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Shows that feel like Mousetrap (2026)

If you loved Mousetrap, the closest series we have are Ludwig (2024), Bloodhounds (2023) and Slow Horses (2022). All three share Mousetrap's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

A reclusive writer wakes to find his identity stolen — and must ally with a ruthless loan shark to reclaim his life from a man known as "The Rat."

9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Netflixcreated by Kim Hong-sungrittycontemplativetwisty

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Ludwig
2024– · 2 seasons · BBC One
8.1mystery · crime · drama

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Mousetrap does

John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.

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Bloodhounds
2023–2026 · 2 seasons · Netflix
8.1drama · action & adventure · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on webcomic or webtoon

The difference: Missing the twists of Mousetrap

Faced with ruthless foes with a violent thirst, two young boxers band together — risking life and limb to bring justice and protect their loved ones.

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Slow Horses
2022– · 6 seasons · Apple TV
8.3crime · drama · mystery

Crime built on twists, twice over

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

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The Alienist
2018–2020 · 2 seasons · TNT
7.7drama · crime · mystery

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

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Hellbound
2021–2024 · 2 seasons · Netflix
6.6drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

One thread runs through both: based on webcomic or webtoon

The difference: None of the grit Mousetrap is built on

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

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

Mystery with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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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Mare of Easttown
2021 · 1 season · HBO
8.4drama · crime · mystery

Both lean on twists more than on crime

A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.

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Quantico
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · ABC
6.7crime · drama · mystery

Gritty drama in both cases

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

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The Night Of
2016 · 1 season · HBO
8.4crime · drama · mystery

Mystery built on stillness, twice over

After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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LINK CLICK
2021– · 4 seasons · bilibili
8.5animation · sci-fi & fantasy · mystery

Drama with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Mousetrap does

Using superpowers to enter their clientele’s photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at “Time Photo Studio,” a small photography shop set in the backdrop of a modern metropolis. Each job can be full of danger, but nothing is more important than fulfilling every order, no matter the scale…or peril involved!

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Ratched
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
7.2mystery · drama · crime

Both are crime through and through

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

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Monster
2004–2005 · 1 season · Nippon TV
8.7animation · drama · mystery

Both play mystery straight

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.

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