Movies and TV shows like Castle

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Castle (2009)
 8.1
 173K
Castle (2009)
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, entertaining, thrilling, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, buddy comedy, crime drama ...
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, resourceful, murder, murder investigation, workplace situations, cop, unlikely partners, multiple suspects, workplace, reluctant partners, writer's life, whodunit, medical examiner, police station ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa, united states, united states of america
Keyword: partners

Most similar movies to Castle

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, realistic, suspenseful and serious films and TV series with plots about investigation, police, murder, law enforcement, murder mystery, partner and police investigation mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Castle: The Mentalist (2008), Bones (2005), Body of Proof (2011), Elementary (2012), White Collar (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 8.2
 199K
The Mentalist (2008)
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%
 7.8
 175K
Bones (2005)
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%
 7.1
 20K
Body of Proof (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011 to May 28, 2013 and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. The ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: medical, investigation, forensics, medical examiner, who done it, murder investigation, bodies, unconventional method, law enforcement, talented, ambitious, female protagonist ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 7.9
 118K
Elementary (2012)
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 ⇓
84%
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 8.2
 140K
White Collar (2009)
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 ⇓
84%
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, female protagonist, policewoman, coworker, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.6
 24K
Moonlighting (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 3073 min.
TV show
Story: Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes. Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, ...
Style: talky, detective, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: private detective, opposites attract, unlikely couple, workplace romance, screwball, female detective, snobbism, unlikely partners, workplace situations, verbal byplay, partner, jazz ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 8.4
 105K
Psych (2006)
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 ⇓
78%
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Remington Steele (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Remington Steele is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. ...
Style: detective, soap opera, hilarious, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: private detective, investigation, private investigator, team, 007, christmas, undercover, colleague, spy, nature, police, murder mystery ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 7.8
 29K
The Closer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder, female detective, workplace romance, homicide detective, couples, twists and turns, strong female character, police detective ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 6.8
 21K
Unforgettable (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: police, photographic memory, female detective, police detective, partners against crime, policewoman, prodigy, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 8.1
 84K
Monk (2002)
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 ⇓
73%
The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: female detective, mischievous children, female protagonist, female police detective, ex husband, police investigation, policewoman, homicide detective, crime solving, murder investigation, single parent, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 8.3
 35K
Life (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ex convict, investigation, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, who done it, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.9
 49K
CSI: NY (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, psychological, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, crime investigation, partners against crime, danger, medical examiner, workplace, murder investigation, police detective, forensic evidence, riddles and clues, murder ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.4
 15K
The Glades (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This Crime series follows Matt Passmore as Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small ...
Style: stylized, cliffhanger, detective, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, multiple suspects, murder, team, suspicion, dishonesty, murder investigation, hotshot hero, ex husband, starting over, lifestyle change ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, everglades, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.8
 161K
NCIS (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, detective, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: law enforcement, teamwork, special agent, crime solving, partners against crime, forensics, crime investigation, investigation, murder investigation, evidence, victim, military ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Style: clever, detective, witty, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot: investigation, murder, writers, female detective, amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, elderly, women, old woman, deep space, law ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, maine, arizona, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Crossing Jordan (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, tense, clever ...
Plot: forensics, medical, investigation, murder investigation, police, female detective, female protagonist, uncover truth, fighting crime, police detective, who done it, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 9.1
 990K
Sherlock (2010)
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 ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder mystery, genius, mastermind, friendship, british, murder, mind game, riddles and clues, prodigy ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, scotland yard, afghanistan, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 8.0
 127K
Lie to Me (2009)
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 ⇓
59%
 7.7
 17K
The Finder (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
Style: witty, exciting, realistic, detective, semi serious ...
Plot: investigation, team, hotshot, weirdo, talented, teamwork, riddles and clues, partners against crime, peril, escapades, coworker, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Diagnosis Murder (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: police detective, doctor, hospital, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, who done it, homicide detective, amateur detective, friendship, partner, medical ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder ...
Style: feel good, realistic, captivating, clever, detective ...
Plot: who done it, countryside, murder, female detective, riddles and clues, friendship, investigation, private detective, gardener, partners against crime, murder investigation, whodunit ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 23K
Perception (2012)
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 ⇓
86%
Death in Paradise (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with ...
Style: realistic, captivating, stylized, semi serious, detective ...
Plot: investigation, police detective, police investigation, lifestyle change, murder, island, whodunit, investigator, suspicion, new job, multiple suspects, murder investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: caribbean, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 8.1
 217K
Criminal Minds (2005)
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%
 7.7
 16K
NYPD Blue (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, police detective, murder, partners against crime, nypd, robbery, police protagonist, swat team, law enforcement, partner, human nature, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 62K
Forever (2014)
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 ⇓
79%
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
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 ⇓
53%
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