Before you are the twenty best films of a detective genre - according to the version of the psychological portal. These series will delight you with mysterious stories, interesting intricate plots and, of course, bright original characters ...
20. Wiretap
A special unit of the city of Baltimore is engaged in investigations related to the sale and sale of drugs. Several major traffickers are in sight, but the chances of catching them are very small. The criminals each time slyly manage to slip out of the hands of law enforcement agencies, without leaving any traces.
In this situation, simply can not do without the help of a real professional - Detective Jimi McNulty. Oh, he will try to bring drug dealers to clean water. This will help him the latest tools and listening technology ...
19. Justice Dexter
Externally, Dexter Morgan, a forensic scientist at the Miami police, is quite an ordinary guy, well, except that his profession is painfully specific. But few people know that the main character is inside. There ... crazy anger and an invincible desire to kill.
However, simple, innocent citizens should not be afraid of Dexter: he kills only criminals, notorious scum, who somehow managed to escape justice.
Once a serial killer has a competitor. Who is this mysterious and elusive Mr. "X"?
18. CSI: Las Vegas crime scene
Las Vegas - the center of gambling and crazy entertainment. Like a magnet, it attracts more and more new people who are eager to get bright and unforgettable impressions.
This is a great place not only for carefree tourists, but also for those who wish to cash in on their account and at the same time remain unpunished. We are talking about criminals who naively believe that their atrocities will go unnoticed. Why naive? Yes, because the city has a team of the best forensic experts.
Police Department C.S.I. takes up even the most hopeless cases and does everything possible for justice to prevail ...
17. Bridge
In the middle of the Öresund Bridge, right on the border between Sweden and Denmark, an unknown woman’s body is found. Upon arrival, the investigators discover a rather strange detail: the legs of the girl are located towards one country, and the head is towards another.
What is it: ordinary chance or someone's intentional intent? And what does all this mean? Detectives of the two countries take up the investigation of the mysterious crime ...
16. Escape
The film tells about the life of two siblings. When older brother Lincoln goes to jail for a murder he didn’t commit, younger brother Michael decides to help him.
He deliberately commits a crime and soon finds himself in the same prison where Lincoln is awaiting his death penalty. This is the same building that Michael once helped design as a civil engineer. His plan to save his older brother is pretty simple - you need to make an escape ...
15. Bones
A talented scientist, anthropologist Temperance Brennan is used to working alone, relying only on her knowledge and trusting only facts.
Therefore, the news that the Bureau sends her a partner to help her became an unpleasant surprise for her. However, there is nowhere to go - from now on she will have to work in tandem with the FBI agent Seeley Bout.
They are waiting for the investigation of the most intricate and mysterious cases, the fight against corruption and bureaucracy and ... love, so suddenly visiting their souls ...
14. Poirot
The protagonist of the series Hercule Poirot simply can not live without adventure. He is a professional detective from Belgium, and every now and then he pulls in on the investigation of the most complicated and hopeless cases.
Together with the main character you will plunge into the world of action-packed detective stories filled with intrigue and hypocrisy, mysterious disappearances, brutal murders and virtuoso robberies.
In your eyes, a talented detective will be grained by the grain to collect the overall picture of the crime in order to find the real culprit as a result and bring him to justice ...
13. Colombo
Lieutenant Colombo is completely different from the classic detective story: he is absent-minded and non-punctual, walks in the same eternally wrinkled cloak and generally gives the impression of a distant human mind. And this is his main trump card!
Hiding behind the mask of absurdity and primitivism, he easily manages to ingratiate himself with the confidence of even the most secretive and experienced criminal, and literally in front of him collect all the necessary evidence ...
12. In sight. Suspect
Harold Finch is a mysterious billionaire, a computer genius who has developed a program that can predict future crimes and figure out who is going to commit them.
John Reese is a former CIA agent who is considered dead by all. These completely different people have something in common - the desire to clean the hometown of crime. To do this, they decide to combine their efforts ...
