When talking about crime dramas, they can range from fictional thriller mysteries to true crime events, that are further explored. Nevertheless, they grab our attention and thus we bring you the best crime series of 2022, which entertained and equally shocked us in the best way possible.
10 Best Crime Series of 2022
You Don’t Know Me
The series shows a young unnamed defendant standing in the dock accused of murder. He has fired his barrister and is now representing himself. It seems to be an open and shut case. But is it? The defendant starts to tell us a story. A love story where he falls in love with a girl named Kira. Their love story shatters when she disappears. His search for her ends up embroiling him in London’s underworld.
Watch this series on Netflix and read our articles here.
The Staircase
Michael Peterson (Colin Firth), a crime novelist, is accused of killing his wife Kathleen (Toni Collette) after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home. As the investigation continues, the family is thrown into a tumultuous legal battle. Meanwhile, a French documentary team takes an interest in the story. The Staircase is truly one of the best series of 2022 and is a must-watch for all. Read our review for the same, here.
Watch the series on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.
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Tulsa King
Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.
Watch this series on Paramount+.
Three Pines
In this series, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders in the mysterious Eastern Townships village of Three Pines, uncovering the buried secrets of its eccentric residents and in the process forcing Gamache to confront buried secrets of his own.
You can watch this crime mystery series on Amazon Prime Video.
Reacher
When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia. The first season of Reacher is based on the international bestseller, Killing Floor by Lee Child.
Watch this series on Amazon Prime Video and read our review here.
Candy
Based on the true killer murder mystery of killer Candy Montgomery and her victim who was also her best friend, Betty Gore. Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biel) is a 1980 housewife and mother who did everything right — a loving husband, a daughter and a son, and a nice house. Then suddenly something happens that makes her brutally murder her best friend, Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey), using an axe after having an affair with Gore’s husband, Allan Gore (Pablo Schreiber).
You can watch the series on Hulu and read our review here.
The Dropout
The Dropout is the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and Theranos, an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye?
Watch this series on Hulu and Disney+ Hotstar.
Tokyo Vice
A crime drama based on the 2009 book of the same name by Jake Adelstein, the series explores the dark and dangerous world of the Japanese yakuza, with the help of the two main protagonists- Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe. It shows a first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat and captures Adelstein’s daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem.
You can watch the show now on HBO Max as well as Amazon Prime Video.
Under the Banner of Heaven
Starring Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven, is inspired by the bestseller by Jon Krakauer and follows the murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in a suburb in the Salt Lake Valley. As Detective Jeb Pyre investigates events that transpired, he uncovers buried truths about the origins of the LDS religion and the violent consequences of unyielding faith.
You can watch this series on Hulu and Disney+. Also, read our review here.
Clark
The series Clark follows the man behind the expression “The Stockholm syndrome” on his life journey as he fooled all of Sweden to fall in love with him, despite several counts of drug trafficking, attempted murder, assault, theft and dozens of bank robberies. Based on the truths and lies revealed in Clark Olofsson’s autobiography and directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the series provides a fictional take on one of the most controversial personalities in contemporary Swedish history.
Watch this series on Netflix and read our review here.
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