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Shows that feel likeiZombie (2015–2019)

A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.

If you loved iZombie, the closest series we have are Watchmen (2019), Gotham (2014) and Chicago P.D. (2014). All three share iZombie'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 Wynonna Earp (2016).

★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗5 seasons · The CWcreated by Diane Ruggiero-Wrightcontemplativegrittycerebraldreamlike
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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If iZombie hit the spot, these will too

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Watchmen
2019 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.2drama · crime · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Costumed powers used to ask serious questions inside a crime story

The difference: A dense, demanding limited series with no weekly case rhythm

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

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Gotham
2014–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 7.8drama · crime · sci-fi & fantasy

A city procedural with the fantastical bleeding steadily into the cases

The difference: Grim, operatic origin story with none of the wisecracking lightness

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

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Chicago P.D.
2014– · 14 seasons · NBC
★ 8.1crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Police work with a fixed team and a case each week

The difference: Grim and violent, with no supernatural gimmick or jokes

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

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Wynonna Earp
2016–2021 · 4 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.4action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · western

A wisecracking heroine with a supernatural problem and a day job

The difference: Western fantasy and monster hunting, sillier and warmer

Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter Wynonna battles demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies - the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.

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Marvel's The Defenders
2017 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · crimeDisney+

Both land grit and ideas at once

The difference: Trades the stillness of iZombie for an angle of its own

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.

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American Crime Story
2016–2021 · 3 seasons · FX
★ 8.4crime · dramaHulu

A case reconstructed through the people it touched

The difference: Real crimes, anthology format, no fantasy at all

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

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The Sinner
2017–2021 · 4 seasons · USA Network
★ 7.8crime · dramaNetflix

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than iZombie

In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.

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Locked Up
2015–2019 · 4 seasons · FOX España
★ 7.8drama · crimeNetflix

Contemplative crime, and it commits to that

Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.

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Westworld
2016–2022 · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.4sci-fi & fantasy · western

Dreamlike sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into western than iZombie does

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

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The Killing
2011–2014 · 4 seasons · AMC
★ 8.3drama · crime · mysteryHulu

Common ground: a woman at the center

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · BBC America
★ 8.1comedy · sci-fi & fantasy · crime

An absurd premise played as a case-of-the-week comedy

The difference: Far weirder and more chaotic, with no procedural spine

A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.

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El Chapo
2017–2018 · 3 seasons · Univision
★ 7.8drama · crimeNetflix

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

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