Movies and TV shows like Dexter
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Dexter (2006)
733K
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
Style:
captivating, clever, serious, stylized, tense, bloody, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, right and wrong, hidden identity, double life, loner, crime investigation, police station, dark humor, dark secret, corpse, vigilantism, forensics, killings, expert, serial murder, police detective, psycho, murder, murder investigation, law enforcement, police department, secret life, psychopath, antisocial behavior, killer ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
miami, canada, usa, florida
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Most similar movies to Dexter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and psychological films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, murder mystery, criminal and murderer mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dexter: Hannibal (2013), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001), Prodigal Son (2019), Dexter: New Blood (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibal, death, mind game, cannibalism, murder, graphic violence, psychiatrist, killer, manipulation, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense, dark ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, suspense, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, murder investigation, mind game, brutality, fbi ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, maryland, chicago illinois, memphis, baltimore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
280K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, fbi, cannibal, master criminal, mind game, psychiatrist, cat and mouse, law enforcement, villain played by lead actor, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, canada, italy, europe, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
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The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, exciting, thrilling, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, haunted by the past, expert, murder investigation, psychological trauma, police, forensics, criminal psychologist, profiler, maniac, repressed memory, childhood trauma ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 529 min.
TV show
Story:
Set 10 years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, he is now living under an assumed name in Upstate New York, far from his original home in Miami.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, suspense, missing person, serial murder, vigilante, secret identity, murderer, warrior, kidnapping, hidden identity, killings ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
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Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, murderer, fbi, investigation, special agents, serial murder, violence, cult, killings, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychopath, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, race against time, mind game, policewoman, murder, paraplegic, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, special agents, team, murder, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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110K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, mental disorder, obsession, motel, hotel, dysfunctional family, family problems, insanity, murder, small town, half brother, incestuous desire ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Movies similar to Banshee
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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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:
atmospheric, tense, captivating, witty, clever ...
Plot:
medical examiner, doctor, forensics, expert, complex characters, murder, bodies, secret life, loner, corpse, family relations, murderer ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
109K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, law enforcement, victim, forensics, evidence, police, violence against women, coworker ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
298K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, psychology, fbi, police, murderer, killings, police investigation, murder, criminal psychologist, fbi agent, serial murder ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
188K
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, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, partners, murder, police investigation, police, law enforcement, justice, talented, outsmarting ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
141K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, tense, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, murder, partners, talented, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, cruelty, psychopath, police, forensics, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Bones similar movies
164K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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, suspenseful, intellectual, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, partners, partners against crime, forensics, law enforcement, expert, crime investigation, scientist, killings, teamwork, police investigation ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
201K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
small town, serial killer, surrealism, murder, supernatural, investigation, nightmare, hallucination, secret, mysterious death, evil spirit, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington state, canada, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
115K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
psychological, serious, gloomy, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, strong female lead, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, female protagonist, crime investigation, female detective, policewoman, strong female character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Movie in collections
1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
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When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
criminal, life turned upside down, family problems, peril, drug dealing, meth lab, drug lord, unlikely partners, master criminal, cancer, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murder, murderer, drinking problem, partners, partners against crime, graphic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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TV series like Criminal Minds
379K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, captivating, clever, witty ...
Plot:
dark humor, psychopath, small town, policewoman, law enforcement, police officer, police investigation, killings, small town life, killer, scheme, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1979, future, 2020s, 20th century, year 2006 ...
Place:
minnesota, usa, north dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, clever, tense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hollywood, identity crisis, family secret, power relations, teamwork, blackmail, relatives, family feud, intrigue, family problems, expert, family relations ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Whitechapel is a British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district deal with murders which replicate historical crimes. The first series was first broadcast in the UK on 2 February ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, forensics, jack the ripper, police investigation, victim, murderer, team, law enforcement, traditional versus modern, hunt down ...
Time:
victorian era, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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122K
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, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, psychology, talented, expert, deception, crime investigation, riddles and clues, outsmarting, human nature, sign language, lie, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police corruption, police detective, police brutality, corrupt cop, murder, partners, dishonesty, cruelty, drugs, criminal, racism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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TV series similar to Breaking Bad
108K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, female nudity, organized crime, sexual activity, small town, social relations, double life, thief, cons and scams, mysterious past ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police, murder investigation, police procedural, scientist, forensics, investigator, workplace, expert, murder, teamwork, police investigation, police detective ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
37K
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, captivating, cynical, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
murder, police detective, homicide detective, murder investigation, mind game, crime investigation, police protagonist, police, basset hound, crime solving, riddles and clues, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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, intellectual, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, fbi, prodigy, college professor, talented, riddles and clues, hallucination, genius, intelligence, schizophrenia, law enforcement, professor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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