Top 200 The Shield Type Shows and Knock-Offs
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- DirectorDavid AyerStarsKeanu ReevesForest WhitakerHugh LaurieAn undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasMatt OlmsteadStarsJason BeghePatrick John FluegerMarina SquerciatiFollows District 21 of the Chicago Police Department, made up of two different groups: the uniformed cops and the Intelligence Unit.
- CreatorAdi HasakStarsJennifer LopezRay LiottaDrea de MatteoHarlee Santos, New York police officer and single mother, is forced to work in the F.B.I.'s anti-corruption task force while dealing with her own financial problems.
- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
- CreatorVincent AngellBill RotkoStarsPatrick SwayzeTravis FimmelLindsay PulsipherA veteran F.B.I. agent is assigned a new partner, unaware that the partner was recruited to investigate the veteran's activities.
- CreatorDanny CannonDoug JungStarsDylan McDermottOmari HardwickLogan Marshall-GreenOfficer Carter Shaw and his team go undercover--sometimes too deep--among the criminals of modern-day Los Angeles.
- CreatorShawn RyanAaron Rahsaan ThomasStarsShemar MooreJay HarringtonDavid LimFollows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. sergeant and his team of highly-trained men and women as they solve crimes in Los Angeles.
- DirectorDavid AyerStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSam WorthingtonTerrence HowardMembers of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
- CreatorShawn RyanStarsJason ClarkeJennifer BealsMatt LauriaDetective Jarek Wysocki, one of Chicago's toughest cops, struggles to clean up the town's violence and corruption.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsMartin CompstonVicky McClureAdrian DunbarDrama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
- CreatorLouis St. ClairJorge ZamaconaStarsGary ColeRyan HurstRashida JonesAn elite team of crime fighters from various federal and local law enforcement agencies track down the city's 100 most wanted fugitives.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsStephen DorffStephen LangDavid BoreanazWhen a cop's crooked past comes back to get him, can he do the right thing, or will he succumb to the threats of his dangerous connections?
- DirectorChristian GudegastStarsGerard ButlerPablo SchreiberO'Shea Jackson Jr.An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
- CreatorChris MorganStarsRamón RodríguezJay HernandezRZAAs kid, Ryan Lopez got connected to gang boss Javier Acosta. He's now detective in LAPD's Gang Task Force. While secretly passing info on to Javier, he's a good cop 95% of the time.
- StarsAdrian HolmesJared KeesoMylène Dinh-RobicThe day to day of two unwilling patrol officers affected by troubled pasts.
- CreatorAnn BidermanStarsMichael CudlitzShawn HatosyRegina KingThe lives of Police Officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.
- CreatorChuck MacLeanStarsKevin BaconAldis HodgeLauren E. BanksIn early 1990s Boston, ADA, Decourcy Ward, forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr. Together, they take on a case that changes the city's entire criminal justice system.
- DirectorChristian GudegastStarsGerard ButlerJordan BridgesEvin AhmadPlot unknown. A sequel to the 2018 film 'Den of Thieves'.
- CreatorElwood ReidBjörn SteinMeredith StiehmStarsDemián BichirDiane KrugerThomas M. WrightTwo detectives work together to take down a serial killer operating on both sides of the Texas-Chihuahua border.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterEnforcing his own brand of justice, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a strong-willed, quiet law-man haunted by his past, returns to his native town to see that justice is served to those in need.
- DirectorJohn LuessenhopStarsChris BrownHayden ChristensenMatt DillonA group of bank robbers find their multi-million dollar plan interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.
- CreatorVince GilliganPeter GouldStarsBob OdenkirkRhea SeehornJonathan BanksThe trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the years leading up to his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.
- CreatorEric Ellis OvermyerStarsTitus WelliverJamie HectorAmy AquinoAn L.A.P.D. homicide detective works to solve the murder of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the murder of a serial killer.
- CreatorAnn BidermanStarsLiev SchreiberEddie MarsanDash MihokRay Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
- CreatorLeslie BohemStarsJeffrey DonovanKaDee StricklandAngus SampsonCharlie is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of LA.
- CreatorDavid MametStarsDennis HaysbertRegina TaylorAudrey Marie AndersonA secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
- DirectorAgustinStarsMena SuvariMartin SheenLochlyn MunroTwo narcotics detectives find themselves in an intense investigation lead by a determined Internal Affairs detective after an unarmed teenager is wrongfully shot dead in a violent drug bust.
