Movies and TV shows like Mr. Robot

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Mr. Robot (2015)
 8.5
 394K
Mr. Robot (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, melancholic, bleak, spiritual, thought provoking, intellectual, anime, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: hacker, computers and web, fighting the system, computer hacker, conspiracy, split personality, secret society, psychotherapy, hacking, paranoia, conspiracy theory, introvert, society, rebellion, schizophrenia, hallucination, friendship, drug addict, childhood trauma, psychotherapist, dishonesty, workplace situations, brother sister relationship, twists and turns, reality vs fantasy ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york

Most similar movies to Mr. Robot

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, criminal, law enforcement, police officer, corruption and serial killer mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Mr. Robot: Who Am I (2014), Hacker (2016), Hannibal (2013), Ozark (2017), Scorpion (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 7.5
 59K
Who Am I (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Style: surprise ending, suspenseful, twist ending, stylized, clever ...
Plot: hacker, computer, hacking, computer hacker, computers and web, computer cracker, split personality, cybercrime, suspense, mind game, twists and turns, deception ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.1
 10K
Hacker (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, ...
Style: captivating, realistic, thought provoking, entertaining
Audience: teens
Plot: hacker, black market, identity theft, fighting the system, computer, jail, cons and scams, happy ending, dishonesty, vengeance, escapades, crime gone awry ...
Place: thailand, hong kong, bangkok thailand, taiwan, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 8.5
 260K
Hannibal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ⇓
100%
 8.5
 322K
Ozark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: money laundering, drug cartel, suspense, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, criminal, mafia, organized crime, drugs, violence ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: mexico, missouri, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
 7.0
 55K
Scorpion (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new ...
Style: intellectual, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: genius, computer genius, prodigy, science, boy genius, hacker, problem solving, computers and web, save the world, friendship, partners against crime, national security ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.8
 2K
Success (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Croatia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the intertwining stories of four strangers who are bound together by a violent event.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, stylized, interesting
Plot: stranger, criminal, friendship, society, multiple storylines, conspiracy, paranoia, fighting the system, twists and turns, conspiracy theory, secret organization, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 157K
Sense8 (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, stylized, serious, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: lgbt, supernatural, supernatural ability, gay, telepathy, love affair, secret organization, lesbian, conspiracy, sex scene, transsexual, homosexuality ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: mumbai india, mexico city, london, san francisco, chicago illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.8
 560K
Black Mirror (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style: philosophical, serious, thought provoking, clever, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: technology, twists and turns, alternate reality, distopia, human nature, satire, social decay, society, media satire, computers and web, media, dark humor ...
Time: future, near future
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.9
 464
Stalk (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
Story: Lux, an exceptionally-gifted geek, suffers a severe humiliation from the other students as soon as he enters his prestigious engineering school. To take revenge, he will use one of his best skills, “stalking”. He hacks their cell phones and ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Audience: teen drama
Plot: computer hacker, cybercrime, computer genius, computer cracker, hacker, mockery, genius, revenge, relationship problems, tragic love, brutality, social problems ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 7K
Takedown (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and ...
Style: talky, ironic, realistic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: hacker, computer, conspiracy, hacking, greed, internet, life philosophy, runaway, secrets, mentor, nerd, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Buster's Mal Heart (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot: mountain man, runaway, conspiracy, suspense, chase, male protagonist, social activism, workplace, conspiracy theory, mysterious character, reality vs fantasy, introvert ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 8.7
 733K
Dexter (2006)
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 ...
Style: captivating, clever, serious, stylized, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, right and wrong, hidden identity, double life, loner, crime investigation, police station, dark humor, dark secret, corpse, vigilantism, forensics ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: miami, canada, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.4
 11K
CSI: Cyber (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The FBI's team of Cyber Crime Investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the dark-net. Avery, a Special Agent in Charge and esteemed Cyber-Psychologist heads up a team, including Senior Special Agent ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: forensics, profiler, federal agent, cybercrime, crime investigation, fbi, police investigation, partners, law enforcement, special agents, partners against crime, computers and web ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.8
 201K
Twin Peaks (1990)
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 ⇓
28%
 8.9
 379K
Fargo (2014)
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%
 8.3
 347K
Homeland (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
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, captivating, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: terrorism, espionage, cia, spy, investigation, treason, terrorist, bipolar disorder, government agency, national security, top secret, secret service ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, langley virginia, usa, new york, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.8
 29K
StartUp (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, serious, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, corruption, hacker, gang, organized crime, dysfunctional relationship, sex scene, corrupt official, father son relationship, scam, violence, suspense ...
Place: miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.4
 4K
The Code (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The Code is a drama series which tells tells the story of two brothers who discover some information that those at the highest levels of political power are determined to keep secret.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: political conspiracy, brother brother relationship, uncover truth, conspiracy, state affairs, dishonesty, investigation, political unrest, hidden truth, political intrigue, journalist, brothers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Movie in collections
 8.6
 298K
Mindhunter (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ⇓
27%
 7.8
 561K
Nightcrawler (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style: neo noir, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: suspense, character study, journalism, sociopath, cynicism, obsession, journalist, morality, psychopath, ethics, home invasion, graphic violence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 9.3
 346K
The Wire (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style: clever, tense, cynical, serious, captivating ...
Plot: organized crime, police detective, corruption, police, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, working undercover, drug dealing, fighting crime, police investigation, gang, drug lord ...
Time: 2000s, future, 50s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 9.1
 941K
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, witty, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, mastermind, private detective, friendship, british, partners, mind game, riddles and clues, murder, talented ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, scotland yard, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.9
 54K
Bloodline (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, siblings relations, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, homecoming, family life, secret, wealthy family, police detective, dark secret, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
 7.3
 152K
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, melancholic, intense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, suspense, split personality, imaginary friend, maniac, macabre, double life, investigation, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 8.1
 109K
The Fall (2013)
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 ⇓
26%
 8.7
 101K
Oz (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorizes their mutual enemies.
Style: thought provoking, bleak, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, prison life, gay, life is a bitch, confined, violence spree, rape, convict, homosexual rape, rapist, strong sexual content, gang violence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.0
 70K
The Net (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a new game, she inadvertently becomes involved in a conspiracy that will soon turn her life upside down. While on ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, tense, psychological ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: hacker, computer, programmer, suspense, computer cracker, conspiracy, identity theft, espionage, woman in danger, technology, spy, stolen identity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: san francisco, washington d.c., los angeles, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.6
 20K
The Bridge (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Style: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, twists and turns, partners, policewoman, murder, drug cartel, police investigation, interrogation, u.s. mexico border, corruption, marital problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.5
 22K
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, 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 ⇓
26%
 8.4
 189K
24 (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
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: exciting, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, political conspiracy, terrorist, government agency, terrorist plot, special agents, race against time, secret service, president, assassination of president, mission, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%