TV Thrillers
Collected here are the cops and robbers from our collective TV memory. So Peter Falk as the great 'Columbo' sits next to Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer in '24'. 'Kojak' shares shelf space with 'Cracker' and 'MacGyver' meets 'Reilly: Ace of Spies'.
The Bridge: Series 2 (2013)
7.6/10
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Sofia Helin
An old tanker veers off course, heading straight for the Øresund Bridge, the scene of the now-infamous crime that first united detectives Saga Norén (... Read more
The Bridge: Series 3 (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Various
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Sofia Helin, Sarah Boberg, Puk Scharbau, Lars Simonsen
13 months later Saga Norén is still working at Malmö County Police, but she misses her only friend Martin Rohde who is serving a ten year prison sente... Read more
The Bridge: Series 4 (2018)
8.2/10
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Sofia Helin, Sarah Boberg, Puk Scharbau
Set two years after the conclusion of Series 3; Saga Norén is released from prison, while Henrik Sabroe investigates the murder of the director genera... Read more
The Broken Shore (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Rowan Woods
Starring: Don Hany, Claudia Karvan, Anthony Hayes, Erik Thomson, Dan Wyllie
An evocative crime thriller that captures the chilling action and sharp wit of Peter Temple's acclaimed novel The Broken Shore. In this gripping adapt... Read more
The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 1 (2014)
7.7/10
Starring: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland
"The Brokenwood Mysteries" comprises four murder mystery stories set in a seemingly quiet country town where the town's newest resident, Detective Ins... Read more
The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 2 (2015)
7.7/10
Starring: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland
Brokenwood: Population 5000 and declining - slowly - one by one or, two by two depending on the murder rate that week. In Brokenwood, an early mornin... Read more
The Chelsea Detective. Series 1 (2022)
7.4/10
Starring: Adrian Scarborough
Arnold, whose lifestyle on a battered houseboat in Chelsea's Cheyne Walk contrasts sharply with the affluent elite whose crimes he helps solve alongsi... Read more
The Closer: Season 1 (2005)
7.6/10
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, J K Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G W Bailey, Anthony...
Kyra Sedgwick is Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson, the abrasive and unorthodox head of the Priority Homicide Division in LA. New on the job all the... Read more
The Closer: Season 2 (2006)
7.6/10
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, J K Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G W Bailey, Anthony...
After a year of hard-won victories, Brenda finally has the acceptance of her new LAPD family in this taut and highly watchable second season. This ti... Read more
The Closer: Season 3 (2007)
7.6/10
Starring: G W Bailey, Jon Tenney, Kyra Sedgwick, J K Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gosse...
Kyra Sedgwick is back as the LAPD's spirited Deputy Chief, Brenda Johnson. The season starts with a bang as a slaughtered family's sole survivor is br... Read more