Dragnet

Series Similar to Dragnet

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

1. The Booth at the End

   2010 · Drama, Mystery · ended

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

   A mysterious Man sits at a booth at the end of a diner. People approach him because they've heard The Man has a gift. He can solve their problems: A parent with a sick child, a woman who wants to be prettier, a nun who has lost her faith. The Man can give these people what they want. For a price. The Man makes a proposition. In exchange for realizing their desires, these individuals must complete a task, return to The Man, and describe every step in detail. The trick is that these tasks are things that would normally be inconceivable to them. But The Man never forces anyone to do anything. It's always up to the individual to start - or stop. The Booth at the End asks the question: How far would you go to get what you want?

2. Cannon

   1971 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Frank Cannon isn't your typical private detective. He's overweight, likes to eat, drives expensive cars, and charges a lot of money for his services. But when you need a job done right and you don't have a big enough gun... you call Cannon.

3. The Closer

   2005 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Despite a tendency to step on people's toes, Johnson manages to convert even her strongest adversaries with her unique ability to get to the truth, and more importantly, to close cases.

4. 100 Code

   2015 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Over the past 16 months, young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead and buried in a field of asphodels. Tracking the killer from New York to Stockholm, NYPD detective Conley is on a special dispensation to observe and advise the Stockholm PD.

5. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

   1962 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.1), also on NBC.

   Previously Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the series expanded to an hour. Master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock introduces and concludes tales of suspense and crime. Hitchcock's speeches are filled with black humor and jabs at his network sponsors.

6. Barnaby Jones

   1973 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Barnaby Jones is a television detective series featuring a father and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California.

7. Dead to Me

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Dead to Me is about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret.

8. Alfred Hitchcock Presents

   1955 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   In this half-hour anthology series, master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock introduces and concludes tales of suspense and crime. Hitchcock's speeches are filled with black humor and jabs at his network sponsors. In 1962, the series expanded to an hour and was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

9. The Bletchley Circle

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8).

   The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II.Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in producing crucial intelligence, which helped the Allies to victory and shortened the war. When Susan discovers a hidden code behind an unsolved murder she is met by skepticism from the police. She quickly realises she can only begin to crack the murders and bring the culprit to justice with her former friends.

10. Dexter: Resurrection

    2025 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.5).

    Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast.