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Shows that feel like Vigil (2021–)

If you loved Vigil, the closest series we have are Graveyard (2022), MobLand (2025) and Psych (2006). All three share Vigil's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.

7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · BBC Onecreated by Tom Edgecontemplativegritty
Stream it:Peacock

If Vigil hit the spot, these will too

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Graveyard
2022– · 3 seasons · Netflix
7.7crime · drama · mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Vigil does

Police Commissioner Önem leads a special investigations unit that solves tough cases involving violence against women.

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MobLand
2025– · 2 seasons · Paramount+
8.3crime · drama

One thread runs through both: murder

Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

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Psych
2006–2014 · 8 seasons · USA Network
8.4drama · comedy · crime

Two things both keep coming back to: absurd and hilarious

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Vigil does

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.

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Dexter: New Blood
2021–2022 · 1 season · Showtime
8drama · crime

Both land stillness and grit at once

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

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Scream: The TV Series
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · MTV
7drama · crime · mystery

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

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My Name
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
7.8crime · drama · mystery

Common ground: absurd

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

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Adolescence
2025 · 1 season · Netflix
8.1drama · crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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Banshee
2013–2016 · 4 seasons · Cinemax
8.4crime · drama

Both lean on grit more than on crime

Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.

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Mayans M.C.
2018–2023 · 5 seasons · FX
7.5crime · drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.

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Godfather of Harlem
2019–2025 · 4 seasons · Epix
8.1drama · crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

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El Chema
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · Telemundo
6.9crime · drama

Both working the same drama territory

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

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