Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
FBI follows the New York City field office as agents apply their collective talents, intellect, and technical expertise to major cases — protecting both the city and the country. Created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk, the show premiered on CBS in 2018 and centres on the federal scale of investigation: threats too large for local law enforcement, handled by a team rather than any single detective.
FBI is an American police procedural drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that premiered on CBS on September 25, 2018. The show follows the cases and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) New York City Field Office in New York City.
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Film
Mob Cops
Corrupt law enforcement entangled with organised crime mirrors FBI's core tension between institutional duty and moral compromise.
Film
Mindhunters
FBI trainees must apply psychological profiling in the field when a killer surfaces within their own program.
Film
New York
FBI involvement and the aftermath of terrorism in New York City anchor this story of friendship fractured by suspicion.
Film
15 Minutes
New York criminals, law enforcement pursuit, and the collision of media spectacle with criminal activity share FBI's urban crime energy.
Film
21 Bridges
An NYPD detective's citywide manhunt unravels a conspiracy where the line between pursuer and pursued dissolves.
Film
Sicario
An FBI agent joins a cross-border drug task force and confronts the murky ethics of government-sanctioned operations.
Game
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
A young FBI agent investigates macabre murders targeting the wealthy, putting federal investigative skills at the centre.
Game
The Operator
Playing an operator supporting field agents through a computer console captures FBI's procedural, case-by-case structure.
Game
Police Stories
Tactical police work with unpredictable enemy AI and procedural decision-making mirrors FBI's operational tension.
Game
CSI: Hard Evidence
Forensic crime-scene reconstruction and realistic investigative techniques translate FBI's procedural DNA into gameplay.
Game
Beat Cop
A detective framed for murder investigates New York's darkest corners, sharing FBI's urban grit and institutional mistrust.
Game
The Bureau
A government bureau operating covertly shares FBI's institutional framework, shifted into a Cold War thriller setting.
Book
Blowout
Married FBI agents Savich and Sherlock balance dedication to their work and each other across a suspenseful new case.
Book
The Informant
A Justice Department official and a legendary hit man form an uneasy alliance to crack an otherwise unsolvable case.
Book
Nypd Red 2
NYPD Red hunts a vigilante serial killer in New York, combining task-force urgency with the city's extreme criminal landscape.
Book
Field of graves
A detective and medical examiner pursue a serial killer case under intense public pressure, echoing FBI's investigative stakes.
Book
Point Blank (FBI Thriller)
FBI agents Sherlock and Savich face their most dangerous case yet in a propulsive, agent-centred thriller.
Book
Criminology
An analytical look at what crime is, who commits it, and why — context for FBI's case-driven world.
Series
FBI: International
The same FBI franchise, now tracking an elite international team protecting Americans across global jurisdictions.
Series
Law & Order: Organized Crime
New York's Organized Crime Control Bureau dismantles violent illegal enterprises in FBI's home city and genre.
Series
Law & Order
Headline-driven investigations following police and prosecutors share FBI's procedural rhythm and civic stakes.
Series
CIA
A by-the-book FBI agent on a covert CIA task force runs covert operations in New York — same city, deeper shadows.
Series
CSI: NY
NYPD forensic scientists solving crimes through evidence and science shares FBI's procedural, team-driven structure.
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Psychological depth and the Major Case Squad's intense methods echo FBI's focus on intellect over brute force.
Start with FBI: International, which follows the same universe into global operations, then try Law & Order: Organized Crime for New York-set crime dismantling with similar procedural intensity.
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential puts you directly in an FBI agent's shoes solving murders, while The Operator captures the behind-the-scenes support role of assisting field agents through a computer console.
It focuses specifically on the federal scale — cases that threaten the city and the country — while keeping the team's collective intelligence and technical expertise at the centre rather than any single maverick detective.