Taste-matched follow-ups

Shows like City of Blood

If you want more noir supernatural mystery, creeping dread, and dark urban fantasy, begin with the strongest matches and keep going. Every pick is a recent premiere or a returning season.

  • hidden places
  • creeping dread
  • graphic violence
  • dark nightlife
City of Blood poster

6 shows to try next

Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.

  1. Detective Hole poster

    Closest match

    Netflix · Mar 26, 2026

    Detective Hole

    IMDb 7.6

    Why this fits: City of Blood and Detective Hole both make a dark city feel dangerous, with clues and creeping dread keeping the mystery close at hand. Berlin’s shadowy streets hide ancient violence, while Detective Hole follows a haunted detective whose bad habits and rivalry with a corrupt colleague make every case feel personal.

    • corrupt cops
    • serial killer
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  2. The Chestnut Man poster

    Direct match

    Netflix · May 7, 2026

    The Chestnut Man

    IMDb 7.6

    Why this fits: City of Blood and The Chestnut Man turn ordinary city streets into unsettling places, building tension through grim clues and a mystery that keeps shifting. Berlin’s hidden corners carry supernatural menace, while rain-soaked Copenhagen and a recurring chestnut figure give the Danish crime story a colder, more grounded chill.

    • serial killer hunt
    • missing child
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  3. The Beauty poster

    Direct match

    FX · Jan 21, 2026

    The Beauty

    IMDb 6.6

    Why this fits: City of Blood and The Beauty both mix mystery with horror, letting a polished city surface give way to danger and disturbing images. Berlin’s ancient violence brings a brooding, noir dread, while The Beauty adds grotesque transformations and sharp jokes about vanity for a glossier, faster ride.

    • gory transformations
    • corrupt officials
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  4. The Trap poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Oct 13, 2026

    The Trap

    Why this fits

    City of Blood makes its shadowy streets and hidden violence part of a mystery that keeps deepening; The Trap turns that appetite for concealed danger into a tightening psychological puzzle. Its menace comes from manipulation and shifting loyalties rather than supernatural horror, with twists built for a focused, short run.

    • mind games
    • shifting loyalties
    • hidden designs
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  5. The Dark poster

    Deeper cut

    ITVX · Jul 12, 2026

    The Dark

    IMDb 6.2
    Why this fits

    City of Blood draws you into a dark mystery where danger hides beneath the city’s surface; The Dark brings that suspicion to a rural community where a serial killer may be among the neighbors. Expect eerie landscapes and a detective’s cat-and-mouse pursuit, with family danger replacing supernatural violence.

    • eerie rural crime
    • serial killer hunt
    • small-town paranoia
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  6. Nocturne poster

    Deeper cut

    AppleTV+ · Oct 30, 2026

    Nocturne

    Why this fits

    City of Blood builds creeping dread around a mystery rooted in hidden danger; Nocturne channels that unease into a serial-killer hunt threatening a father’s family. Its clues and cat-and-mouse chase keep the pressure rising, but the focus is intimate family protection rather than a supernatural city mystery.

    • creeping dread
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