Movies and TV shows like Sherlock
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Sherlock (2010)
990K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style:
clever, detective, witty, captivating, serious, exciting, psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder mystery, genius, mastermind, friendship, british, murder, mind game, riddles and clues, prodigy, danger, partner, talented, eccentricity, intelligence, expert, friendship between men, inspector, police detective, buddies, deduction, mysterious character, teamwork ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
london, england, scotland yard, afghanistan, britain, wales, europe ...
Keyword:
partners, bbc, gangsters, doctors, buddy movie, superior
Most similar movies to Sherlock
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, realistic, serious and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder mystery, police, murder, law enforcement, riddles and clues and danger mostly in Mystery, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Sherlock: The Mentalist (2008), Elementary (2012), Lie to Me (2009), Perception (2012), House (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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199K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style:
exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, police, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, talented, justice, outsmarting ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
118K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with ...
Style:
detective, witty, talky, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, mind game, riddles and clues, unconventional method, mastermind, law enforcement, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Australia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Style:
clever, entertaining, suspense, detective, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
sherlock holmes, steampunk, private detective, investigation, intelligence, murder, riddles and clues, prodigy, clue, hotshot hero, master criminal, genius ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2009, 19th century, 1800s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, tower bridge london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
127K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his ...
Style:
clever, psychological, serious, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, psychology, team, talented, expert, crime investigation, outsmarting, deception, lie, riddles and clues, human nature, sign language ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, ...
Style:
exciting, mind bending, offbeat, intellectual, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, prodigy, college professor, riddles and clues, hallucination, talented, intelligence, genius, professor, crime investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Movies similar to The Mentalist
506K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 7788 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Style:
medical drama, cynical, clever, emotional, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctor, medicine, hospital, talented, mastermind, prodigy, loner, patient, expert, surgery, unconventional method, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, syria, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
illusionist, fbi, outsmarting, team, who done it, riddles and clues, deception, crime investigation, investigation, magic, secret, research ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, detective, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
private detective, investigation, whodunit, murder, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, danger, multiple suspects, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
175K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style:
witty, detective, suspenseful, intellectual, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, law enforcement, crime investigation, scientist, expert, teamwork, ambitious, killings ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.
Style:
clever, witty, atmospheric, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
medical examiner, doctor, expert, forensics, complex characters, murder, bodies, forensic, loner, secret life, corpse, family relations ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Films like The Blacklist
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, detective ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, privacy invasion, hacker, computer genius, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer, secret ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
140K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Neal Caffrey, a con man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With only months left serving a four-year sentence, he escapes to look for Kate, his girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, light, serious, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
investigation, fbi, law enforcement, art thief, mastermind, criminal, con artists, unlikely partners, friendship, talented, cons and scams, expert ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
277K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, mind game, killings, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 688 min.
TV show
Story:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994), collectively known as Sherlock Holmes, are a series of ...
Style:
detective, serious, stylized, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, riddles and clues, partners against crime, murder, victorian england, who done it, ego clash, talented, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
105K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a ...
Style:
exciting, witty, detective, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, private detective, buddies, friends, intelligence, friendship, prodigy, best friend, team, who done it, hotshot, clairvoyant ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Movies similar to Castle
84K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he ...
Style:
witty, detective, humorous, offbeat, semi serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, mental illness, private detective, prodigy, mastermind, mental disorder, talented, police investigation, riddles and clues, unconventional method, obsessive compulsive disorder ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, serious, talky ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, multiple suspects, female partner, mind game, private investigator, danger, antisocial behavior, police investigation, riddles and clues, misfit, alienation ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
oxford university, united kingdom, britain, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
173K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style:
witty, realistic, detective, thrilling, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, police, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 314 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
crime investigation, investigation, amateur detective, world war two, riddles and clues, code breaking, serial killer, danger, murder, trial, innocence, suspicion ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, 50s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
41K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all ...
Style:
clever, detective, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
police detective, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, police protagonist, mind game, police, crime investigation, basset hound, crime solving, riddles and clues, uncover truth ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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TV shows like Grimm
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid companion, Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client, and a creeping man.
Style:
detective, anthology, spiritual, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, victorian england, who done it, serial killer, police, spirituality, writers, private investigator, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 781 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Watson, finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.
Style:
detective, gothic, spiritual, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, mind game, mastermind, serial killer, murder mystery, police, spirituality, writers, partners against crime, prodigy ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
Style:
clever, entertaining, breathtaking, detective, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, steampunk, detective inspector, intelligence, riddles and clues, conspiracy, hotshot, mind game, private detective, hotshot hero, talented, villain ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2011, 2010s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, paris france, london, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
62K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, supernatural ability, crime scene, friends, murder investigation, female detective, deduction ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very ...
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, lookalikes, serial killer, murder, investigation, murder mystery, mastermind, who done it, prodigy, life is a bitch, hotshot hero ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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TV shows similar to House
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Limitless, based on the feature film, picks up where the movie left off and follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
Style:
intellectual, captivating, light, humorous, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fbi, young man, experimental drug, intelligence, brain capacity, life & death, chase, super powers, female agent, new job, addiction, supernatural ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style:
detective, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police, police procedural, investigator, forensics, murder investigation, murder, teamwork, medical examiner, scientist, police investigation, expert, police detective ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychological, exciting, serious, rough, detective ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, serial killer, team, law enforcement, crime investigation, murder, danger, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
45K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, detective, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
mathematics, genius, prodigy, fbi, murder investigation, police detective, partners against crime, workplace, brother brother relationship, federal bureau of investigation, police, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious ...
Style:
tense, serious, detective, crime drama, period piece ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder mystery, partners against crime, priest, police detective, village, village life, amateur detective, clergy, friendship, haunted by the past ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1953, 1940s
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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