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    2000s Crime TV Shows

    The 40 most popular 2000s crime TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    The Mentalist
    TMDB4.2

    The Mentalist

    2008

    country: United States

    Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

    Criminal Minds
    TMDB4.1

    Criminal Minds

    2005

    country: United States

    An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

    NCIS
    TMDB3.8

    NCIS

    2003

    country: United States

    From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

    Bones
    TMDB4.1

    Bones

    2005

    country: United States

    Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    TMDB3.8

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    2000

    country: United States

    A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

    Castle
    TMDB4.0

    Castle

    2009

    country: United States

    After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

    Breaking Bad
    TMDB4.5

    Breaking Bad

    2008

    country: United States

    Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

    Plus belle la vie
    TMDB2.2

    Plus belle la vie

    2004

    country: France

    The daily lives of the inhabitants of "le Mistral", an imaginary neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy families cross paths with the less than rich.

    CSI: Miami
    TMDB3.8

    CSI: Miami

    2002

    country: United States

    The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

    AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
    TMDB3.8

    AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

    2002

    country: Japan

    Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

    Dexter
    TMDB4.1

    Dexter

    2006

    country: United States

    Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

    24
    TMDB3.9

    24

    2001

    country: United States

    Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

    Cold Case
    TMDB3.9

    Cold Case

    2003

    country: United States

    The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

    Without a Trace
    TMDB3.6

    Without a Trace

    2002

    country: United States

    The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

    NCIS: Los Angeles
    TMDB3.8

    NCIS: Los Angeles

    2009

    country: United States

    The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

    Monk
    TMDB4.0

    Monk

    2002

    country: United States

    Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

    Prison Break
    TMDB4.0

    Prison Break

    2005

    country: United States

    Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

    Psych
    TMDB4.0

    Psych

    2006

    country: United States

    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.

    The Closer
    TMDB3.9

    The Closer

    2005

    country: United States

    Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.

    Sons of Anarchy
    TMDB4.2

    Sons of Anarchy

    2008

    country: United States

    The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

    Lenßen & Partner
    TMDB3.3

    Lenßen & Partner

    2003

    country: Germany

    Attorney Ingo Lenssen and his team of investigators who specialize in sensitive cases involving clients who prefer private investigations to legal advice.

    Murder in the Mountains
    TMDB2.1

    Murder in the Mountains

    2001

    country: Austria

    SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113. It is set in the renowned Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The production company "beo-Film" has produced the show since 2001. The German abbreviation SOKO stands for Sonderkommission, "special commission", a task force with specific duties.

    Medium
    TMDB3.7

    Medium

    2005

    country: United States

    Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.

    Monster
    TMDB4.2

    Monster

    2004

    country: Japan

    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.

    CSI: NY
    TMDB3.7

    CSI: NY

    2004

    country: United States

    Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

    Burn Notice
    TMDB3.7

    Burn Notice

    2007

    country: United States

    A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

    Mayday
    TMDB4.1

    Mayday

    2003

    country: Canada

    Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

    Die Rosenheim-Cops
    TMDB3.1

    Die Rosenheim-Cops

    2002

    country: Germany

    A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.

    Numb3rs
    TMDB3.5

    Numb3rs

    2005

    country: United States

    Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

    White Collar
    TMDB4.1

    White Collar

    2009

    country: United States

    In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.

    The Wire
    TMDB4.3

    The Wire

    2002

    country: United States

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

    The Shield
    TMDB4.1

    The Shield

    2002

    country: United States

    The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

    Arka Sıradakiler
    TMDB2.0

    Arka Sıradakiler

    2007

    country: Turkey

    Arka Sıradakiler is the title of a Turkish teen drama series, created by Birol Güven and directed by Hamdi Alkan. Meaning "those at the rear desks", name of the series was attributed to a group of forsaken students whose experiences are taken as subject of the storyline. The series began broadcast on September 30, 2007 on Fox Turkey. It is aired weekly on Sundays at 19:45.

    Las Vegas
    TMDB3.5

    Las Vegas

    2003

    country: United States

    Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.

    Damages
    TMDB3.7

    Damages

    2007

    country: United States

    Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.

    SOKO Köln
    TMDB3.2

    SOKO Köln

    2003

    country: Germany

    The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.

    Weeds
    TMDB3.7

    Weeds

    2005

    country: United States

    After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

    Back Streets
    TMDB2.8

    Back Streets

    2006

    country: Turkey

    The series tells the story of the family lives of the police officers working in a special team of the Istanbul Police Department's Public Security Department and their adventures on the streets of Istanbul. The team encounters different and diverse human stories during their missions. The Istanbul Police Chief Rıza Soylu (Zafer Ergin), with his years of experience and fatherhood, approaches these stories, which at times make them smile and at other times are heartbreaking, and guides the other young members of the team.

    SOKO Wismar
    TMDB3.0

    SOKO Wismar

    2004

    country: Germany

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    Lie to Me
    TMDB3.9

    Lie to Me

    2009

    country: United States

    The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.

    About 2000s Crime TV Shows

    The 2000s

    The 2000s were cable television's breakthrough — HBO and its imitators proved that serialized, morally complicated drama could be the most ambitious storytelling around.

    Crime

    Crime is arguably television's defining genre, spanning the weekly procedural, the single-case anthology, and the sprawling organized-crime epic. The serialized form suits investigation better than film ever has.

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    Breaking Bad (9.0)
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    Longest run
    26 seasons

    Common questions

    What are the best 2000s crime TV shows?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, and NCIS. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any show for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    2000s crime TV shows are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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