Gritty violent TV Shows?

Hannibal :)

The Shield, True Detective, Boardwalk Empire and not really violent but the best tv show ever IMO - Twin Peaks.

Go ahead if you want and also recommend movies,here's a list I've seen.

• Fargo
• Cheap Thrills
• Oldboy
• Django Unchained
• American History X

Person of Interest
not extremly violent, but awesome anyway.

Spartacus

Supernatural

Hannibal // American Horror Story (both quite a bit of blood and horror)
Orange Is The New Black // Orphan Black (some drugs/killing/drama not as gritty as the first 2 but very good imo).

p.s. all the shows you listed are brilliant shows, you have good taste. :)

Glad you watched Dexter it is simple brilliant! Really would watch Spartacus, that show is one of my all time favs. Sons of Anarchy definitely has it's fair share of violence, great show :)

The Wire - greatest show ever (except maybe Breaking Bad)

Justified.

TV SHOWS:

Spartacus --- True Detective --- Vikings --- Banshee --- Penny Dreadful --- Arrow

MOVIES:

Blood Ties (2013) --- Enemy (2013) --- The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) --- Prisoners (2013)

Source Code (2011) --- Memento(2000) --- The Prestige (2006) --- Catch Me If You Can (2002)

The Words (2012) --- Coach Carter (2005) --- The Experiment (2010) --- The Last Samurai (2003)

Gangster Squad (2013) --- Pain & Gain (2013) --- Léon (1994) --- Snowpiercer (2013)

Fight Club (1999) --- Leaves of Grass (2009) --- Stone (2010)

Misfits and skins are two highly rated dark British TV shows with quite a lot of violence in them (Skins with heavy drug use and Misfits with violence). Survivors wasn't really up to my taste but is also highly rated zombie survival series (again British). Finally "Dead Set" which is a big brother horror series. Basically people in the big brother house slowly find out that they are the last in town ect...

MisFits
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/
http://www2.netflix.com/WiMovie/70223362

Skins
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840196
http://www2.netflix.com/WiMovie/70140438

Survivors
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258189/
http://www2.netflix.com/WiMovie/70143851

Dead Set
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285482/
Not On Netflix

Spartacus, it's over the top violence, quite entertaining. Also, True Detective is fantastic, completely different from Spartacus of course, but fantastic.

True Blood! 7 seasons so far, pretty intense almost every second!

Oz. Prison drama.

Banshee

Ray Donovan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118421/

Oz - old but very good

Deadwood

"The town of Deadwood, South Dakota in the weeks following the Custer massacre is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others, the high-minded and the low-lifes who populate Deadwood in 1876."

Not sure it's as violent as you're looking for ( I have'nt seen anything on your lists =[ ), but Vallhala Rising has some nice gore. It's not very action-packed as I recall, so if you prefer action it may not suit you. Has beautiful visuals in my opinion.

Thought of some more:

Re-Animator - Not a lot of violence, but has some. Would mostly recommend if you also like horror.

The Grey - Pretty gritty and all-around good.

The Snowtown Murders - Very gritty. I don't remember a lot about it, but I remember thinking it was worth watching.

Killing Season - This was pretty mediocre story-wise, but the acting (of course) was splendid and it was nice visually. Plenty of violence.

The Killer Inside Me - Very violent. I didn't like it at all really, except for the violence, which was done really well.

I don't watch much television, but I really liked Criminal Minds. I don't recall much explicit violence, but there was a fair amount of gore.

Gilmore Girls

Justified. Violent, good, it has rednecks.

Decided to watch LOST,not too keen on 20 episodes a season though :P

Hannibal.