Movies and TV shows like The Dresden Files
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The Dresden Files (2007)
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
Style:
serious, detective, stylized, exciting, anime, mystic, spooky, romantic, mysterious, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, magic, private detective, magical, paranormal activity, investigation, wizards and magicians, imaginary, investigator, suspicion, danger, victim, supernatural ability, occult, cop, ghost, magician, superhero, witch, psychic, fandom, clairvoyant, underdog, superhuman powers, female police officer ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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Most similar movies to The Dresden Files
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, detective and exciting films and TV series with plots about supernatural, investigation, supernatural ability, superpower, danger, psychic and magic mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Dresden Files: Constantine (2014), Moonlight (2007), Haven (2010), Warehouse 13 (2009), Sanctuary (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, supernatural thriller, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, angel, supernatural power, demon, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, rescue, danger, save the world, good versus evil, demonic possession, psychic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.
Style:
light, witty, suspenseful, gothic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, fall in love, reporter, investigation, dangerous attraction, supernatural ability, immortality, imaginary, vampire human love, impossible love, supernatural romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
44K
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, surprising revelation, investigation, small town, stephen king, danger, fbi, mysterious place, paranormal activity, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa, new england, nova scotia
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical ...
Style:
exciting, serious, humorous, funny, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, artifact, secret place, ancient mystery, magical object, top secret, investigation, riddles and clues, undercover, legends and myths, secret service, agent ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south dakota
Similarity:
89%
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24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals - a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, exciting, gothic, anime ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, secret organization, werewolf, transformation, female scientist, scientist, vampire, magic, research, doctor, experiment, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
532K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, gothic horror, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, monster, paranormal, ghost, demon, brother brother relationship, supernatural ability, creature, angel, supernatural power, peril ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s, year 1958, year 1978 ...
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
139K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, fairy tale, detective, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, werewolf, legends and myths, creature, monster, supernatural ability, police detective, partners against crime, good versus evil, peril, protector, hunt down ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, scary, serious, detective ...
Plot:
supernatural, shooting, good versus evil, victim, legends and myths, fate of humanity, ghost, curses spells and rituals, time travel, escapades, determination, characters in danger ...
Time:
2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
supernatural ability, investigation, supernatural, telepathy, psychic power, uncover truth, supernatural power, psychic, danger, paramedic, save the day, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, "Witches of East End" centers on the adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, spell, creature, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, family secret, curse, evil force, magical, siblings relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
long island, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Witchblade is an American television series that aired on TNT from 2001 to 2002. The series is based on the Witchblade comic book series, and followed a pilot film which debuted in August 2000. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
magical object, policewoman, superheroine, police detective, female protagonist, heroic mission, fighting crime, supernatural ability, supernatural, super weapon, vengeance, imaginary ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
75%
33K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
investigation, psychic, who done it, supernatural ability, psychic power, prophecy, family relations, a vision, parents and children, strong female lead, fighting crime, supportive spouse ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, Forever Knight, in which a ...
Style:
detective, gothic, cliffhanger, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, investigation, private detective, vampire human love, love triangle, love and romance, danger, murder, immortality, romancing partners, vampirism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, serious, scary, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
psychic, psychic power, stephen king, twists and turns, supernatural power, acceptance, friendship, small town life, supernatural ability, supernatural, time travel, changing the past or future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective ...
Style:
detective, gothic, suspenseful, serious, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, police detective, vampire human love, haunted by the past, rivalry, mysterious character, law enforcement, hopes, obsessive quest, immortal, police ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, touching, crime drama ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, investigator, missing person, uncover truth, haunted by the past, suspicion, murder mystery, murder, grief, hidden truth, siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Collector is a Canadian supernatural drama television series about a man attempting to help save people who have bargained their souls with the Devil. After over 600 years of "collecting" the souls of people at the end of their 10-year ...
Style:
thought provoking, gloomy, demonic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, unfulfillment, deal with the devil, negotiation, hopes, danger, escapades, unfulfilled love, immortal, lifesaver, crime and punishment, pact with the devil ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, washington d.c.
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Dirk Gently is a British comedy detective drama TV series based on characters from the Dirk Gently novels by Douglas Adams. The series was created by Howard Overman and stars Stephen Mangan as holistic detective Dirk Gently and Darren Boyd as his ...
Style:
detective, semi serious, humorous, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
private detective, unconventional method, time travel, investigation, investigator, imaginary, danger, murder mystery, occult, friendship, future shock, whodunit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ironside is a Universal television series that ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as a paraplegic Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character debuted on March 28, 1967 in a TV movie. When ...
Style:
detective, talky, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, investigation, cop, police detective, team, intelligence agency, disabled, disability, sniper, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
98K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each ...
Style:
feel good, enigmatic, exciting, humorous, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, witch, magic, supernatural ability, witchcraft, female protagonist, hereditary gift of witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, family relations, demon, spell ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eastwick is a 2009 television series based on John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick. The series was developed by Maggie Friedman, and starred Paul Gross as the infamous Darryl Van Horne, alongside Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, and ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, semi serious, bad ending, offbeat ...
Plot:
witch, magic, small town, spell, friendship, dark humor, escapades, supernatural, good versus evil, introspection, battle of the sexes, kickass women ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
100%
35K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who ...
Style:
sexy, serious, exciting, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, supernatural ability, succubus, private detective, werewolf, danger, evil force, seduction, lesbian, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
50%
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, riddles and clues, mind game, unconventional method, law enforcement, resourceful, mastermind ...
Time:
2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
When ordinary teenager Kyra touches a mysterious book, she is transformed into a Tri-ling-–part-human, part-fairy and part-elf. In addition to acquiring amazing magical powers, Kyra discovers a secret world of magic all around her.
Style:
feel good, exciting, captivating, light
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
magical power, fairy, magical creature, parallel world, elf, research, friendship, magic, supernatural power, teenager, temple, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
asia, vietnam, thailand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 441 min.
TV show
Story:
Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year... that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, high school, superhuman powers, life turned upside down, teenage life, supernatural ability, chase, youth, supernatural power, chases and races, mysterious character, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
75%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that was shown on the Fox Network from 2003 to 2005. Created by Jon Harmon Feldman, the series was produced by Original Film, Oh That Gus!, Inc., and 20th Century Fox Television.
The ...
Style:
serious, touching, atmospheric, detective, thrilling ...
Plot:
psychic power, supernatural, changing the past or future, morgue, psychic, supernatural power, female protagonist, sent to the past, back from the dead, supernatural ability, chosen one, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, massachusetts, usa, boston
Similarity:
71%
66K
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, crime scene, supernatural ability, secret, medical examiner, friends, deduction ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ian Archer wakes up one morning to find himself at a mysterious academy for teens with special abilities. Unable to find answers to his questions from the school’s faculty and cut off from any kind of outside contact or means of escape, Ian forms ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, heroic, stylized
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, investigation, supernatural ability, teenage life, boarding school, suspicion, high school hunk, escape attempt, mysterious place, isolation, supernatural power, teenager ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
75%
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