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NCIS: Los Angeles follows the Office of Special Projects, an elite NCIS division in Los Angeles that specializes in undercover assignments. Agents inhabit false identities, dismantle criminal networks, and handle cases where law enforcement intersects with national security. If this appeals to you, you're drawn to ensemble casts bound by trust under pressure, the moral complexity of covert ops, and the specific tension of people who must sometimes bend the rules to protect everyone else.
About NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles is an American military police procedural television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 21, 2023. Created by Shane Brennan, the series starred Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, and LL Cool J with an ensemble cast, as it follows the exploits of the LA-based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) that specializes in undercover assignments. NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of the successful series NCIS and the second series in the NCIS franchise.
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Films like NCIS: Los Angeles
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S.I.S.
Another elite Los Angeles unit faces its most dangerous case yet against a new psychopath terrorizing the city.
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S.W.A.T.
An elite LAPD squad assembles a carefully chosen team and immediately confronts a high-stakes escort mission.
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Ambushed
An undercover agent embedded with drug dealers in Los Angeles risks everything to close a major smuggling operation.
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Safe House
Government agents trapped together after a terrorist attack must identify a traitor hiding within their own ranks.
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One Shot
Elite Navy SEALs on a covert mission find themselves under siege when insurgents storm a CIA black site island.
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Clear and Present Danger
A CIA operative uncovers dangerous links between government power and criminal violence that put him in the crosshairs.
Games like NCIS: Los Angeles
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L.A. Noire
A decorated war veteran joins the LAPD and works neo-noir investigations through a morally ambiguous postwar Los Angeles.
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COAST GUARD
A coast guard officer pursues dangerous criminals at sea under a code of honor, respect, and duty.
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Crackdown
An elite law-enforcement agent cleans up a fictional city's criminal organizations with escalating firepower and authority.
Books to read after NCIS: Los Angeles
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Dance of the bones
Two veteran investigators from different jurisdictions join forces on a case that demands their combined expertise.
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America
A high-ranking naval officer is the last line of defense after a nuclear submarine is violently hijacked.
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Killer Elite
A nonfiction account pulls back the curtain on the United States' most classified and advanced special-operations units.
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Private maneuvers
A military pilot unexpectedly finds herself entangled in a covert operation far from the front lines.
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Someone is hiding on Alcatraz Island
A teenager hunted by a gang turns a confined, high-pressure location into a survival puzzle requiring cunning and nerve.
More series like NCIS: Los Angeles
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NCIS
The parent NCIS team investigates crimes spanning murder, espionage, and terrorism tied to Navy and Marine personnel.
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NCIS: Sydney
A joint US-Australian taskforce tackles naval crimes across one of the world's most strategically contested regions.
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Lethal Weapon
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL joins the LAPD and is partnered with a veteran detective who prefers calm.
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NCIS: Hawaiʻi
NCIS Pearl Harbor's first female SAC leads specialists through high-stakes military crimes and national-security threats.
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NCIS: New Orleans
A field office investigates crimes affecting military personnel against the vivid backdrop of New Orleans.
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The A-Team
Branded as war criminals for a crime they didn't commit, ex-special-forces veterans take on dangerous freelance ops while evading the Army.
Frequently asked
What should I watch after NCIS: Los Angeles?
The NCIS universe offers natural next stops: NCIS itself covers the full breadth of Navy and Marine crime, while NCIS: Hawai'i and NCIS: Sydney bring fresh settings and ensemble casts to the same undercover procedural formula.
What games are like NCIS: Los Angeles?
L.A. Noire is the closest match — a veteran investigator working LA's criminal underworld in a morally layered neo-noir setting. Crackdown scratches the elite-agent-versus-organized-crime itch with open-world action.
Why do fans keep coming back to NCIS: Los Angeles?
The show combines the procedural satisfaction of case-of-the-week storytelling with the deeper pull of undercover work — missions where identity, trust, and split-second judgment matter as much as firepower. The ensemble chemistry carried it across 14 seasons.