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Series like Law & Order (1990) Finished Law & Order 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 Law & Order, and what it does not.
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Legal drama Crime and punishment Justice system Police procedural Justice Handheld Procedural Morality Your best matches Ranked against what Law & Order is actually about, not its genre labels.
73% Reverina match Top pick 2004 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also about justice system Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Built around the same justice and morality More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Chicago P.D. 2014
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Built around the same justice and morality Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 131 candidates
Shares its handheld and high contrast look What's different Not about moral ambiguity or crime and punishment Does not promise crime procedure or investigation Where it streams Hulu Paramount Plus Essential The Roku Channel Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Law & Order.
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1999 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Built around the same justice Shares its handheld and naturalistic look Told the same way, procedural and epistolary What's different Not built around morality or redemption Not about crime and punishment or justice system Noticeably slower Commitment 28 seasons · ~446h
Short
Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Law & Order.
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2018 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also about justice system and moral ambiguity Shares its handheld and naturalistic look Centres on the same investigator figure Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not really crime drama or police procedural Not built around justice or morality Darkness Fairly light
Light Dark
Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Law & Order.
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Also police procedural at heart Shares its handheld and naturalistic look Cold Case 2003
Also about justice system and moral ambiguity Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Gotham 2014
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Told the same way, procedural S.W.A.T. 2017
Also police procedural at heart Shares its handheld and high contrast look Criminal Minds 2005
Also police procedural at heart Built around the same justice and morality The Closer 2005
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Shares its handheld and naturalistic look Line of Duty 2012
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Told the same way, procedural Power 2014
Centres on the same investigator figure Also about moral ambiguity 9-1-1 2018
Told the same way, procedural Also about moral ambiguity Hawaii Five-0 2010
Also about justice system Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Taxi Driver 2021
Built around the same morality and redemption Also about moral ambiguity
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