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Series like Elementary (2012) Finished Elementary and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Elementary, and what it does not.
What did you love about Elementary? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Class division Addiction Trust Buddy comedy Police procedural Procedural Trauma Mockumentary Your best matches Ranked against what Elementary is actually about, not its genre labels.
65% Reverina match Top pick 2024 · Series · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: crime solving Also police procedural at heart Told the same way, procedural More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or redemption Not really psychological thriller or buddy comedy Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Elementary.
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2024 · Series · Drama · Crime
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: buddy cop and crime solving Built around the same trust Also police procedural at heart Told the same way, procedural What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or redemption Not really psychological thriller or buddy comedy Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Elementary.
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2016 · Series · Drama · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Built around the same redemption Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its wry and cathartic register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or trust Not really police procedural or psychological thriller Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Elementary.
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Watched for the same thing: buddy cop Also about addiction Ironside 1967
Watched for the same thing: crime solving Also police procedural at heart Rizzoli & Isles 2010
Watched for the same thing: crime solving Built around the same trust and moral ambiguity Prodigal Son 2019
Watched for the same thing: new york city Told the same way, procedural House 2004
Also about addiction Told the same way, procedural The Closer 2005
Also police procedural at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity Hunter 1984
Watched for the same thing: buddy cop Told the same way, procedural 
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