Shows Like Banacek
If you liked Banacek (1972), a crime and drama 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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Barnaby Jones (1973)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaBarnaby 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…
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77 Sunset Strip (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to…
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Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and 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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Sherlock Holmes (1984)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and dramaSherlock Holmes, along with his friend Dr. Watson, uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve.
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and dramaFrom 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.
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Steal (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crimeA typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who…
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Kojak (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Dragnet (1967)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaPolice Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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The Rockford Files (1974)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and dramaCranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man…
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A Touch of Frost (1992)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crimeJack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman…
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Annika (2021)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crimeThe sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
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Professor T (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and mysteryProfessor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
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Father Brown (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crimeFather Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
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Inspector George Gently (2008)
★ 7.9/10Also mystery and crimeCrime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
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Murder in Suburbia (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryMurder 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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Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeKarl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his…
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Elementary (2012)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mysteryA modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father…
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Vega$ (1978)
★ 7/10Also drama and crimePrivate detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and crimeThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious…
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Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery and dramaAn American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.