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The Rookies (1972)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
Style:
detective, crime drama, period piece, retro, vintage, nostalgic
Plot:
police, law enforcement, police procedural, crime investigation, police officer, friendship, urban, social issues, buddy cop, police academy, coming of age, investigation, car chase, cop, family drama, santa claus, rookie, husband wife relationship, nurse, police car, crimes
Time:
70s
Place:
southern california
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Most similar movies to The Rookies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, realistic, crime drama and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about police, investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, urban, police detective and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Rookies: Most Wanted (1976), Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977), Missing Persons (1993), Police Story (1973), Houston Knights (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
crime drama, suspense, tension, crime thriller, detective
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police procedural, law enforcement, crime investigation, urban, manhunt, police station, cop, surveillance, moral ambiguity, vigilantism, violence, policewoman ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 25 min.
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Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
police station, law enforcement, investigation, crime investigation, police procedural, urban, murder mystery, social issues, bureaucracy, moral ambiguity, cop, police ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west germany, munich germany
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Missing Persons is a short-lived American crime drama television series, set in Chicago. It followed a fictitious missing persons unit; each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases. It ran on ABC from August 30, 1993 to ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, urban, family drama, missing child, nypd, forensic, police detective, police investigation, police, missing person, kidnapping ...
Place:
chicago, illinois
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it ...
Style:
anthology, detective, crime drama, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot:
police, lapd, police procedural, investigation, police officer, corruption, organized crime, police violence, undercover, moral ambiguity, violent, justice ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, southeast asia
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Houston Knights is an American crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987 to 1988 and had 31 episodes. The core of the show was the partnership between two very different cops from two different cultures. Chicago cop Joey ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, detective
Audience:
kids
Plot:
buddy cop, law enforcement, police procedural, partnership, friendship, justice, fighting crime, investigation, culture clash, texan, hitman, urban ...
Place:
chicago, texas, southern usa, houston texas
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, police protagonist, lapd, police officer, car, workplace intrigue, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, police investigation, price of justice, working undercover, police detective ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, rough, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police detective, car chase, undercover, partners against crime, police protagonist, police investigation, buddies, law enforcement, unlikely partners, society, working undercover, cop ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, southern california, california
Similarity:
55%
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 ...
Style:
crime drama, noir, detective, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, urban, police, cop, ex cop, loner, boat, moral ambiguity, beach house, solitude, private investigator ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, san diego california, usa
Similarity:
54%
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162
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California.
24 episodes were aired from September 21, 1975 to March 28, 1976 on CBS. The series lasted ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspenseful
Plot:
father daughter relationship, corruption, police procedural, tough cop, law and order, family tragedy, family drama, investigation, disabled child, urban decay, fictional city, police ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Set in Philadelphia, "The Underground Kings" centers around police corruption and criminal underworld. It starts in Harrisburg as undercover cop Jayson Wylie is shot and left for dead in a botched drug bust. His partner Noah Carter learns ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, investigation, police, police corruption, dirty cop, undercover cop, police officer, working undercover, sleuth, crime investigation, police investigation, murder investigation ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
51%
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.
It starred Karl ...
Style:
realistic, retro, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, cop, american football, police detective, police inspector, vietnam war, fighting crime, car chase, investigation, police officer, city, team ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, tense, detective
Audience:
kids
Plot:
british police, strong female lead, crime investigation, female detective, gender roles, law enforcement, police, urban, female empowerment, social issues, feminism, police protagonist ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
Style:
suspense, tension, dramatic, black and white, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
legal, courtroom, trial, defense attorney, arrest, police procedural, prosecution, prosecutor, lawyer, evidence, crime solving, investigation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, police, forensics, police procedural, british, private investigator, fbi, homicide detective, police detective, crime solving, murder investigation, police investigation ...
Place:
london, east end london
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, society, law enforcement, fighting crime, partner, police detective, defense attorney, squad, idealist, police procedural, police protagonist, sergeant ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
To deal with the increasing violent crime rate in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, a special investigation team is formed at the Shinjuku Police Station. Detective Shunsuke Yamashita and Detective Keiichi Tashiro begin work at the special investigation ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, psychological, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, buddy cop, law enforcement, police procedural, problem, police partner, police detective, police, homicide detective, police investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
45%
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:
43%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, investigation, murder, police, female detective, police officer, partners against crime, partner, police procedural, teamwork, crime investigation ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
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Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, crime thriller, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, robbery, plan gone wrong, cat and mouse, crime investigation, investigation, greed, law enforcement, friendship, escape, mistrust, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Hat Squad is a crime drama television series that ran for only one season on CBS, during the 1992–1993 season. 13 episodes were made, but only 11 of them aired.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
adoption, police investigation, police, family relations, partners against crime, vengeance, sibling relationship, chases and races, orphan, brother brother relationship, family drama, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, investigation, police academy, partner, rivalry, murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, death, chase, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
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Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s.
Each episode encompasses one year, and ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, tense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, political propaganda, police procedural, cold war, law and order, urban, corruption, biopic, communist propaganda, social commentary, moral ambiguity, police investigator ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, central europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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Julie Lescaut is a French-language police television series. It has been distributed since 1992 on TF1, La Une-RTBF and TSR; the show remains active as of 2010. It details the investigations of detective Julie Lescaut and her team. The show is aired ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, investigation, police station, female detective, police procedural, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, single mother, teamwork, social issues, whodunit, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
39%
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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:
38%
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 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:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network. CBS aired the ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic ...
Plot:
police station, investigation, law enforcement, murder, urban, buddy cop, journalism, partner, corruption, ambush, moral ambiguity, violence ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
TV show
Story:
Soviet detective television series.
Style:
detective, suspense, realistic, cult classic, intellectual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, whodunit, cold war era, forensic, social commentary, police, slow burn, moral ambiguity, soviet army, police detective ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
14 year police veteran, looking to make it to retirement, experiences the highs and lows of police work as a police woman in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, serious, dramatic, period piece
Plot:
female protagonist, police procedural, investigation, female empowerment, urban, moral ambiguity, police, loneliness, internal affairs, criminal, female police officer, duty ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The New Adam-12 is a syndicated revival of the 1968–1975 series of the same name. Like the original, this program focused on the daily jobs and lives of two police officers whose patrol car is designated "Adam-12". This time, the ...
Style:
detective, serious, sincere, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, police, car chase, lapd, police procedural, workplace intrigue, verbal byplay, workplace, police investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC in 1985.
The series stars John Getz and Kathryn Harrold as married police officers Malcolm MacGruder and Jenny Loud in a Los Angeles Police ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
secret marriage, workplace romance, police procedural, lapd, male female partnership, investigation, office politics, husband wife relationship, wedding, female police officer, secret love, marriage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
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