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Plot Summary:
Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant who is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, detective
Best tv shows and movies like S.W.A.T. (2017):
Similar in 89%
Chase (2010)
Plot Summary:
Chase is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jennifer Johnson for the NBC network. The series follows a U.S. Marshals fugitive-apprehension team, based out of Houston, Texas. Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson serve as executive producers for the one-hour drama. The series originally aired on Mondays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT and premiered on September 20, 2010. After the mid-season break, Chase returned on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT On October 19, 2010, the network ordered a full season consisting of 22 episodes, but this order was cut to 18 in December. On February 3, 2011, the show was put on "a hiatus" with no plan regarding the remaining episodes. On April 6, 2011, NBC announced the remaining five episodes would be broadcast on Saturday nights beginning on April 23, 2011. Later the show was replaced by Harry's Law.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, detective, tense, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 84%
SIX (2017)
Plot Summary:
Action drama series inspired by the real missions of Navy SEAL Team Six.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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L.A.'s Finest (2019)
Plot Summary:
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. These two women don't agree on much, but they find common ground when it comes to taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, suspense, entertaining, light, detective
Similar in 89%
Flashpoint (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, detective
Similar in 82%
Magnum P.I. (2018)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and the former MI:6 agent Higgins.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, intense, semi serious, detective
Similar in 83%
FBI: International (2021)
Plot Summary:
Follow the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, psycho film
Similar in 77%
T.J. Hooker (1982)
Plot Summary:
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985. The show was then picked up for a further single season by CBS. The supporting cast includes Adrian Zmed as rookie Officer Vince Romano, Heather Locklear as rookie Officer Stacy Sheridan, and Richard Herd as Captain Dennis Sheridan as personnel in the fictional "LCPD" Police Department Academy Precinct. Towards the end of the show's second season, James Darren became a regular cast member as Officer Jim Corrigan. The series was created by Rick Husky, who later went on to serve as executive producer of Walker Texas Ranger, and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, campy
Similar in 83%
Rush Hour (2016)
Plot Summary:
The series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, light, detective
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9-1-1 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, thought provoking, medical drama, detective, queer cinema
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Condor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, action adventure, political thriller
Similar in 89%
Training Day (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years after the events of the feature film, Kyle Craig is assigned to go undercover in an elite squad of the LAPD as Detective Frank Rourke’s trainee to spy on him and report on his off-book methods. As Frank starts teaching his principled trainee the way of the streets, they form an uneasy alliance that will change the course of both their lives irrevocably.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 77%
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Plot Summary:
A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, tense, detective
Similar in 79%
MacGyver (2016)
Plot Summary:
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, disturbing, tense, cliffhanger, action adventure, captivating, interesting
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FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, detective, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Wu Assassins (2019)
Plot Summary:
The last in a line of Chosen Ones, a wannabe chef teams up with a homicide detective to unravel an ancient mystery and take down supernatural assassins.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama
Similar in 81%
Shades of Blue (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But when she's trapped by the FBI and forced to inform on her own "brothers," she'll have to walk the fine line between love, loyalty, honor and betrayal, and try to keep it together for her daughter's future.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, detective, neo noir
Similar in 75%
Dark Blue (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm. It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw, the leader of an undercover unit. He is an officer who has dedicated his life to taking down the worst criminals in L.A., and this dedication has cost him his marriage. His team includes Ty Curtis, a newlywed who struggles between his job and his new life; Dean Bendis, an officer who is so deep in his undercover role that his team is no longer sure which side he is on; and Jaimie Allen, a green patrol cop recruited into the undercover unit because of her dark past and criminal skills.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, exciting
Similar in 83%
SEAL Team (2017)
Plot Summary:
The lives of the elite Navy Seals as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, suspense
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The Rookie (2018)
Plot Summary:
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, tense, serious, detective, inspirational
Similar in 79%
Lethal Weapon (2016)
Plot Summary:
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, detective, suspense, atmospheric, intellectual, suspenseful, funny, neo noir, relaxing
Similar in 83%
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Plot Summary:
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, crime drama
Similar in 89%
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Plot Summary:
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, detective, crime drama, teen, relaxing, suspenseful, telenovela
Similar in 90%
Major Crimes (2012)
Plot Summary:
Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Similar in 89%
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, detective, realistic, cliffhanger, action packed, stylized, serious, suspenseful, telenovela
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FBI (2018)
Plot Summary:
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, disturbing, captivating, detective, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Designated Survivor (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, political, tense, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, political thriller, interesting, political drama
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Blindspot (2015)
Plot Summary:
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspense, detective, exciting, intellectual, art house, deep, action adventure, idiotic
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Scorpion (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: intellectual, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cliffhanger, exciting, romantic, scenic, light
Similar in 88%
NCIS (2003)
Plot Summary:
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 159000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, serious, detective, crime drama, suspense, semi serious, tense, cliffhanger, thrilling
Similar in 78%
The Shield (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, cynical, dramatic, detective, crime drama, serious