True Detective vs Mindhunter

True Detective is more original, more emotionally stirring and more true to life; Mindhunter is slower and more intimate. Both are dark, heavy and true to life.

True Detective poster

True Detective

Type and year
TV series · 2014
Length
3 seasons · 24 episodes · 60 min episodes
Rating
8.3
out of 10 on TMDB · 1,919 votes
Mindhunter poster

Mindhunter

Type and year
TV series · 2017
Length
2 seasons · 19 episodes · 50 min episodes
Rating
8.0
out of 10 on TMDB · 1,301 votes

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Characteristics, side by side

True DetectiveMindhunter

  • Pace
    SlowFast
  • Originality
    Tried & testedFresh & original
  • Wholesomeness
    UnsavouryWholesome
  • Weightiness
    LightHeavy
  • Realism
    ImaginaryRealistic
  • Intricacy
    SimpleIntricate
  • Linearity
    SurrealLinear
  • Style and visuals
    GrittyGlossy
  • Scale
    EnclosedBig & varied
  • Emotional punch
    Emotionally undemandingEmotive & stirring

Taste attributes

Both

  • Drama
  • Mafia/gangster
  • Mystery
  • Detective
  • Crime
  • Unsavoury
  • Heavy
  • Realistic
  • Intricate
  • Linear
  • Gritty
  • Enclosed
  • Complex relationship
  • Deep rivalry
  • Fighting evil
  • Solving the riddle/not as it seems

Only True Detective

  • Fresh & original
  • All consuming quest

Only Mindhunter

  • Slow

Genres

Both

  • Drama

Only True Detective

None.

Only Mindhunter

  • Crime

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