Shows Like The First Responders

Loved The First Responders? These picks share the same story DNA — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of show.

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Officer Black Belt

31% match
8 eps Netflix Action Comedy Romance

Ma Kang-jin is a martial arts expert recruited by a temperamental judge with zero social grace to serve as her personal court officer. The judge has a habit of personally tracking …

Like The First Responders, it leans hard into forced partnership. The emotional territory — teamwork and justice — is the same. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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MIU404

28% match
11 eps TBS Japan Thriller Crime Drama

The Mobile Investigative Unit 404 consists of two detectives who couldn't be more different: Ibuki, who acts on instinct and charges at problems head-on, and Shino, who thinks four…

Like The First Responders, MIU404 is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same exciting and action packed energy throughout.

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Cashero

26% match
12 eps ENA Comedy Action Crime

Bankrupt and three years behind on everything, Chul-su discovers he has accidentally acquired a superpower: physical contact with money reveals its hidden history — fraud, launderi…

Like The First Responders, it leans hard into forced partnership. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same exciting and action packed energy throughout.

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Good Casting

22% match
16 eps MBC Action Comedy Romance

Three female NIS agents who've been sidelined for various embarrassing failures are given one last shot at redemption: go undercover at a tech company suspected of leaking national…

If you loved The First Responders's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Good Casting delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — teamwork — is the same. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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Crash

21% match
12 eps ENA Crime Thriller Action

An elite traffic investigation unit — staffed by cops with too much ambition, too much trauma, and zero social skills — investigates accidents that turn out to be murders. When a n…

If you loved The First Responders's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Crash delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — teamwork and justice — is the same. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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Vincenzo

20% match
20 eps tvN Crime Comedy Drama

A Korean-Italian mafia consigliere returns to Seoul to recover gold hidden beneath a building, teaming up with eccentric tenants.

Both are built around found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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21 eps MBC Romance Thriller Crime

A rookie prosecutor with a relentlessly positive attitude joins the Special Investigations unit and clashes with her cold, arrogant senior — who turns out to be connected to a case…

Like The First Responders, it leans hard into workplace romance. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. Same warm and engaging energy throughout.

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20 eps SBS Crime Drama Comedy

Four rookie detectives join a violent crimes unit and one discovers his supervisor is connected to his mother's unsolved murder from years ago — forcing him to navigate justice, re…

If you loved The First Responders's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, You're All Surrounded delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind.

16 eps JTBC/Netflix Romance Comedy Action

Gang Nam-soon was separated from her family as a child and raised in Mongolia, where she developed extraordinary physical strength. When she finally returns to Seoul to find her mo…

If you loved The First Responders's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Strong Girl Nam-soon delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

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Unnatural

20% match
10 eps TBS Japan Thriller Crime Drama

Mikoto Misumi is a forensic pathologist at the Unnatural Death Investigation Laboratory — a fictional body that investigates deaths too strange, too suspicious, or too politically …

Like The First Responders, Unnatural is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind.

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Shows Like The First Responders: FAQ

What dramas are most similar to The First Responders?

The closest match to The First Responders is Officer Black Belt, scoring 31% on DramaMatch. You should also check MIU404.

Is there a show like The First Responders I can watch next?

DramaMatch found 10 shows with the same story DNA as The First Responders. Top picks: Officer Black Belt, MIU404, Cashero.

Where can I watch dramas like The First Responders?

Dramas similar to The First Responders are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. DramaMatch lists the exact streaming platform for each recommendation.

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