Shows like Flipper: 20 to watch next
If you loved Flipper (1964) — a action & adventure, family and drama series created by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Flipper most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like dolphin, sea and florida. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Flipper 1995★ 6.9
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
Flipper is a 1995–2000 American family adventure drama series developed by E.F. Wallengren, Michael Nankin and Reuben Leder, a sequel to Jack Cowden's 1964–67 NBC series of the same name. In and around the Bal Harbor Institute, a marine mammal research facility in beautiful Florida Keys, groundbreaking studies are being conducted on dolphin behavior and everyone's favorite dolphin finds adventure.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Starsky & Hutch 1975★ 7.4
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sweeney 1975★ 8.1
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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War of the Worlds 1988★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Action & Adventure
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mannix 1967★ 6.9
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Police Story 1973★ 7.0
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Saint 1962★ 7.4
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Burn Notice 2007★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Skylanders Academy 2016★ 6.7
Shares: Action & Adventure, Family
Follow the heroic adventures of the Skylanders team, a group of heroes with unique elemental skills and personalities who travel the vast Skylands universe, protecting it from evil-doers and showing the next wave of Academy cadets how to do things the “Skylander way.”
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Rifleman 1958★ 7.1
Shares: Action & Adventure, Family
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron 1993★ 8.0
Shares: Action & Adventure, Family
In a world of anthropomorphic felines, two demoted fighter pilots battle evil as high flying masked vigilantes.
Stream in India on CN Rewind Amazon Channel
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Hardcastle and McCormick 1983★ 6.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hawaii Five-O 1969★ 7.2
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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MacGyver 2016★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Action & Adventure
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983★ 6.6
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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H2O: Just Add Water 2006★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, Family
H2O: Just Add Water revolves around three teenage girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist: they cope with the burden of growing a giant fin and transforming into mermaids whenever they come in contact with water.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Danger Man 1960★ 7.3
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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MacGyver 1985★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Action & Adventure
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's brakes... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Walker 2021★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Action & Adventure
Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Nash Bridges 1996★ 6.6
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now