Movies and TV shows like The Flash 1990
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The Flash (1990)
9K
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash, and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and produced by their company, Pet Fly Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Composer Danny Elfman wrote the show’s title theme, and Stan Winston Studios built the costume.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, tense, captivating, epic, saga, detective, humorous, psychotronic
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhuman powers, superhuman speed, superhero, good versus evil, secret identity, fighting crime, chases and races, danger, save the day, multiverse, escapades, rivalry, comic book, villain, comic hero, loss of mother, super powers, love, batman, master criminal, heroes, undercover, superpower, working undercover, urban ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to The Flash
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic and serious films and TV series with plots about superhero, heroes, good versus evil, superhuman powers, fighting crime, villain and live action mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Flash: The Green Hornet (1966), Agent Carter (2015), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), Superboy (1988), Power Rangers Time Force (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
384K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen ...
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exciting, saga, suspenseful, action adventure, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, heroes, superhuman powers, time travel, speed, multiverse, supernatural power, good versus evil, superhuman speed, secret identity, masked superhero, super powers ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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A newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato. After Bruce Lee's untimely death in 1973, and the global success of 'Enter The Dragon', two 90-minute feature films were ...
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semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
valet, vigilantism, crime fighter, fighting crime, undercover, friendship, rivalry, superhero, good versus evil, justice, organized crime, martial arts ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work ...
Style:
tense, captivating, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
pre-teens, boys' night, teens
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, undercover, heroic mission, secret agent, hand to hand combat, heroes, danger, save the world, villain, strong female lead, spy ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1946
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Scarlet Speedster has faced many tough foes, but none present a challenge like James Jesse. After his murder attempt on a private detective was foiled, James vows to defeat the Flash as the costumed crook, The Trickster. With his insane genius ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
superhero, villain, comic book, superpower, con artists, delusional disorder, judge, punched in the face, double life, dog, police, disguise ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhuman powers, master villain, good versus evil, secret agent, save the day, hacker, multiverse, top secret, s.h.i.e.l.d., heroes, secret government organization, espionage ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 20th century, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start ...
Style:
epic, saga, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, college, monster, missing person, multiverse, comic book, time travel, comic hero, heroes, secret identity, good versus evil, danger ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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When a crimelord from the year 3000 finds that times are too tough, he goes back in time to 2001. And the Power Rangers of year 3000 come back to battle him. Things only get crazier when the bad guy masters time travel, allowing him to pop up ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
power rangers, superhero, time travel, young heroes, fighting crime, good versus evil, rivalry, danger, superhuman powers, rescue, escapades, multiverse ...
Time:
future, prehistory
Similarity:
100%
251K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, detective, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, police, corruption, police corruption, police station, super villain, superhero, mafia, friendship, organized crime, police detective, justice ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters were created by Paul M. Belous and Robert ...
Style:
retro, detective, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, motorcycle, secret headquarters, heroes, law enforcement, mysterious character, imaginary, escapades, undercover, danger, chases and races, fighting crime ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character, the Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as David Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee.
In ...
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exciting, suspenseful, serious, sentimental, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
superhero, villain, superhuman powers, experiment gone awry, scientist, one against many, anger, tragic hero, false accusation, uncontrollable, antidote, unstoppable ...
Time:
70s, 80s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, anime, fast, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
good versus evil, superhero, genetic engineering, mutant, experiment gone awry, heroic mission, save the world, supernatural, superhuman, superpower, undercover, rivalry ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and ...
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exciting, suspenseful, tense, erotic, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
artificial intelligence, talking car, car, car chase, lone hero, fighting crime, chases and races, heroic mission, robot, gadget, gunfight, fight scenes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
black superhero, superhero, lgbtq, vigilante, electricity, heroes, villain, super powers, lesbian, african american, multiverse, female warrior ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
459K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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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, adult
Plot:
superhero, heroes, double life, fighting crime, martial arts, archer, archery, rivalry, vigilantism, scheme, young man, millionaire ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, fictional island, chicago
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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After their plane crashes into the Amazon River, each member of the Powell family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, enigmatic, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural ability, superhero, superhuman powers, teenage life, imaginary, district attorney, teen superhero, family life, parents and children, heroes, fighting crime, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
147K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, saga, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhuman powers, superhero, supernatural power, african american, black superhero, good versus evil, multiverse, danger, fighting crime, save the day, woman with a gun, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, harlem
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, scenic, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, superhuman powers, imaginary, superhero, life is a bitch, youth, danger, supernatural ability, heroes, supernatural power, superpower, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superheroine of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor (both Sr. & Jr.), the show originally aired ...
