Breaking In

Series Similar to Breaking In

If you enjoyed Breaking In, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Andy Barker, P.I.

   2007 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   Andy Richter re-teams with Conan O'Brien in this comedy as he portrays Andy Barker, an earnest, hard-working CPA who has succeeded at everything -- until his new accounting business fails to take off. But when he's mistaken for Lew Staziak, the retired private detective who used to occupy his storefront office, Andy embraces the twist of fate and dives into his double life. Andy's relentlessly supportive wife Jen isn't sold on this risky new venture, that is, until she notices a sudden boost in Andy's self-confidence. Andy's fellow strip-mall neighbors -- Simon and Wally join him in the dicey investigation.

2. No Activity

   2015 · Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   An improvised comedy that follows two detectives on a stakeout, waiting for the action to unfold a look at what happens when nothing is happening. The narrative juxtaposes a snails-paced crime story with the rapidly expanding personal stories of the two detectives as they riff on the oddities of life, work, love, family, hopes, regrets and everything in between.

3. The Good Guys

   2010 · Comedy, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem, also on FOX.

   The Good Guys is an action packed and comedic look at what happens when a washed up, old school cop and a by the book, modern day detective try to expose the big picture of small crime.

4. Wayne

   2019 · Comedy, Action · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Wayne can't help himself from righting the world's wrongs. Now, against all odds, he and his one-of-a-kind girlfriend Del are on a road trip from Brockton, Mass to Ocala, Florida to reclaim what's rightfully his: a majestic old car that was stolen from his sick father. With trouble behind them and danger ahead, Wayne and Del are bound to find themselves with their backs against the wall. But that's okay. They've been there before.

5. Tacoma FD

   2019 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   Tacoma FD is set in a firehouse in one of America's rainiest cities. Light on blazes that need extinguishing, this crew keeps themselves entertained with creative competitions, friendly first responder rivalries, and bizarre emergency calls.

6. Code 404

   2020 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   Set in the near future, Code 404 revolves around two Detective Inspectors, DI John Major and DI Roy Carver, who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit. But when an undercover sting goes horribly wrong, Major is gunned down on the job and killed.How will the SIU function without Major? It doesn't have to. As an ‘asset' considered too valuable to lose, Major's body is fast-tracked into an experimental Artifical Intelligence project to bring him back from the dead. The only problem is, Major 2.0 may look like and sound like the original, but something has been lost in translation - quite a lot actually. His arrogant demeanour and gung-ho approach remain but his crimefighting instincts have completely deserted him. Somehow, Major's error-strewn hunches and Carver's scrambling to make good allows them to just about scrape by. But while the experiment might be hailed as a success, on the front line Roy Carver is left dealing with an increasingly deluded partner.

7. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

   2013 · Comedy, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an ensemble comedy about a talented-but-carefree detective, a by-the-book police captain and their precinct colleagues. While based in the workplace, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is not really about the job – it's about the men and women behind the badge.

8. Enlisted

   2014 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on FOX.

   A military-set family comedy, Enlisted centers on three brothers on a small Florida Army post and the group of misfits who surround them. Charming, funny and a natural-born leader Staff Sergeant Pete Hill was on a path for a huge military career until one mistake overseas got him booted stateside to Fort McGee, the post where his two younger brothers - Corporal Derrick Hill and Private Randy Hill are stationed.

9. Black Dynamite

   2012 · Comedy, Action · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Dynamite is a 1970s renaissance man with a kung-fu grip. A lover and a fighter who is not afraid to leap before he looks. His sidekick extraordinaire is Bullhorn, the brains and cunning that complements Black Dynamite's hard-hittin', bone-crushin' style. Providing comic relief on the mean streets is Cream Corn and classing up the place is the gorgeous Honey Bee.

10. Impastor

    2015 · Comedy, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile.

    Impastor is a dark comedy about Buddy Dobbs, a slacker on the run from his gambling debt. Just when he's about to end his misery and jump off a bridge, a reverend shows up and talks him down. When the reverend slips off the bridge and falls to his death, he leaves Buddy with the unlikely opportunity to steal the man's identity and pose as the new gay pastor of a small, tight-knight town, leaving his bartender ex-girlfriend Leanne to clean up the huge mess he left behind. Buddy begins to settle into his new life as a pastor with the help of his preppy new assistant Dora, alluring church treasurer Alexa and enthusiastic secretary Russell - but the church president, Alden Schmidt senses that something isn't quite right. Curing sex crazed teenagers, stealing kids' weed and reading Bible scripture may not be a bad gig for Buddy after all. Only time will tell how long he can keep up the facade.