Movies and TV shows like Burn Notice

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Burn Notice (2007)
 8.0
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Burn Notice (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Style: exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, political, anime, interesting
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: spy, espionage, starting over, uncover truth, private investigator, secret agents, new job, gadget, lifestyle change, peril, dishonesty, ex law enforcer, investigation, undercover, brother brother relationship, outsmarting, cia, intelligence agency, military, gentleman, ira, corruption, supernatural being, fighting crime, arrest ...
Time: future, 21st century, contemporary
Place: miami, florida, usa

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Most similar movies to Burn Notice

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, realistic and serious films and TV series with plots about investigation, danger, spy, dishonesty, chases and races, police and undercover mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Burn Notice: The Glades (2010), Human Target (2010), Leverage (2008), Alias (2001), Nikita (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Glades (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This Crime series follows Matt Passmore as Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small ...
Style: exciting, stylized, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, hotshot hero, multiple suspects, murder, ex law enforcer, coworker, dishonesty, suspicion, ex husband, outside help, team ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, everglades, miami
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100%
 7.8
 18K
Human Target (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Human Target is an American action drama television series that was broadcast by Fox in the United States. Based loosely on the Human Target comic book character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino for DC Comics, it is the second series based ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, sweet, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bodyguard, hidden identity, teamwork, mercenary, heroes, team, peril, fistfight, characters in danger, mixed martial arts, ex soldier, vigilante ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Before Sam Axe teamed up with Michael and Fiona, he was Commander Axe, U.S. Navy SEAL. The Fall of Sam Axe tells the story of how Sam went from respected Naval Commander to the man of mystery we've come to know on Burn Notice. On what will turn ...
Style: humorous, talky, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military police, spy, justice, twists and turns, violence, unlikely friendships, adaptation, heroic mission, intrigue, soldier, dishonesty, daring rescue ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: tokyo, latin america, colombia, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 52K
Leverage (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Leverage follows a five-person team: a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, who use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.
Style: exciting, realistic, anime, stylized, serious ...
Plot: team, hacker, thief, outsmarting, unconventional method, society, mastermind, escapades, teamwork, hidden identity, investigator, partners in crime ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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 7.6
 52K
Alias (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: female protagonist, cia, spy, female spy, double agent, secret agents, double life, young woman, working undercover, female agent, betrayal, deception ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 7.7
 52K
Nikita (2010)
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
Plot: female killer, hitman, spy, female spy, tough girl, female assassin, mole, strong female lead, female protagonist, heroine, secret government organization, martial arts ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 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 ⇓
93%
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 ⇓
85%
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 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 ⇓
92%
 7.7
 17K
The Finder (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
Style: witty, exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, partners against crime, hotshot, talented, teamwork, partners, peril, team, riddles and clues, escapades, lawyer, weirdo ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 30K
Covert Affairs (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, double life, cia, blindness, female spy, secret agents, female protagonist, blind man, blind character, mission gone awry, workplace, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, langley virginia, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.2
 141K
Chuck (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Chuck is an American action-comedy/spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an ...
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: geek, double life, secret agents, cia, spy, enemy, peril, lifestyle change, misfit, buddies, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 8.0
 122K
Lie to Me (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his ...
Style: clever, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, psychology, talented, expert, deception, crime investigation, riddles and clues, outsmarting, human nature, sign language, lie, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.7
 40K
MacGyver (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: crime fighter, problem solving, secret agents, heroes, gadget, race against time, spy, justice, undercover, irony of fate, organized crime, blind character ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
24: Live Another Day (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: president, hacker, terrorism, terrorist, cia, treason, international relations, save the day, life risking, characters in danger, counter terrorism, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
 546K
Prison Break (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: prison, fugitives, determination, escape, prison life, conspiracy, confined, scheme, fbi, brother, self sacrifice, siblings relations ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 27K
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network. According to the ...
Style: captivating, exciting, light, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: investigation, beach, private detective, partners, buddies, helicopter, lifestyle, private investigator, anonymity, police, heroes, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
100%
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 8.3
 17K
Spooks (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: intelligence agency, spy, cia, espionage, terrorism, squad, twists and turns, undercover, heroes, special agents, double agent, renegade ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 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%
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, captivating, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: spy, mission, espionage, gunfight, secret agents, courage, frame up, cia, race against time, female spy, tough guy, save the day ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington state, hungary, russia, san francisco, budapest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style: exciting, intense, suspenseful, rough, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, cia, espionage, spy, corruption, secret service, escapades, secret agents, fighting the system, memory, tough guy, surveillance ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: langley virginia, new york, london, paris france, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Charlie's Angels (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Charlie's Angels is a remake developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. The series ran on ABC from September 22 to November 10, 2011. A remake of the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, sexy, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: friendship, friends, heroes, best friends, partners, private detective, investigation, kickass women, strong female presence, working undercover, car, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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XIII: The Series (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him to cover up some dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA and the White House.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: memory loss, terrorist, secret agents, who to trust, uncover truth, secret service, dishonesty, life is a bitch, state affairs, spy, conspiracy, national security ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 151K
NCIS (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Style: captivating, serious, exciting, semi serious, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: law enforcement, special agents, teamwork, partners against crime, crime investigation, victim, evidence, investigation, forensics, military, computer genius, government agency ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.4
 108K
Banshee (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style: exciting, sexy, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, female nudity, organized crime, sexual activity, small town, social relations, double life, thief, cons and scams, mysterious past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 22K
MacGyver (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Style: exciting, disturbing, tense, captivating, interesting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: problem solving, secret government organization, agent, partners, heroes, investigation, technology, mentor protege relationship, around the world, chase, fight scenes, coworker relationship ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Touching Evil (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving an almost-fatal gunshot wound to the head, Detective David Creegan is assigned to the FBI's Organized and Serial Crime Unit – a rapid-response, elite crime ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, police investigation, lifesaver, partners against crime, track down, police detective, hunt down, special agents, law enforcement, fbi, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 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 ⇓
20%
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, anime, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, cia, investigation, spy, terrorism, agent, conspiracy, cia agent, twists and turns, terrorist, suspense, murder ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, langley virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%