Shows Like Dempsey and Makepeace
If you liked Dempsey and Makepeace (1985), a action & adventure 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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Danger Man (1960)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and dramaDanger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme…
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The Mod Squad (1968)
★ 6.1/10Also action & adventure and dramaThe Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie…
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The Sweeney (1975)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and dramaJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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The New Avengers (1976)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and action & adventureThe New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A…
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Hunter (1984)
★ 7.1/10Also action & adventure and dramaHunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer…
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Sea Hunt (1958)
★ 6.7/10Also action & adventure and dramaSea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes…
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S.W.A.T. (1975)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaS.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from…
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WWE ECW (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also action & adventure and dramaECW was a professional wrestling television program for WWE, based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. The show's name also referred to the ECW brand, in which WWE…
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The Assassin (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and action & adventureSecluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward…
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also action & adventure and dramaScarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level…
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The Unit (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and dramaA covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
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The Take (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and dramaFreddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife Jackie, who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go…
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Mannix (1967)
★ 6.9/10Also action & adventure and dramaMannix 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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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and dramaBefore The Terminal List, Navy SEAL Ben Edwards finds himself entangled in the black operations side of the CIA. The deeper Ben goes into the 'gray', the harder it will become to not give himself over to his darker…
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War of the Worlds (1988)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and action & adventureHumanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band…
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
★ 7.1/10Also action & adventureThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and…
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Emergency! (1972)
★ 7.9/10Also action & adventure and dramaThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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Kung Fu (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and dramaA quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and…
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Chosen (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and action & adventureIan Mitchell is a lawyer and father who one day receives a box containing a gun and a picture of a stranger, along with instructions to kill the pictured person. He is subsequently attacked by another stranger, and…
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Starsky & Hutch (1975)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and dramaStreetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.