Top Movies & TV Shows Similar to East New York List

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Similar setting in New York with a focus on police work and camaraderie.
• NYPD Blue - Explores the personal and professional lives of detectives in New York City.
• Blue Bloods - Follows a family of police officers in New York City, focusing on crime and ethics.
• The Wire - A gritty portrayal of crime and law enforcement in an urban environment.
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Similar police procedural themes with a focus on emotional storytelling.
• Brooklyn - A film that incorporates themes of family and community set in New York.
• The Shield - A police drama focusing on the moral complexities of law enforcement.
• Sons of Anarchy - Focuses on crime and the lives of its characters with complex moral dilemmas.
• Southland - A gritty cop drama that explores the lives of LAPD officers.
• Lethal Weapon - Centers on police partnerships, blending action and drama.
• Homicide: Life on the Street - Follows a team of homicide detectives in Baltimore, similar to police investigations.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Focuses on crime scene investigations and police work.
• The Rookie - Follows the life of a rookie cop navigating the challenges of law enforcement.
• Mindhunter - Explores criminal psychology and the development of criminal profiling.
• Training Day - Focuses on the complexities of police work and moral ambiguity.
• The Departed - A story involving undercover work and police corruption in Boston, with similar themes.
• Narcos - Explores the drug trade and law enforcement's efforts against it, focusing on moral complexities.
• Sweatshop - Explores crime culture and community dynamics in a gritty setting.
• Mudbound - Character-driven drama exploring complex social issues, similar to East New York.
• Rescue Me - Focuses on firefighters and their relationships, much like police dramas.
• Shameless - Character-driven exploration of life in a tough urban environment.
• Top Boy - Explores themes of crime and community in an urban British setting.
• Banshee - Follows a former convict taking on the identity of a sheriff in a small town with crime issues.
• The Punisher - Explores themes of justice and crime, focusing on a vigilante with police interactions.
• In the Heat of the Night - Police procedural that explores racism and crime in the South.
• The Blacklist - Follows FBI agents and their investigations into crime with a unique character dynamic.
• Bodyguard - A political thriller that also incorporates elements of crime and morality.
• Broadchurch - A crime drama that explores community reactions to crimes and investigations.
• Killing Eve - Thrilling cat-and-mouse game involving crime and espionage.
• Money Heist - Focuses on crime and complex character psyches similar to East New York's themes.
• Better Call Saul - Explores the lives of shady characters in the legal and criminal world.
• Gotham - Delves into crime and police work in a stylized version of New York City.
• The Night Of - A limited series that deeply examines crime and its repercussions on the community.
• True Detective - Anthology series focusing on intricate crime stories and character development.
• Breaking Bad - Explores the moral dilemmas involved in crime, though in a different context.
• The Bridge - Focuses on crime and investigations on an international scale, similar to urban crime shows.
• Fargo - Explores crime in a character-driven manner with dark humor and unexpected twists.
• Deadwood - Focuses on a lawless town and the characters that navigate its moral complexities.
• Line of Duty - Explores police investigations into corruption, similar to law enforcement dramas.
• Sherlock - Investigative drama that follows a detective uncovering complex crimes.
• The Killing - Follows detectives investigating crimes with in-depth character exploration.
• Dexter - A unique take on crime and morality, focusing on a blood spatter analyst who is also a vigilante.
• Justified - Follows US Marshal Raylan Givens as he enforces his own brand of justice.
• The Outsider - Explores crime and its investigation with supernatural elements complicating the narrative.