- DirectorRaul InglisStarsMichael MadsenDaryl HannahMykelti Williamson40 kilos of heroin goes missing after a botched undercover transaction and the cops in the involved crime unit are getting killed off one at a time. As trust slowly fades away between them, Max has to deal with his own demons.
- CreatorOlivier MarchalStarsJean-Hugues AngladeJoseph MalerbaKarole RocherA dark realistic cop series follows a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation to get the job done.
- CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
- CreatorMichael CarnesJosh GilbertDavid GrazianoStarsMichael ChiklisJuan Pablo RabaAdriana PazAfter 32 years of service, Border Patrol agent Ben Clemens finds himself helping people he has always tried to keep out of the United States.
- CreatorJames DeMonacoStarsSteve CirbusDonnie WahlbergMichael HyattA group of military veterans, who recently returned home from serving in Iraq, band together to pull off a major bank heist.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsMichael ChiklisBruce WillisMeadow WilliamsA crime thriller that centers on a man whose memory has been lost due to a bank heist gone wrong. The character will need to piece together the missing 10 minutes from his memory in order to determine who sabotaged him.
- CreatorAlexandra ClertGuy-Patrick SainderichinStarsCaroline ProustAudrey FleurotThierry GodardFollows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved.
- DirectorVince GilliganStarsAaron PaulJonathan BanksMatt JonesFugitive Jesse Pinkman runs from his captors, the law, and his past.
- CreatorJames DuffStarsKyra SedgwickJ.K. SimmonsCorey ReynoldsDeputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style. Her innate ability to read people and obtain confessions helps her and her team solve the city's toughest, most sensitive cases.
- CreatorJames DuffStarsMary McDonnellG.W. BaileyTony DenisonThe Closer (2005) spin-off series, which follows Captain Raydor of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- CreatorSteve KnapmanKris WyldStarsDon HanySusie PorterAaron Fa'aosoEast West 101 is set around the Major Crime Squad in metropolitan Sydney. It is based upon the experiences of actual detectives in a crime unit in Sydney's western suburbs.
- DirectorClark JohnsonStarsSamuel L. JacksonColin FarrellMichelle RodriguezAn imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody, and only the L.A.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
- DirectorBrian KirkStarsChadwick BosemanSienna MillerJ.K. SimmonsAn embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
- DirectorGavin O'ConnorStarsEdward NortonColin FarrellNoah EmmerichA family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
- DirectorJoseph PiersonStarsBill SageBill DawesLawrence StringerSet in a dirt-poor neighborhood in the fictional city of San Lovisa, Texas, EvenHand tells the story of two very different cops, working together for the first time. Rob Francis, recently divorced, finds the adjustment from his previous assignment in "Sleepytown" difficult. With his new partner, the volatile Ted Morning, he spends his days breaking up domestic disputes and attempting to make sense of a parade of lowlifes, firebugs and junkies. Morning is the original Texas cowboy, all muscle and bravado: arrest 'em first, ask questions later. The characters and events in EvenHand subtly intertwine until Francis and Morning must both face the consequences of their very different approaches to the job. Filmed on location in San Antonio, Texas, EvenHand is a police story, but it's not about car chases or shoot-outs. It's about two cops struggling to survive in a world where, without warning, numbing routine can give way to primal fear.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSarah LancashireSiobhan FinneranJames NortonYorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
- CreatorDavid SchicklerJonathan TropperStarsAntony StarrIvana MilicevicUlrich ThomsenAn ex-con assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff in the small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he has some unfinished business.Similar cat and mouse stand-off between an anti-hero and various big town villains.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasStarsTaylor KinneyChristian StolteEamonn WalkerThe story of firefighters and paramedics in the city of Chicago, both on a personal and professional level.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasMatt OlmsteadStarsPhilip WinchesterJon SedaJoelle CarterThe State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.
- DirectorDeon TaylorStarsNaomie HarrisTyrese GibsonFrank GrilloA rookie New Orleans police officer is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder.
- CreatorMatt OlmsteadNick SantoraStarsDomenick LombardozziBrooke NevinMalcolm GoodwinA squad of U.S. marshals team up with cons (former fugitives) to work together on tracking down prison escapees in exchange for getting time off their sentences.
