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True Detective - Season 1 (TV Series)True Detective - Season 1 (TV Series) (2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan
This superlative HBO policier – a marquee television event in 2014, and the first in an anthology of bespoke detective stories – pairs…
Almost Human (TV Series)Almost Human (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly
Futuristic sci–fi series set in the year 2048, where a human cop (Karl Urban) partners up with an android to fight crime as part of a new…
Back in CrimeBack in Crime (2013)
Dir. Germinal Alvarez
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Mélanie Thierry, Philippe Berodot
Offbeat police thriller with Anglade as an obsessive cop who finds himself inexplicably transported back in time.
Blind DetectiveBlind Detective (2013)
Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao
Dir. Johnnie To has a bob each way with this entertaining policier, effortlessly combining action, comedy and slapstick romance. Andy Lau plays the…
Bridge, The - Series 2 (TV Series)Bridge, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2013) Aro Favourite
Feat. Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg
Further episodes in this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, with series two investigating the mystery surrounding an abandoned coastal…
Broadchurch - Series 1 (TV Series)Broadchurch - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013) Aro Favourite
Feat. David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker
Superb addition to the euro crime craze, with Tennant and Colman bringing a surprisingly fresh take on the mismatched partner scenario, as detectives…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series)Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews
Andy Samberg plays a hotshot detective too cocksure for his captain's liking in this irreverent law and order sitcom, very much in the vein of…
Death of a Pilgrim (TV Mini-Series)Death of a Pilgrim (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
Feat. Rolf Lassgard
Fascinating Scandi–conspiracy thriller centred on the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, a murder that to this day…
Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series)Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013) Aro Favourite
Feat. Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Laura Donnelly
A dark exemplar of the current wave of female–driven crime dramas, with former X–FILES stalwart Gillian Anderson bringing a steely edge…
Hannibal - Season 1 (TV Series)Hannibal - Season 1 (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas
A grisly, ultra stylised thriller based on Thomas Harris' ubiquitous crime novels, with the grimly compelling relationship between FBI agent Will…

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