Movies and TV shows like Jake and the Fatman
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Jake and the Fatman (1987)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles.
The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
Style:
detective, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot:
legal, investigation, lawyer, intelligence agency, criminal, murder mystery, team, private investigator, cop, law, private detective, crime investigation, buddy cop, jury, law enforcement, legal investigation, fighting crime, partner, police investigation, courtroom, hotshot lawyer, partners against crime, attorney, murder, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 1990s
Place:
hawaii, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Jake and the Fatman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police, investigation, police detective, partners against crime, partner and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Jake and the Fatman: Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997), Matlock (1986), Law & Order (1990), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Simon & Simon (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, 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 ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, neo noir, crime drama, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, investigation, anti hero, corruption, moral ambiguity, revenge, violent, nypd, gunfight, partner, riddles and clues ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, southern california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, uncover truth, legal action, power relations, legal investigation, false accusation, lawyers and clients, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It originally aired on NBC and, in syndication, on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police, legal, law and order, murder investigation, police officer, evidence, homicide detective, dedicated lawyer, trial, cop, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
captivating, tense, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police protagonist, law enforcement, fighting crime, partners against crime, multiple suspects, workplace, investigation, police officer, honor, suspect, cop ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
hawaii, usa, honolulu hawaii, oceania
Similarity:
100%
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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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective, exciting ...
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, partners against crime, detective agency, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, partner, family relations, rivalry, workplace, ex military, reluctant partners ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california, san diego california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
detective, exciting, realistic, serious, witty ...
Plot:
police, police officer, investigation, car chase, female warrior, rookie, pretty girl, agent, die hard, intelligence agency, woman with a gun, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie aired on November 30, 1987. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC for its last ...
Style:
suspenseful, lighthearted, semi serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, whodunit, crime solving, friendship, church, partnership, amateur sleuth, ethics, adaptation, morality, legal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, rough, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
private detective, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, false accusation, investigation, legal action, courtroom, interwar period, private investigator, police corruption, dishonesty ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a ...
Style:
neo noir, captivating, suspenseful, detective, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, partner, teamwork, murder, suspicion, buddies, investigator, lawyer, murder mystery, spy, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, workplace, courtroom drama, fighting crime, law enforcement, legal investigation, partners against crime, district attorney ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The Big Easy television series was inspired by the film of the same name from 1987. The show premiered on the USA Cable Network August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police lieutenant/detective Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state ...
Style:
detective, cynical, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
lawyer, criminal, deep south, police detective, district attorney, crime investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, legal, opposites attract, fighting crime, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.
Style:
detective, psychological, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom, intelligence agency, advocate, lawyer, murder, manipulation, righting the wronged, who done it, courtroom drama, dishonesty, actor's life, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
legal, courtroom, law enforcement, workplace, fighting crime, rivalry, police detective, courtroom drama, partner, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, police station ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, mind bending, clever ...
Plot:
amateur detective, intelligence agency, courtroom, murder, advocate, law, lawyer, courtroom drama, who done it, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, police, german culture, investigation, cop, partner, superior officer, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
munich germany, europe, germany
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
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A female cop becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, and hunts him over the course of her 28 year career in the force.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
homicide detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder, police investigation, obsession, police inspector, law enforcement, lie, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
24%
393
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder.
His wife Ella ...
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, homicide detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, exodus, criminal, mental disorder, murder investigation, split personality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, vancouver, canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC that ran from 1991 to 1993.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
deaf, lawyer, disabled, legal, district attorney, courtroom, crooked cop, attorney, disabled person, police, police detective, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
courtroom, murder, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, private investigator, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, couple relations, law enforcement, amateur detective, private detective ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997–98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
police, die hard, legal, nypd, police officer, partner, police detective, tough heroes, police investigation, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005.
Fox ordered 13 episodes, only ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, loss of lover, true crime, murder mystery, woman with a gun, crime investigation, buddy cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder, workplace, society, workplace situations, partner, police station, nypd, cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
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In each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime, partner, who done it, law enforcement, partners against crime, whodunit, unfaithfulness, infidelity, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, bruges, europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 investigation, police detective, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, nypd, car chase, investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
21%
160
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
legal, courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, jury, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, flashback, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confronted with tough, emotional cases that challenge ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, rough, serious
Plot:
lawyer, law enforcement, courtroom drama, fighting the system, police detective, sexual abuse, society, rivalry, workplace, fighting crime, hotshot lawyer, courtroom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime drama, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, family drama, police procedural, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, journalism, investigative journalism, family secret, murder mystery, small town, suspicion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, police investigation, homicide detective, investigation, female detective, elderly, law enforcement, unconventional method, crime investigation, british police, old age ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
20%
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 ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, cop, police protagonist, partner, fighting crime, workplace, police detective, partners against crime, workplace situations, police officer, urban ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, exciting, detective, contemplative ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, law, courtroom, murder, couples, workplace situations, investigation, boss and employee, hotshot lawyer, couple relations, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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