Movies and TV shows like Sleeper Cell
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Sleeper Cell (2005)
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Style:
tense, rough, captivating, suspenseful, erotic, detective, bleak, serious, realistic, political thriller
Plot:
terrorist, muslim, undercover, undercover agent, fbi, spy, heroes, danger, race against time, chases and races, pretense, working undercover, terrorist group, counter terrorism, intelligence, die hard, islam, swat team, police, violence, religion, criminal, conspiracy, espionage, national security ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, america
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Most similar movies to Sleeper Cell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films and TV series with plots about danger, terrorist, spy, terrorism, undercover, investigation and covert operation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Sleeper Cell: Spooks (2002), 24 (2001), The Grid (2004), The Blacklist (2013), Homeland (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, intelligence agency, spy, cia, terrorism, undercover, profanity, code breaking, police, heroes, double agent, renegade ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, lebanon, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
206K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style:
cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, president, political conspiracy, terrorist, terrorist plot, secret service, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, bodyguard, twists and turns, assassination attempt ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, new york, usa ...
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88%
864
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 266 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, female agent, terrorist, fbi, murder, save the day, investigation, rivalry, race against time, danger, rebellion, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, chicago, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
298K
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:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, terrorism, mind game, outsmarting, murder investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, spy, cia, national security, war on terror, treason, secret service, investigation, terrorist, danger, top secret ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, langley virginia, usa, iraq, america ...
Similarity:
67%
122K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., soviet union, usa, ussr
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
isis, terrorist, hijab, suicide bomber, islamic terrorism, islam, terrorism, conspiracy, female protagonist, intelligence agency, muslim, rape ...
Place:
syria, middle east, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a different person -- whether it's an assignment as a Serbian extremist, a corrupt Chicago police officer, a British special forces colonel, or a ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, detective, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, government agency, espionage, secret identity, undercover, spy, special agent, state affairs, betrayal, fbi, dishonesty, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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15K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
Style:
suspenseful, political, atmospheric, captivating, epic ...
Plot:
terrorism, revolutionary, murderer, terrorist, mossad, politics, gunfight, mission, biopic, character study, danger, radical ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2010, 2010s, 90s ...
Place:
south america, lebanon, berlin germany, palestine, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm. It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw, the leader of an undercover ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, undercover, police detective, undercover agent, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, right and wrong, team, workplace, coworker, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Ambassador to Washington is the pinnacle of success in the Foreign Office and the position is offered to only the brightest and the best. But Ambassador Mark Brydon finds his skills tested to the limits when, following a major diplomatic incident, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, political, tense ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, coup d'etat, politics, terrorism, terrorist, cover up, fbi, manipulation, workplace, danger, dishonesty, spy ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, pentagon, iraq
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
fbi, law enforcement, undercover, working undercover, special agent, officers and cadets, government agency, basic training, crime investigation, fbi agent, police procedural, training ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI agent Charles Barker applies controversial techniques in his attempts to bring criminals to justice, which often border on illegal and unsettle his uninitiated partner, Ellis Dove. Over the course of the first season, Barker is investigated by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fbi, rookie, working undercover, undercover, double agent, partner, internal affairs, undercover agent, crime investigation, unconventional method, danger, recruit ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
radical, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, political conspiracy, terrorist bombing, terrorist plot, firefighter, save the day, secret agent, counter terrorism, danger, race against time ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, rescue, captivity, ransom, confined, danger, kidnapping, hostage, abduction, negotiator, police, terrorist plot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hacker, president, terrorist, cia, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, tough heroes, killing, on the run ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, recruitment, hidden identity, danger, introspection, society, police, bomb, working undercover, rivalry, escapades, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This thriller series focuses on an anti-terrorist unit agent named Jai Singh Rathod who has twenty-four hours to save the country from a major terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, investigation, danger, state affairs, rivalry, chases and races, dishonesty, terrorist, covert operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, sri lanka, mumbai india
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that ...
Style:
surprise ending, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
hijacking, terrorist, airplane, hostage, terrorism, diplomacy, aviation, undercover agent, 007, judiciary, violent content, tough heroes ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, oslo norway
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
"Rogue" revolves around Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by ...
Style:
tense, serious, erotic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
undercover, police detective, working undercover, murder, haunted by the past, loss of son, criminal heroes, law enforcement, who to trust, torment, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles.
Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic, thrilling ...
Plot:
stalking, police, stalker, danger, policewoman, police detective, lapd, police investigation, name calling, criminal, hopes, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving an almost-fatal gunshot wound to the head, Detective David Creegan is assigned to the FBI's Organized and Serial Crime Unit – a rapid-response, elite crime ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, lifesaver, partners against crime, police investigation, police detective, special agent, chases and races, law enforcement, hunt down, danger, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, mistrust, political unrest, powerful corporation, family relations, state affairs, undercover, secret service, cia, who to trust, maid ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, england, israel, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of John Mercer, an ex-British Special Forces soldier, arrested by police for killing his aunt and uncle following his discovery of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, dark ...
Plot:
undercover, hitman, surveillance, danger, rivalry, secret service, assassination, working undercover, organized crime, spy, professional killer, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, britain
Similarity:
100%
54K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Style:
suspenseful, political, cerebral, intense, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, fighting the system, terrorist, environmentalism, espionage, anarchist, lost in the woods, undercover, working undercover, fbi, secret organization, anti capitalism ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
115K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style:
controversial, political, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, war on terror, survival, al qaeda, aviation, medieval, death, airplane accident ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, boston, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive produced by Michael Frost Beckner, Shaun Cassidy Productions and Radiant Productions in association ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, cerebral, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, undercover, working undercover, government agency, state affairs, national security, cia, terrorist, conspiracy, covert operation, intelligence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Raza, a young second-generation British-Pakistani man from London is coerced by Gabe, a counterterrorism officer, into informing.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective
Plot:
infiltration, terrorism, spy, snitch, undercover, terrorist, police, uncover truth, danger, police investigation, threat, law enforcement ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Erica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
spy, fbi, cia, cia agent, female agent, fighting crime, terrorist, criminal, police investigation, partner, die hard, spy mission ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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