the audiences TMDB records as watching both. Dexter stars Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Geoff Pierson; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.
In 1991 Miami, Dexter Morgan transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can't be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner dar…
Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • Mystery • miami, florida • based on novel or book • vigilante • Also stars Michael C. Hall
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubli…
Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • based on novel or book • murder • serial killer
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo T…
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within…
Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery • murder • serial killer • murder investigation
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts k…
Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • Mystery • based on novel or book • serial killer • thriller
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 Serg…
Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • Mystery • based on novel or book • murder • forensic science
When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's d…
Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • Mystery • based on novel or book • murder • psychological thriller
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise on…
Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery • serial killer • psychological thriller • police procedural
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of…
Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • Mystery • serial killer • police procedural
An 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 experi…
The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murd…
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own b…
Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • double life • vigilante • murder
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to inve…
Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • Mystery • based on novel or book • serial killer
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 headstr…
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmho…
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a gifted author, university professor and former CIA operative is lured back to his old life by tenacious top NYPD Detective Lizzie Needham. Though Dylan and Li…
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 investigati…
Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • Mystery
How this list was built
Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for Dexter, merged and deduplicated. Each candidate is then re-ranked on genre overlap, shared TMDB keywords, shared creator or cast members, and audience-rating confidence. Titles without a poster, a synopsis or enough votes to be a meaningful signal are dropped rather than padded in — which is why some pages show ten results and others twenty.
