Italian Crime TV series since 1989

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1. Nero Wolfe (2012– )

TV-PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The "Famous" Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, relocating from New York, begin telling the original stories (Fer De Lance), as just arriving in Rome. They start out finding the house, cook etc. While simultaneously solving the murders.

Stars: Francesco Pannofino, Pietro Sermonti, Andy Luotto, Giulia Bevilacqua

Votes: 205

2. Inspector Coliandro (2003– )

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime

The improbable adventures of an improbable inspector of the Italian Police Force.

Stars: Giampaolo Morelli, Veronica Logan, Alessandro Rossi, Paolo Sassanelli

Votes: 673

3. Detective Montalbano (1999–2021)

TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Commissioner Montalbano works in Vigata, Montelusa province with Deputy Commissioner Augello and Inspector Fazio, in each episode Montalbano solves complicated cases with his characteristic cunning in a rural Sicily ruled by the mafia.

Stars: Luca Zingaretti, Peppino Mazzotta, Angelo Russo, Cesare Bocci

Votes: 4,424

4. The Young Montalbano (2012– )

120 min | Crime, Mystery

The young "Commissario" detective Salvo Montalbano, based in the fictitious village of Vigata, solves mysterious crimes in Sicilia.

Stars: Michele Riondino, Andrea Tidona, Fabrizio Pizzuto, Alessio Piazza

Votes: 1,434

5. Rocco Schiavone (2016– )

TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Thriller

A cranky and unorthodox detective is exiled to the snowbound Val D'Aosta where he is confronted with compelling cases.

Stars: Marco Giallini, Ernesto D'Argenio, Francesco Acquaroli, Christian Ginepro

Votes: 2,361

6. La piovra (1984–2001)

TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.

Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer

Votes: 3,958

7. Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008–2010)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

This crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.

Stars: Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Roja, Marco Bocci, Daniela Virgilio

Votes: 6,716

8. Gomorrah (2014–2021)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ciro disregards tradition in his attempt to become the next boss of his crime syndicate. The internal power struggle puts him and his entire family's life at risk.

Stars: Salvatore Esposito, Marco D'Amore, Ivana Lotito, Cristiana Dell'Anna

Votes: 44,459

9. Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017–2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.

Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Filippo Nigro, Carlotta Antonelli

Votes: 16,521

10. Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2009– )

Action

Led by Deputy Inspector Claudia Mares, the Anti-Mafia Squad fights crime and corruption in the troubled Sicilian capital of Palermo. In a region that is by turns gritty and gorgeous, the ... See full summary »

Stars: Giulia Michelini, Paolo Pierobon, Giordano De Plano, Marco Bocci

Votes: 403

11. Detective De Luca (2008)

Drama, War

Italian series that is based on the De Luca detective novels by Carlo Lucarelli. The detective De Luca is a man of principle, passion and determination to solve the cases despite of turbulent and unsettling times he lives in.

Stars: Alessandro Preziosi, Corrado Fortuna, Rolando Ravello, Raffaella Rea

Votes: 303

12. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)

45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A recently divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.

Stars: Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek

Votes: 6,219

13. Intelligence - Servizi & segreti (2009– )

100 min | Action

When his wife Lidia is mysteriously killed, the former "Folgore" Marco Tancredi soon discovers a dark truth: Lidia was part of the Italian Secret Service, so he too joins the organization to have his vengeance.

Stars: Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta, Daniela Virgilio, Stefano Fresi

Votes: 102

14. I delitti del BarLume (2013– )
Episode: Il re dei giochi (2013)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Massimo is a graduate in mathematics who, after winning a Totocalcio board, buys the BarLume and becomes the surly barman. Invariably Massimo finds himself investigating, in every episode, ... See full summary »

Director: Eugenio Cappuccio | Stars: Filippo Timi, Carlo Monni, Massimo Paganelli, Atos Davini

Votes: 166

15. Il sistema (2016– )

90 min | Drama

Departing from the investigation on the death of his brother, that seems of easy solution to the appearance, the greatest of the Watch of Department of Internal Revenue Alessandro Luce ... See full summary »

Stars: Lino Guanciale, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Mauro Aversano, Claudio Alfonsi

Votes: 56

16. Fuoco amico: Tf45 - Eroe per amore (2016– )

90 min | Action

Captain De Santis does not only carry out peace-keeping operations; he is also looking for the truth behind his father's disappearance in the zone. When he starts untangling he becomes a target.

