Starsky & Hutch

Series Similar to Starsky & Hutch

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

1. The Streets of San Francisco

   1972 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended96% match

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

   The show revolved around two police officers who investigated homicides in San Francisco. The center of the series was a veteran cop and widower, Lt Mike Stone (Karl Malden), who had more than 20 years of police experience and was now assigned to the Homicide Detail of SFPD's Bureau of Inspectors. He was partnered with a young, energetic partner, Assistant Inspector Steve Keller (Michael Douglas), a college graduate, age 28, who had no police experience. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

2. Hardcastle and McCormick

   1983 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended96% match

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

   Judge Milton "Hardcase" Hardcastle - retired. After years of working for a judicial system that put guilty criminals back on the streets due to technicalities, he takes the law into his own hands by searching them out. Aiding him is a one time car theif now professional driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. McCormick, brought before the judge's final cast, is arrested for an "honest steal". Hardcastle gives him the choice of prison or helping him with the 200 plus cold cases. Relunctanly choosing to aid the judge, Hardcastle and McCormick start a loose friendship of justice and con in order to finally those who deserved it in prison.

3. CHiPs

   1977 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Where the rubber meets the road and the bad guys meet the badge -- that's where you'll find California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Jon and Ponch. Set in the sun-drenched sprawl of Los Angeles, CHiPs combines action, heroics and fun.

4. Miami Vice

   1984 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   The cops. The cars. The clothes. Miami Vice is the explosive, groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word "cool." Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld, ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they battle a never-ending gallery of criminals. Set to an electrifying soundtrack of rock legends, including Glenn Frey, Phil Collins, U2 and Peter Gabriel, every episode crackles with excitement and stylish flair.

5. Hunter

   1984 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   L.A.P.D. Sgt. Rick Hunter is a tough-minded, Dirty Harry-type policeman who can't stand the creeps, thieves, rapists, and especially murderers who prowl the streets of Los Angeles. Unfortunately his method of doing things doesn't sit well with his precinct captains, which lead to their efforts to get rid of him. Because of his heavy-handed approach, he is unable to keep partners for any significant time frame, and is assigned to Sgt. Dee Dee 'The Brass Cupcake' McCall.

6. Martial Law

   1998 · Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   A Shanghai cop who is a master of martial arts fights crime in the Los Angeles Police Dept.

7. Renegade

   1992 · Action, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   On the run & on the road! An innocent man on a quest to clear his name! He was a cop, and good at his job. But he committed the ultimate sin, and testified against other cops gone bad. Cops that tried to kill him, but got the woman he loved instead. Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter, a Renegade.

8. The Rockford Files

   1974 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended94% match

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

   Jim Rockford is an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight, but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.

9. The Good Guys

   2010 · Comedy, Action, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   The Good Guys is an action packed and comedic look at what happens when a washed up, old school cop and a by the book, modern day detective try to expose the big picture of small crime.

10. Walker, Texas Ranger

    1993 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended93% match

    Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

    Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, one of the last old-fashioned heroes in the West, is a protective friend but a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to bring a criminal to justice.