Best Singaporean crime series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch crime shows from Singapore, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Catching a Killer - The Hwaseong Murders 2021
South Korea's most infamous murder case involving one of the country's first known serial killers.
82Unforgivable 2024
To address rising sex crimes, the police form the Sexual Offence Department (SOD) led by Gao Shuya, a compassionate leader with a troubled past. Her team, including a consultant who saved her as a child, works on cases of serial sexual homicide, pornography, and old rape cases. As public pressure mounts, the team struggles against the trauma surrounding both victims and perpetrators. Their toughest challenge is a serial rapist dubbed "Werewolf," threatening their mission and the team's future.
80Inside Maximum Security 2022
This documentary series follows five hardened criminals and their experience in the concrete purgatory of Singapore’s Changi Prison.
65The Talwars Behind Closed Doors 2017
Examining the mystery behind the double murder of a teenage girl and her family's household servant in Noida, India.
52Kill Sera Sera 2024
Sera Sun is murdered on a leap night on 29th Feb, with her limbs dismembered and wrapped up in a Japanese Ukiyo-E stocking. Her mother May Shaw, spirals into despair and guilt. May blindly holds onto the belief that Sera is murdered by a serial killer. She even imitates a real murder in line with the serial killer’s style. Will vengeance bring peace to May? Who is the serial killer?
50Premonition 2016
JONAH LEE ‘dies’ for sixty seconds and gains a special power. The powers of having premonition of fatal accidents and being at the ‘wrong place and time’. Paired with a new accomplice BELINDA TAN to prevent several reluctant fatal accidents from happening, JONAH begins a journey to discover his life purpose and why he was chosen to be the one with these powers. The powers weren’t given because he has to save others, they were given to save himself.
46Partners in Crime 0
From fingerprint analysts to computer experts to dentists, forensic specialists help authorities track down criminals in the most brutal cases in Asia.
45True Files 2002
"True Files" is a thirty minute docu-drama series. Every episode looks at a different high profile case from true legal files of the past. The cases selected are those well-covered by the media during the time of occurrence and court cases which today's viewers will still find captivating. The cases chosen are famous for good reasons. They are controversial, emotionally charged and dramatically rich. Some macabre while others coldblooded and sinister, the cases in this new series are a sad reflection of a man's moment of folly, greed or unexplainable insanity.
30Against the Tide 2014
A detective and a psychologist investigating a string of murders form a crime-solving team with the novelist whose work inspired the killings.
20C.L.I.F. 2011
The series showcases various kinds of cases police units deal with, from complicated and sensitive cases such as illegal immigrants and hostage situations to textbook crimes such as arson, drug trafficking, rape and burglary.
10Crimewatch (SG) 2009
Crimewatch started its run in November 1986 and is the longest running English docu-drama series in Singapore. The programme showcases crimes solved by the Singapore Police Force, features appeals for unsolved cases and dispenses crime prevention advice to promote public awareness towards trending crimes.
10Unriddle 2010
Detective Hu Xiaoman meets low level criminal Da Bao during an investigation of a missing heiress. Inspite of being on opposite sides of the law, the two work together to solve cases.
10C.L.I.F. 2011
C.L.I.F. is a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2011 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was aired from 31 May - 27 Jun 2011 on free-to-air MediaCorp Channel 8 and consists of 20 episodes. The drama stars Tay Ping Hui, Qi Yuwu, Elvin Ng, Joanne Peh, Chris Tong and Tracy Lee in the main roles with a large ensemble supporting cast. It was directed by Chong Liung Man, who previously directed another award-winning police procedural C.I.D., which also starred Tay and Qi in the lead roles as police officers.
10Key Witness 2021
Having failed to protect the witness in an international drug smuggling case, Interpol Officer Xu Guo Ying resigned as a result. In a twist of fate, Guo Ying took on witness-hunting, where in the process, Funeral planner Wang Yuxuan and arcade staff Chen Zhi Ming joined her league of justice. But Guo Ying soon realized Zhi Ming and Yuxuan were not what they appeared to be.
10The Truth 2008
Su Zhenyuan (Zhu Houren) is the president of a conglomerate and he finally receives the will and a priceless treasure map his father Su Jincai left behind 20 years ago.Chen Shuxian (Joanne Peh) has just been employed by Zhenyuan’s company and her sister Shufen (Rebecca Lim) is here in Singapore to perform with her orchestra. Their mother Cai Ximei arrives from Malaysia to watch Shufen’s performance but soon dies suddenly.As CID detective Lu Zhiwei (Tay Ping Hui) takes down Shuxian and Shufen’s statements, Zhenyuan appears out of the blue and claims to have met Ximei before she died. He also claims his friend Chen Chunsheng is the girls’ father and has asked him to hand $10,000 to them.Shuxian is shocked to realise Zhenyuan is her boss, and that Shufen’s boyfriend Alex (Shaun Chen) is Zhenyuan’s only son and also the company’s Human Resource manager.
10The Pupil 2010
A series about the legal profession in Singapore , The Pupil will give us a sneak peek into the world of lawyers and the cases they take on , cases with outcome that not only change the lives of the ordinary Singaporeans they defend , but also their own . The story revolves around Wendy Lim (Rebecca Lim) , a young and idealistic Malaysian who arrives in Singapore to begin her apprenticeship at a local law firm under the tutelage of Dennis Tang (Adrian Pang) . She is , however , unprepared for the journey ahead of her; not only does she has to contend with the politics within the firm but in the course of performing her duties , uncovers a dangerous plot that may eventually threaten her own life…
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