Shows like Dayaa: 20 to watch next
If you loved Dayaa (2023) — a crime and mystery series created by Pavan Sadineni — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Dayaa most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 12 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Ellis 2024★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery, 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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R.J. Decker 2026★ 7.4
Shares: Crime, Mystery
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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The Bay 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Five Days 2007★ 5.8
Shares: Crime
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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The Afterparty 2022★ 7.1
Shares: Mystery, 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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Luther 2010★ 7.8
Shares: Crime, Mystery
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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Waking the Dead 2001★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Mystery
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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L.A.'s Finest 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Crime
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. These two women don't agree on much, but they find common ground when it comes to taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Criminal Record 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Crime
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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21 Jump Street 1987★ 7.3
Shares: Crime, Mystery
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
Stream in India on Plex
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Whitstable Pearl 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Mystery
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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Cross 2024★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Mystery
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Devil's Hour 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Mystery, Crime
Lucy wakes every night at exactly 3:33am. Nothing in her life has made sense for a long time. But the answers are out there, somewhere, at the end of a trail of brutal murders.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Nocturne 2026★ 7.9
Shares: Crime, Mystery
When a victim of notorious serial killer Jurek Walter unexpectedly turns up alive, detective Jonah Lynn races against time to find the one person still missing, while his protégé Saga Bauer goes undercover to get answers from the killer himself.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Big Sky 2020★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Mystery
Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the perpetrator before another woman is taken.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Strike 2017★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Mystery
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Stream in India on Shahid VIP
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Last Seen 2026★ 7.6
Shares: Crime, Mystery
When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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56 Days 2026★ 7.4
Shares: Crime, Mystery
When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Crime 2021★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Mystery
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Crime
A chronicle of the two major police investigations by LAPD Detective Greg Kading into the deaths of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now