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🎤 "These Are Their Stories. Dun Dun."🎤 Best in Crime, Spy, and Political Dramas by Streaming Service
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items Whether you are investigating the best streaming service to subscribe to at the moment; interrogating your current services for a new show; or broadening your portfolio with a great new crime, spy, or political shows regardless of where to find them;...
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Hulu
My crime, politics, and spy show recs on Hulu! I recommend subscripting to the Disney + and Hulu Bundle as best value, but you can also opt for a solo subscription of either.
AMAZING with a capital A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Captivating. Tragic. Inspiring. Realistic. Breathtaking. Mind-bending.
Homeland
Great evening-in date night show! Fun and Sassy Amateur Detective and True Crime Podcast Lovers Adventure Story. Love the cast and unlikely best buds that form through laughs, mischief, and amateur sleuthing skills. My husband and I both loved this o...
Only Murders in the Building (TV Series 2021
Dakota Fanning is spectacular as Catherine the Nothing who becomes Catherine the Great in this brilliant satire sometimes based on history. Beautiful and quirky examination of gender issues, leadership styles/techniques, classism, war, marriage, and ...
The Great (TV Series 2020–2023)
Kind of makes you not trust anyone, but if you can get past that, it's super interesting. Acting is fantastic, story is interesting and tragic, spy struggles fully explored. Examination of themes like family, patriotism, nationalism, trust, exploitat...
The Americans (TV Series 2013–2018)
I recommend the Disney + and Hulu Bundle as best value, but you can also opt for a solo subscription of either.
Hulu
Netflix
My crime, politics, and spy show recs on Netflix!
Emmy Nominee with a great cast, and super interesting and action-packed content in the realm of international relations. Carrie Russell navigates leadership as a super logical, intelligent, and strategic mind while those around her desperately attemp...
Watch The Diplomat | Netflix Official Site
Emmy Nominee with good reason. Love the confidence, skill, and intelligence with which Coretta Cup investigates a murder at the White House. Her “pause” is powerful; not only a playful and unforgiving exploration of human nature, but also within the ...
Watch The Residence | Netflix Official Site
Interesting story from the perspective of a criminal justice lawyer and the work-family around him as they test the boundaries of the criminal justice system to win their cases. so interesting to watch them outsmart the system for their clients, and ...
The Lincoln Lawyer (TV Series 2022
Great variety of shows and movies with a few tiered subscription options.
Netflix
Paramount +
One of my very favorite mind-and-body action packed political shows can be streamed on Paramount + (or you can purchase the show on Amazon Prime Video). I have never heard much about this show to my great surprise, but am so glad I came upon it durin...
One of the best shows I've ever watched and I came upon it by accident. I still don't hear about it much and am so surprised by that! Interesting and thrilling exploration of leadership, diplomacy, international relations, and family through the lens...
Madam Secretary (TV Series 2014–2019)
_Amazing Race_ Fans must have this streaming service, and it has one of my favorite [underrated] political dramas ever!
Paramount Plus
Peacock
Peacock is the service for you if you love Dick Wolf's Law & Order universe. There are some other delightful shows in our theme as well here, but you will also be right at home with this service if all you want to do is binge Law & Order, SVU, Organized Crime, and Criminal Minds. This subscription is included with an Instacart + subscription so get your groceries or dinner delivered and sit back and enjoy all the Dun Duns!
Mariska Hargitay is my hero. Her pursuit of some of the most vicious and difficult crimes out there with grace, grit, and discernment is beautiful to watch. I also love the work-families she creates along the way with her team. Some of the cases, the...
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series 1999
Newest to the L&O family and one of my favorites. Nice to see Christopher Meloni back as Elliot Stabler and he even directs some of the episodes! Every season follows a new criminal enterprise with a new and interesting flavor of crime, investiga...
Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV Series 2021
Natasha B. is incredibly endearing as she navigates the blessings and curses of knowing when ANYONE is lying. Amateur sleuth who tries so hard to stay under the radar and use her “powers” for good, but always finds herself in the most precarious situ...
Poker Face (TV Series 2023
Law & Order with great rotating cast through the years. Nice examination of criminal cases and the justice system all the way from the police investigation through to court, trial, or settlements.
Law & Order (TV Series 1990
Must-have streaming service for those who love any or all of the Law & Order universe. Discovered a quirky and fun new drama too in _Poker Face_!
Keep in mind that a Peacock subscription comes with an Instacart + subscription too so that's always an option for access, especially if you love to grocery shop from the comfort of your home.
Keep in mind that a Peacock subscription comes with an Instacart + subscription too so that's always an option for access, especially if you love to grocery shop from the comfort of your home.
Peacock
Amazon Prime
Love the Harry Bosch universe available on Amazon Prime with a Prime Subscription among some other intriguing series too. You can also buy episodes or seasons of shows like Homeland and Madame Secretary on Prime too if you love them as much as I did ...
Bosch operates his own way following his own code which assists him greatly in solving the murders he investigates, but often gets him in trouble within the criminal justice system with which he works. Hardened outside, logically skillful mind, and g...
Bosch (TV Series 2014–2021)
Follows Bosch and his daughter as she switches from law-school to the police academy to follow in her father's footsteps as a very different personality. Honey Chandler, one of the best characters from the original series, also makes some altering ca...
Bosch: Legacy (TV Series 2022–2025)
Ballard picks up in the Bosch world where Bosch Legacy ends with a super gritty, skillful, and intelligent detective Ballard. She's got a lot to prove to a system that tried to eat her up and throw her away. She refuses that and continues being her b...
Ballard (TV Series 2025
Plenty of gruesome images, and some action and thrills along the way, but a bit lighthearted and feel-good in the way these very different and quirky characters slowly, but surely become a family who trust and respect each other greatly as they solve...
Watch Bones Streaming Online
Bosch universe is here amongst other great shows and movies! Amazon Prime subscription gives you access along with other perks including free shipping on prime products, photo storage, and music.
Amazon Prime