A coated cutting tool having a rake face , a flank face and a cutting edge in between comprising a base body of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, steel or high-speed steel, and a coating having a total thickness of from 2 to 20 μm, said coating comprises - a layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z with 0.40 ≤ x ≤ 0.95, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.10 and 0.85 ≤ z ≤ 1.15, having a thickness of from 1 to 18 μm, the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z comprises crystallites with grain boundaries and being of a columnar structure, the Ti 1-x Al x C y N z comprises ≥ 85 vol-% face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, and, on the rake face , - a portion of MeC a N b , 0≤a≤1, 0≤b≤1, a+b=1, present on the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , wherein the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z together with the portion of MeC a N b forms the outermost part of the coating , Me is Ti and/or Zr, wherein the portion of MeC a N b in an area on the rake face at a distance of from 200 to 400 μm from the cutting edge covers from 5 to 28% of the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , the portion of MeC a N b is distributed over said area, the covering of the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z by the portion of MeC a N b is determined by image analysis of an at least about 25 μm × 15 μm area of a top view Scanning Electron Microscope image with a magnification of 5000X, the portion of MeC a N b is distributed over the area on the rake face at a distance of from 200 to 400 μm from the cutting edge on the rake face in a way that if a grid of 2.5 μm × 2.5 μm squares is put over a top view Scanning Electron Microscope image with a magnification of 5000X, then >75% of the 2.5 μm × 2.5 μm squares show both MeC a N b and Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , the number of squares being at least 60. - a layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z with 0.40 ≤ x ≤ 0.95, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.10 and 0.85 ≤ z ≤ 1.15, having a thickness of from 1 to 18 μm, the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z comprises crystallites with grain boundaries and being of a columnar structure, the Ti 1-x Al x C y N z comprises ≥ 85 vol-% face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, and, on the rake face , - a portion of MeC a N b , 0≤a≤1, 0≤b≤1, a+b=1, present on the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , wherein the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z together with the portion of MeC a N b forms the outermost part of the coating , Me is Ti and/or Zr, wherein the portion of MeC a N b in an area on the rake face at a distance of from 200 to 400 μm from the cutting edge covers from 5 to 28% of the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , the portion of MeC a N b is distributed over said area, the covering of the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z by the portion of MeC a N b is determined by image analysis of an at least about 25 μm × 15 μm area of a top view Scanning Electron Microscope image with a magnification of 5000X, the portion of MeC a N b is distributed over the area on the rake face at a distance of from 200 to 400 μm from the cutting edge on the rake face in a way that if a grid of 2.5 μm × 2.5 μm squares is put over a top view Scanning Electron Microscope image with a magnification of 5000X, then >75% of the 2.5 μm × 2.5 μm squares show both MeC a N b and Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , the number of squares being at least 60. the covering of the layer of Ti 1-x Al x C y N z by the portion of MeC a N b is determined by image analysis of an at least about 25 μm × 15 μm area of a top view Scanning Electron Microscope image with a magnification of 5000X, the portion of MeC a N b is distributed over the area on the rake face at a distance of from 200 to 400 μm from the cutting edge on the rake face in a way that if a grid of 2.5 μm × 2.5 μm squares is put over a top view Scanning Electron Microscope image with a magnification of 5000X, then >75% of the 2.5 μm × 2.5 μm squares show both MeC a N b and Ti 1-x Al x C y N z , the number of squares being at least 60. <EOS>