- CreatorBryan CranstonDavid ShoreStarsGiovanni RibisiMarin IrelandShane McRaeA con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate Pete, and reuniting with Pete's estranged family, which threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's escaping.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsChris KleinAdam Rodriguez50 CentTwo detectives investigating a gang-related shooting find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsCasey AffleckChiwetel EjioforAnthony MackieA gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
- CreatorWill BeallStarsStephen DorffYara MartinezBrian Van HoltDeputy Bill Hollister, a career lawman who is very comfortable kicking down doors but utterly lost in a staff meeting, becomes acting sheriff of Los Angeles County when the sheriff drops dead.
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- CreatorKurt SutterStarsCharlie HunnamKatey SagalMark Boone JuniorA biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.
- CreatorElgin JamesKurt SutterStarsJD PardoClayton CardenasSarah BolgerSet in a post-Jax Teller world, "Mayans MC" sees EZ Reyes, a former golden boy now fresh out of prison, as a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the California-Mexico border who must carve out his new outlaw identity.
- DirectorOren MovermanStarsWoody HarrelsonBen FosterSigourney WeaverSet in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.
- DirectorDaniel ZirilliStarsDanny RomoRaul Julia-LevyDamon WhitakerBased on the true story of an old school Latino Hitman who goes through rehab and repentance after a near death experience, but is forced to fall back into his old ways when his daughter is killed by her jealous boyfriend.
- DirectorDaniel ZirilliStarsAlex A. QuinnDaniel VenegasNubia BolanosGunshot wounds put drug dealer Hector Pinero (Venegas), in a wheelchair. Soon after, Hector's father is killed by Detective Derose (Whitaker), a dangerous vigilante who thinks he's above the law.
- CreatorJohn LinsonTaylor SheridanStarsKevin CostnerLuke GrimesKelly ReillyA ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
- CreatorCath StaincliffeStarsCaroline QuentinIan KelseyPaul LoughranSingle mother DCI Janine Lewis struggles with the problems of bringing up four children while leading her team of detectives in solving high-profile murders.
- CreatorJohn BanasJohn HugginsonStarsShane BourneNadine GarnerAaron PedersenOn the Homicide floor of a police headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, detectives work to bring justice for the deceased.
- CreatorDenis LearyPeter TolanStarsDenis LearyMichael LombardiSteven PasqualeTommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.
- CreatorTed GriffinStarsDonal LogueMichael Raymond-JamesLaura AllenEx-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business.
- CreatorBill DubuqueMark WilliamsStarsJason BatemanLaura LinneySofia HublitzA financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsDonnie WahlbergNeal McDonoughMykelti WilliamsonEach episode of this series, set in present day Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
- CreatorCris ColeStarsBen ChaplinMichael ImperioliRomany MalcoA group of guys travel to Belize to see an old friend, when things take an unexpectedly dark turn.
- CreatorLaurie Finstad-KnizhnikJanis LundmanAdrienne MitchellStarsHugh DillonHelene JoyLaurence LeboeufAn extraordinary series with an electric, oppressive atmosphere. A spiral of violence, unhealthy manipulations and tortured characters, Durham County excels in the detective series genre.
- DirectorJosh C. WallerStarsDavid MorseMike VogelCory MonteithSet over the course of one day, a narcotics detective hunts for a seemingly harmless young criminal who knows a truth about the cop's past.
- CreatorJoe HalpinStarsRyan KwantenKatrina LawCory HardrictExplores a world of gangs made up of those sworn to protect and shed light on corrupt and secret societies. And what if the Policemen use the criminals to arrest others.
- CreatorJeff EastinStarsDaniel SunjataAaron TveitVanessa FerlitoA rookie FBI agent is sent to a house for undercover agents in Southern California, where he is trained by a former legend FBI agent.
- CreatorTony SaintStarsO-T FagbenleLorraine AshbourneLee BoardmanCustoms officer Marcus Ashton joins a new team hunting Britain's most wanted criminals, based on Cameron Addicott's book.
- CreatorNorman MorrillStarsAndre BraugherMae WhitmanYancey AriasWhen it comes to pulling heists, Nick Atwater is a master. But when it comes to his family life he is not as successful. But there are far bigger problems ahead, will he and his team be able to make a clean getaway?
- CreatorDavid KoeppStarsDavid MorseAndre BraugherMatthew BorishWhen corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.
- DirectorMalik BaderStarsLiam HemsworthEmory CohenDiane GuerreroTwo NYC money launderers make a quick drug deal. Things go wrong, as dirty cops are involved. One of the friends gets amnesia during their escape with the drugs and money.
