Movies and TV shows like Backstrom

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Backstrom (2015)
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Backstrom (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom is a man with no filter. After a five-year exile to the traffic division for offensive behavior, he has returned from disgrace to lead Portland's newly minted S.C.U. Tasked with navigating the city's most sensitive and serious cases, he must solve each crime as he tries, and fails, to change his own self-destructive behavior. Based on renowned Swedish criminologist and novelist Leif G.W. Persson’s hit series of books of the same name.
Style: cynical, realistic, detective, humorous, captivating, psychological, tense, cult classic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police investigation, workplace situations, law enforcement, workplace, investigation, forensic, forensics, team, mind game, prejudice, lgbtq, lgbtqi, anti hero, gay friend, gay, police procedural, literary, self destructing, misanthropy, drugs/alcohol, french accent, show, crime, anti-hero ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, oregon, portland oregon

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, realistic, suspenseful and captivating films and TV series with plots about police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, police, investigation, fighting crime and workplace mostly in Crime, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Backstrom: Battle Creek (2015), King (2011), Castle (2009), Common Law (2012), Impastor (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Battle Creek (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In this mismatched buddy cop dramedy, an amazingly handsome, happy-go-lucky FBI agent is paired with a local, hard scrabble Michigan homicide detective. As they solve crimes together, their polar opposite methods only slightly outweigh their disdain ...
Style: detective, realistic, cynical, witty, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, police partner, police station, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, female boss, initially antagonists, friendship, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
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King (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
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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
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Castle (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style: witty, realistic, detective, thrilling, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, police, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Common Law (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Common Law is an American comedy-drama television series, which ran on USA Network from May 11 to August 10, 2012, and stars Michael Ealy and Warren Kole as two Los Angeles Police Department detectives who can't stand each other and are ordered ...
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, misfit partners, police detective, workplace, verbal byplay, partner, bonding, law enforcement, buddy cop, friends, lawyer, psychotherapy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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100%
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Impastor (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Buddy Dobbs, a slacker on the run from a loan shark, steals a man's identity and ends up posing as a small town's new gay pastor.
Style: captivating, tense, light, feel good, hilarious
Plot: pastor, impostor, pretending to be gay, slacker, small town, society, dishonesty, religion, anti hero, gay, redheaded woman, fake identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Unusuals (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from April 8 to June 17, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. The pilot and first episode were written by Noah Hawley, a former writer and producer for Fox's Bones. An ABC ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, detective ...
Plot: police detective, policewoman, workplace, friendship, police station, fighting crime, workplace situations, partner, cop, police officer, coworker, african american ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Shots Fired (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: justice, racism, police, small town, black, legal, evidence, murder, investigation, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation ...
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New Tricks (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers ...
Style: detective, crime drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, police, murder mystery, investigation, elderly, law enforcement, crime investigation, old age, boss, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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75%
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The Last Cop (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.
Style: suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, life turned upside down, workplace situations, machismo, traditional versus modern, workplace, society, law enforcement, rock, police station, police detective, homicide detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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100%
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Memphis Beat (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: Memphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, detective, humorous ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, policewoman, police station, blues, workplace, law enforcement, family relations, parents and children, chief of police, boss and employee, victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, southern usa, usa, tennessee
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Republic of Doyle (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John's, Newfoundland which debuted 6 January 2010 on CBC Television. The show stars Seán McGinley and Allan Hawco as Malachy and Jake Doyle, a father and son who ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, detective
Plot: investigation, small town, policewoman, family relations, couples, family business, parents and children, ex couple relations, social relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, detective agency, woman with a gun ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: newfoundland, canada
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The Body Farm (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
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Story: Dr Eve Lockhart is one of Britain's leading forensic pathologists and runs a state-of-the-art forensic research facility called The Body Farm with her business partner Mike Phillips. Theirs is the only facility in the country using real human ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, captivating, tense ...
Plot: murder investigation, workplace situations, police detective, workplace, law enforcement, forensics, aspiration, who done it, nypd, forensic, corpse, right hand man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Perception (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story: Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, ...
Style: exciting, mind bending, offbeat, intellectual, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, prodigy, college professor, riddles and clues, hallucination, talented, intelligence, genius, professor, crime investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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Karen Sisco (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, workplace, boss and employee, u.s. marshal, female police detective, parents and children, superior officer, fighting crime, investigation, female detective, forensics, policewoman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Robbery Homicide Division (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann. Schindel has been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, law enforcement, murder, workplace, partner, police station, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, investigation, car chase, nypd, crime investigation ...
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The Calling (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Story: NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham's belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine ...
Style: psychological, detective, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: criminal, investigation, changing lives, police investigation, forensics, detective inspector, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, police detective
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Ironside (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story: Ironside is an upcoming American drama television series that is scheduled to premiere in the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central, after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It is a ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, wheelchair bound, police, investigation, black cast, disabled, power relations, disability, tough law enforcer, urban ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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26%
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Bull (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, light
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, investigation, jury, workplace situations, research, legal, psychologist, outsmarting, manipulation, human nature, law enforcement ...
Place: chicago, new york
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Cracker (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles police department.
Style: detective, realistic, tense, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nypd, die hard, anti hero, police detective, fighting crime, criminal psychologist, police investigation, who done it, profiler, law enforcement, couple relations, psychologist
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Unfortunate Detective (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Takashi Oshii is a detective with excellent reasoning power. Unfortunately, he usually misses the criminal in front of him and other detectives get recognition for the capture. He is transferred to the Utobashi Police Station. Takashi Oshii goes to ...
Style: detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, detective inspector, crime solving, uncover truth, sleuth, homicide detective, fighting crime, police investigation, police detective, forensics, police
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Diagnosis Murder (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: police detective, doctor, hospital, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, who done it, homicide detective, amateur detective, friendship, partner, medical ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
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Story: A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, ...
Style: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style: detective, realistic, tense, rough, serious ...
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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
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Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
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25%
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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
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25%
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The Bill (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Bill is a police procedural television series that was broadcast on the ITV network from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop, which was broadcast in August 1983. In its final ...
Style: captivating, serious, sincere, detective, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: police detective, inspector, police investigation, law enforcement, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, police, partner, investigation, legal, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place: england, london, europe, east end london
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10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 10-8: Officers on Duty is an American police drama television series. The series aired on ABC from September 28, 2003 to January 11, 2004. The title is in reference to the ten-code for "officer in service and available for calls."
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, rough, detective ...
Plot: law enforcement, partners against crime, police detective, fighting crime, workplace situations, workplace, deputy sheriff, police station, nypd, die hard, rookie, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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25%
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NYC 22 (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: NYC 22 is an American police procedural drama which ran on CBS from April 15 to August 11, 2012. The series was a mid-season replacement for CSI: Miami. On May 13, 2012, both series were canceled by CBS.
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, suspense ...
Plot: rookie, police, fighting crime, partner, law enforcement, police officer, state trooper, streetwise, ex athlete, partners against crime, supportive coworker, honest law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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25%
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Merseybeat (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Merseybeat follows the fortunes of Newton Park police force, as the officers struggle to balance their demanding work and home lives.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: police, coworker, workplace situations, workplace, crime solving, murder investigation, sleuth, problem, fighting crime, police investigation, crime investigation, forensics ...
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