By leah jones
Dexter is a morally complex series that will have you wanting justice while rooting for the bad guy. But is Morgan Dexter really the bad guy?
With Dexter: Resurrection on the way, check out these shows like Dexter. These shows serve vigilante justice, have a similar morally ambiguous protagonist or offer a familiar dark vibe you just can’t look away from.
This popular Netflix series follows Joe, a charming but obsessive man who stalks and manipulates the women he becomes romantically fixated on.
Hannibal is a thriller focused on the relationship between FBI profiler Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and secret cannibalistic serial killer.
Barry is a dark comedy about a hitman who tries to leave his criminal life behind to pursue acting in Los Angeles, but his violent past keeps catching up with him.
Based on real events, this series follows two FBI agents in the 1970s as they develop criminal profiling by interviewing imprisoned serial killers to try and figure out how they think.
This hit series follows high school chemistry teacher Walter White who turns to cooking meth after a terminal cancer diagnosis and is transformed into a ruthless drug kingpin.
The Fall is a cat-and-mouse thriller where a detective pursues a family man who leads a secret life as a serial killer.
In this series, a cybersecurity engineer with dissociative identity disorder is recruited by a mysterious anarchist to hack corporate America, including the company he works for.
The Killing is a dark and moody crime series that follows two polar opposite detectives investigating complex murder cases in Seattle that take everything out of them.
In Ozark, a financial advisor moves his family to the Ozarks after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong. Here he must appease a drug cartel while keeping up appearances.
A modern prequel to Psycho, Bates Motel follows Norman Bates’ descent into madness and the twisted relationship with his mother, Norma, that led to his dark future.
The titular character of Luther is a brilliant but deeply troubled detective who is willing to cross legal and ethical boundaries to bring killers to justice.