
Shows that feel likeSherlock (2010–2017)
If you loved Sherlock, the closest series we have are Mare of Easttown (2021), Elementary (2012) and Luther (2010). All three share Sherlock's twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Alienist (2018).
If Sherlock hit the spot, these will too

A detective whose brain is her armour, and the mess it hides
The difference: Ground-level and grieving — no flourish, no showing off for the camera

Holmes and Watson rebuilt for now, deduction turned into a partnership
The difference: Weekly network cases across seven seasons — steadier and less flashy

A brilliant London detective who is barely holding himself together
The difference: Bleaker and more physical — no flourishes, no puzzles

A crime approached through obsessive certainty about what happened
The difference: A family under suspicion, told slowly — no detective to admire

Evidence that refuses to add up, worked over by unusual investigators
The difference: Dread-soaked and supernatural — the answer is not clever, it is awful

Detectives reading a killer's signature for what it means
The difference: Nordic and grounded — no genius, no theatre

Deduction from physical evidence, delivered with total confidence
The difference: American procedural camp, no character to speak of

New investigative methods aimed at a killer nobody else can read
The difference: Grimy period New York, slow and sombre — none of the modern zip

London, an impossible boss and dialogue that draws blood
The difference: Spy work played sour and shabby — no puzzle solved by pure brilliance

A brilliant, insufferable outsider the police cannot manage without
The difference: Ten seasons of network plot — mythology piles up faster than logic

Twisty where it counts, kinetic underneath
The difference: Trades the ideas of Sherlock for an angle of its own

One case taken apart in detail while it wrecks the detectives on it
The difference: Rain-grey and slow across seasons — no spark, no showmanship
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