Our picks for best crime and thriller TV shows on Netflix for 2022 include classics such as Babylon Berlin as well as other new releases.
Our overall list of crime, mystery and thriller shows of 2022 on Netflix is available here.
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The list of best crime and thriller shows on Netflix for 2022 includes:
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Dogs of Berlin
- The Last Word
- Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
- Kitz
- We Are the Wave
- Dark
- Babylon Berlin
- The Billion Dollar Code
- Criminal: Germany
- How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
- The Defeated
- Skylines
- Perfume
- Barbarians
- A Perfect Crime
- Tribes of Europa
- Unorthodox
- Charité at War
- Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
- A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad
- Inside the Criminal Mind
- Biohackers
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Dogs of Berlin
Netflix Original. Two cops investigate the murder of a famous Turkish-German soccer player, but one of them has underworld connections that mire the case in controversy.
The Last Word
When her husband suddenly dies after 25 years of marriage, Karla Fazius’ world breaks apart; unexpectedly, she finds new energy in a new calling: she becomes a professional eulogist.
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
Netflix Original. 1900: A rich newcomer with a shady past arrives in Munich determined to crash the local Oktoberfest with his own brewery. But when his daughter falls in love with the heir to a rival brewery, a violent chain of events is unleashed that will threaten both families’ futures.
Kitz
Netflix Original. A year after the tragic death of her brother, 19-year-old Lisi enters the decadent world of a Munich clique that treks to the luxury ski resort of Kitzbühel, Austria, to celebrate every season.
We Are the Wave
A mysterious classmate leads four idealistic teenagers in a revolt against a rising tide of nationalistic fervour, but their movement takes a dark turn.
Dark
When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among four families as they search for the kids.
The mystery-drama series introduces an intricate puzzle filled with twists that includes a web of curious characters, all of whom have a connection to the town’s troubled history — whether they know it or not. The story includes supernatural elements that tie back to the same town in 1986. “Dark” represents the first German original series produced for Netflix.
Babylon Berlin
Netflix Original and one of our favorite German series on Netflix. Police commissioner Gereon Rath is transferred from Cologne to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social change in the Golden Twenties.
Shellshocked from his service during World War I, he uncovers a dangerous web of intrigue while investigating one of Berlin’s biggest pornography rings. There’s an even bigger conspiracy unfolding, though, when Soviet rebels hijack a train as part of a mission hatched by Trotsky supporters in the city.
The Billion Dollar Code
Two German computer pioneers go to court to be recognized as the inventors of the Google Earth algorithm.
Criminal: Germany
In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head against suspects in a cat-and-mouse game. Some break the rules and risk everything to get to the truth.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
To impress his former girlfriend, a nerdy teen starts selling drugs online out of his bedroom, and soon becomes one of Europe’s biggest dealers.
The Defeated
Police officer Max McLoughlin arrives in Berlin in 1946 to establish a new police force in the wake of the war, and hopes to find his brother who is presumed dead.
Skylines
A hip-hop producer gets tangled in organized crime when the gangster brother of his record label’s owner returns from an exile to claim his share.
Perfume
When a woman is found murdered with scent glands excised from her body, a detective probes a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.
Barbarians
Three people’s fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
A Perfect Crime
In 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, is assassinated in Dusseldorf.
Tribes of Europa
In 2070, three siblings set out to change the fate of Europe after a global catastrophe fractures it into countless micro-states fighting for dominance.
Unorthodox
A Hasidic Jewish woman flees an arranged marriage in Brooklyn to start a new life abroad, but her past catches up to her.
Charité at War
A German hospital in 1943 has to deal with the effects of World War Two and the cruel policies of the Nazi regime.
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
After Birgit Meier vanishes in 1989, police missteps plague the case for years, but her brother never wavers in his tireless quest to find the truth.
A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad
A colony of German Christians with a charismatic and manipulative leader establishes itself in Chile and becomes instrumental to the dictatorship.
Inside the Criminal Mind
Exploring the psychological machinations and immoral behaviors that define some of the most nefarious criminals.
Biohackers
Netflix Original. A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking a family tragedy to a biology professor.
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