Best Crime TV Shows of 2022

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Best Crime TV Shows of 2022
Best Crime TV Shows of 2022
TOP TV Shows: Power Book IV: Force (2022), Reacher (2022), Tulsa King (2022), Black Bird (2022), The Endgame (2022), Under the Banner of Heaven (2022), Mystery Road: Origin (2022), The Cleaning Lady (2022), We Own This City (2022), The Afterparty (2022), The Lincoln Lawyer (2022), Dark Winds (2022), Tokyo Vice (2022), Murder in Provence (2022), The Responder (2022), The Thing About Pam (2022), Bosch: Legacy (2022), Wednesday (2022), Troppo (2022), Shantaram (2022).

List of Best TV Shows

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Power Book IV: Force (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot: crime boss, organized crime, criminal underworld, gang, life is a bitch, criminal gang, male protagonist, criminal, irish mob, black ops, drug, male nudity ...
Place: chicago
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 8.1
 203K
Reacher (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Plot unknown
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, anime ...
Plot: one man army, corruption, murder, agent, ex military, police officer, tough guy, muscleman, police, male protagonist, false accusation, false accusation of murder ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: usa
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 8.0
 69K
Tulsa King (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Just after he is released from prison after 25 years, New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, ...
Style: dramatic, harsh, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: mafia, mafioso, team, boss, prison, criminal, city, organized crime, gangster, empire, mobster, sicilian mafia ...
Place: oklahoma
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 8.1
 101K
Black Bird (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 347 min.
TV show
Story: As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot: serial killer, organized crime, deal, investigation, prison, informant, criminal underworld, murder, killings, fighting crime, bandit, murder investigation ...
Time: 2020s
Place: illinois, indiana
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 6.9
 7K
The Endgame (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A high-stakes thriller about Elena Federova, a very recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who even in captivity orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists, and Val Turner, the principled, relentless and ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, sexy
Plot: female villain, female criminal, police detective, female thief, female antagonist, female protagonist, crime boss, female detective, bandit, hitman, mafia, truth ...
Place: new york
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Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 472 min.
TV show
Story: A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Style: teen, thrilling, spiritual, detective
Audience: teens
Plot: true crime, criminal, religion, homicide, corruption, investigation, religious community, female nudity, latter day saints, god, religious fanatic, misogyny ...
Time: 2020s, 80s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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Mystery Road: Origin (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Jay Swan, a young officer, takes up his first posting in an outback mining town. A tragic death, an epic love, and the brutal reality of life as a police officer straddling two worlds will change his life forever.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: father, small town life, father son estrangement, police investigation, small town, police officer, life is a bitch, investigation, family relations, criminal, police, estrangement ...
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The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A whip-smart doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: violence, organized crime, witnessing a crime, illegal alien, female doctor, true crime, cleaning lady, outlaw gang, murder witness, witness, criminal underworld, female protagonist ...
Place: las vegas
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We Own This City (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 357 min.
TV show
Story: The 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 were championed at the ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime ...
Plot: criminal, police corruption, police, crime solving, arms dealing, crime investigation, fighting crime, breaking the law, investigation, arms smuggling, police investigation, gun control ...
Time: 2020s
Place: baltimore
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 21K
The Afterparty (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: When a high school reunion’s afterparty ends in a stunning death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story—culminating in the shocking truth.
Style: funny, disturbing, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: murder suspect, investigation, classmate classmate relationship, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, suspect, crime investigation, uncover truth, classmate, crime solving ...
Time: future
Place: san francisco
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career — and his trademark Lincoln — when he takes on a murder case.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: courtroom drama, uncover truth, murder mystery, crime solving, crime investigation, forensics, sleuth, attorney, dedicated lawyer, murder investigation, corruption, nypd ...
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 7.7
 16K
Dark Winds (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leephorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: murder investigation, native american tribe, investigation, police detective, who done it, indigenous people, police officer, police investigation, sleuth, forensics, police, confronting the past ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, new mexico
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 8.0
 38K
Tokyo Vice (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
Style: crime drama, anime, thrilling, exciting, dramatic ...
Plot: yakuza, journalism, foreigner in japan, reporter, organized crime, corruption, economist, writers, journalist, mafia, cadet, complex characters ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: japan, tokyo
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Murder in Provence (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story: Antoine Verlaque, Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence, and romantic partner Marine Bonnet as they investigate the murders, mysteries and dark underbelly of their idyllic home.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama, detective
Plot: murder investigation, murder, investigation, judge, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, uncover truth, homicide detective, sleuth, cold case, crime solving ...
Time: future
Place: south of france, france, cote d'azur
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 7.4
 13K
The Responder (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot: forensics, police corruption, depression, patrol, fighting crime, police, crisis, identity crisis, investigation, workplace, police station, midlife crisis ...
Time: future
Place: liverpool
