Shows like NCIS: 20 to watch next
If you loved NCIS (2003) — a crime, drama and action & adventure series created by Don McGill and Donald P. Bellisario — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of NCIS most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like navy, marine corps and u.s. navy. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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NCIS: Los Angeles 2009★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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NCIS: Sydney 2023★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
The brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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JAG 1995★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Glades 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small Florida town to join the state police.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Burn Notice 2007★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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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Silk Stalkings 1991★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Vera 2011★ 7.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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CSI: Miami 2002★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Magnum P.I. 2018★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Midsomer Murders 1997★ 7.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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Annika 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dragnet 1967★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Mentalist 2008★ 8.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Rockford Files 1974★ 7.6
Shares: Crime, Drama
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Baretta 1975★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wiseguy 1987★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
Stream in India on Plex
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Hunter 1984★ 7.1
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
Stream in India on Plex
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Signora Volpe 2022★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
After years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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T. J. Hooker 1982★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Crime
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Without a Trace 2002★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now