- CreatorChris MundyStarsMark StrongLennie JamesJames RansoneMurder, deception, revenge, and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective Frank Agnew.
- DirectorAdrian ShergoldStarsMark StrongBrian McCardieRobert WilloxFrank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
- CreatorColin BatemanStarsJames NesbittDel SynnottClaudia HarrisonAs a maverick cop with a dark past, DS Tommy Murphy fails a psychiatric assessment but is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment.
- CreatorTony JordanRichard LazarusJames PayneStarsGina McKeeShelley ConnWarren BrownBy Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game, existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice.
- StarsStephen GrahamChristine TremarcoWarren BrownAfter his best mate and collegue is brutally attacked and killed, Good Cop John Paul Rocksavage seeks revenge on the men who killed him
- DirectorStefano SollimaStarsPierfrancesco FavinoFilippo NigroMarco GialliniA look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
- DirectorSimon PhillipsStarsNick NevernKellie ShirleyJenna HarrisonDamien is a London copper with a past he's trying to forget. Before signing up for the force he ran with a football firm, getting involved in tear-ups up and down the country. Now he's on the other side of the law he faces a tough decision: side with his old crew or protect London as it burns and rioters run amok. Brace yourself for a film that packs one hell of a punch.
- CreatorRichard WarlowStarsMatthew MacfadyenAdam RothenbergMyAnna BuringThe streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.
- CreatorTom FontanaWill RokosStarsTom Weston-JonesKyle SchmidAnastasia GriffithIn the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.
- CreatorChris HaddockStarsJoe PantolianoAnna BelknapLola GlaudiniFBI agent Joe Renato trains and handles rookie agents who go undercover to solve crimes at all levels of Los Angeles' diverse society, interfacing with government and local law enforcement agencies. They come to him for help with both long-term and quick sting operations.
- CreatorCourtney A. KempStarsOmari HardwickLela LorenNaturi NaughtonJames "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin.
- CreatorPeter MoffatStarsBryan CranstonHope DavisMichael StuhlbargA judge confronts his convictions when his son is involved in a hit-and-run that embroils an organized-crime family.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
- DirectorRobby HensonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonPatricia ArquetteWilliam DevaneSheriff Hardwick investigates the death of Mona, a transexual woman. The judge asks that the case is archived to prevent it impacting the upcoming elections, but the evidence keeps coming in.
- DirectorJames DalthorpStarsRichard TysonSteven OwsleyMichelle StaffordTexas cop Thomas Carruth is not just any police officer. He delivers justice -- justice at any price -- with just his badge and trusty bullet, and he's a one-man judge, jury and executioner looking for any punks who do wrong.
- CreatorCourtney A. KempStarsMichael Rainey Jr.Gianni PaoloLovell Adams-GrayThe journey of some of Power's most controversial characters.
- CreatorSascha PennStarsPatina MillerLondon BrownMalcolm M. MaysPower Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
- CreatorRobert MunicStarsJoseph SikoraLucien CambricAnthony Fleming IIIFollows Tommy Egan after he cuts ties and puts New York in his rearview mirror for good.
- CreatorRobert MunicRon BassStarsCam GigandetJeremy SistoAudrey Marie AndersonA diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and otherwise treacherous world of the diamond business.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsBruce WillisFrank GrilloJohnathon SchaechA bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker teams up with his ex-cop neighbor to bring down the assailant, initiating an explosive counterattack that brings all three men to the breaking point.
- DirectorJessy TerreroStars50 CentRobert De NiroForest WhitakerThe son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.
- CreatorChristopher LeeJohn EdwardsStarsRodger CorserCallan MulveyNicole da SilvaThey are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide.
- CreatorNoel ClarkeNick LoveAshley WaltersStarsNoel ClarkeAshley WaltersJason MazaAction drama following Aaron Bishop and Ronnie Pike; two NCA agents taking down hardened criminals in London.
- CreatorJennifer JohnsonStarsKelli GiddishCole HauserJesse MetcalfeA team tracks down fugitive criminals.
- CreatorOlivier MarchalStarsFrédéric DiefenthalYann SundbergCatherine MarchalTwo cops who are sworn enemies tackle organised crime in this powerful French detective series.
- DirectorOlivier MarchalStarsBruno WolkowitchCatherine MarchalPatrick CatalifoA police superintendent, after 25 years of a flawless professional career, is arrested by internal affairs for 4 days, before being indicted for criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking, theft and embezzlement by the magistrate in charge.