Shows Like The Good Guys
If you liked The Good Guys (2010), 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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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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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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T. J. Hooker (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners…
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Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaKarl 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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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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Jack Irish (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaJack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime…
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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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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…
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The Commish (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedyTony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer…
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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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Starsky & Hutch (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaStreetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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Take Two (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and dramaSam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series whose epic breakdown is broadcast to the public and sends her to rehab. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing lone-wolf private investigator…
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Private Eyes (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedyEx-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
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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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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 Streets of San Francisco (1972)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaTwo police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and…
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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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Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedyFollowing an emotional breakup, tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”) is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Frankie Trowbridge (codename: “Fiery Tribune”). Together, they…
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New Tricks (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedyNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made…