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. Lethal Weapon

   2016 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Combining action and drama with ride-or-die friendship and humor, Lethal Weapon reimagines the hit movie franchise, as it follows classic cop duo Riggs and Murtaugh, who work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles. Grief-stricken after the loss of his young wife and unborn child, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-detective Martin Riggs moves to California to "start over" at the LAPD. He's paired up with Roger Murtaugh, who's just coming back to the job after a near-fatal heart attack. Riggs' penchant for diving headfirst into the line of fire immediately clashes with Murtaugh's prudent, by-the-book technique.

2. CSI: NY

   2004 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   The third edition of the CSI franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple, where taciturn former Marine, Detective Mac Taylor leads a crime-solving team of police officers and forensics specialists. In the city that never sleeps, CSI: NY never rests, and while people may lie, the evidence rarely does.

3. Major Crimes

   2012 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

   Captain Sharon Raydor faces the challenge of earning the trust and loyalty of her officers in Major Crimes, who are still in shock over their former Deputy Chief's exit, while trying to close the department's highest-profile cases. Raydor decides to house Rusty Beck, the key witness for a murder case, in her own home, paying for him to attend the Catholic high school her children attended.

4. Hawaii Five-0

   2010 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Hawaii Five-0 is a contemporary take on the classic series about a new elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the Islands' sun-drenched beaches. Detective Steve McGarrett, a decorated Naval officer-turned-cop, returned to Oahu to investigate his father's murder and stayed after Hawaii's former governor persuaded him to head up the new team: his rules, no red tape and full blanket authority to hunt down the biggest "game" in town. Joining McGarrett is Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, a relocated ex-New Jersey cop - a working man in paradise who prefers skyscrapers to the coastline - but who's committed to keeping the Islands safe for his young daughter; Chin Ho Kelly, an ex-Honolulu police detective and former protégé of McGarrett's father who was wrongly accused of corruption; Dr. Max Bergman, the quirky coroner; Chin's cousin, Kono Kalakaua, a beautiful and fearless native; and Captain Lou Grover, who formerly headed Hawaii's SWAT unit. Joining them is Jerry Ortega, a former classmate of Chin's and the Island's local conspiracy theorist. The state's brash FIVE-0 unit, who may spar and jest among themselves, remain determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state.

5. Crossing Lines

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   The series taps into a fictional unit mandated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate cross-border crimes and ultimately bring global criminals to justice. Crossing Lines is set in the world's most exotic locales, where an elite team of eager cops work to solve the most notorious international crimes.

6. Chicago P.D.

   2014 · Drama, Crime · returning

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

   District 21 of the Chicago Police Department is made up of two distinctly different groups. There are the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head to head with the city's street crimes. And there's the Intelligence Unit, the team that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond. These are their stories.

7. NCIS: Los Angeles

   2009 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   NCIS: Los Angeles is a drama about the high-stakes world of a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals that pose a threat to the nation's security. By assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, this team of highly-trained agents goes deep undercover, putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets.

8. The Untouchables

   1959 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.1), hidden gem, also on ABC.

   The Untouchables chronicles the campaign of Eliot Ness (Robert Stack), the young U.S. Prohibition Bureau agent determined to smash the beer and booze empire of Al Capone in 1920s Chicago.

9. Boston Blue

   2025 · Drama, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   In Boston Blue, NYPD Detective Danny Reagan takes a position with Boston PD. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Silver, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

10. Banshee

    2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

    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.