Movies and TV shows like Kojak

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Kojak (1973)
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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 popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier. Kojak's Greek American heritage, shared by actor Savalas, was prominently featured in the series. In 1999 TV Guide ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.
Style: detective, rough, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, urban fantasy
Audience: kids
Plot: police, investigation, danger, fighting crime, police investigation, rivalry, law enforcement, honest law enforcer, police detective, murder investigation, police officer, cop, agent, car chase, villain, legal, greek, urban, tough law enforcer, riddles and clues, who done it, city, male protagonist, big city life, propaganda ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, detective and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police, investigation, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime and police officer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Kojak: NYPD Blue (1993), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), CSI: Miami (2002), Quincy M.E. (1976), Ironside (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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NYPD Blue (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, police detective, murder, partners against crime, nypd, robbery, police protagonist, swat team, law enforcement, partner, human nature, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
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The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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. It starred Karl ...
Style: detective, realistic, retro, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police detective, cop, vietnam war, fighting crime, car chase, investigation, police officer, team, punishment, american football, police inspector ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, bay area, california, usa
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100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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Quincy M.E. (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner. Inspired by the book Where Death ...
Style: detective, medical drama, retro, serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: medical, police detective, legal, medical examiner, amateur detective, forensic evidence, police, coroner, murder, murder mystery, law enforcement, supernatural ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
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Ironside (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ironside is a Universal television series that ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as a paraplegic Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character debuted on March 28, 1967 in a TV movie. When ...
Style: detective, talky, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, private detective, investigation, cop, police detective, team, intelligence agency, disabled, hippie, civil rights, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cold Squad (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by ...
Style: detective, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: police detective, investigation, murder investigation, nypd, coroner, strong female presence, partner, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, vancouver
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100%
The Equalizer (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, anti hero, injustice, vengeance, tough heroes, rivalry, machismo, one man army, spy, superhero, conspiracy, police officer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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100%
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Blue Heelers (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, investigation, nypd, gay, police, partner, police investigation, tough law enforcer, chases and races, fighting crime, workplace, save the day ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Columbo (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all ...
Style: clever, detective, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: police detective, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, police protagonist, mind game, police, crime investigation, basset hound, crime solving, riddles and clues, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.7
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Kojak (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A bald police detective with a righteous attitude battles crime on his hometurf.
Style: serious, stylized, rough, detective, suspense ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, police investigation, hotshot hero, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, cop witness relations, nypd, gang, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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100%
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Ironside (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
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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100%
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Nash Bridges (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: detective, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, california
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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
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Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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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
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Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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100%
Cagney & Lacey (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: police, legal, police detective, team, women, cop, feminist, punishment, police officer, woman with a gun, parents, car chase ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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67%
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Blue Bloods (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, exciting, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police commissioner, police detective, family tradition, law enforcement, investigation, family life, police procedural, price of justice, chief of police, police, nypd, female detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Banacek (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: cop, private detective, police, theft, private investigator, investigation, polish, insurance, urban, murder, chauffeur, insurance company ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
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Bad Country (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style: rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, snitch, informant, swamp, deep south ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: southern usa, usa, louisiana
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100%
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A Touch of Frost (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
Story: A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R.D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, police, whodunit, investigation, riddles and clues, murder mystery, partners against crime, intrigue, intelligence agency, inspector, widower, urban setting ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
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67%
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Baretta (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. ...
Style: detective, retro, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, police, investigation, car chase, police officer, cop, agent, undercover, police protagonist, working undercover, police station, police investigation ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
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Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lt. Theo Kojak uncovers a Nazi conspiracy.
Style: serious, realistic, clever, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, police, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, police investigation, fighting crime, who done it, riddles and clues, urban, concentration camp survivor, russian immigrant, nypd ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Inspector Rex (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Kommissar Rex is a police procedural drama originally made in Austria and aired from 1994 to 2004. In 2008 the series was revived under Austrian-Italian production, and has since 2009 been made fully in Italy, with occasional episodes set in ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: austria, europe, vienna, germany
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67%
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McCloud (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. The title role is played by Dennis Weaver as Marshal Sam McCloud, a law officer from Taos, New Mexico, on semi-permanent "special assignment" with the New ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police, u.s. marshal, uncover truth, who done it, working undercover, law enforcement, criminal heroes, investigation, police officer, criminal, cop, car chase ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: new york, new mexico, usa, san francisco, arizona
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31%
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Kojak: Ariana (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, clever ...
Plot: tough law enforcer, law enforcement, fighting crime, police investigation, who done it, urban, riddles and clues, murder, police, criminal, city, reunion
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever, detective ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, police station, partner, workplace, fighting crime, police detective, partners against crime, workplace situations, cop, police officer, urban ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, chicago, new york
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30%
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Banshee (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style: exciting, sexy, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, female nudity, organized crime, shooting, social relations, gory, cop, double life, sexual activity, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
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100%
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Third Watch (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
Style: medical drama, detective, action adventure, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: medical, firefighter, paramedic, police officer, police, nypd, rescue, law enforcement, die hard, police corruption, danger, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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100%
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
Style: realistic, detective, clever, serious, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, private detective, who done it, partners against crime, whodunit, police detective, mysterious character, murder, riddles and clues, private investigator, supernatural, spy ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
McMillan & Wife (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: police, cop, age difference, couples, couple relations, criminal heroes, legal investigation, tough law enforcer, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, legal ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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 ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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