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Simon & Simon (1981)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
partners against crime, private detective, private investigator, sibling relationship, family relations, rivalry, partners, workplace, detective agency, ex military, reluctant partners, riddles and clues, brother brother relationship, police, marines, missing person, siblings relations, college graduate, ego clash, domineering mother, mystery, crime, crimes
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa, san diego california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and exciting films and TV series with plots about investigation, partners, police, law enforcement, partners against crime, police officer and private detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Simon & Simon: Remington Steele (1982), Banacek (1972), King & Maxwell (2013), The Equalizer (1985), Magnum, P.I. (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Remington Steele is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. ...
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kids
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80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows ...
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suspenseful, serious, realistic
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private detective, police, private investigator, theft, investigation, polish, insurance, insurance company, insurance investigator, insurance fraud, chauffeur, murder ...
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boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
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boys' night
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private detective, investigation, secret service, fbi, partners against crime, intrigue, investigator, lawyer, suspicion, woman with a gun, private investigator, detective agency ...
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21st century
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usa, washington d.c., new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994), collectively known as Sherlock Holmes, are a series of ...
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serious, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
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boys' night, kids
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sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, riddles and clues, partners against crime, murder, who done it, mastermind, victorian england, ego clash, expert, talented ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It stars Edward Woodward as a middle aged retired intelligence officer with a mysterious past who helps people in trouble. The show ...
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boys' night
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network.
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hawaii, usa, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes. Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Harry O, sometimes spelled Harry-O, is an American crime drama series that aired for two seasons on ABC from 1974 to 1976. The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe. Harry O followed the broadcast of two pilot ...
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70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. The show starred Stacy Keach and was seen as an attempt to revive the ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on ...
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usa, san francisco, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Three young ex-cons track down criminals as a part of a new FBI program.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television police drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received ...
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usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Singapore, Australia
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singapore
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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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 ...
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forensics, investigation, partners against crime, crime investigation, workplace, medical examiner, murder investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, murder, interrogation, law enforcement ...
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future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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new york, usa, greece
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Place:
hawaii, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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.
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realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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crime investigation, military, partners, special agents, forensics, partners against crime, fighting crime, army investigation, graphic violence, soldier, law enforcement, team ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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kids, boys' night
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 90 min.
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British police drama that revolves around two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
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