Movies and TV shows like Person of Interest
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Person of Interest (2011)
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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 training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, heroic, surprise ending, atmospheric, dramatic, apocalyptic, spooky ...
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, unconventional method, law enforcer, computer, teamwork, victim, programmer, computers and web, hitman, protector, ex cia agent, paranoia, heroes, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
Most similar movies to Person of Interest
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful and realistic films and TV series with plots about investigation, police, danger, police officer, law enforcement, murder and partners mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Person of Interest: The Blacklist (2013), Leverage (2008), Sherlock (2010), Burn Notice (2007), Intelligence (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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.
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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.
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team, hacker, thief, outsmarting, unconventional method, society, mastermind, escapades, teamwork, hidden identity, investigator, partners in crime ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
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A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style:
clever, witty, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, mastermind, private detective, friendship, british, partners, mind game, riddles and clues, murder, talented ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, scotland yard, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%

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:
semi serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, starting over, uncover truth, private investigator, new job, ex law enforcer, peril, lifestyle change, gadget, dishonesty, secret agents ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama centered on a high-tech intelligence operative who is enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, and the director of the elite government cyber-security agency who supports him.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
government agency, hi-tech, heroes, computers and web, life risking, fellow agent, secret agents, swat team, spy, inventions and discoveries, espionage, intelligence ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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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.
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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 ⇓
87%
188K

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 ⇓
80%
134K

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:
exciting, captivating, light, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, con artists, law enforcement, art thief, mastermind, criminal, partners, unlikely partners, friendship, cons and scams, talented ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Movie in collections
189K

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 ...
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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 ⇓
85%

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ⇓
83%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new ...
Style:
intellectual, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genius, computer genius, prodigy, science, boy genius, hacker, problem solving, computers and web, save the world, friendship, partners against crime, national security ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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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 ⇓
75%
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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 ⇓
74%
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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 ⇓
83%

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:
exciting, mind bending, intellectual, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, fbi, prodigy, college professor, talented, riddles and clues, hallucination, genius, intelligence, schizophrenia, law enforcement, professor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, time travel, fbi, special agents, alternate dimension, parallel universe, alternate reality, experiment, top secret, paranormal activity ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
harvard university, usa, massachusetts, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, master villain, heroes, superhuman powers, special agents, save the day, hacker, superhero, secret government organization, s.h.i.e.l.d., secret agents, scientist ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
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serious, exciting, rough, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, private detective, vengeance, injustice, rivalry, tough heroes, one man army, machismo, superhero, conspiracy, police, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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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, supernatural ability, immortal, murder investigation, female detective, friends, deduction, laboratory ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 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, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, crime investigation, romancing partners, partners, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, resourceful, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, spooky, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, computer genius, changing the past or future, time machine, heroine, getting home, alternate timeline, policewoman, terrorist group, existence paradox, sent to the past, time jump ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, investigation, strong female lead, private detective, strong female character, lawyer, violence, good versus evil, super powers, supernatural power, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, philosophical, intellectual, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
intelligence, success, ambition, rise to the top, creativity, life turned upside down, experimental drug, prodigy, rags to riches, superhuman powers, resourceful, overnight success ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Style:
tense, disturbing, exciting, captivating, psycho film
Plot:
fbi, federal bureau of investigation, investigation, crime investigation, fbi agent, partners against crime, special agents, female detective, homicide detective, police detective, fighting crime, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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:
witty, talky, suspenseful, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, sherlock holmes, talented, female partner, unconventional method, prodigy, mastermind, partners, riddles and clues, private detective, resourceful, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police, murder investigation, police procedural, scientist, forensics, investigator, workplace, expert, murder, teamwork, police investigation, police detective ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, touching, tense, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
talking car, car, car chase, fighting crime, a.i., working undercover, heroic mission, superhero, undercover, partners, friendship, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murder, murderer, drinking problem, partners, partners against crime, graphic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
108K

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 ⇓
55%

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Almost Human is an American science fiction/crime drama on Fox. In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, police detective, police partner, hi-tech, artificial intelligence, future dystopia, a.i., fighting crime, partners, buddy cop, law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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