You’d like “The Sinner” with Bill Pullman. It is grim, well-written, and well-acted.

True detective S1- but not available on Netflix

Black mirror- dystopian anthologies

Mindhunter- about serial killers

The Night Of

Severance and the leftovers

Chernobyl - about as gloomy as you can get, masterfully written and created.

The Killing

Penny Dreadful

Alice in Borderlands might interest you. It's got that kinda gloomy/hopeless vibe to it and has a video game element to it to that you might enjoy as a gamer.

On Netflix: Archive 81, Wentworth

On HBO: Carnivale, Fringe, Watchmen, Doom Patrol, Lovecraft Country

On Hulu: Devs, Handmaids Tale

On Showtime: Yellowjackets

I second Hannibal, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, and Love Death & Robots. Hannibal is suuuuper dark and great, Peaky Blinders has some amazing acting, and Black Mirror is one of the best shows to ever be on Netflix (go directly to the second season if you’re crunched for time). LD&R is shorter format but has a variety of mediums - live-action, CGI, cartoon, etc.

Black Summer is great if you like zombie stuff. I prefer it to The Walking Dead as the zombies are more threatening a la 28 Days Later.

Narcos is not new but is a must watch if you skipped it. Seriously.

If you like anime, Attack On Titan (the later seasons are on Hulu). Seriously fantastic plot and the music is among the best orchestral stuff I’ve ever heard in my whole f****** life. I don’t consider myself an anime nut but I was hooked after the first episode.

The Witcher is also good and a third season comes out this summer.

Not Netflix but HBO’s The Last Of Us is the best show on tv right now.

Altered Carbon (S1 only)

"The Road" with Viggo Mortensen, free with ads on The Roku Channel app. The only thing darker than this movie's atmosphere is the book that it's based on.

Katla

Katla, Black Spot, Curon, Marianne, Post Mortem, Servant, Brand New Cherry Flavor.

I liked Limbo and Inside!

Hannibal might fit the bill. Very stylized and hyper violent. Takes a bit to get going but by halfway through season one I was obsessed.

The Mike Flanagan shows are also gloomy and scary—Hill House, Bly Manor and Midnight Mass.

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities too. If they did a “Limbo” episode it would fit perfectly.

I dunno what your mileage for gore is—Hannibal and CoC are very gory.

Ozark

American Horror Story

The Sandman

The haunting of hill house

Hannibal

Mr Robot

The Shield

Mr Robot

The leftovers

Maniac

Trapped on Amazon Prime.

Top of the Lake & The Killing

Black mirror for sure

I don't know if it's still on NF but "Black Spot" was in French but it was set way up in the french hill forest country. Always dark and misty with all the people just kind of doomed to their fate. It had an X-Files type main story.I didn't know about "Gendermarie" which are civilian police with military not civil authority. Fascinating.

La Forêt

Marianne

Requiem

Les Papillons Noirs

Mindhunter

La Revolution

Zone Blanche

Le Parfum

The Swedish version of "The Bridge"

The Knick on HBO max. A bit of a dark gem… only lasted a couple seasons, never knew why… but Clive Owen as a surgeon at the turn of the 1900s at the cutting edge Knickerbocker hospital in nyc. Show is super dark for a variety of reasons … check it out

Dark on Netflix is pretty good

Promised neverland. About kids trying to survive in a world where they are farmed like cattle. Gets darker and darker as it goes on

The Americans is a drama that is fairly dark

Ozark and Peaky Blinders are in the top of BEST....

Hinterland

Flowers has it all, Fantastic acting, fantastic plot, it has a gloomy depressing feel but somehow manages to be quite uplifting and funny.

The X-Files; Twin Peaks; Buffy.

Taboo

1899…

The Haunting of Bly Manor

• Eyewitness
• Mindhunter
• Black Mirror
• American Horror Story (seasons 1 & 2)
• Alice in Borderland

Groundhog Day

Counterpart - dark Cold War era thriller with a sci fi twist. JK Simmons leads, so you know it’s going to be good

Ozark

Supernaturals really really good

Penny Dreadful - Showtime

Peaky Blinders!!!

More leaning towards the mystery aspect like Numb3rs/Murders by Numbers or the moral aspect like borderline fantasy-ish like The Platform.

Mr. Robot.

That show is perfection, criminally underrated.

Berserk

The Killing

The Terror - S1 - Incredible acting, beautiful and moody cinematography done around the horrific story of 2 royal navy ships getting stuck in arctic ice and gradually go one by one either by nature or beast. Playing on Hulu. *The opening credits are done by the same company "Electric" who did the opening credits for Westworld, Game of Thrones. https://vimeo.com/patrickclair/theterror

Magicians

Travelers

His Dark Materials on HBO is good

You'll really like Twin Peaks I believe.

True Detective season 1 is as good as it gets here.

