Posted on 08/05/2022 5:39:09 PM PDT by dynachrome
“I was afraid there would be smoking.”
LOL. Of course there is. Opium smoking in the ‘Black Sun’.
I highly recommend these two:
1. Babylon Berlin - Set in 1920s-1930s Berlin, involves a young ‘shell shocked’ German veteran who is a Berlin homicide detective. He has to solve murder cases in the swirling violent politics of Monarchists-Rightists-Early Nazis-Socialists-Communists of Berlin and nihilist Cabaret culture of Berlin. He has his own crumbling personal life - PTSD & drug addiction from the war. Amidst all that he tries to maintain his honor and perform as a dedicated policeman. The show his real historic figures mingled in with the fictional characters. For example, one of his police superiors is the founder of serial killer profiling as a criminal forensic technique. In German with English subtitles, it’s so good you don’t care.
2. Nicolas La Floch - Set in Paris in the late 1700s. Monsieur La Floch is a police inspector in service to the King’s police. It’s set roughly at the end of the American Revolution but before the French Revolution. He has murders, international and court intrigue to deal with as well as trying to operate honestly in a crumbling corrupt royal court environment. It too has several real historic figures weaved in with storyline. His boss was the real superintendent of the royal police and escaped the revolution by fleeing to Spain. In French with English subtitles. It’s also so good you don’t care!
Neither of these are for the faint of heart. Both show the seamy underworld of 1920s Berlin and 1780s Paris and the violence particularly in the La Floch series of pre-modern police techniques.
Pinging myself for later!
Naked City has become a favorite lately.
Endeavour was very very good.
“The Bill”
Long running British police procedural.
“Life On Mars”
The more recent British version starring John Simm.
Reality:
“Traffic Cops” and “Police Interceptors”. Both British.
CC
Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes are good.
The Brokenwood Mysteries made in New Zealand is quite enjoyable.
Well, if we’re talking foreign cop shows:
1) Hidden - in Wales so English & Welsh with subtitles
2) Wisting - Norwegian but some English dialog
3) Trapped - Icelandic but with some English
4) Broadchurch - English
None of the shows have superhero martial arts, no 90 pound girls beating up 250lb men.
Banks very good, Vera I liked at first but seemed slow after a while. Shetland is good. Happy Valley very good.
Sometimes I watch British crime shows just for the scenery. The Coroner isn’t great, but, aah, coastal Devonshire.
Banks very good, Vera I liked at first but seemed slow after a while. Shetland is good. Happy Valley very good.
Sometimes I watch British crime shows just for the scenery. The Coroner isn’t great, but, aah, coastal Devonshire.
Free
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5pMzi8tiNAkFCYliG0n3MdD
Detective L
Chinese
Bai Yu
Sherlock Holmes
24 episodes
Subscription, but cheap and worth it
https://www.viki.com/tv/29266c-love-me-if-you-dare?locale=en#modal-episode
Love Me If You Dare 9.6
Chinese
Wallace Huo
eccentric sherlock holmes with girl friday
25 episodes
https://www.viki.com/tv/36690c-the-sleuth-of-the-ming-dynasty
Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty
Chinese
Darren Chen
Fu Meng Bo
Sherlock Holmes meets Joyce Chen
48 episodes
BEST of these!
https://www.viki.com/movies/37149c-midnight-runners
Midnight Runners 9.7
Korean
Park Seo Joon
Kang Ha Neul
police academy
109 min
https://www.viki.com/movies/36071c-my-girlfriend-is-an-agent
My Girlfriend Is An Agent 8.9
Korean
Kang Ji Hwan
Mr and Mrs Smith
114 min
excellent
https://www.viki.com/tv/31865c
The K2 9.3
Korean
Ji Chang Wook
Lee Jung Jin
Jo Dong Hyuk
ex mercenary becomes bodyguard for daughter of politician
16 episodes
a version of “24”
https://www.viki.com/tv/38382c
Again My Life 9.7
Korean
Lee Joon Gi
prosecutor going after corruption is killed and returned to life as
high school student to try to get the big guy
16 episodes
https://www.iq.com/play/the-spies-who-loved-me-episode-1-dgxlaw5nhw?lang=en_us
The Spies Who Loved Me 9.2
Korean
Lim Ju-Hwan
wedding dress designer caught up with spies when husband and ex-husband; both are spies
16 episodes
YES... we love Brokenwood
Have been watching Silent Witness...currently up to Season 25...tho I don’t think that meansc25 years...still it’s been quite the run.
I felt that about Vera too but the latter seasons got better.
I guess our absolute favorite is Father Brown. The one with Mark Williams. Great scenery, nice little crimes, a bit of humor, tea and Mrs. McCarthy’s scones set in a Cotswold village in the 50’s.
I would say my favorites (mostly British) are:
Cracker
Prime Suspect
Morse
Some of my other favorites are the original version of Bron/Broen (The Bridge).
Dalziel & Pascoe
Vera
Trial & Retribution
Wallender (Swedish original version)
A Mind to Kill
Touch of Frost
Case Histories
Broadchurch
Happy Valley
I also like the legal drama “Silk”
More, but brain is fried from humidity today.
My aunt binge watches some French detective shows. I think one is called Magellan.
We enjoyed The Tunnel.
I enjoyed Professor T., also. Humorous police work about an extremely germophobic professor who helps the police. The original is Belgian. Haven’t seen the remakes.
“The eccentric but brilliant criminology professor Jasper Teerlinck is an advisor to the Belgian federal police in Antwerp. Although a valuable contributor, he drives everyone nuts because of his strange behavior.”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3823996/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4
Either version of “Maigret” is great
The later one starred Rowan Atkins, aka Black Adder in that comedy.
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