Stars: Megan Montaner, Andrea Sartoretti, Romina Mondello, Giuseppe Loconsole

Votes: 44

17. Donna detective (2007– )

Drama

When Senior Detective Lisa Milani requested a desk job in a small town outside of Rome, it was to allow her spend more time with family. But after she's called on to assist with a major ... See full summary »

Stars: Kaspar Capparoni, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Edoardo Purgatori, Stefano Masciarelli

Votes: 60

18. Squadra mobile (2015– )

50 min | Crime

Serial about the members of Rome's inter-district police squad, a.k.a. "La mobile". Every day police routine changes when a new enemy, who long operated behind the scenes, arises. Would the... See full summary »

Stars: Giorgio Tirabassi, Daniele Liotti, Antonio Catania, Valeria Bilello

Votes: 48

20. Il bosco (2015– )

80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A graduate in psychology who accepts a teaching position at a university campus in her hometown: a town she hasn't step foot in for 20 years, after her mother abandoned her as a child in the forest and then disappeared.

Stars: Giulia Michelini, Claudio Gioè, Andrea Sartoretti, Gianmarco Tognazzi

Votes: 108

22. Il clan dei camorristi (2013– )

Drama

Story of one of the most ruthless mafia and criminal organizations that Italy has ever known, but also the story of an Italy that responded with dignity and moral rigor against the Camorra.

Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Giuseppe Zeno, Francesca Beggio, Francesco Di Leva

Votes: 158

23. Distretto di polizia (2000–2012)

Action, Comedy, Crime

Life and work in a police station of Rome. The chief of the station, Giovanna Scalise, has arrived in town after a long period passed in the city of Palermo, Sicily, where she fought ... See full summary »

Stars: Simone Corrente, Gianni Ferreri, Roberto Nobile, Irma Carolina Di Monte

Votes: 324

25. R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2005– )

60 min | Mystery, Drama, Crime

It narrates the cases that have to face the scientific police team captained by Riccardo Venturi.

Stars: Fabio Troiano, Lorenzo Flaherty, Paolo Maria Scalondro, Ugo Dighero

Votes: 401

26. Il capo dei capi (2007– )

100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the life of Salvatore Riina ('Totò u Curtu'), a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.

Stars: Claudio Gioè, Daniele Liotti, Salvatore Lazzaro, Simona Cavallari

Votes: 3,807

27. Don Matteo (2000– )

TV-G | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Terence Hill stars as Don Matteo, a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He's a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn't want to help.

Stars: Nino Frassica, Nathalie Guettà, Francesco Scali, Terence Hill

Votes: 1,471

33. Il commissario Manara (2008– )

50 min | Crime

Young inspector Luca Manara is a playboy. He works in a little Police Station in Tuscany. He drives his bike, a Triumph Bonneville, also for his job, chasing thieves. He loves jazz music, beautiful girls and Lara.

Stars: Guido Caprino, Jane Alexander, Lucia Ocone, Augusto Fornari

Votes: 216

34. Inspector Nardone (2012– )

Crime

Series set in post-war Milan, where Inspector Nardone is sent after an altercation with his previous boss. Can his squad of under-appreciated poliziotti clean up Milan? A local news ... See full summary »

Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Giampiero Judica, Luigi Di Fiore, Anna Safroncik

Votes: 129

35. Good and Evil (2009)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A girl drags herself along the floor of her apartment, she has voluntarily swallowed bleach. A suicide.

A man accidentally shoots at his brother. A fatality.

A loving father, on his way home ... See full synopsis »

Stars: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Bianca Guaccero, Antonia Liskova, Marco Falaguasta

Votes: 35

37. Detective Extralarge (1991–1993)
Episode: Yo-yo (1991)

91 min | Comedy, Crime

Burt meets Jack Costello after many years. Burt is a boxer and he is fleeing after a fixed match that he should have lost but instead he won. Then he vanishes. Costello finds in his office ... See full summary »

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Bud Spencer, Philip Michael Thomas, Lou Bedford, Vivian Ruiz

Votes: 234

38. Donna detective (2007– )

Drama

When Senior Detective Lisa Milani requested a desk job in a small town outside of Rome, it was to allow her spend more time with family. But after she's called on to assist with a major ... See full summary »

Stars: Kaspar Capparoni, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Edoardo Purgatori, Stefano Masciarelli

Votes: 60

40. Il peccato e la vergogna (2010– )

Drama

In the Rome of the '30s lives Nito Valdi, a difficult boy just out of the reformatory, who works for a boss in the area with his friend Tony.

