Best Police Detective Movies & TV Series of the 2020s

The 21 best-rated police detective movies and TV series of the 2020s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Nine Puzzles 2025 ★ 7.9

Bad Boys: Ride or Die 2024 ★ 7.3

The First Responders 2022 ★ 8.2

Bad Boys for Life 2020 ★ 7.1

McDonald & Dodds 2020 ★ 7.6

Will Trent 2023 ★ 7.2

The Invisible Man 2020 ★ 7.1

Alert: Missing Persons Unit 2023 ★ 7.4

Crime 101 2026 ★ 7.0

Patience 2025 ★ 7.3

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) 2020 ★ 6.9

East New York 2022 ★ 7.1

The Pembrokeshire Murders 2021 ★ 6.8

Dalgliesh 2021 ★ 6.8

Blackshore 2024 ★ 6.7

Fatal Seduction 2023 ★ 6.6

Van der Valk 2020 ★ 6.4

The Silent Hour 2024 ★ 6.4

Ridley 2022 ★ 6.1

Smoke 2025 ★ 6.0

Reyka 2021 ★ 5.4