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Shows Like Line of Duty

If you liked Line of Duty (2012), a crime and drama series created by Jed Mercurio, 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. 121 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street (1987)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and mystery

    21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

  2. 2Shades of Blue

    Shades of Blue (2016)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime

    Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But…

  3. 3No Offence

    No Offence (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also mystery and crime

    Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists…

  4. 4East New York

    East New York (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy…

  5. 5City on a Hill

    City on a Hill (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo…

  6. 6The Closer

    The Closer (2005)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama

    Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often…

  7. 7This City Is Ours

    This City Is Ours (2025)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime

    After trying to leave a world of crime, Michael is dragged back into the fold to answer questions. Back in Liverpool tensions continue to bubble amongst the remaining members of the gang, and a gangster who's just been…

  8. 8DCI Banks

    DCI Banks (2011)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.

  9. 9The Oath

    The Oath (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and crime

    Explore a gang world we've never seen before: gangs that are made up of the very men and women sworn to uphold the law – cops. Only select officers make the cut, but once inside, gang members will do what they must to…

  10. 10True Detective

    True Detective (2014)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama and mystery

    An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

  11. 11Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.

  12. 12The Bay

    The Bay (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime

    Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is…

  13. 13Miami Vice

    Miami Vice (1984)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is…

  14. 14We Own This City

    We Own This City (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    The story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest…

  15. 15Ridley

    Ridley (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and drama

    Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.

  16. 16Ellis

    Ellis (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and crime

    DCI Ellis, a tenacious cop, is parachuted into failing investigations alongside her partner DS Harper. Each case will bring her to a different police station where she'll have to not only immerse herself in the case…

  17. 17Dalgliesh

    Dalgliesh (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.

  18. 18Criminal Record

    Criminal Record (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old…

  19. 19The Shield

    The Shield (2002)

    ★ 8.2/10Also crime and drama

    The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

  20. 20Law & Order: Organized Crime

    Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)

    ★ 7.9/10Also crime and drama

    The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.

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