Shows Like Baa Baa Black Sheep
If you liked Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976), 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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12 O'Clock High (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and war & politicsThis series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe…
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Combat! (1962)
★ 8/10Also war & politics and dramaCombat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The…
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Rough Riders (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaExplores the journey of the cavalry group led by Theodore Roosevelt in a charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
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Foyle's War (2002)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and war & politicsAs WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the…
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Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaSet in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry…
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The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and war & politicsThe true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew
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Almost Paradise (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaA former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations…
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Hawaii Five-O (1969)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord…
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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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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 Winds of War (1983)
★ 7.3/10Also war & politics and dramaAgainst the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor 'Pug' Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous…
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UFO (1970)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and action & adventureA secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
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The Time Tunnel (1966)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and dramaThe Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by…
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Sharpe (1993)
★ 8/10Also war & politics and action & adventureSharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not…
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Walker (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and action & adventureCordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.
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Manhattan (2014)
★ 7/10Also drama and war & politicsSet against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families…
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and dramaFour gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission. Placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, they must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications, while…
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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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Bomb Girls (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and war & politicsFocusing on a group of women working in a munitions plant during World War II, this ensemble drama depicts the dangers and new experiences they face.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and dramaJoin the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.