Movies and TV shows like Psych
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Psych (2006)
119K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
Style:
witty, exciting, detective, not serious, humorous, talky, realistic, intellectual, funny, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, private detective, friends, intelligence, friendship, prodigy, buddies, who done it, hotshot, manhood, coworker, cop, best friend, talented, police, law enforcement, team, interracial friendship, riddles and clues, police station, detective agency, serial killer, peril, police investigation, partners against crime ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa
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Most similar movies to Psych
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, realistic, suspenseful and captivating films and TV series with plots about investigation, partner, law enforcement, police, murder mystery, friendship and team mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Psych: Psych: The Movie (2017), Monk (2002), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), Castle (2009), Sherlock (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and, of course, food!
Style:
humorous, witty, exciting, talky, intellectual ...
Plot:
sarcasm, detective agency, private detective, investigation, police station, twists and turns, friends, talented, coworker, who done it, partners against crime, deception ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
101K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he ...
Style:
detective, witty, humorous, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, private detective, mental illness, prodigy, talented, police investigation, riddles and clues, unconventional method, mastermind, obsessive compulsive disorder, mental disorder ...
Time:
2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good
Plot:
police detective, private investigation, best friend, con trick, investigation, crime investigation, forensics, teamwork, sleuth, private investigator, clairvoyant, friendship ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, not serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, police station, law enforcement, cop, coworker, satire, lgbtq, workplace situations, investigation, arrest, workplace humor, boss ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle
Similarity:
85%
185K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style:
witty, realistic, thrilling, entertaining, detective ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, homicide detective, crime investigation, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, law enforcement, who done it, murder ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
80%
1.1M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 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, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, private detective, genius, friendship, mastermind, deduction, murder, british, mind game, riddles and clues ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, wales, afghanistan, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
86%
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:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional—and even the supernatural.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
psychic, chief of police, rivalry, murder, flash forward, organized crime, family business, old love, a vision, violence, scam, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
Similarity:
88%
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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:
73%
152K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Neal Caffrey, a con man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With only months left serving a four-year sentence, he escapes to look for Kate, his girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, light, serious, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, law enforcement, art thief, mastermind, unlikely partners, friendship, fbi agent, criminal, expert, talented, cons and scams ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, murder investigation, coworker, homicide detective, investigation, policewoman, female protagonist, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
100%
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:
70%
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:
intellectual, mind bending, exciting, offbeat, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, college professor, prodigy, riddles and clues, talented, crime investigation, intelligence, hallucination, genius, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, detective, sitcom ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, friendship, amateur detective, lifestyle change, drinking problem, investigator, lifestyle, riddles and clues, friends, young man, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
189K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, intellectual, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, teamwork, law enforcement, crime investigation, expert, scientist, ambitious, police investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
74%
12K
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%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
illusionist, outsmarting, who done it, fbi, riddles and clues, team, crime investigation, magic, deception, secret, research, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
In this mismatched buddy cop dramedy, an amazingly handsome, happy-go-lucky FBI agent is paired with a local, hard scrabble Michigan homicide detective. As they solve crimes together, their polar opposite methods only slightly outweigh their disdain ...
Style:
witty, detective, realistic, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police station, murder investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, police partner, police investigation, fighting crime, female boss, friendship, initially antagonists, luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
Similarity:
83%
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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: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Common Law is an American comedy-drama television series, which ran on USA Network from May 11 to August 10, 2012, and stars Michael Ealy and Warren Kole as two Los Angeles Police Department detectives who can't stand each other and are ordered ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partners against crime, law enforcement, police detective, misfit partners, workplace, coworker, verbal byplay, partner, bonding, buddy cop, friends, psychotherapist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
60%
134K
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, 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:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective ...
Style:
witty, neo noir, detective, offbeat, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, investigation, amateur detective, female detective, friendship, female protagonist, private investigator, student, private detective, danger, parents and children, strong female lead ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, southern california, seattle
Similarity:
80%
57K
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, 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:
80%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
photographic memory, female detective, partners against crime, police, policewoman, police detective, fighting crime, prodigy, police investigation, law enforcement, haunted by the past, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Charlie and Nicola Buchanan are crime scene cleaners whose unique quirks and talents solve the most baffling murder mysteries.
Style:
humorous, detective, light, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
amateur detective, who done it, investigation, murder, couples, law enforcement, danger, multiple suspects, family relations, riddles and clues, couple relations, family business ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Interesting modern actualization made by Italian broadcasting service (RAI) of immortal, well-known characters created by the genial American novelist Rex Stout.
Style:
detective, captivating, witty, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
deduction, partner, friendship, teamwork, friends, mastermind, twists and turns, danger, talented, eccentricity, riddles and clues, private detective ...
Similarity:
100%
153K
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:
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:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Style:
clever, entertaining, detective, intellectual, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, steampunk, investigation, intelligence, riddles and clues, genius, master criminal, deduction, twists and turns, prodigy, clue ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2009, 19th century, 1800s, 1890s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
64%
4K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with their partner, from policing to their personal life.
Style:
captivating, detective, humorous, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
dark humor, police detective, female detective, buddy cop, partners against crime, murder, law enforcement, homicide detective, detective inspector, ransom, police, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
67%
298K
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:
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:
50%
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