S.W.A.T.

Series Similar to S.W.A.T.

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

1. Warrior

   2019 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended97% match

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

   Inspired by the writings and work of martial arts icon Bruce Lee and set against the backdrop of San Francisco's Chinatown in the aftermath of the Civil War, Warrior tells the story of a young martial arts prodigy, newly arrived from China, who finds himself caught up in the bloody Tong Wars.

2. Dark Blue

   2009 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Officer Carter Shaw and his team go undercover - sometimes too deep, among the criminals of modern-day Los Angeles.

3. Marvel's The Punisher

   2017 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended96% match

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

   After exacting revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife and children, Frank Castle uncovers a conspiracy that runs far deeper than New York's criminal underworld. Now known throughout the city as The Punisher, he must discover the truth about injustices that affect more than his family alone.

4. 19-2

   2014 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Based on the award-winning Québec series of the same name, 19-2 follows the lives of patrol officers Ben Chartier and Nick Barron. Nick is a veteran on Montreal's urban police force and has just returned from a three-month leave following the traumatic shooting of his partner. On his first day back, he is unhappy to learn he has been partnered with Ben, who has just transferred from a small town to restart his life in the big city. Both men are good cops, who deeply care about the job, yet struggle to move beyond painful events in their past. Ben and Nick must attempt to put their differences aside as their lives further intertwine, both professionally and personally, and continue to take surprising and dramatic turns.

5. The Unit

   2006 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.3), also on CBS.

   The Unit is a covert Special Forces team that does not exist. Their cover is the 303rd logistical studies group. They are assigned covert military operations by the President and never get credit for their actions. Their wives are also a tight group protecting their husbands. They protect their husband's secrets and maintain their cover.

6. Banshee

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.6).

   Banshee stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he's hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

7. Narcos

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

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

   Narcos chronicle the life and death of drug lord Pablo Escobar the ruthless boss of the Medellin Cartel and a known terrorist who was also a congressman, a family man and revered by the poor as a new Robin Hood.

8. Marvel's Daredevil

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended94% match

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

   Matt Murdock, a Marvel Comics hero who's a lawyer by day but fights the bad guys at night to avenge the murder of his father, a boxer. But what sets Matt apart from most superheroes isn't his back story it's his handicap. Matt is blind, the result of a childhood accident that removed his ability to see but gifted him with heightened senses of touch, taste, hearing and smell.

9. Played

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Played tracks the CIU (Covert Investigations Unit) as it risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of intense, short-term undercover work, each covert "play" is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are. The team of highly-skilled and brave detectives is led by John Moreland, a cop at the top of his game with great instincts who is usually in charge... Until the new CIU is established and consummate strategist Rebecca Ellis is given the reigns.

10. NCIS: Hawaiʻi

    2021 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended94% match

    Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, also on CBS.

    NCIS: Hawaiʻi is set in the Aloha State. It follows Jane Tennant, the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, and her team as they balance duty to family and country, investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the island itself.