
Shows that feel likeCSI: Miami (2002–2012)
If you loved CSI: Miami, the closest series we have are Elementary (2012), The Killing (2011) and Chicago P.D. (2014). All three share CSI: Miami's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Chestnut Man (2021).
If CSI: Miami hit the spot, these will too

A lead who reads a room nobody else can, one case per hour
The difference: Deduction and dialogue, without the lab spectacle or the sunshine

Detectives working a killing with genuine procedural patience
The difference: One case stretched across a season, grey and grief-soaked

A unit that closes ranks and a case every week
The difference: Grim, violent street policing with no camp

A case examined through the people who cannot let it go
The difference: One family, one season, and no procedure to hide behind

Evidence that refuses to fit any explanation the team will accept
The difference: Slow supernatural horror, adult and sombre

One thread runs through both: detective

Miami forensics, sunshine, and something rotten underneath
The difference: The analyst is the killer, and it is genuinely dark

A glossy specialist unit with federal reach and good sunglasses
The difference: Action-forward, with less lab work


A squad you can drop into anywhere, with decades of it waiting
The difference: Far heavier subject matter, and grim where Miami stays glossy

Federal glamour and good-looking people handling very bad things
The difference: One serialised conspiracy with timeline jumps, not weekly cases

A lead detective who bends the department around his instincts
The difference: British, bleak and serialised
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