Shows Like Baywatch Nights
If you liked Baywatch Nights (1995), a drama and crime 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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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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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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Perry Mason (1957)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and dramaThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Jake and the Fatman (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crimeJake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992…
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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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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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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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Dragnet (1967)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaPolice Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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The Mentalist (2008)
★ 8.4/10Also crime and dramaPatrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Ironside (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman…
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Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crimeToronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense…
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Signora Volpe (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and mysteryAfter years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.
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Harry Wild (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crimeA recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
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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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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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Return to Paradise (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mysteryDI Mackenzie Clarke is forced to leave London under a cloud of suspicion and return to the last place she ever wanted to be, her hometown of Dolphin Cove, Australia where her tenacity and work ethic helps her solve…
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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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Mannix (1967)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mysteryMannix 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…
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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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The Chelsea Detective (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and mysteryDetective Inspector Max Arnold lives on a battered houseboat at the end of Cheyne Walk after separating from his art dealer wife Astrid. The son of a local bookshop owner, Max is a far cry from the affluent elite whose…