Shows Like New Tricks
If you liked New Tricks (2004), a drama and comedy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Bill (1984)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking…
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaDS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
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Midsomer Murders (1997)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and…
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The Good Guys (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedyOnce upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is…
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A Confession (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
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Wild Cards (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyA spirited con woman and a demoted by-the-book detective are given the chance to redeem themselves. The catch? They have to find a way to work together each using their unique skills to solve crimes.
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Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaBaretta 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…
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Lewis (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaInspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
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Death Valley (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedyThrown together by the murder of John's neighbour, John and Janie are an odd, yet hilarious duo with opposing instincts. Every week, they get to the bottom of gripping murders, with various stunning Welsh locations…
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Dragnet (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaFollows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending…
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The Tower (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing…
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Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaBrighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife…
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Vera (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world…
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Murder in Suburbia (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaMurder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005. Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst, a graduate of a posh girls' academy, has a sharp, analytical mind; her working-class partner…
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Matlock (1986)
★ 7/10Also dramaThrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown…
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Law & Order: UK (2009)
★ 7/10Also dramaAdapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
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A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
★ 8/10Also drama and comedyGenius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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Dragnet (1967)
★ 7/10Also dramaPolice Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Barney Miller (1975)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyBarney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and…