Movies and TV shows like Orphan Black
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Orphan Black (2013)
124K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, mind bending, psychological thriller, atmospheric, thought provoking, intellectual, humorous, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, strong female lead, female protagonist, sapphic, strong female character, shooting, danger, lesbianism, clone, heroine, conspiracy, uncover truth, suicide, lesbian relationship, top secret, lookalikes, family relations, female assassin, mad scientist, lgbt, eugenics, gay lead character, supernatural, boyfriend, experiment ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
toronto ontario canada, new york
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Most similar movies to Orphan Black
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and atmospheric films and TV series with plots about supernatural, female protagonist, danger, show, hebrew, super powers and strong female lead mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Orphan Black: Sense8 (2015), Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015), Fringe (2008), Alphas (2011), Utopia (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
171K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
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suspenseful, exciting, serious, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
lgbt, supernatural, lgbtq, supernatural ability, gay, conspiracy, telepathy, secret organization, danger, love affair, lesbian, sex scene ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, chicago, mumbai india, indiana, idaho ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
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After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style:
serious, sexy, exciting, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
private detective, female protagonist, superhero, strong female character, investigation, imaginary, strong female lead, lawyer, superhuman powers, supernatural power, good versus evil, death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
268K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
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FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, parallel universe, alternate dimension, time travel, fbi, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time:
2000s, future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, harvard university, canada
Similarity:
78%
30K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural ability, mind control, experiment, superhuman powers, psychic, investigation, government agency, supernatural, danger, enemy, government official, fellow agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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55K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
Style:
surreal, thought provoking, mind bending, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
conspiracy, danger, hidden truth, politician, who to trust, mysterious character, epidemic, scientist, twists and turns, graphic violence, violence, virus ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, vestiges of humanity, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, life is a bitch, desperation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
100%
298K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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:
80%
54K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series that revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments across the globe which program individuals referred to as "Actives" with temporary personalities and ...
Style:
mysterious, serious, suspenseful, cyber, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
undercover, kickass women, innocence lost, cyberpunk, memory loss, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, human nature, self discovery, uncover truth, female warrior, implanted memory ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, tucson arizona
Similarity:
100%
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66K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, spooky, cyber ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, heroine, time machine, getting home, terrorist group, existence paradox, policewoman, changing the past or future, sent to the past, hopes, fish out of water, computer genius ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, vancouver, canada
Similarity:
100%
301K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity, human existence, leadership, youth, nuclear holocaust, outer space, space station, friendship, lesbian ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to ...
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, stylized, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
investigation, destiny, uncover truth, time loop, direction and purpose, paranormal activity, foreknowledge, premonition, supernatural, worldwide chaos, team, talented ...
Time:
2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
56K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
strong female lead, female killer, hitman, spy, tough girl, female spy, female assassin, mole, secret government organization, woman with a gun, femdom, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
152K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Style:
exciting, dark comedy, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, psycho killer, psychopath, female protagonist, woman with a gun, investigation, hitman, female assassin, odd couple, lesbian love, obsession ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
A new series set in the “Orphan Black” universe is currently in the early development stages at AMC. Temple Street Productions, which produced the original series, is on board to produce the new one as well. This is not spin-off or reboot of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
bonding, clone, change of luck, identity, identity crisis, secrets, female protagonist, woman, women, dark future, destiny, seeing the future ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, young heroes, escapades, superhuman powers, teleportation, telekinesis, psychic, friendship, good versus evil, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
103K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the ...
Style:
mysterious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
time warp, a vision, life & death, mysticism, passenger, airplane accident, starting over, presumed dead, twists and turns, supernatural, travel, airplane ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
An astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.
Style:
futuristic, spooky, stylized, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, astronaut, space and aliens, scientist, family relations, fear, fate of humanity, parents and children, haunted by the past, artificial insemination, space ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, melancholic, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
parallel universe, espionage, parallel world, secret service, twists and turns, doppelganger, time travel, time, deception, betrayal, murder, blackmail ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Revolution focuses on the struggle to survive 15 years after a global blackout.
Style:
exciting, serious, apocalyptic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, fate of humanity, worldwide chaos, escapades, twists and turns, dictatorship, chaos and mayhem, chase, chaos, danger, nanotechnology ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
america, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
female protagonist, secret government organization, super soldier, genetic engineering, strong female lead, tough girl, female martial artist, superhuman powers, cyberpunk, dystopia, double life, hidden identity ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while ...
Style:
captivating, fairy tale, sentimental, touching, detective ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
beast, beauty and the beast, fall in love, superhuman powers, unlikely couple, opposites attract, female detective, impossible love, couples, love and romance, monster, experiment ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
Style:
anthology, psychological, tense, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, danger, haunted house, serial killer, evil force, death, nightmare, insanity, mental institution, creature ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 20th century, 60s, year 2013 ...
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa, massachusetts, north carolina ...
Similarity:
67%
35K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who ...
Style:
sexy, serious, exciting, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, supernatural ability, succubus, private detective, werewolf, danger, evil force, seduction, lesbian, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
33%
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32K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural ability, foster child, supernatural, experiment, genius, teenage life, mysterious character, secret organization, self discovery, teenage love, supernatural power, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Samantha Hunter suspects someone within the private intelligence agency she works at tried to kill her and she seeks to uncover the person behind it.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
female spy, agent as target, danger, espionage, who to trust, assassination attempt, dishonesty, betrayal, coworker, twists and turns, haunted by the past, squad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Under the Dome is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine, where a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of ...
Style:
exciting, mind bending, surreal, teen, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, stephen king, survival, trapped, isolation, small town, twists and turns, life turned upside down, teenage girl, small town life, human existence, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
33%
131K
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, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, law enforcement, victim, murder mystery, crime investigation, violence against women, evidence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, belfast
Similarity:
26%
27K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.
Style:
captivating, exciting, mind bending, serious, non-linear ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien contact, twists and turns, secret movement, government agency, extraterrestrial, president, missing person, space and aliens, alien, virus, top secret ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the IDW Comic, Wynonna Earp follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures. With her unique abilities, and a posse of dysfunctional allies, she's the only thing that can bring the paranormal to ...
Style:
captivating, enigmatic, exciting, dark, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lgbt, supernatural, sapphic, lgbtq, lesbian, paranormal, sister sister relationship, blood, justice, lesbian relationship, supernatural ability, demon ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
serious, psychological, crime drama, gloomy, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, female detective, murder, female protagonist, multiple suspects, who done it, police investigation, crime investigation, strong female lead, street kid ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
24%
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