Shows like Trial by Fire: 20 to watch next
If you loved Trial by Fire (2023) — a drama and crime series created by Kevin Luperchio and Prashant Nair — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Trial by Fire most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like fire, based on novel or book and grief. 14 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Goliath 2016★ 7.6
Shares: Crime, Drama
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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HIS & HERS 2026★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Crime
Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Smoke 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
When an arson investigator begrudgingly teams up with a police detective, their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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L.A.'s Finest 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
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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I Will Find You 2026★ 8.2
Shares: Drama, Crime
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Witness 2026★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Crime
With their 2-year-old as the sole witness to her murder, Rachel Nickell's partner fights to protect him amid a flawed investigation.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Wentworth 2013★ 8.0
Shares: Drama, Crime
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Lincoln Lawyer 2022★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Law & Order True Crime 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
An anthology series that delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Painkiller 2023★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Crime
The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Presumed Innocent 2024★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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The Missing 2014★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Damages 2007★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Crime
Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, VI movies and tv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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One of Us 2016★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
A horrific double murder rocks the lives of two families living side-by-side in isolated rural Scotland. But instead of focusing on the investigation, One of Us explores the fallout for the grieving relatives, and the dark consequences that threaten to shatter their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Without Sin 2022★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Drama
Without Sin is a four-part British television drama series created and written by Frances Poletti, and starring Vicky McClure. Produced by Left Bank Pictures, the serial broadcast in its entirety on ITVX on 28 December 2022. Three years on from the death of her daughter, taxi driver Stella Tomlinson continues to grieve as if it were just yesterday. With her family life in tatters, she suddenly receives a message from her daughter's killer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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DCI Banks 2011★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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Power Book IV: Force 2022★ 8.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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The Bay 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, 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, Drama
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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Sharp Objects 2018★ 7.8
Shares: Crime, Drama
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Stream in India on JioHotstar