Movies and TV shows like John Doe

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John Doe (2002)
 7.8
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John Doe (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, mind bending, enigmatic
Plot: prodigy, genius, hidden identity, amateur detective, supernatural ability, mysterious character, memory loss, amnesia, danger, police, superhero, super powers, magic, supernatural, female police officer, riddles and clues, narration, police detective, officer, failed pilot, show, mystery, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: seattle, usa, washington state, washington d.c., seattle washington
Keyword: reboot

Most similar movies to John Doe

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and captivating films and TV series with plots about supernatural, danger, supernatural ability, investigation, superhero, super powers and murder mostly in Drama, Mystery and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like John Doe: The Pretender (1996), Kyle XY (2006), The Dresden Files (2007), Forever (2014), Second Chance (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Pretender (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with the ability to become anyone he wants to be, i.e., to flawlessly impersonate ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: prodigy, secret hideout, goodhearted, righting the wronged, secret place, genius, undercover, self discovery, encounter, good versus evil, hopes, manhunt ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: delaware
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 7.5
 31K
Kyle XY (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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, thrilling ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: supernatural ability, experiment, foster child, supernatural, genius, teenage life, mysterious character, self discovery, teenage love, fish out of water, teaching the ways of the world, secret organization ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Dresden Files (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, detective, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, investigation, magic, magical, investigator, paranormal activity, wizards and magicians, private detective, imaginary, danger, victim, supernatural ability ...
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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100%
 8.2
 62K
Forever (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, supernatural ability, crime scene, friends, murder investigation, female detective, deduction ...
Time: 18th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 7.4
 13K
Second Chance (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.
Style: captivating, tense, serious, exciting, futuristic ...
Plot: resurrection, genius, superhuman, second chance, father son relationship, scientist, reanimation, investigation, supernatural, friendship, secret, brother sister relationship ...
Time: future
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 9.1
 990K
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, detective, witty, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder mystery, genius, mastermind, friendship, british, murder, mind game, riddles and clues, prodigy ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, scotland yard, afghanistan, britain ...
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100%
 7.2
 8K
Emergence (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center ...
Style: atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, colorful, detective ...
Plot: child, police, daughter, supernatural, science and technology, investigation, single mother, cancer patient, female protagonist, coastal town, superhero, survival ...
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100%
The Messengers (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a mysterious object crashes to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have assigned the task of preventing the impending Apocalypse.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: good versus evil, angel, apocalypse, supernatural ability, rivalry, danger, society, religions or cults, supernatural, superhuman powers, death, fugitives ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.3
 34K
Dark Angel (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: female protagonist, secret government organization, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, double life, super soldier, hidden identity, tough girl, female martial artist, dystopia, cloning, martial arts ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 23K
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, offbeat, intellectual, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, prodigy, college professor, riddles and clues, hallucination, talented, intelligence, genius, professor, crime investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 43K
Touch (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see ...
Style: uplifting, serious, suspenseful, touching, dramatic ...
Plot: autism, foreknowledge, psychic power, supernatural ability, supernatural, changing lives, professor, psychic, single parent, single father, hopes, investigation ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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100%
The Tomorrow People (2013)
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, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, telekinesis, young heroes, teleportation, psychic, friendship, danger, good versus evil, world spanning, telepathy ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 52K
Dollhouse (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
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: serious, suspenseful, cyber, mysterious, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cyberpunk, kickass women, innocence lost, female protagonist, sex slave, life is a bitch, memory loss, human nature, uncover truth, self discovery, moral ambiguity, mind control ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, tucson arizona
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100%
 7.9
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Elementary (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with ...
Style: detective, witty, talky, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, mind game, riddles and clues, unconventional method, mastermind, law enforcement, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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100%
 6.0
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Tatau (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands. When snorkeling in a lagoon, ...
Style: captivating, mind bending, serious, clever, suspenseful
Plot: supernatural, murder, murder mystery, travel, buddies, imaginary, danger, friends, supernatural ability, changing the past or future, destiny, supernatural power ...
Time: 21st century
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100%
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The Prisoner (1967)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 1010 min.
TV show
