Movies and TV shows like Flashpoint

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Flashpoint (2008)
 7.8
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Flashpoint (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, detective
Plot: swat, police, rescue, law enforcement, hostage negotiator, policewoman, race against time, saving a life, danger, team, mission, confined, threat, arrest, cop, police protagonist, dangerous mission, martial arts, investigation, secret service, feminist, fighting crime, armed forces, punishment, courtroom drama ...
Time: future, 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, detective and serious films and TV series with plots about police, law enforcement, investigation, police officer, police detective, danger and cop mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Flashpoint: S.W.A.T. (2017), Rookie Blue (2010), Breakout Kings (2011), Chase (2010), Chicago P.D. (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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 7.7
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Rookie Blue (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, sentimental, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, rookie, workplace romance, lesbian, female police officer, cop, workplace situations, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, shooting, relationship vs career ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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67%
 7.2
 16K
Breakout Kings (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Driven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped, and tired of following protocol and resorting to outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli are ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, thrilling ...
Plot: wanted, fugitives, convict, going straight, chase, law enforcement, expert, manhunt, partner, unlikely partners, prison, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7K
Chase (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: realistic, detective, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: policewoman, u.s. marshal, escaped prisoner, fugitives, wanted, chase, police investigation, special agent, law enforcement, rivalry, police, police procedural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, houston texas
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100%
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Chicago P.D. (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, victim, police detective, sergeant, shooting, murder, partner, abduction ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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50%
 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
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100%
 7.9
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9-1-1 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: 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 ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: medicine, firefighter, emergency, 911, misadventure, saving a life, medical, life risking, daring rescue, search and rescue, fire brigade, ambulance ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, california, los angeles
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67%
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Colt 45 (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The young police man Vincent is the best in his class, and denies to be recruited to the special forces. But when the corrupt Milo manages to get a grip on him, his life is turned into a living nightmare.
Style: tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swat, murder, survival, law enforcement, police corruption, danger, violence spree, organized crime, mafia, cop, armory, dead father ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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100%
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Undercover (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Just an ordinary boy from the Sofia suburbs becomes the first bulgarian undercover cop. Forced by his father when he was young to lie and cheat, Martin becomes the perfect liar. That skill, and also the hatred of the 'underworld' makes ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot: hidden identity, mob boss, undercover, gang war, gangster, danger, organized crime, peril, mission, corruption, promotion, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria
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100%
 7.4
 4K
Dark Blue (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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
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Those Who Kill (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, female protagonist, crime investigation, criminal, forensics, police, law enforcement, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen
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100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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Sword (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
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Story: Several officials, sick of impunity for criminals caused by law enforcement agencies' systemic corruption, create a merciless vigilante group.
Style: exciting, tense, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: swat, team, police corruption, dishonesty, justice, vigilantism, frame up, society, revenge, undercover, mission, commander ...
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia. The series has been broadcast in countries ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, car chase, partner, buddies, danger, bomb, blackmail, car accident, police, investigation, stuntman, automobile ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: germany, switzerland, europe
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100%
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Played (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even ...
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighting crime, working undercover, undercover, gain trust, law enforcement, police, danger, police officer, friends, murder, team, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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29%
The Kill Point (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A small group of military veterans sets out to rob a major bank in Pittsburgh. When things go awry, they're forced to take more than a dozen hostages from all walks of life, including a wealthy and powerful businessman's daughter.
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: veteran, society, robbery, criminal heroes, rivalry, crime gone awry, threat, bank, deal, siege, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Arne Dahl: A Midsummer Night Dream (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
TV show
Story: A series of brutal murders of Polish women who secretly hiding in Sweden becomes the new A - team first case. The victims prove to be key witnesses in a major lawsuit against the Polish mafia . Three of them have been found murdered in the space of ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, police, mafia, police investigation, missing person, investigation, danger, race against time, rescue, law enforcement, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
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26%
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Southland (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Since premiering in 2009, Southland has redefined the police drama with its raw, authentic look at the lives and work of Los Angeles detectives and beat cops. The show centers on four main characters: Officer John Cooper (Cudlitz), a seasoned cop ...
Style: detective, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lapd, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, police protagonist, fighting crime, police officer, swat, police, peril, responsibility ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, southern california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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S.W.A.T. (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976. Like The ...
Style: realistic, stylized, rough, serious, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, swat, fighting crime, law enforcement, danger, police investigation, tough law enforcer, workplace, workplace situations, police officer, police protagonist, vietnam veteran ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, los angeles
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26%
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Crossing Lines (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our ...
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, dramatic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, police, fighting crime, partners against crime, investigator, forensics, law enforcement, organized crime, partner, chief of police, suspicion, hunt down ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: europe
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26%
 7.0
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Shades of Blue (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, detective ...
Plot: police detective, police, working undercover, fbi, police corruption, law enforcement, police investigation, nypd, moral dilemma, dishonesty, undercover, legal ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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25%
Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Detroit 1-8-7 is an American police procedural series about Detroit's leading homicide unit, created by Jason Richman for ABC. It features an ensemble cast of actors including Michael Imperioli and James McDaniel. The series originally ran on ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, fighting crime, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, workplace, coworker, police procedural, law enforcement, female police officer, cop, police, investigation ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
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25%
 7.5
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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 ⇓
25%
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The Day (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: hostage, robbery, negotiation, rescue, hostage situation, threat, trapped, organized crime, forest, heist, bank, serial killer ...
Place: belgium, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.9
 1K
King (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, female detective, police detective, female police detective, law enforcement, who done it, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, task force, fighting crime, leadership ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Arne Dahl: Requiem (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Early one morning, a bank office in the middle of Stockholm is hit with a violent robbery. When the police storm the premises, the robbers have vanished without a trace. The event mystifies the A Unit who, under the supervision of US Intelligence, ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, bank robbery, police, swedish, swedish police, heist, special unit
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.1
 9K
Crisis (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When Washington's most powerful players are pulled into an international conspiracy, an unlikely puppeteer will bring everyone from CEOs to The President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Plot: secret service, hostage, conspiracy, investigation, kidnapping, fbi, special agent, betrayal, confined, parents and children, twists and turns, older man teenage girl relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.1
 9K
Kojak (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the ...
Style: detective, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: police, investigation, danger, police investigation, fighting crime, rivalry, law enforcement, honest law enforcer, police detective, murder investigation, police officer, cop ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
24%
 6.5
 61K
CSI: Miami (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, murder, police detective, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, workplace, police, crime scene ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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