Movies and TV shows like Dragnet

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Dragnet (1967)
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Dragnet (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The classic police drama is updated for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, tackle traditional police cases and face new challenges such as LSD, race riots, and public service TV shows.
Style: detective, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: police, police detective, police officer, cop, car chase, team, lapd, woman with a gun, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, rebelliousness, police investigation, drug abuse, criminal heroes, partners against crime, crime investigation, police station, propaganda, detective sergeant, police protagonist, police car, policeman uniform, crime, crimes
Time: future, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa

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Most similar movies to Dragnet

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, detective, serious and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about police, law enforcement, police detective, police officer, fighting crime, police investigation and partner mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dragnet: Adam-12 (1968), Baretta (1975), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Hill Street Blues (1981), Crime Story (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Adam-12 (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by R. A. Cinader and Jack ...
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, sincere, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, lapd, police protagonist, police officer, car, workplace intrigue, police investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, working undercover, price of justice, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
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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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100%
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, fighting crime, multiple suspects, workplace, investigation, police protagonist, police officer, honor, suspect ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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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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100%
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Crime Story (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Crime Story is an American TV drama, created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, that premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons on NBC. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, detective, captivating ...
Plot: police, police detective, gangster, law enforcement, tough heroes, mafia, mobster, vendetta, danger, cop, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1963
Place: chicago, usa, las vegas, illinois
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100%
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Burke's Law (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire, and his son, Peter, who is a detective under his ...
Style: detective, thrilling, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, lapd, parent child relationship, law enforcement, multiple suspects, murder, whodunit, murder investigation, chief of police, murder mystery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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100%
Law & Order  Los Angeles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot: legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, district attorney, law enforcement, power relations, legal investigation, workplace, courtroom, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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100%
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Hunter (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, vietnam war, police, dirty harry, die hard, woman with a gun, supernatural, team, legal, police investigation, homicide detective, lapd ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
Silk Stalkings (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series premiered on CBS on November 7, 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package. It originally aired on CBS for two seasons until June 1993 ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: murder, crimes of passion, deep south, woman with a gun, magician, police detective, murder investigation, sergeant, policewoman, sex, police, talk show host ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, year 1999, year 1992, year 1991 ...
Place: florida, usa
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100%
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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
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33%
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Style: atmospheric, clever, detective, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, twists and turns, forensics, unconventional method, who done it, murder investigation, victorian england, morgue ...
Time: edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, america
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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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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Killer Instinct (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, true crime, woman with a gun, murder mystery, crime investigation, buddy cop, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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22%
Robbery Homicide Division (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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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22%
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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21%
Brooklyn South (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police, swat team, nypd, legal, die hard, police officer, partner, tough heroes, police detective, partners against crime, criminal heroes, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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21%
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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 ...
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
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21%
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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21%
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Police Woman (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
Style: detective, retro, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: police, cop, investigation, police officer, female police officer, lapd, car chase, women, woman with a gun, undercover, undercover agent, rally ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles
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21%
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Life (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ex convict, investigation, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, who done it, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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20%
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CHiPs (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: police, motorcycle, police officer, car chase, law enforcement, highway patrol, bike, racing, trucker, motor racing, stuntman, truck ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, southern california
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20%
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Delvecchio (1976)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dominick Delvecchio is an integrity-minded, honest police detective who works out of the Washington Heights division of the Los Angeles Police Department. When not screeching tires, rousting bad guys and trading quips with his burly partner Paul ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Plot: police station, law enforcement, society, fighting crime, squad, defense attorney, idealist, police protagonist, crime investigation, police inspector, sergeant, police captain ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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20%
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Z Cars (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Style: detective, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: kids
Plot: police, cop, city, police investigation, partner, partners against crime, law enforcement, fighting crime, realism, british man, pig, fictional city ...
Time: 20th century, future, 70s, 60s, 80s
Place: england, united kingdom
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20%
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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
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20%
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Starsky & Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series, which consisted of a 70-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast ...
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, semi serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, police, undercover, police investigation, buddies, law enforcement, unlikely partners, society, working undercover, car chase, police protagonist ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, southern california, california
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19%
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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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19%
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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
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19%
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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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19%
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