Story: After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Style: surreal, exciting, thought provoking, serious, psychological ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, prison, mind control, gadget, research, danger, uncover truth, government agency, mysterious character, scientist, convict, anger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, britain, europe, london, big ben london
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100%
 7.3
 47K
The 4400 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, quarantine, missing person, supernatural, murderer, investigation, foreknowledge, cure, danger, abduction, ufo, psychic ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., seattle
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50%
Temporarily Dead (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the life of five interns in a hospital, who trys to find out what happens in the after life. The five makes an experiments. They drive themselves into a clinical death and bring themselves back to life. After the Experiment, they realize ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: supernatural, hospital, supernatural power, supernatural ability, danger, power relations, experiment gone awry, doctors and patients, intern, hidden truth, experiment, life after death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
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27%
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The Visitor (1997)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Corbett as Adam McArthur who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and escapes back to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious
Plot: supernatural, good deed, alien abduction, time travel, outer space, save the world, on the run, superpower, heroes, danger, healing power, space and aliens ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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26%
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Hysteria (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: An investigative thriller about a haunted young doctor who is summoned back to her hometown to investigate an epidemic that may be linked to social media - and her own tragic past.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot: plague, investigation, computers and web, haunted by the past, youth, danger, doctors and patients, hospital, society, social relations, supernatural, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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26%
 7.9
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FreakyLinks (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: FreakyLinks is an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes. The feel of the show closely modeled that of The X-Files ...
Style: scary, serious, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: supernatural, investigation, uncover truth, riddles and clues, mysterious death, danger, paranormal activity, videotaping, group of friends, supernatural power, ghost, twins ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: usa
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26%
 7.0
 15K
Believe (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: telekinesis, young heroes, heroes, protector, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, orphan, escapades, imaginary, good versus evil, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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26%
 7.8
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Bright Falls (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: After arriving in the small Pacific Northwestern town of Bright Falls, reporter Jake Fischer is plagued by blackouts and finds disturbing evidence of his activities. Tying this to a mysterious epidemic sweeping the town, he plans an escape. Prequel ...
Style: serious, stylized, rough, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, losing-it hero, riddles and clues, memory loss, danger, murder, plague, owner, social relations, small town, small town life, newspaper ...
Time: 21st century
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26%
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Riley Rewind (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A high school girl named Riley has the ability to travel back in time and uses this power to save her friend who commits suicide.
Style: suspenseful, serious, disturbing, captivating, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, changing the past or future, high school, supernatural ability, supernatural, life risking, youth, teenage life, friendship, teenager, alternate timeline, superpower ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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25%
 8.0
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Millennium (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
Style: atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, investigation, conspiracy, prophecy, secret movement, police detective, fbi, who done it, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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25%
 7.5
 2K
Dark Skies (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction ...
Style: anthology, spooky, exciting, mind bending, captivating ...
Plot: ufo, alien invasion, alien abduction, conspiracy, evil alien, alien, magic, monster, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, invasion, cover up ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
TV show
Story: A sleuthing garage sale maven suspects foul play when her friend dies in an old house with a cursed reputation. Even though police evidence - and even webcam footage of the death – point to natural causes – this mysterious death in a cursed” ...
Style: serious, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, couples, strong female presence, couple relations, supportive spouse, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.9
 356
Threat Matrix (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Threat Matrix is a 2003 American drama television series. It lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States Homeland Security anti-terrorism unit, led by Special agent John Kilmer. The title of the show refers to a report ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: terrorism, special agent, undercover, prodigy, danger, law enforcement, political conspiracy, rescue, deaf, intelligence, national security, homeland ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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25%
 7.5
 41K
Haven (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
Style: atmospheric, stylized, detective, suspenseful, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, female protagonist, investigation, surprising revelation, small town, danger, fbi, paranormal activity, small town life, social relations, mysterious place ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: maine, usa, new england, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 8.2
 162K
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: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: lgbt, supernatural, supernatural ability, gay, telepathy, danger, lesbian, love affair, secret organization, conspiracy, sex scene, transsexual ...
Time: future, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, chicago, indiana, idaho, mumbai india ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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