14 New Detective Movies and Series That Test Our Power of Deduction

A good thriller holds your attention, leaves you wanting to unravel the case and exercises your intuition and logic. Also, it’s always interesting to compare your version with the writer’s and director’s vision.

we do awesome.club We have chosen thriller films and series released in 2020 and 2021, which will not leave anyone indifferent, with their well-crafted plots.

In his youth, Mateo was arrested for a crime he committed through negligence. Upon leaving jail, he rekindles hope for a new life, love and family. Also, he meets a girl who seems to be his better half. One day, he receives a mysterious message over the phone written by his wife, who is on a business trip. The message sets off a series of terrifying events, and he discovers that his beloved Olivia is not the person he pretended to be.

Rating on IMDb — 8

This new French series has a very unusual format: all episodes are audio recordings of telephone conversations. In each of them, at a certain time, some disturbing event occurs. Those on the line must solve the problems that will arise to save themselves.

Rating on IMDb — 7.8

A man with a mysterious and complicated past settles in a remote forested area. After some time, violent crimes begin to occur in the place, and it is impossible to stay away from them. The man joins the local police to try to locate the culprit. Soon, he begins to suspect that the criminal was already present in his life and was responsible for the kidnapping of his daughter, which occurred several years ago.

Rating on IMDb — 6.2

An army doctor returns from a combat zone, but it turns out to be not so simple to resume a peaceful life. The post-traumatic syndrome does not allow him to become an ordinary and happy person again, and the adrenaline of a life of crime seems to be an alternative. The hero decides that he is going to improve his financial situation in an uncharacteristic way.

Rating on IMDb — 6.6

The main character is accused of a crime and all evidence points to him. Except for one detail: the video recordings from the cameras show that at the time of the crime he was in a completely different place. The investigator in charge of the case begins to suspect that something supernatural might be behind the facts. But, would that be it?

Rating on IMDb — 7.8

The creators of the series decided to bring viewers an unusual format: episodes can be watched in any order. To keep the idea of ​​the complete plot in mind, it is advisable to leave only the final chapter for last.

Eric, a convict, has been writing appeals for 20 years trying to prove his innocence, or reduce his sentence, but the decision has not yet been taken. The viewer is invited to listen to interrogations, the opinions of his friends, to follow the journalists’ investigations and to say whether Eric is guilty or not.

Rating on IMDb — 7.4

The disappearance of a teenager makes a local investigator follow the tracks of a sect, whose members are obsessed with the idea of ​​invoking a supernatural entity, the Empty Man. However, would the crimes be related to something secret, or are they just a mystical pretext for those who believe in otherworldly forces?

Rating on IMDb — 6.1

The series begins in 1993. In a small town in Texas, a very beautiful and popular girl, Kate, disappears, but her post is not vacant for long. Shy Jeanette becomes the local star. Soon Jeanette is no longer seen as a sweet girl, becoming despised, and her connection to Kate’s disappearance may come to light.

Rating on IMDb — 7.6

Solo mother, Diana takes very good care of her daughter Chloe. The problem is that this concern borders on pathology: it controls the teenager’s every step, even though she doesn’t even leave the house. Very naive and inexperienced, the paralyzed girl is confined to a wheelchair. However, one day she begins to suspect: there is something wrong with her life and with her mother.

Rating on IMDb — 6.7

Police officer Aaron Falk returns to his hometown for the funeral of a childhood friend. Upon arrival, he learns that the deceased is accused of a terrible crime. Aaron cannot be left out of the investigation. He starts to piece together facts and discovers that the case is related to events that happened a long time ago. He definitely needs to figure out what’s going on.

Rating on IMDb — 7

Ex-cop and hot-tempered Spenser gets out of prison. He was arrested for assaulting his colleague, Captain Boylan, and upon his release, he moves in with his boxing trainer. So he remains in Boston, even though he intends to leave the city. Boylan and another police officer are murdered and these crimes must be unraveled. To find out who the criminals are, Spenser goes back to the streets of Boston.

Veteran county sheriff Joe Deacon meets his colleague – the young and ambitious Jim Baxter. Jim is investigating crimes very similar to others that occurred in the past, which went unsolved and ruined his partner Joe’s life and career. Now, the past is back and the matter must be concluded at all costs.

Rating on IMDb — 6.3

Young architect Seo-jin can’t get over his wife’s death six months ago. He lives in his parents’ comfortable home, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has difficulty communicating with his young daughter. One day, he receives a call from an orphanage that his younger sister, missing for over 20 years at an amusement park, has been found. The family is happy and gladly welcomes an already adult woman into the house. But Seo-jin feels there is something wrong with this story.

Rating on IMDb — 6.1

Abe Applebaum is a private detective who began his successful career as a teenager in the small town of Willowbrook. However, his career goes downhill after his assistant Gracie disappears. One day, a girl named Caroline comes to him, begging him to resume the investigation of the crime involving her boyfriend. The detective sees in the case an opportunity to rehabilitate himself and restore his lost reputation.

Rating on IMDb — 7

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