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1. Get Shorty

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended96% match

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

   Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 1990 New York Times bestselling novel, Get Shorty is the story of Miles Daly, who works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film.

2. The Good Bad Mother

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended94% match

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

   A single mom who has been widowed at a young age, Yeong-soon runs a pig farm, and raises her son Kang-ho by herself. She becomes a "bad mother" - hard on her son because she doesn't want him to grow up penniless nor powerless. Thanks to her discipline, Kang-ho grows up to be a prominent prosecutor, but loses his memory due to an unfortunate accident and becomes a 7-year-old again. Young-soon decides to become a "bad mother" again for Kang-ho in this comforting and touching comedy series that tracks the journey of recovery between mother and son.

3. Vincenzo

   2021 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended94% match

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

   During a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.

4. Backstrom

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   The series follows Detective Everett Backstrom, an unhealthy, offensive, irascible - albeit brilliant - detective who sees the worst in everyone, and he's usually right.

5. Terriers

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended92% match

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

   Terriers is an American comedic drama television series. Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department. The duo, both struggling with maturity issues, solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.

6. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended92% match

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

   The first BBC drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a charming story chronicling the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency. Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

7. Common Law

   2012 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   In Common Law, Travis Marks (Ealy) and Wes Mitchell (Kole) have a problem - each other. Despite their differences, this odd couple set of detectives are incredible at what they love most - enforcing the law - and have a seven-year track record as the LAPD's finest in the Robbery-Homicide Division. But when their constant bickering begins to have a major impact on their caseload, their new-age captain (McGee) institutes mandatory couples' therapy to bring back the flame in their "work marriage." Tough-as-nails therapist Dr. Ryan (Walger) is brought in to help them understand and resolve their conflicts and confront their demons in order to enhance their ability to continue solving crimes.

8. Teenage Bounty Hunters

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Twin sisters Sterling and Blair balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters.

9. Prison Playbook

   2017 · Drama, Comedy · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   Prison Playbook is a black comedy in which we follow a baseball player and a variety of people experience prison life. The drama will share the lives and stories behind these prisoners as well as events that take place there.

10. Republic of Doyle

    2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended90% match

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

    Jake is in jail, arrested for the murder of former Mayor Clarke, and is trying to come to terms with what happened to Leslie. Also, the Doyles are reeling from Sloan's theft and are flat broke. With no way to get Jake out of jail – and with no leads to evidence that might exonerate Jake, it's going to be a hard climb back for everyone. Will the Doyles lose everything they've worked for? Is Jake going to win back his freedom? Is Leslie still alive?