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Barnaby Jones (1973)
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Barnaby Jones (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
Style: detective
Plot: elderly, investigation, private detective, aging, private investigator, cop, daughter in law, old age, widow, male protagonist, father in law daughter in law relationship, police officer, crimes
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: los angeles

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspenseful, serious and realistic films and TV series with plots about investigation, private detective, private investigator, police, cop, murder and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Barnaby Jones: Cannon (1971), Quincy M.E. (1976), Ironside (1967), Dalgliesh (2021), Columbo (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cannon (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two ...
Style: detective, surprise ending
Plot: police, private investigator, cop, investigation, private detective, police officer, ex-cop, mental illness, multiple personality disorder, fat man, split personality, daughter ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, new mexico, arizona, phoenix arizona, albuquerque new mexico
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Quincy M.E. (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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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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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Dalgliesh (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
Style: detective, disturbing, captivating, tense, crime drama
Plot: detective inspector, private detective, private investigator, murder investigation, police detective, investigation, fighting crime, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, forensics, homicide detective ...
Time: 70s
Place: britain, united kingdom, england
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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
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100%
Man in a Suitcase (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Man in a Suitcase is a 1967–1968 British television series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It originally aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from 27 September 1967, to 17 April 1968. ABC broadcast episodes of Man in a Suitcase in ...
Style: detective, neo noir, eurospy
Plot: spy, wartime, law enforcement, bounty hunter, private detective, drifter, gunslinger, british, modern western, martial arts, loner, former spy ...
Time: 60s
Place: london, europe, england
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Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Style: clever, detective, witty, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot: investigation, murder, writers, female detective, amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, elderly, women, old woman, deep space, law ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, maine, arizona, new york
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The New Mike Hammer (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, with Stacy Keach in the title role, is a television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984 to January 12, 1985. The series was 24 sixty minute episodes. The show follows the adventures of Mike ...
Style: detective
Plot: private detective, private investigator, woman with a gun, police, investigation, hard boiled
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Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, realistic, serious, neo noir, rough ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, investigation, nypd, partner, law enforcement, partners against crime, riddles and clues, pulp fiction, hard boiled
Time: 80s, 90s
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37%
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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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Vega$ (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: private detective, gambling, private investigator, undercover, police, cop, gambler, jack the ripper, sleazy, investigation, urban, classic car ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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35%
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Booker (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series is a spin-off of 21 Jump Street and the second installment of the 21 Jump Street series. The character ...
Style: detective, neo noir
Plot: undercover, insurance, ex-cop, corporation, private investigator, anti hero, insurance investigator, investigation, ex cop, private detective, insurance scam
Time: 90s, 80s
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Take Two (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Sam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series whose epic breakdown is broadcast to the public and sends her to rehab. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing lone-wolf private investigator Eddie Valetik as research for a ...
Style: feel good, light, captivating, sweet, detective
Plot: private detective, investigation, private investigation, private investigator, crime investigation, partners against crime, celebrity, couples, woman with a gun, whodunit, actress, new job ...
Place: los angeles
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33%
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Mannix (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He ...
Style: detective, retro, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: private detective, cop, investigation, undercover, intelligence agency, private investigator, detective agency, uncover truth, law enforcement, kidnapping, who done it, car chase ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Switch (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, ...
Style: detective
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Place: los angeles
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32%
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Harry O (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, vintage
Plot: police, private detective, cop, private investigator, police department, disability, misfit, law enforcement, investigation, urban, beach
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa
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32%
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid companion, Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client, and a creeping man.
Style: detective, anthology, spiritual, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, victorian england, who done it, serial killer, police, spirituality, writers, private investigator, danger, rivalry ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england
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32%
Beverly Hills Buntz (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Beverly Hills Buntz is a spinoff from Hill Street Blues. It aired on NBC during the 1987–88 season.
Style: detective, sitcom
Plot: private investigator, ex cop, private detective, tough cop, investigation, television flop
Place: beverly hills
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Private Eye (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Private Eye is an American crime drama that aired from September 13, 1987 until January 8, 1988.
Style: detective
Plot: private investigator, ex-cop, layoff, police corruption, police lieutenant, partner, informant, fired from the job, murder, dead brother, frame up, investigation
Time: 1950s
Place: los angeles
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31%
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Most Wanted (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Most Wanted is an American crime drama series shown on ABC from October 16, 1976 until August 20, 1977. It stars Robert Stack, Jo Ann Harris, Shelly Novack, and Hari Rhodes. This program marks the reunion of series star Stack with noted producer ...
Style: detective
Plot: cop, police sergeant, investigation, police investigation, criminal, violence, policewoman, female police officer, urban setting, lapd, police, police officer ...
Time: 70s
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Terriers (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: 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, suspenseful, dark comedy, detective, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, team, murder, private investigator, private detective, partner, suspicion, teamwork, buddies, investigator, lawyer, murder mystery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style: clever, detective, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: kids
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Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, london
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Petrocelli (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life ...
Style: vintage
Plot: lawyer, small town, investigation, police, cop, private detective, courtroom drama, trial, customer, murder, courtroom, murder suspect ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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31%
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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
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31%
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Stingray (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Stingray is an NBC television series produced by Stephen J. Cannell that ran from 1985 to 1987. It stars Nick Mancuso, who plays the mysterious character known only as Ray, whose trademark is a black 1965 Corvette Sting Ray.
Style: detective, neo noir
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Time: 80s
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Belascoaran, PI (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 75 min.
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Story: Héctor Belascoarán leaves his corporate job and dull marriage to become an independent detective and tackle shocking criminal cases in 1970s Mexico City.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, detective
Plot: investigation, private investigator, private investigation, sleuth, private detective, crime solving, forensics, homicide detective, uncover truth, murder investigation, crime investigation, criminal ...
Time: 70s, year 1974
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30%
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Strike (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving ...
Style: detective, tense, suspenseful, serious, talky ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, multiple suspects, female partner, mind game, private investigator, danger, antisocial behavior, police investigation, riddles and clues, misfit, alienation ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: oxford university, united kingdom, britain, london, england
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30%
Agatha Christie's Hjerson (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Germany, Finland, UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Swedish murder investigator Sven Hjerson forms an unexpected detective duo with stubborn TV producer Klara after several years of isolation. Will she also manage to recruit him for her new TV show?
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
Plot: private detective, whodunit, private investigator, investigation, private investigation, forensics, investigator, crime investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, murder, swedish ...
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Case Histories (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.
Style: detective, tense, suspenseful, serious, touching ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, investigator, uncover truth, haunted by the past, missing person, suspicion, murder, murder mystery, grief, siblings, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland
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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
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30%
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