mystery
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2020s
Ripley (2024)
Byte-Sized Overview Ripley is a gorgeously austere psychological thriller built around Tom Ripley, a small-time grifter in early 1960s New…
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1990s
Millennium (1996)
Byte-Sized Overview Millennium is Chris Carter’s bleak, feverish follow-up to The X-Files, set in the last, twitchy stretch of the…
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2000s
The Mentalist (2008)
Byte-Sized Overview The Mentalist is a glossy American crime drama built around one gloriously annoying genius, Patrick Jane, a former…
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1990s
Profiler (1996)
Byte-Sized Overview Profiler is a glossy American crime thriller built around Dr Samantha Waters, a former forensic psychologist turned federal…
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1970s
Charlie’s Angels (1976)
Byte-Sized Overview Charlie’s Angels is the glossy, feather-haired crime drama that turned three private investigators into household names and made…
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2020s
Presumed Innocent (2024)
Byte-Sized Overview Presumed Innocent is Apple TV+’s glossy, 2024 legal thriller built around a grimly simple question: what happens when…
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1980s
Murder: She Wrote (1984)
Byte-Sized Overview Murder, She Wrote is the rare long-running crime series that turns comfort viewing into a competitive sport. Angela…
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2020s
Fool Me Once (2024)
Byte-Sized Overview Fool Me Once is a British thriller built around one outrageously useful question: what if your supposedly dead…
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2010s
True Detective (2014)
Byte-Sized Overview True Detective is HBO’s anthology crime drama, launched in 2014, and it begins with a pair of Louisiana…
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1990s
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
Byte-Sized Overview Dalziel and Pascoe is a long-running British detective drama set in Yorkshire, built around an exquisitely mismatched police…
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2000s
Damages (2007)
Byte-Sized Overview Damages is a legal thriller built like a trap. At first glance it is about a fiercely intelligent…
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2000s
Life (2007)
Byte-Sized Overview Life is a US crime drama from 2007, fronted by Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews, a Los Angeles…
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