11. Impact
Nate Ford, an insurance company investigator in the past, decides to assemble a team of like-minded people who are ready, like him, to help people who have suffered from the fraud of the powerful; in simple words - the usual rich thieves.
The task of these enthusiasts, I must say, is not easy - they need to steal what has already been stolen, and at the same time go unnoticed.
Risking their lives, they enter into this dangerous game ...
10. Monk
In the life of detective Adrian Monk, nothing seemed to foreshadow trouble. His career developed rapidly, and next was a loving faithful wife. But everything changed in an instant, when his wife Trudy died, and he never managed to find those responsible for her death.
This sad event so much knocked Monk out of the rut that the work in the police had to quit.
However, the professional investigator did not have to sit at home for a long time: his former colleagues offered him the work of a private investigative consultant. Now he can take up his favorite job again ...
9. Perry Mason
The protagonist is a talented lawyer Perry Mason, who specializes in the most difficult and hopeless cases. He built his brilliant career thanks to a sharp mind, enviable persistence and hard work, as well as determination and excellent oratorical data.
Day after day, he goes to the courtroom to confirm his status as a brilliant lawyer again ...
8. Castle
An amateur detective genre - a successful writer Richard Castle - in his latest book kills the main character. Soon after, strange things begin to happen: apparently, one of the admirers of his writing talent so much liked the plots of the works that this someone decided to transfer them to reality.
In New York, there is an imitator maniac who accurately copies all the killings from Castle's books. And so the writer is called to the city police in order to help find a distraught fan of his work ...
7. Practice
In the center of events - Boston law firm. It employs the best of the best - lawyers who truly love their profession. These people are ready to fight to the last for each business and each client.
They skillfully interpret the laws, find convincing arguments and evidence for the sake of their main goal - to restore justice.
However, in the fight for justice, they often have to face difficult dilemmas regarding ethics and morality ...
6. Edge
FBI special agent Olivia Dunham, a scientist named Walter Bishop and his native son Peter are studying paranormal phenomena.
One day they become witnesses of rather strange and mysterious events, reminiscent of some terrible experiment on all of humanity.
The team of researchers decides to understand what is happening and begins its own investigation ...
5. Sherlock
Known for the whole of Scotland Yard, a brilliant detective-consultant Sherlock Holmes, searching for his apartmentmate, meets John Watson, a military doctor who recently returned to his homeland from Afghanistan.
Soon the newly minted neighbors begin to investigate the most complex and complicated cases. Methods of observation, deduction and analysis, as well as modern IT-technologies help them to solve mysterious crimes ...
4. The Mentalist
The main character name is Patrick Jane. He works as a detective and independent consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation. This guy has his own, long-established methods and ways of working, thanks to which he managed to uncover more than one dozen grave crimes.
He is known as a malicious violator of protocol among his colleagues at the Bureau. There is another interesting fact in his biography: Patrick once worked as a medium ...
3. Fargo
In a small provincial town of Minnesota, a man named Lorne Malvo arrives. After his appearance in Fargo, very unpleasant events begin to occur.
Lorne begins one after another, systematically destroying the lives of the inhabitants of the town. The first "victim" of the evil tramp is the weak-willed insurance agent Lester Nigard, who is eager to somehow brighten up his dull existence ...
2. Lie to me
Dr. Lightman specializes in lies. He only needs a few minutes to determine whether a person is lying or not.
In this he is helped by the ability to read faces. Yes. Exactly! It turns out the expression, a look, an innocent gesture can tell a lot more than words.
Using this knowledge helps Lightman and his team recognize the true lie and, thereby, save the lives of the innocent ...
1. This detective
The main characters are two detective friends. They met 17 years ago. It was then, in 1995, and began their joint hunt for the mysterious serial killer.
And now, after many years of unsuccessful investigation, in 2012 in the US state of Louisiana this case is reopened.
Now finding a maniac becomes a real matter of honor for detectives ...
And what really high-quality and interesting detective series you know? Share their names in the comments!
