Shows Like Show Me a Hero

If you liked Show Me a Hero (2015), a crime 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.

1
Boss (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and war & politics
Mayor Tom Kane sits like a spider at the center of Chicago's web of power; a web built on a covenant with the people. They want to be led, they want disputes settled, jobs dispensed, and loyalties rewarded. If he…
2
Bad Blood (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
3
The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
4
The Killing (2011)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives…
5
Death by Lightning (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime
The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.
6
Seven Seconds (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
7
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.
8
Paradise (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
The tranquility in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high stakes investigation unfolds.
9
A Friend of the Family (2022)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
The Brobergs are completely unprepared for the sophisticated tactics a neighbor of theirs uses to exploit their vulnerabilities, separate them and turn their daughter against them.
10
Blue Lights (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.
11
The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title…
12
HIS & HERS (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime
Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.
13
Say Nothing (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
Through the eyes of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, explore the extremes some people will go to in the name of their beliefs, the way a deeply divided society can suddenly tip over into armed conflict, the…
14
The Wire (2002)
★ 8.6/10Also crime and drama
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining…
15
Mary & George (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and war & politics
In 17th century England, Mary Villiers molds her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I, intending to gain riches and influence through outrageous schemes.
16
Tyrant (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and war & politics
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile…
17
American Crime Story (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
18
Manhunt (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—as the fate…
19
Mr Inbetween (2018)
★ 8.3/10Also crime and drama
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
20
Alias Grace (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and 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…