Movies and TV shows like Revenge

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Revenge (2011)
 7.8
 121K
Revenge (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: high society, pretense, vengeance, rivalry, hidden identity, strong female character, scheme, twists and turns, mysterious character, half sister, enemy, suspicion, haunted by the past, victim, millionaire, family secret, social relations, husband wife relationship, revenge, righting the wronged, mission, loss, impersonating, dishonesty, young woman ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york

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Most similar movies to Revenge

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and captivating films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, strong female lead, secret, female protagonist, twists and turns and lesbian mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Revenge: The Lying Game (2011), Twisted (2013), Pretty Little Liars (2010), Ringer (2011), Scandal (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 7.3
 19K
The Lying Game (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, teenage life, female protagonist, investigation, murder, youth, lifestyle, twin sister, fall in love, life is a bitch, adoption, age difference ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 10K
Twisted (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A one-hour mystery full of twists and turns that follows Danny Desai, a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past who returns to his hometown after spending five years in juvenile detention. Immediately branded an outcast, Danny attempts to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, realistic, odd
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, social misfits, protagonist as suspect, homecoming, best friends, parents and children, starting over, haunted by the past, murder, suspicion, society, gain trust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, slasher, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: high school, high school life, lesbian, blackmail, threat, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, best friends, friendship, teenage life, mysterious character, friends ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.9
 21K
Ringer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Ringer is an American television series that initially aired on The CW from September 13, 2011 to April 17, 2012. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin. On May 13, 2011, it was reported that ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: blended family, disorder, plan gone awry, disappearance, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, mafia, family relations, protector, suspicion, fbi, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Movie in collections
 7.7
 75K
Scandal (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style: serious, clever, political, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: relationship vs career, lawyer, workplace situations, politician, white house, politics, senator, president, teamwork, ambition, coworker, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.1
 188K
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, 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 ⇓
86%
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, spooky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder mystery, legal, defense attorney, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, law student, murder, court case, college, courtroom, lgbt, teachers and students ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. ...
Style: witty, humorous, sexy, sexual, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: housewife, neighbor, suburban life, female friendship, family life, social relations, friends, lifestyle, investigation, family relations, couple relations, infidelity ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 7.8
 24K
Devious Maids (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series centers on four Latina maids working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families, and a newcomer who made it personal after a maid was murdered and determined to uncover the truth behind her demise, and in the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, humorous, enigmatic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: couple relations, murder, secret, maid, secrets, female protagonist, female friendship, deception, latina, love, latinx lead, workplace situations ...
Place: beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.9
 16K
Departure (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: special agents, conspiracy, plane crash, airplane, missing person, mission, undercover, female protagonist, police investigation, police, gay, political conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 179K
Gossip Girl (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style: romantic, witty, stylized, talky, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, friends, teenage love, high school life, youth, love triangle, lifestyle, adolescence, coming of age, betrayal ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 4K
Deception (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A detective goes undercover to investigate the murder of her best friend.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful
Plot: female detective, wealthy family, murder investigation, police detective, murder mystery, uncover truth, death of friend, lifestyle, working undercover, high society, heir, estate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 435K
Arrow (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, heroes, double life, fighting crime, martial arts, rivalry, parkour, crime fighter, vigilante, archer, dual identity, scheme ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 8.0
 255K
The Blacklist (2013)
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: exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, intrigue, partners, special agents, secret, mind game, killings, twists and turns ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 6.9
 2K
Vanished (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Vanished is an American serial drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Plot: missing person, investigation, mission, disappearance, haunted by the past, suspicion, suicide, mysterious character, fbi, law enforcement, ransom, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlanta
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the novel by Dominick Dunne, this movie tells the story of an affair between a wealthy heir, Jules and the mistress he has kept for 18 years, Vicki. Jules' wife Betsy is aware of the affair as their marriage is one of convenience but ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: murder, investigation, dishonesty, media, vengeance, betrayal, rivalry, journalism, infidelity, affair, deadly
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 11K
Rubicon (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: conspiracy, espionage, uncover truth, loner, prodigy, analyst, surveillance, spy, boss, twists and turns, undercover, government agency ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Person of Interest (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, clever, heroic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, mysterious character, privacy invasion, hacker, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer genius, secret ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 8.1
 31K
Damages (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, ...
Style: clever, rough, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: lawyer, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, court, hotshot lawyer, workplace, dishonesty, legal action, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 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 ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
57%
Brazil Avenue (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.
Style: novela, serious, captivating, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: revenge, femme fatale, betrayal, step parent, rivalry, love triangle, righting the wronged, mysterious character, dishonesty, hidden identity, inheritance, false identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: After nearly 20 years in prison, Edmond Dantes escapes the fortress Chateau d'If. He returns as the Count of Monte Cristo and recognizes that his love Mercedes has married another man. Now, he is only driven by revenge on the people who falsely ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: betrayal, aristocracy, convict, treasure, false accusation, conspiracy, dishonesty, mysterious character, haunted by the past, millionaire, revenge, prison ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: europe, provence, marseille, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
 8.3
 115K
The Killing (2011)
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: 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 ⇓
100%
Return to Eden (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: Stephanie Harper is rich but insecure 40 year old heiress with two failed marriages behind her. Stephanie believes that she has found true love with tennis pro Greg Marsden, but after the wedding, Greg promptly begins an affair with Stephanie’s ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: attempted murder, dishonesty, betrayal, hidden identity, boat, crumbling marriage, rivalry, presumed dead, fashion model, plastic surgery, vengeance, impersonating ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 102K
The Americans (2013)
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, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, undercover, double life, kgb, mole, government agency, surveillance, secret agents, working undercover, mission ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., usa, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.3
 89K
Ray Donovan (2013)
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 ⇓
100%
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Style: romantic, suspenseful, stylized, sexy, bloody ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, high school, love triangle, couples, werewolf, witch, youth, vampire human love, supernatural romance, immortality, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 2010s, 1860s, 2000s, 19th century, 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 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 ⇓
21%
 7.4
 96K
The Undoing (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 337 min.
TV show
Story: Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle ...
Style: disturbing, surprise ending, captivating, psychological, visually appealing ...
Plot: adultery, murder, life turned upside down, murder investigation, lie, mysterious disappearance, suspense, affair, lawyer, family relations, murder mystery, extramarital affair ...
Time: year 2019
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%