15 Best Crime TV Shows Released in the Past 5 Years

Hopefully, this list can serve as a go-to guide for the best crime TV shows released in the last five years; whether you enjoy classic whodunits, tense and dark psychological thrillers, or police dramas.

15. When They See Us (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

This series recounts the harrowing story of the Central Park Five, five Harlem teenagers who were wrongfully accused and convicted of a brutal attack in Central Park, exploring their lives, the systemic injustices they faced, and their eventual exoneration.

14. Unbelievable (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%

Based on true events, a teenage girl reports and then recants her rape, leading to two female detectives in different states piecing together evidence that could reveal the truth behind a series of eerily similar attacks.

13. Landscapers (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%

An ordinary British couple, Susan and Christopher Edwards, find themselves at the center of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the garden of a Nottinghamshire house, leading to a bizarre and cinematic tale of love and fantasy.

12. Black Bird ( 2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%

To reduce his prison sentence, Jimmy Keene is transferred to a maximum-security prison with the task of befriending a suspected serial killer, Larry Hall, to elicit a confession and locate the bodies of several young girls.

11. Holding (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

In the small, idyllic village of Duneen, Sergeant PJ Collins faces his first real challenge when the discovery of human remains on an old farm brings long-buried secrets to the surface, forcing him to confront the village's dark past and his own hidden insecurities.

10. Bosch: Legacy (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch embarks on a new chapter as a private investigator, taking on cases that lead him into the underbelly of Los Angeles, while his daughter, Maddie, follows in his footsteps as a rookie patrol officer, tackling her own set of challenges.

9. The Tower (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins investigates after a veteran cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block, leaving a five-year-old boy and a rookie police officer as the only witnesses, unraveling a complex web of relationships and corruption.

8. Little Women (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

Three sisters, finding themselves embroiled in a major financial scandal, unravel a conspiracy that ties their family to the only surviving heir of a large corporation, navigating threats and uncovering secrets that challenge their bonds and survival instincts.

7. Munich Games (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

Set against the backdrop of a high-stakes football match in Munich, this thriller intertwines the lives of a German and an Israeli agent as they uncover a terrorist plot, forcing them to confront their nations' shared past and avert a potential tragedy.

6. Sherwood (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

In a Nottinghamshire community fractured by historical mining strikes, two shocking and seemingly unrelated murders bring a detective back to his hometown, uncovering long-held resentments and a mysterious archer connected to a dark piece of history.

5. Troppo (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

An ex-cop, wrongfully accused and on the run, finds solace in the wilds of Queensland, Australia, until a chance meeting with a determined private investigator pulls him into a complex case involving a missing person, corporate corruption, and his chance for redemption.

4. The Responder (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

Chris, a crisis-stricken, morally compromised police officer in Liverpool, navigates a series of night shifts that test his resolve, ethics, and mental health, as he tries to protect his community and himself from collapse.

3. The Unlikely Murderer (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

This series dramatizes how Stig Engström, the unlikely assassin of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, managed to elude capture through a series of missteps and systemic failures, leading to one of the most infamous unsolved cases in Swedish history.

2. Giri/Haji (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

A Tokyo detective, Kenzo Mori, travels to London in search of his assumed-dead brother, Yuto, only to find him embroiled in the Yakuza and London's criminal underworld, sparking a dangerous journey that tests their loyalties and family bonds.

1. Green Frontier (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

Deep in the Amazon, a young detective from Bogotá uncovers a series of bizarre murders and her own mysterious roots, as she comes face to face with magical realism, indigenous lore, and an existential environmental threat.