Series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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   CSI: NY

   Same creator

   2004 · 42 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: crime investigation and crime scene investigation

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   CSI: Vegas

   Same creator

   2021 · 43 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: crime scene and crime scene investigation

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   Criminal Minds

   Similar atmosphere

   2005 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: crime investigation and police procedural
   • similar audience response

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   CSI: Miami

   Same creator

   2002 · 42 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   NCIS

   Strong story similarity

   2003 · Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama

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   From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: crime investigation and criminal investigation
   • shared crime investigation series style

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   Silent Witness

   Strong story similarity

   1996 · 60 min · Crime · Drama

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   A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared crime investigation series style

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   Waking the Dead

   Strong story similarity

   2001 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared crime investigation series style

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   CSI: Cyber

   Same creator

   2015 · 42 min · Crime · Drama

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   The FBI's team of Cyber Crime Investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the dark-net. Avery, a Special Agent in Charge and esteemed Cyber-Psychologist heads up a team, including Senior Special Agent Elijah Mundo, tasked with solving murders, cyber-theft, hacking, sex offences, and blackmail.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared network: CBS Studios

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   The Closer

   Similar atmosphere

   2005 · 46 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: crime investigation and police
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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    Without a Trace

    Strong story similarity

    2002 · 43 min · Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: criminal investigation and police
    • strong genre and series-style overlap

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