Shows Like Criminal Minds

If you liked Criminal Minds (2017), 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
Crime Story (1986)
★ 8/10Also crime and drama
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
2
Walker (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama
Cordell 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.
3
Police Story (1973)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and crime
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
4
Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Baretta 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…
5
Barnaby Jones (1973)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April…
6
Silk Stalkings (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama
Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.
7
The Glades (2010)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves…
8
Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Karl 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…
9
The Sweeney (1975)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and drama
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
10
Professor T (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
11
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
12
T. J. Hooker (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime
Sergeant 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…
13
Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
14
Annika (2021)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
15
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama
Two 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…
16
Steal (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
A typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who…
17
Signora Volpe (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
After years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.
18
The Mallorca Files (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama
Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of…
19
Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama
Brighton 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…
20
Midsomer Murders (1997)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and…