Movies and TV shows like NCIS: Los Angeles

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NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
 6.8
 57K
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, detective, crime drama, teen, relaxing, suspenseful, telenovela
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: crime investigation, military, hotshot, forensics, fighting crime, partners against crime, army investigation, soldier, investigator, marines, secret service, danger, law enforcement, interrogation, military life, propaganda, federal agent, partner, government agency, state affairs, navy, graphic violence, investigation, ex military, police ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, california, usa
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to NCIS: Los Angeles

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police, investigation, criminal, police investigation, police officer and police procedural mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like NCIS: Los Angeles: Hawaii Five-0 (2010), NCIS (2003), NCIS: New Orleans (2014), Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.4
 78K
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, detective, realistic, cliffhanger, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: investigation, partners against crime, police protagonist, police, crime investigation, fighting crime, hotshot, teamwork, policewoman, honest law enforcer, police detective, suspicion ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 7.8
 161K
NCIS (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, detective, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: law enforcement, teamwork, special agent, crime solving, partners against crime, forensics, crime investigation, investigation, murder investigation, evidence, victim, military ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, crime investigation, military, danger, government agency, state affairs, partner, undercover, die hard, swat team, legal, spy ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot: profiler, investigation, danger, fbi, law enforcement, forensics, team, special agent, twists and turns, human nature, crime solving, world spanning ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style: detective, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: police, police procedural, investigator, forensics, murder investigation, murder, teamwork, medical examiner, scientist, police investigation, expert, police detective ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 49K
CSI: NY (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, psychological, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, crime investigation, partners against crime, danger, medical examiner, workplace, murder investigation, police detective, forensic evidence, riddles and clues, murder ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.2
 31K
S.W.A.T. (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: swat team, twists and turns, fight scenes, danger, friendship, gunfight, heroes, die hard, dialogue, propaganda, police officer, police ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 67K
The Rookie (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, serious, detective ...
Plot: lapd, police officer, investigation, crime investigation, daring rescue, life risking, race against time, terrorism, forced into action, criminality, policewoman, police station ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 8.1
 217K
Criminal Minds (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU ...
Style: psychological, exciting, serious, rough, detective ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: fbi, investigation, serial killer, team, law enforcement, crime investigation, murder, danger, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.8
 16K
Major Crimes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Plot: female detective, female protagonist, homicide detective, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, lapd, murder, fighting crime, investigator, interrogation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, female protagonist, policewoman, coworker, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 311
UC: Undercover (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department crime-fighting unit that confronts the country’s deadliest, most untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot: undercover agent, law enforcement, fighting crime, rivalry, undercover, partner, police detective, spy, murder, nypd, undercover cop, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chicago Code (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose political corruption within the city.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, tough law enforcer, corruption, politician, female police officer, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, political corruption, chief of police, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 175K
Bones (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style: witty, detective, suspenseful, intellectual, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, law enforcement, crime investigation, scientist, expert, teamwork, ambitious, killings ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.6
 18K
Graceland (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Somewhere in Southern California, in a drug raid run by the US government, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rookie, undercover agent, fbi, working undercover, fighting crime, young man, drug dealer, special agent, police, danger, verbal byplay, temperamental ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
King & Maxwell (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sean King and Michelle Maxwell aren't your typical pair of private investigators. As discredited Secret Service agents, their unique skills often give them a leg up on suspects and conventional law enforcement. He's charming and always one ...
Style: exciting, realistic, cliffhanger, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, investigation, secret service, partners against crime, suspicion, lawyer, investigator, woman with a gun, fbi, private investigator, detective agency, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 199K
The Mentalist (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style: exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, police, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, talented, justice, outsmarting ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.7
 20K
JAG (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: military, legal, marines, lawyer, navy, army investigation, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 8.5
 83K
Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Style: detective, tense, realistic, serious, clever ...
Audience: kids
Plot: law and order, lawyer, murder investigation, trial, workplace situations, murder, power relations, mind game, partner, police, investigation, judiciary ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 6K
Gang Related (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Every villain has a noble cause, and every hero has a dark side. Detective Ryan Lopez is a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. What the world doesn't know is that long before Ryan became a cop, he pledged allegiance to a ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, law enforcement, outlaw, police detective, boss, power struggle, fighting crime, criminal, undercover, armed forces, villain, swat team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 2K
Police Woman (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
Style: detective, retro, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: police, cop, investigation, police officer, female police officer, lapd, car chase, women, woman with a gun, undercover, undercover agent, rally ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 5K
T.J. Hooker (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, serious, witty ...
Plot: police, police officer, car chase, investigation, intelligence agency, die hard, pretty girl, woman with a gun, agent, rookie, police investigation, female warrior ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: profiler, forensics, serial killer, multiple suspects, law enforcement, danger, police, police procedural, african american, computer genius, special agent, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 4K
Dark Blue (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover agent, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, right and wrong, team, workplace, police procedural, investigation, police, arrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.0
 59K
Scorpion (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: intellectual, realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: genius, computer genius, prodigy, boy genius, science, problem solving, hacker, computers and web, national security, friendship, computer hacker, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Without a Trace (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Without a Trace was an American police procedural television drama series that originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, law enforcement, murder investigation, kidnapping, murder, police, fbi, missing person, police detective, female detective, investigation, federal bureau of investigation ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 3K
Sea Patrol (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama that ran from 2007 to 2011, set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members. Despite similarities in ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, colorful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: navy, ship, ocean, friends, military, criminal, danger, chases and races, superior officer, squad, sailor, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Flikken Maastricht (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police detective, fighting crime, female detective, police, cop, police investigation, forensics
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 12K
CSI: Cyber (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The FBI's team of Cyber Crime Investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the dark-net. Avery, a Special Agent in Charge and esteemed Cyber-Psychologist heads up a team, including Senior Special Agent ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: profiler, federal agent, cybercrime, forensics, crime investigation, fbi, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime, riddles and clues ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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