If You Liked The Rockford Files, Watch These Next
Finished The Rockford Files (1974) 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 The Rockford Files, most of them are crime, drama, mystery.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Mentalist(2008)
8.4CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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2.Dragnet(1967)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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3.Barnaby Jones(1973)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso 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 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of…
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4.Perry Mason(1957)
7.7MysteryDramaCrimeAlso mystery and drama
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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5.Jack Irish(2016)
6.4DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or…
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6.Ironside(1967)
6.8CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by…
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7.Dragnet(1951)
6.5DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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8.Signora Volpe(2022)
7.2CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and mystery
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.
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9.Major Crimes(2012)
7.4CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes.
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10.Baretta(1975)
6.5CrimeDramaMysteryAlso 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 Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its…
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11.Murder in a Small Town(2024)
6.9DramaCrimeAlso 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 shore.
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12.Thorne(2010)
6.4CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
DI Tom Thorne finds himself dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races against time to find a serial killer who carries out unusual attacks on young women.
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13.Numb3rs(2005)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.
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14.Elementary(2012)
7.6DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and mystery
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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15.Midsomer Murders(1997)
7.5CrimeDramaMysteryAlso 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 ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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16.Agatha Christie's Poirot(1989)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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17.Frankie Drake Mysteries(2017)
6.3DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama and crime
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.
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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.Innocent(2018)
7.0CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and mystery
After seven years in prison, David Collins is acquitted of the murder of his wife. Now, he must fight to rebuild his shattered life while police search for the real murderer.
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20.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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