5 series like Sherlock

We have put together a list of series that are similar to Sherlock. We’ll introduce you to 5 titles that you might like if you also liked the BBC series.

What kind of series are these? The titles were selected based on the editorial team. We also paid attention to a good rating on IMDb.

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1. The Mentalist

As a mentalist, Patrick Jane deceives his viewers until one day his family is murdered by the serial killer Red John. From then on, he works as an advisor to the police and uses his special cognitive skills to help with tricky cases.

Watch The Mentalist if you like the following about Sherlock:

This is what the IMDb ratings say: 197,602 users gave a rating on IMDb. The series achieved 8.2 out of 10 stars.

Fun fact: Actress Amanda Righetti (Grace Van Pelt) was pregnant during season 5. However, since this didn’t fit with her character’s storyline, they made sure that in many scenes she was sitting behind a computer or other objects or was filmed at such an angle that you couldn’t see her stomach (via IMDb)

2. Hannibal

FBI agent Will Graham is an empath who understands the thoughts and emotions of murderers so well that he can reconstruct their crimes. During the investigation he works with the brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who hides a dark secret…

Watch Hannibal if you like the following about Sherlock:

This is what the IMDb ratings say: The series receives an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 stars from 271,910 users on IMBb.

Fun fact: Hannibal actor Mads Mikkelsen shot all of the cooking scenes himself, including the trick where he throws an egg in the air, breaks it on the spatula, and then drops it on the pan. For this he was trained by “food stylist” Janice Poon. (via businessinsider.com)