Upcoming · Netflix
A figurine made of chestnuts is found at the scene of a grisly murder; from this creepy clue, two detectives hunt for a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
maintains our strict 7.0+ IMDb rating threshold (currently 7.6/10)
features strong narrative storytelling
continues a proven series (Season 2)
offers compelling Crime, Drama, Mystery content
Every show here earned its place. We screen over 224 releases each cycle and list only scripted narrative programming that clears our quality bar.
Each pick includes a note on what connects it to this show — tone, structure, mood, or theme.
If you liked how The Chestnut Man builds dread through a slow, methodical hunt for a killer tied to missing children and political shadows, this Scandinavian mystery keeps that same cold, psychological pressure while letting grief and moral unease simmer scene by scene.
For the same kind of bleak, investigative unease as The Chestnut Man—where trust erodes and the truth feels buried under layers of deception—this British crime drama leans into obsession and psychological dread as the case slowly redefines what you thought you knew.
Sarah Trafford obsessively searches for a missing neighbour girl after an explosion. Aided by PI Zoë Boehm, they uncover a conspiracy involving the presumed dead still living and living dying, embroiling them in a complex web.
If The Chestnut Man’s emotionally haunted detectives and intertwining cold-case threads drew you in, this methodical, grief-soaked detective story follows a psychologically complex investigator whose personal wounds bleed into the pursuit of justice.
Dead Simple, opens with Grace running inquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little or no prospect of success. He's fixated by the disappearance of his wife, Sandy, which haunts his thoughts. His unorthodox police methods have come under scrutiny once again, and Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most. With so much at stake, his colleague Detective Sergeant Glenn Branson knows he has more to give and asks him for help with a case. When a stag night prank appears to go wrong and the groom goes missing, Branson calls on Grace to unravel events that led to the mysterious disappearance of a successful property developer with everything to live for. Is this a case of stag night shenanigans gone wrong or something more sinister?
