Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Series Similar to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

If you enjoyed Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Law & Order

   1990 · Drama, Crime, Legal · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile, also on NBC.

   In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.

2. Law & Order: Criminal Intent

   2001 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile.

   In New York City's war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. These are their stories.

3. Murder One

   1995 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Theodore Hoffman is a prominent defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. After successfully defending the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a lurid murder trial, he is now involved in the defense of Neil Avedon. Neil is a famous young actor who has had severe drug and alcohol problems and was subsequently charged with the murder, after Cross was acquitted. This single case will run an entire television season (interspersed with bits from other cases that the firm is involved in).

4. How to Get Away with Murder

   2014 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Legal profile.

   The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.

5. Conviction

   2006 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile, hidden gem, also on NBC.

   Conviction is a legal drama series from Dick Wolf is a fast-paced, character-oriented story focusing on young assistant district attorneys of the New York District Attorney's office, headed by bureau chief Alexandra Cabot, who handle tough, high-profile cases that challenge their experience.

6. Silk

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas and problems that modern day barristers have to face, and what it means to become a silk.

7. The Night Of

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile, highly rated (8.4).

   The Night Of is an eight-part limited series that delves into the intricate story of a fictitious murder case in New York City. The series follows the police investigation and legal proceedings, all the while examining the criminal justice system and the purgatory of Rikers Island, where the accused awaits his trial.Filmed in and around Manhattan, the HBO series is based on the BBC's Criminal Justice, created by Peter Moffat.

8. The Good Wife

   2009 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

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

   The Good Wife follows Alicia Florrick, a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter, Alicia starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney.

9. Law & Order: LA

   2010 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Legal profile, also on NBC.

   In the City of Los Angeles, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.

10. Judge John Deed

    2001 · Drama, Legal · ended

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

    Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC that aired from 9 January 2001 – 18 January 2007. Sir John Deed (played by Martin Shaw) is a recently appointed High Court judge who actively seeks justice in the cases before him, while at the same time trying to rekindle an old romance with former pupil Jo Mills QC, who regularly appears in his court.