Movies and TV shows like Burn Notice
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Burn Notice (2007)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 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, detective, political, anime, grindhouse, crime drama ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, outsmarting, spy, private investigator, investigation, starting over, uncover truth, chases and races, new job, danger, gadget, lifestyle change, peril, dishonesty, ex law enforcer, secret agent, cia, undercover, team, brother brother relationship, expert, narration, ex cia agent, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, intelligence agency ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
florida, miami, 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, police, spy, danger, covert operation, espionage and criminal mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Burn Notice: Human Target (2010), The Glades (2010), Leverage (2008), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018), Alias (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, smart, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
expert, team, teamwork, bodyguard, hidden identity, outsmarting, life risking, mercenary, heroes, vigilante, peril, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, bay area
Similarity:
95%
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:
spy, military police, justice, adaptation, violence, unlikely friendships, danger, heroic mission, daring rescue, dishonesty, intrigue, soldier ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
colombia, latin america, miami, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
detective, cliffhanger, stylized, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, multiple suspects, outsmarting, outside help, murder, team, murder investigation, police investigation, coworker, ex husband, starting over ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, everglades, miami
Similarity:
91%
57K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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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, thrilling, detective ...
Plot:
hacker, team, thief, outsmarting, society, escapades, surveillance, partners in crime, unconventional method, investigator, gadget, insurance investigator ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
serious, captivating, suspense, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, conspiracy, terrorist, terrorism, twists and turns, investigation, agent, intelligence, danger, spy, shooting ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, langley virginia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
57K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 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, heroic, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, working undercover, spy, cia, double agent, female agent, female spy, strong female lead, young woman, betrayal, secret identity, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
88%
221K
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, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, police, law enforcement, danger, talented, outsmarting, justice ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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, spy action ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, computer genius, privacy invasion, mysterious character, computer, fighting crime, law enforcer, hacker ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
82%
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56K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
80%
153K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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:
spy action, light, semi serious, humorous, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
geek, secret agent, double life, espionage, cia, spy, undercover, misfit, enemy, peril, lifestyle change, dishonesty ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
81%
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:
81%
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, semi serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
team, investigation, hotshot, talented, teamwork, riddles and clues, partners against crime, peril, expert, escapades, lawyer, weirdo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political ...
Plot:
uncover truth, espionage, analyst, conspiracy, twists and turns, undercover, surveillance, paranoia, boss, prodigy, government facility, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
206K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, president, political conspiracy, terrorist, terrorist plot, secret service, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, bodyguard, twists and turns, assassination attempt ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, blind man, blindness, double life, cia, female spy, female protagonist, secret agent, blind character, state affairs, undercover, workplace ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, langley virginia, virginia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades of ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, tense, harsh, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
navy seal, conspiracy, memory, death, soldier, government conspiracy, war veteran, vengeance, investigation, tough guy, military, gunfight ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
san francisco, california, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 48 min.
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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, serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
secret agent, problem solving, terrorist, crime fighter, one man army, gadget, race against time, danger, chases and races, justice, undercover, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Similarity:
75%
134K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, psychology, team, expert, talented, lie, crime investigation, outsmarting, deception, riddles and clues, sign language, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
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The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It stars Edward Woodward as a middle aged retired intelligence officer with a mysterious past who helps people in trouble. The show ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, injustice, vengeance, spy, tough heroes, rivalry, one man army, machismo, dark hero, superhero, conspiracy, police officer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, beach, helicopter, buddies, lifestyle, anonymity, partner, police, investigation, heroes, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Similarity:
100%
25K
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, tense, disturbing, captivating, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
secret government organization, problem solving, agent, danger, investigation, heroes, technology, coworker relationship, around the world, fight scenes, mentor protege relationship, chase ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
terrorism, hacker, president, terrorist, cia, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, tough heroes, killing, on the run ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
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, action thriller, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, espionage, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, tough guy, fighting the system, one man army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, moscow russia, tangier morocco, paris france ...
Similarity:
75%
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658K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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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, escape, prison life, scheme, prison escape, conspiracy, determination, fbi, confined, siblings relations, brother ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, chicago, texas, california, usa
Similarity:
64%
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, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, memory loss, conspiracy, secret agent, uncover truth, secret service, danger, dishonesty, life is a bitch, who to trust, state affairs, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
20K
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, intelligence agency, spy, cia, terrorism, undercover, profanity, code breaking, police, heroes, double agent, renegade ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, lebanon, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Style:
detective, serious, exciting, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, law enforcement, police, partner, partners against crime, drug dealing, rivalry, undercover cop, two man army, machismo, working undercover, cop ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, partner, police investigation, law enforcement, fighting crime, parents and children, family problems, rivalry, single parent, workplace, investigation, best friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, south america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, contemplative, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, forensics, police detective, murder, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, police, workplace, crime scene ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, south america, florida
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a ...
Style:
neo noir, captivating, suspenseful, detective, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, partner, teamwork, murder, suspicion, buddies, investigator, lawyer, murder mystery, spy, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
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