If You Liked Starsky & Hutch, Watch These Next
Finished Starsky & Hutch (1975) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Starsky & Hutch, most of them are action & adventure, drama, crime.
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20 titles · updated 1st October 2026
1.Police Story(1973)
7.0Action & AdventureCrimeDramaAlso 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.
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2.The Sweeney(1975)
8.1Action & AdventureDramaCrimeAlso 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.
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3.Hill Street Blues(1981)
7.6DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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4.The Listener(2009)
6.9Action & AdventureCrimeDramaAlso action & adventure and crime
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby has kept his ability hidden, exploring its possibilities only with his…
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5.The Mod Squad(1968)
6.1Action & AdventureDramaAlso action & adventure and drama
The 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 Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive…
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6.Police Woman(1974)
6.4Action & AdventureCrimeDramaAlso action & adventure and crime
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
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7.T. J. Hooker(1982)
6.5DramaCrimeAlso 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 in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.
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8.Almost Paradise(2020)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaCrimeAlso action & adventure and drama
A 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, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life.…
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9.Nash Bridges(1996)
6.6Action & AdventureDramaAlso action & adventure and drama
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
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10.Rookie Blue(2010)
7.7DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four…
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11.The Professionals(1977)
7.6Action & AdventureCrimeDramaAlso action & adventure and crime
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose…
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12.The New Avengers(1976)
7.2DramaAction & AdventureAlso drama and action & adventure
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his…
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13.Hunter(1984)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaAlso action & adventure and drama
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season,…
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14.The Streets of San Francisco(1972)
7.1CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso 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 procedures of detective work.
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15.Burn Notice(2007)
7.5Action & AdventureDramaCrimeAlso action & adventure and drama
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
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16.S.W.A.T.(1975)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaAlso action & adventure and drama
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976. Like The Rookies, S.W.A.T. was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.
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17.Danger Man(1960)
7.3Action & AdventureDramaAlso action & adventure and drama
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
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18.Crime Story(1986)
8.0CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso crime and drama
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
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19.The Bill(1984)
6.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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20.The Glades(2010)
7.0CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso 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 to a small Florida town to join the state police.
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