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Series like The Fall (2013) Finished The Fall 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 The Fall, and what it does not.
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Gender dynamics Power structures Crime procedural Violence against women Obsession Morality Procedural Trauma Your best matches Ranked against what The Fall is actually about, not its genre labels.
70% Reverina match Top pick 2005 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: serial killer hunt Built around the same morality Told the same way, procedural More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Centres on the same investigator figure What's different Not really psychological thriller or crime procedural Not built around trauma or obsession Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The Fall.
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2017 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark atmosphere Built around the same obsession and trauma Told the same way, procedural and single protagonist Centres on the same investigator figure What's different Not built around morality Does not promise investigative procedure or serial killer hunt Emotionally lighter Commitment 2 seasons · ~14h
Short
Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The Fall.
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2011 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: investigative procedure and dark atmosphere Told the same way, procedural Built around the same trauma Centres on the same investigator figure What's different Not built around morality or obsession Not really psychological thriller or crime procedural Much less frightening Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against The Fall.
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Also crime procedural at heart Told the same way, procedural The Capture 2019
Watched for the same thing: investigative procedure Told the same way, procedural and single protagonist The Sinner 2017
Watched for the same thing: investigative procedure and dark atmosphere Told the same way, procedural Hannibal 2013
Watched for the same thing: dark atmosphere Built around the same obsession and trauma Fallen 1998
Centres on the same investigator figure Shares its tense and unsettling register The Shield 2002
Told the same way, procedural Centres on the same antihero figure Luther 2010
Watched for the same thing: dark atmosphere Told the same way, procedural and single protagonist Snowfall 2017
Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its tense and unsettling register You 2018
Built around the same obsession Also psychological thriller at heart The Outsider 2020
Watched for the same thing: investigative procedure and dark atmosphere Told the same way, procedural
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