Style:
retro, serious, saga, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, superheroine, female protagonist, superhero, strong female character, world war two, good versus evil, secret identity, fighting crime, heroic mission, amazon, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942, 70s
Place:
hawaii, washington d.c.
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Night Man is an American action/adventure/sci-fi series that aired in syndication from September 15, 1997 to May 17, 1999. The series is loosely based on a comic book published by Malibu Comics and was created by Steve Englehart and developed for ...
Style:
epic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telepathy, superhero, super powers, comic book, martial arts, comic hero, jazz singer, superpower, rivalry, heroes, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
Style:
anime, saga, psychotronic, vintage, tv series pilot
Audience:
kids
Plot:
villain, comic book, insect, college student, secret identity, employer employee relationship, newspaper editor, peter parker character, mutant, one man army, tough guy, warrior ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
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Before Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman, there was The Phantom, the greatest legend in the annals of 20th century comic-book crime fighting. Now, the immortal superhero returns to strike terror in the hearts of villains around the world - and to ...
Style:
saga, exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, fighting crime, good versus evil, escapades, secret identity, rivalry, danger, heroic mission, undercover, organized crime, master villain ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, new york, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
Huntress, Dinah, Oracle are determined to carry on Batman's fight for justice against the ruthless criminals of New Gotham City.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
superhero, villain, heroes, superhuman powers, female protagonist, multiverse, interracial relations, batman, secret identity, good versus evil, super powers, oracle ...
Time:
future
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
125K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
strong female lead, superhuman powers, superhero, multiverse, supernatural power, superhero team, good versus evil, heroic mission, partnership, fighting crime, male objectification, death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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RoboCop: The Series is a 1994 television series based on the film of the same name. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence that was the hallmark of ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, bleak, exciting, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, robocop, police, superhero, fighting crime, dystopian future, weapon system, escapades, memories, chaos, society ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is a live-action American television series based on the characters in Superman and Action. Lois & Clark starred Dean Cain as Superman/Clark Kent and Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane, and aired on ABC ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, saga, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
superhero, superman, superhuman powers, good versus evil, flying man, save the world, fall in love, danger, rivalry, imaginary, superpower, heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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M.A.N.T.I.S. is an American science fiction television series that aired for one season on the Fox Network between August 1994 and March 1995.
The original two-hour pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. It stars actor Carl ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
superhero, villain, englishman, afrofuturism, heroes, disability, fighting crime, society, criminal heroes, black superhero, courage, good versus evil ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
119K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Style:
captivating, exciting, action adventure, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, superhero team, friendship, secret identity, supernatural ability, danger, murder, brutality, vengeance, blood, self discovery, multiverse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, jungle adventure, police investigation, fighting crime, supernatural ability, unlikely partners, a vision, partners against crime, law enforcement, ex military, partner, die hard ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During the critical experiment that would rid David Banner of the Hulk,a spy sabotages the laboratory. Banner falls in love with the spy, Jasmin, who performs missions only because her sister is being held hostage by Jasmin's superiors. Banner ...
Style:
saga, anime, epic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
hulk, superhuman powers, villain, last stand, comic hero, alien, comic book, love interest, one man army, heroes, alter ego, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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When his girlfriend is supposedly shot and killed, Dick Grayson quits as Robin and goes off to fight crime as Nightwing. While doing so he comes into the path of Deathstroke and has to defeat him before he kills again.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
superhero, heroes, violence, good versus evil, villain, fighting crime, vigilantism, master villain, dark hero, martial arts, ninja, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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