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The Thing About Pam (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. His conviction later was overturned, but the brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological
Plot: murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, marital problem, murderer, crime investigation, uncover truth, corruption, criminal, serial killer, psychopath, investigation ...
Time: year 2011
Place: missouri
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 8.5
 28K
Bosch: Legacy (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Bosch is now making a living as a private investigator two years after he quit the LAPD and finds himself working with one time enemy and top-notch attorney Honey “Money” Chandler. Meanwhile, Bosch's daughter Maddie is venturing into the ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: private investigator, enemy, organized crime, legal, homicide detective, relationship problems, problem, police investigation, unlikely friendships, forensics, investigation, policewoman ...
Place: los angeles
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 8.1
 354K
Wednesday (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Wednesday Addams is sent to Nevermore Academy, a bizarre boarding school where she attempts to master her psychic powers, stop a monstrous killing spree of the town citizens, and solve the supernatural mystery that affected her family 25 years ago ...
Style: dark fantasy, gothic, exciting, dark comedy, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: supernatural, academy, teenage girl, friendship, student, high school, goth girl, werewolf, obsession, addams family, boarding school, witch ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new england, vermont
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 7.3
 3K
Troppo (2022)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An eccentric private investigator with a criminal past recruits a disgraced ex-cop to help solve the disappearance of a Korean tech pioneer in the wilds of Far North Queensland.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: sleuth, false accusation, tropics, rain forest, ex cop, framed for murder, accused of murder, investigation, teamwork, falsely accused, crime investigation, corruption
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 7.4
 15K
Shantaram (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city’s poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.
Style: satirical, thrilling, captivating, tense, novela
Plot: criminal, drug addict, slum, organized crime, new life, changing lives, runaway, fugitives, satire, escaped prisoner, lifestyle change, confronting the past ...
Time: 2020s
Place: bombay india, afghanistan
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
Style: anime, cyber, futuristic, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cyberpunk, technology, dystopia, distopia, criminal, violence, futuristic society, conspiracy, cyborgs, life, fight, gang ...
Time: future
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Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 534 min.
TV show
Story: Across more than a decade, 17 teen boys and young men were murdered by convicted killer Jeffrey Dahmer. How did he evade arrest for so long?
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, homosexual, killer, true crime, maniac, violence, brutality, lgbt, homosexuality, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 2020s, year 1996, year 1992, year 1989, year 1993 ...
Place: milwaukee wisconsin, usa
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 6.2
 10K
Suspicion (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Five ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They embark on a desperate race against time to prove their innocence, but will anyone believe them—and are they telling the truth?
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, crime drama ...
Plot: crime investigation, false accusation, falsely accused, accusation, framed for a crime, teamwork, problem, race against time, investigation, criminal, spy, police officer ...
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In From the Cold (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Exposed as an ex-Russian spy, an American single mom must juggle family life and unique shape-shifting skills in a battle against an insidious enemy.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: organized crime, female agent, female spy, cia agent, spy, daughter, drug, cold war, agent, special agent, secret agent, drug lord ...
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#TextMeWhenYouGetHome (2022)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Each individual episode follows a case of an innocent woman who's been harmed, killed, or abducted by someone on what should have been just another average day.
Style: anthology, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
Plot: problem, alternate history, abduction, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, multiple storylines, undercover, murder, killings, kidnapped, women, disappearance ...
Time: 2010s
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 14K
Clark (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 362 min.
TV show
Story: This is the incredible story behind Sweden's most notorious gangster, Clark Olofsson, whose infamous crimes gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome".
Style: sex comedy
Plot: european, sister, organized crime, male nudity, criminal, murder, bank, true crime, bomb, robbery, thief, gangster ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 70s, year 1973
Place: eastern europe
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So Help Me Todd (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, detective, neo noir
Plot: female lawyer, private investigator, law firm, sibling relationship, private detective, attorney, police procedural, lawyer, investigation, forensics, undercover, mother and son ...
Place: oregon, portland oregon
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 3K
The Rising (2022)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Neve Kelly is dead. She is stuck in limbo and must find out who killed her. This adaptation of the mystery series Beau Séjour impresses on account of its young cast and the breath-taking landscapes of England’s Lake District.
Style: detective, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, mystical ...
Plot: supernatural, murder, murder investigation, homicide detective, dead woman, problem, investigation, uncover truth, female protagonist, murder mystery, crime solving, spirit ...
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 9K
Sherwood (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history while threatening to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before.
Style: thrilling, crime drama
Plot: bird, police officer, mining town, police, manhunt, true crime, police procedural, village, murder
Time: future, 2010s
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 4K
The Calling (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham's belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine ...
Style: psychological, detective, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: criminal, investigation, changing lives, police investigation, forensics, detective inspector, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, police detective
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