Stars: Stefano Santospago, Manuela Arcuri, Gabriel Garko, Tamara Di Giulio

Votes: 198

41. La Catturandi (2015–2016)

Drama

The epic struggle between the State and the Mafia from a new point of view: that of the Catturandi of Palermo, the elite police team responsible for the arrest of major fugitives.

Stars: Alessio Boni, Raniero Monaco Di Lapio, Massimo Ghini, Leo Gullotta

Votes: 19

43. L'ispettore Giusti (1999– )

540 min | Comedy, Thriller

Inspector Giusto Giusti is divided between the love moves and often suspended with the journalist Claudia Sartor and those working with the young and beautiful agent Caterina Foglia.

Stars: Alessia Merz, Corinne Cléry, Carlo Croccolo, Mietta

Votes: 13

47. Sfida al cielo - La narcotici 2 (2015– )

Drama

A police team is committed to stopping the spread of drugs.

Stars: Laura Roman, Giorgio Caputo, Giovanna Rei, Fabrizio Traversa

Votes: 6

49. Lui e lei (1998–1999)

100 min | Comedy

Roma. Lui, Claudio Romano, è un promettente avvocato di buona famiglia, che lavora in uno degli studi più affermati della città, e sembra destinato a una brillante carriera e a sposare la ... See full synopsis »

Stars: Beatrice Fazi, Ciro Esposito, Irene Grazioli, Emilio Bonucci

Votes: 28

50. I bastardi di Pizzofalcone (2017– )

90 min | Crime, Drama

A series of hardboiled crime fiction set in contemporary Naples by the author of the internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series.

Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Carolina Crescentini, Tosca D'Aquino, Antonio Folletto

Votes: 643

51. Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi (2010– )

100 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In Italian with English subtitles. Inspector Federico Vivaldi is an old-school cop in a new world: his son is gay, his wife has left him and an ambitious colleague is angling to take over ... See full summary »

Stars: Daniela Poggi, Paolo Romio, Lando Buzzanca, Giovanni Scifoni

Votes: 46

52. Il maresciallo Rocca (1996–2005)

90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The story of Marshal Rocca dei carabinieri who operates in Viterbo, takes place on two levels: on the one hand, each episode is a case in itself and Rocca finds himself having to solve the ... See full summary »

Stars: Gigi Proietti, Sergio Fiorentini, Mattia Sbragia, Francesca Rinaldi

Votes: 163

54. R.I.S. Police scientifique (2006–2014)

52 min | Crime

French police crime lab specialists try to solve complex crimes.

Stars: Stéphane Metzger, Laurent Olmedo, Coraly Zahonero, Barbara Cabrita

Votes: 210

55. Il commissario Rex (2008–2015)

Crime, Drama

A spin off from the Austrian series Kommissar (Inspector) Rex. Rex the Police Dog moves from Vienna to Rome to continue his career.

Stars: Augusto Zucchi, Domenico Fortunato, Pilar Abella, Kaspar Capparoni

Votes: 539

56. Nebbie e delitti (2005– )

100 min | Mystery

A passion for the job makes Franco Soneri Ferrara's best investigator but also its most difficult. He's brusque and inscrutable, but he and his team manage to discover what others would ... See full summary »

Stars: Luca Barbareschi, Natasha Stefanenko, Giuseppe Antignati, Gianluca Gobbi

Votes: 125

58. Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015– )

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Valeria Ferro investigates crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice.

Stars: Miriam Leone, Matteo Martari, Thomas Trabacchi, Luca Terracciano

Votes: 1,074

59. Il segreto dell'acqua (2011– )

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama

Angelo Caronia (Riccardo Scamarcio, Burnt) is an arrogant cop who returns to his hometown after years in Rome, reuniting with his estranged brother Blasco (Michele Riondino, The Young ... See full summary »

Stars: Dario Aita, Riccardo Scamarcio, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino

Votes: 85

60. La squadra (2000– )

Crime

The series follow an Italian police team in Naples.

