The Rookie

Series Similar to The Rookie

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

1. Get Shorty

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

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

   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 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

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

   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.

3. Terriers

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   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.

4. The Good Bad Mother

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   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.

5. Republic of Doyle

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   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?

6. Vincenzo

   2021 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   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.

7. White Collar

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.2).

   The series focuses on the unlikely partnership between the very intelligent and charming con-artist Neal Caffrey and the hard-working and earnest FBI agent Peter Burke. In exchange for his freedom, and on the condition that he wear an ankle bracelet at all times, Caffrey provides his expertise in thievery to help Burke and agents Clinton Jones and Diana Berrigan catch other elusive white collar criminals.

8. Will Trent

   2023 · Drama, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ABC.

   In Will Trent Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. But now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one is abandoned like he was, Trent has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.

9. Fargo

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · returning

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

   Fargo is a seasonal anthology crime drama with some dark comical elements, inspired by the film Fargo written by the Coen brothers. Each season follows a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and "Minnesota nice" that has made the film an enduring classic.

10. Babylon

    2014 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

    Razor-sharp comedy drama that takes a wry look at the people and politics of London's police force.