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Series like Monk (2002) Finished Monk and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Monk, and what it does not.
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Detective fiction Perception vs reality Trauma and recovery Crime comedy Obsessive behavior Mental health Grief Investigator Your best matches Ranked against what Monk is actually about, not its genre labels.
65% Reverina match Top pick 2005 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Told the same way, procedural Shares its melancholic and wry register Builds as slowly More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Lucifer 2016
Told the same way, procedural Shares its melancholic and wry register Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 139 candidates
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What's different Not really crime comedy or detective fiction Not about mental health or grief Darkness Fairly light
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Commitment 12 seasons · ~185h
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against Monk.
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1971 · Series · Drama · Crime
Worth a look
Why it matches Also crime comedy at heart Told the same way, procedural Shares its melancholic and wry register Builds as slowly What's different Not about mental health or grief Does not promise offbeat humor or quirky investigations Noticeably slower Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Monk.
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2005 · Series · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Centres on the same investigator figure Told the same way, epistolary Shares its melancholic and wry register Builds as slowly What's different Not really crime comedy or detective fiction Not about mental health or grief Noticeably slower Where it streams Peacock Premium YouTube TV Peacock Premium Plus Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Monk.
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Told the same way, epistolary Centres on the same outsider figure The Mentalist 2008
Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Shares its melancholic and wry register Bosch 2015
Centres on the same investigator figure Told the same way, epistolary Zodiac 2007
Also about obsessive behavior Centres on the same investigator figure Another 2012
Also about grief Centres on the same outsider figure Adolescence 2025
Centres on the same investigator figure Shares its melancholic register Detective Conan 1996
Centres on the same investigator figure Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Dexter 2006
Also about mental health Centres on the same investigator figure Longmire 2012
Centres on the same investigator figure Told the same way, procedural and epistolary 
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