Shows like ChiaroScuro: 20 to watch next
If you loved ChiaroScuro (2026) — a comedy and crime series created by Umberto Gnoli and Michela Straniero — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of ChiaroScuro most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Afterparty 2022★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Murderville 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Eccentric detective Terry Seattle teams up with clueless celebrity guest stars to investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Snatch 2017★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Crime
A group of up-and-coming hustlers stumble upon a truckload of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Grimsburg 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal clown or correctly identify a mid-century modern armoire. But there’s one mystery he still can’t crack — his family. Now that he's back in Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, Flute will follow every lead he’s got to redeem himself with the ex-wife he never stopped loving, even if it means hanging out with the son he never bothered to get to know.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Heathers 2018★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Crime
A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine, Veronica Sawyer, deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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R.J. Decker 2026★ 7.4
Shares: Crime
Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Only Murders in the Building 2021★ 8.4
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Whitstable Pearl 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Crime
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases. But when an old friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ellis 2024★ 5.9
Shares: Crime
DCI Ellis, a tenacious cop, is parachuted into failing investigations alongside her partner DS Harper. Each case will bring her to a different police station where she'll have to not only immerse herself in the case, but also win over the local police.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Deadloch 2023★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Two vastly different female detectives are thrown together to solve the murder of a local man in the sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Big Mistakes 2026★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Blackmailed into working for some very dangerous people, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganized duo in organized crime.
Stream in India on Netflix
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A Touch of Cloth 2012★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Swedish Dicks 2016★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Two unlicensed Swedish private investigators try to make a living in Los Angeles.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Residence 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Crime
A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Dead Still 2020★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Comedy
For Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she?
Stream in India on Netflix
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Santa Clarita Diet 2017★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Crime
They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Greatest American Hero 1981★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Crime
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 2016★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Crime
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Father Dowling Mysteries 1989★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Father Dowling is a sleuthing parish priest from Chicago who investigates baffling crimes
Not on subscription streaming in India right now