Shows Like Rescue Me

If you liked Rescue Me (2004), a 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.

1
Chicago Fire (2012)
★ 8.4/10Also drama
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful…
2
Bad Sisters (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.
3
Stay Close (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama
When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
4
Spider-Noir (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
Ben Reilly, an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.
5
Full Circle (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
6
Smoke (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
When an arson investigator begrudgingly teams up with a police detective, their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.
7
The Undoing (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public…
8
New York Undercover (1994)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various…
9
Love/Hate (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
10
The Knick (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new…
11
Copper (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
Kevin Corcoran is a rugged young Irish immigrant policeman trying to keep the peace in the historical Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City while searching for information on the disappearance of his wife and…
12
Emergency! (1972)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
13
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a similar tragedy happens to a…
14
Brotherhood (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
A working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers, Tommy, a rising politician desperate for reelection, and Michael, a hardened criminal returning from seven years on the…
15
Blue Lights (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.
16
Servant (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
17
The Sinner (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.
18
Bodkin (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.
19
Alias Grace (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder…
20
Six Feet Under (2001)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.