7 Crime Shows With 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score on Netflix in December 2023
The critics love them. So will you.
December is a great month for getting stuck into a new TV show. So, lock yourself in out of the cold, grab a warm drink and check out these crime shows on Netflix with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes:
Dear Child
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1 season, 6 episodes
A German thriller that is utterly captivating. A mysterious woman escapes captivity and ends up in hospital after being found with a young girl. Detectives investigating the incident soon realise it's linked to the case of a missing girl from 13 years ago.
Reviews describe it as the perfect fusion of mystery, drama and cop procedural and it's easily bingeable.
Rough Diamonds
1 season, 8 episodes
When he returns to Antwerp following the death of his brother, Noah Wolfson is shocked to discover his father's diamond business is in dire straits. But fixing it won't be easy. He'll have to take on an organised criminal gang and a local prosecutor who seems a bit too keen.
The critics love its authenticity and gritty realism, and it's a show that quickly finds its stride.
The Show Girl
1 season, 6 episodes
In this Spanish thriller, journalist Miren Rojo goes to great lengths to track down a child who went missing at the 2010 Cavalcade of Magi in Málaga. With the help of an experienced colleague, Rojo conducts an investigation that runs parallel to that of the police.
Nominated for Best Fiction Screenplay at the 2023 Iris Awards, the show has been praised for its storytelling and plot twists.
The Law According to Lidia Poët
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1 season, 6 episodes
An Italian period drama loosely based on the life of Lidia Poët who was the first female lawyer in the country. Set in Turin in 1883, the show sees Lidia disbarred by an appellate court. While fighting the ruling, she takes a job at her brother's law firm where she continues to investigate matters.
The show won the award for Best Crime Series at the 2023 Nastri d'Argento Grandi Serie but shouldn't be treated as a biography.
Kohrra
1 season, 6 episodes
Kohrra is a Punjabi language police procedural that has received critical acclaim for the complexity and reality of its characters.
When a bridegroom is found dead, two police officers are tasked with investigating the circumstances. But with both of them facing turmoil in their personal lives, can they maintain focus and find out what really happened?
Trial by Fire
1 season, 7 episodes
Based on a true story, this drama follows two parents whose child died in the Uphaar cinema fire in 1997. The show exposes flaws in the Indian justice system and demonstrates the heartache and struggles of grief-stricken parents who just want justice.
It's almost universally praised by critics and, despite not always being an easy watch, is compelling viewing from start to finish.
Giri/Haji
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1 season, 8 episodes
A British crime drama that follows a detective from Tokyo, Kenzo Mori, who travels to London to try to find his brother who was said to have died. Kenzo's brother Yuto is said to have carried out the brutal murder of a gangster's nephew.
The murder has put the criminal underworld on high alert, with war now threatening to break out. Mori must get to the bottom of what really happened before all hell breaks loose on the streets.
The show is critically acclaimed as a fresh take on crime thrillers that has a strong storyline, believable characters and plenty of tension from the very beginning.