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Shows that feel likeFBI (2018–)

The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.

If you loved FBI, the closest series we have are Law & Order (1990), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010). All three share FBI's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Bloodhounds (2023).

★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗9 seasons · CBScreated by Dick Wolfgrittykineticepiccontemplative
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Hulu
Buy seasons:Amazon see price ↗Apple TV$2.99 buyFBI, Season 9 · Apple price as of 2026-10-06

If FBI hit the spot, these will too

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Law & Order
1990– · 26 seasons · NBC
★ 7.8crime · dramaNetflixHulu

Dick Wolf directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Easier on the momentum than FBI

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

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S.W.A.T.
2017–2025 · 8 seasons · CBS
★ 7.2crime · action & adventure · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Door-kicking tactical teamwork where every op could go loud in seconds

The difference: Trades investigation for raids — less whodunit, more breach and clear

A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.

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Hawaii Five-0
2010–2020 · 10 seasons · CBS
★ 7.4crime · drama · action & adventureNetflixParamount+

A tight task force closing big cases with sun-drenched action swagger

The difference: Banter-forward and breezy — stakes rarely feel like life or death

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.

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Marvel's Luke Cage
2016–2018 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.2drama · action & adventure · crimeDisney+

The same city underneath both: New York City

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

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Chicago P.D.
2014– · 14 seasons · NBC
★ 8.1crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Dick Wolf's machine running at street level, rougher around the moral edges

The difference: Unit politics and bent rules — less gleaming competence on display

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

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9-1-1: Lone Star
2020–2025 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 7.4drama · action & adventure · crimeHulu

First responders sprinting into chaos with big-budget disaster set pieces

The difference: Melodrama between emergencies — the soap matters as much as the sirens

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 firehouse in Austin, Owen, along with his troubled firefighter son, T.K., takes his progressive philosophies of life and firefighting down to Texas, where he helps them start anew. On the surface, Owen is all about big-city style and swagger, but underneath he struggles with a secret he hides from the world - one that could very well end his life.

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Marshals
2026– · 2 seasons · CBS
★ 6.1drama · crime · action & adventureParamount+

One thread runs through both: police procedural

With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence.

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Bloodhounds
2023–2026 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.2drama · action & adventure · crimeNetflix

Gritty and kinetic in the same breath

Faced with ruthless foes with a violent thirst, two young boxers band together — risking life and limb to bring justice and protect their loved ones.

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The Shield
2002–2008 · 7 seasons · FX
★ 8.7crime · drama · action & adventurePrime VideoHulu

Cops under real pressure, where closing a case can cost someone their soul

The difference: Serialized corruption saga — no tidy resolution at the hour's end

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.

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Blindspot
2015–2020 · 5 seasons · NBC
★ 7.3crime · drama · action & adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fbi

A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.

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Daredevil: Born Again
2025– · 2 seasons · Disney+
★ 8.1drama · action & adventure · crimeDisney+

Both land scale and stillness at once

Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities, is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.

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Rosario Tijeras
2010 · 1 season · RCN
★ 8action & adventure · crime · drama

Gritty crime stakes felt from the other side of the law

The difference: A telenovela at heart — romance and fate drive it, not casework

This is the story of the legendary Rosario Tijeras, the beautiful warrior from a slum who fell in love with Antonio and Emilio, two handsome and wealthy young men. Antonio, a young architect, desperately rushes the dying Rosario Tijeras to a nearby hospital. The beautiful Rosario has been shot four times by a hitman. While he waits for his beloved Rosario to be saved from her wounds, Antonio recalls how Rosario, a beautiful teenager, became the murderer Rosario Tijeras. And how he, a dashing young man, makes her his obsession. The woman of his dreams.

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