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Series like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) Finished Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 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: Special Victims Unit, and what it does not.
What did you love about Law & Order: Special Victims Unit? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Sexual assault Victim support Investigative thriller Law enforcement Justice Police procedural Trauma Resilience Your best matches Ranked against what Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is actually about, not its genre labels.
66% Reverina match Top pick 1990 · Series · Drama · Crime
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Why it matches Built around the same justice and moral ambiguity Also police procedural and crime drama at heart More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Luther 2010
Also crime drama at heart Shares its handheld and high contrast look Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 132 candidates
Shares its handheld and naturalistic look
Told the same way, procedural and epistolary What's different Does not promise crime investigation or emotional intensity Not built around trauma or resilience Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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2005 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Built around the same justice Also police procedural at heart Told the same way, procedural and epistolary What's different Not really crime drama or investigative thriller Not built around moral ambiguity or moral ambiguity Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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2014 · Series · Drama · Mystery
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Built around the same trauma and moral ambiguity Centres on the same investigator figure Shares its contemplative and bleak register What's different Not really crime drama or police procedural Not built around justice or resilience Noticeably slower Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV TNT Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Built around the same trauma The Killing 2011
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Built around the same trauma and moral ambiguity Chicago P.D. 2014
Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Also about law enforcement Se7en 1995 · 2h 7m
Built around the same justice and moral ambiguity Told the same way, procedural Evil 2019
Built around the same trauma and moral ambiguity Told the same way, procedural Line of Duty 2012
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Told the same way, procedural Cold Case 2003
Also police procedural and crime drama at heart Told the same way, procedural Oz 1997
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Shares its unsettling and bleak register CSI: Miami 2002
Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Built around the same justice The Fall 2013
Built around the same trauma Told the same way, procedural Damages 2007
Shares its high contrast look Shares its unsettling register 