Stars: Flavio Albanese, Gaetano Amato, Federico Tocci, Vanni Bramati

Votes: 108

62. Tequila and Bonetti (1992)

60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Nick Bonetti is a cop from New York who accidentally shot a twelve-year-old girl. His department felt that it would be best that he leave New York until all the excitement dies down. So he ... See full summary »

Stars: Jack Scalia, Mariska Hargitay, Charles Rocket, Brad Sanders

Votes: 406

65. Attacco allo stato (2006 TV Movie)

194 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

About how the policeman Marras and his colleagues in the Italian security police chased the resurrected Red Brigades; which committed two attended political killings in 1999 and 2002.

Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Raoul Bova, Teresa Saponangelo, Antonino Bruschetta, Antonello Fassari

Votes: 80

70. La donna della domenica (2011 TV Movie)

200 min | Crime, Drama

Based on a crime book by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, first published in 1972. The story is set in the city of Turin, and deals with the investigation of ... See full summary »

Director: Giulio Base | Stars: Andrea Osvárt, Antonino Bruschetta, Roberto Zibetti, Fabrizio Bucci

Votes: 21

71. Donne in gioco (2013– )

Drama

Police detective Olivia uses the help of Natasha, a gambling addict, to dismantle a network of illegal gambling houses.

Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Federica Sabatini, Michelle Bonev, Fabio Fulco

Votes: 14

73. Faccia d'angelo (2012 TV Movie)

190 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of the rise and fall of Toso, the leader of the criminal organization Mala del Brenta. A ruthless and cunning criminal who for two decades, through robberies, kidnappings, murders... See full summary »

Director: Andrea Porporati | Stars: Elio Germano, Linda Messerklinger, Katia Ricciarelli, Diego Pagotto

Votes: 398

75. Gli anni spezzati (2014– )

Drama

I dieci anni che hanno sconvolto lItalia, raccontati dal punto di vista di chi ha combattuto la violenza, lintolleranza, il terrorismo e lodio per i rivali politici restando fedele alle ... See full synopsis »

Stars: Milan Tankosic, Aleksandar Filimonovic, Ivan Zekic, Petar Milicevic

Votes: 23

76. L'impero (2001– )

Crime, Thriller

Dario Ferri, an investigator with the Rome anti-Mafia unit visits the dreaded Ma-fia killer Nicolo Panarea in prison. Dario has recently been the one to put him away and has been promoted ... See full summary »

Stars: Claudio Amendola, Claudia Koll, Franco Castellano, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 22

79. Maltese - Il Romanzo del Commissario (2017– )

439 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In Sicily during the seventies the police chief Maltese finds himself entangled in an investigation that will uncover the widespread influence of Mafia in the area and expose the archaic roots which nurtured it.

Stars: Paolo Ricca, Kim Rossi Stuart, Antonio Milo, Francesco Scianna

Votes: 971

81. Uno bianca (2001 TV Movie)

190 min | Drama

Rimini, 1991. For more than a year, the uno bianca gang - they always use a white Fiat Uno - has plagued the area. Their crimes are violent, sometimes killing carabineri, and there's no ... See full summary »

Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Dino Abbrescia, Dario D'Ambrosi, Claudio Botosso

Votes: 348

82. L'ultimo padrino (2008 TV Movie)

200 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A TV movie focused on former Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano and the policemen who tried to catch him.

Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Michele Placido, Daniele Pecci, Micaela Ramazzotti, Marco Leonardi

Votes: 278

83. Ultima pallottola (2003 TV Movie)

190 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Based on the case of the serial killer Donato Bilancia, who murdered 17 people between 1998 and 2000 in Genova.

Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Giulio Scarpati, Carlo Cecchi, Fabrizia Sacchi, Antonio Catania

Votes: 69

92. Mio figlio (2005 TV Movie)

200 min | Drama

Federico Vivaldi, a police inspector in Trieste, has an ex-wife with whom he is still on good terms and a 25-year-old son, Stefano, who works for the police with his father while studying ... See full summary »

Director: Luciano Odorisio | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Giovanni Scifoni, Sergio Sivori, Vittoria Schisano

Votes: 41

97. Wives' Tales (2008– )

Comedy

On a rainy day, Alice is tied and gagged into a country house, and through a series of flashbacks she traces the events that dragged her into this situation. Alice, Dora and Sofia are three... See full summary »

Stars: Manuela Arcuri, Jason Lewis, Lorenza Indovina, Valeria Milillo

Votes: 23

100. Il mostro di Firenze (2009– )

50 min | Crime, Drama

The real story of the killer who scared Florence for more than 25 years through the eyes of the father of a victim.

Stars: Ennio Fantastichini, Marit Nissen, Bebo Storti, Corso Salani

Votes: 161



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