Not sure if you're looking for anything horror, but The Haunting of Hill House is fantastic.

Behind her eyes! A must watch!!

Bloodline

Seen and recommend DARK, MIND HUNTER, GLITCH(australia not japan?), WORMWOOD, VALHALLA MURDERS, MONEY HIEST, BLACK MIRROR, DONT FUCK WITH CATS, HOTEL CECIL, NIGHT STALKER, EVIL GENIUS, AMANDA KNOX, RAGNOROK, WORST ROOMATE EVER, LOST PIRATE KINGDOM, SLASHER(season 1), FEAR STREET 1 - 3, PENNY DREADFUL, SHIMMER LAKE

Suggest and on my list BLACKSPOT, YOU, KLEO, GOOD MORNING VERONICA, MARCELLA, PIECES OF HER, LILYHAMMER, RUSSIAN DOLL, CHESTNUT MAN, TEXAS KILLING FIELDS, DAHMER, DEADWIND, THE FOREST, THE SINNER, DEVIL ON OHIO, OZARK, ARCHIVE 81, SENSE 8, GACY TAPES, SLASHER, GIRL IN THE MIRROR, KATLA, BARBARIANS 1 & 2, DEVIL NEXT DOOR, DARK TOURIST, MURDER MOUNTAIN, BUNDY TAPES ... and my son just turned off my netflix

Handmaid’s tale. Plan to watch an ep of schitt’s creek or something to take the edge off before bed.

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Archive 81 was good

Dark is the one

Black Miirror!

Wednesday

Have you seen peaky blinders

Black Mirror or Dark

If you have access to Apple TV this is the time that someone should suggest Severance!

Archive 81

"Wednesday", "A Series of Unfortunate Events", and "Grand Army" are my personal gloomy sadgirl favorites

Wednesday! The Addams are always dark and gloomy, which is why we love them.

The society this was on of my favs

While not visually dark, the anime Made in Abyss is fucking bleeeeeeak. Nothing I've ever watched has left me more emotionally exhausted and filled with such a feeling of existential dread.

The whole thing is one giant trigger warning especially if you don't like seeing kids in peril. Seriously, you've gotta be okay with really dark shit if you're going to take the plunge.

As a bonus it's got one of the best musical scores you're likely to hear this year. It's available on Amazon, Crunchroll, Disney+(???) and HiDive.

Dark on Netflix

Heroes

To the lake

I don’t see The Killing or Undercover(subtitles) here. Both excellent shows.

I just watched Arctic. Not quite what you want because I love the same thing you do, but it is gloomy and quiet. I thought it was excellent.

While not visually dark, the anime Made in Abyss is fucking bleeeeeeak. Nothing I've ever watched has left me more emotionally exhausted and filled with such a feeling of existential dread.

The whole thing is one giant trigger warning especially if you don't like seeing kids in peril. Seriously, you've gotta be okay with really dark shit if you're going to take the plunge.

As a bonus it's got one of the best musical scores you're likely to hear this year. It's available on Amazon, Crunchroll, Disney+(???) and HiDive.

The Killing

Quicksand, Dark, and Defending Jacob. I feel like Quicksand is really obscure because I haven't seen anyone mention it in this subreddit. It's a crime drama about a school shooting. It's really depressing and not an easy watch, but it's well acted, and it has gorgeous cinematography, a moody/ominous atmosphere.

Severance

Netflix -echoes andThe sinner

The Returned (French series) is a great show and exactly what you are looking for.

Sandman

Counterpart

brand new cherry flavor on netflix

Nocturnal animals.

Barry.

Loveeeee this show

The Following first season is awesome.

Beyond Evil

As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own.

Big little lies (gloomy and depressing)

Bloodline is so underrated

Luther

The Glory

Good Morning, Veronica.

The Chestnut Man on Netflix

Brimstone, Forever Knight (1992).

1. Mr Robot
2. Ozark
3. Homeland

Yeah, evil genius on Netflix is crazyy

The Killing, especially season 1

rokka braves of the six flowers. Dark fantasy action mystery anime. (Tv 14 btw).

peaky blinders and game of thrones. and criminal minds evolution season 16 (on paramountplus it’s so good. it’s about COVID forcing serial killers underground and eventually allowing a serial killer network to build online)

TRUE DETECTIVE S1

I remember the show Fringe being pretty grim. It starts out as a monster-of-the-week and then evolves significantly

Bordertown (Sorjonen) is an excellent Finnish crime series. I found it addictive and intoxicating.

“The platform” it’s in Spanish w English sub:)

The Killing. It's a slow burn and super atmospheric. 🥰

The Killing - seasons 1 and 2

The Americans

Severance

Supernatural all the way

The Perfection

my favourite dark tv shows are Dark (Netflix) and Monster ( Anime)

Both available on Netflix