Movies and TV shows like Person of Interest

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Person of Interest (2011)
 8.5
 188K
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 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, detective, cyber, surprise ending, atmospheric, mysterious, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, privacy invasion, hacker, computer genius, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer, secret, law enforcer, mysterious character, teamwork, ex cia agent, programmer, computers and web, hitman, unconventional method, heroes, inventions and discoveries, protector, changing lives, spy ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: partners

Most similar movies to Person of Interest

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, police, danger, murder, hebrew, law enforcement and anti hero mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Person of Interest: The Blacklist (2013), Intelligence (2014), Nikita (2010), Leverage (2008), Burn Notice (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.9
 277K
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: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, mind game, killings, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.8
 20K
Intelligence (2014)
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: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hi-tech, intelligence, heroes, government agency, espionage, computers and web, life risking, fellow agent, spy, secret agent, inventions and discoveries, computer system ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 7.7
 54K
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, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: female killer, hitman, spy, tough girl, female spy, female assassin, strong female lead, mole, double life, secret government organization, female protagonist, heroine ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 7.9
 54K
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, detective, teen ...
Plot: team, thief, hacker, outsmarting, society, escapades, mastermind, unconventional method, investigator, partners in crime, teamwork, surveillance ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Movie in collections
 8.0
 79K
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: semi serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: private investigator, investigation, uncover truth, starting over, secret agent, peril, new job, gadget, lifestyle change, dishonesty, chases and races, danger ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 8.2
 199K
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, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, police, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, talented, justice, outsmarting ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 9.1
 990K
Sherlock (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 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, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder mystery, genius, mastermind, friendship, british, murder, mind game, riddles and clues, prodigy ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, scotland yard, afghanistan, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 8.2
 140K
White Collar (2009)
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, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: investigation, fbi, law enforcement, art thief, mastermind, criminal, con artists, unlikely partners, friendship, talented, cons and scams, expert ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Movie in collections
 7.7
 19K
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, action packed, thrilling ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bodyguard, hidden identity, teamwork, mercenary, team, heroes, peril, expert, fistfight, characters in danger, coworker, mixed martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, bay area
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 7.0
 59K
Scorpion (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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, realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: genius, computer genius, prodigy, boy genius, science, problem solving, hacker, computers and web, national security, friendship, computer hacker, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 8.4
 196K
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, cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, president, political conspiracy, secret service, terrorist, terrorist plot, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, investigation, assassination attempt, twists and turns ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 8.3
 359K
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, national security, investigation, treason, war on terror, terrorist, danger, secret service, top secret ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: israel, langley virginia, usa, iraq, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.8
 161K
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, exciting, serious, detective, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: law enforcement, teamwork, special agent, crime solving, partners against crime, forensics, crime investigation, investigation, murder investigation, evidence, victim, military ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 8.4
 256K
Fringe (2008)
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, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, time travel, parallel universe, fbi, alternate dimension, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time: 2000s, future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: harvard university, usa, massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.6
 63K
Continuum (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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: captivating, exciting, detective, cyber, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time machine, heroine, getting home, policewoman, terrorist group, time jump, existence paradox, changing the past or future, sent to the past, alternate timeline, computer genius ...
Time: future, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 8.3
 575K
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, escape, prison life, conspiracy, determination, confined, fbi, scheme, brother, self sacrifice, siblings relations ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, california, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 54K
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, captivating, tense, action adventure, detective ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: female protagonist, cia, spy, double agent, female spy, female agent, double life, female warrior, espionage, young woman, working undercover, betrayal ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Equalizer (1985)
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 ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, anti hero, injustice, vengeance, tough heroes, rivalry, machismo, one man army, spy, superhero, conspiracy, police officer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Movie in collections
 7.5
 23K
Perception (2012)
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, offbeat, intellectual, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, prodigy, college professor, riddles and clues, hallucination, talented, intelligence, genius, professor, crime investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
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, superhuman powers, save the day, hacker, heroes, superhero, secret government organization, s.h.i.e.l.d., scientist, teamwork, team ...
Time: future, 20th century, 2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 8.2
 62K
Forever (2014)
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, supernatural ability, crime scene, friends, murder investigation, female detective, deduction ...
Time: 18th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.1
 22K
FBI (2018)
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: suspense, disturbing, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Plot: fbi, crime investigation, investigation, fbi agent, police detective, federal bureau of investigation, partners against crime, female detective, fighting crime, murder investigation, police investigation, homicide detective ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 8.1
 173K
Castle (2009)
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, detective, thrilling, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, police, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Movie in collections
 7.9
 118K
Elementary (2012)
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: detective, witty, talky, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, mind game, riddles and clues, unconventional method, mastermind, law enforcement, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 7.4
 609K
Limitless (2011)
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: teens, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: intelligence, success, drug, drug abuse, creativity, ambition, rags to riches, rise to the top, life turned upside down, prodigy, experimental drug, overnight success ...
Time: year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 8.1
 44K
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, victim, police detective, sergeant, shooting, murder, partner, abduction ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 1K
Delete (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Delete imagines a disaster in our all-too-fragile digital world where all computers could become dangerously self-aware with one systematic purpose–to destroy mankind. Faced with possible extinction, there is only one way out–create a second ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating
Plot: human versus computer, martial law, artificial intelligence, save the world, computer, hacker, uncover truth, chaos, danger, escapades, heroes, cyberspace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.4
 122K
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, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, female nudity, organized crime, shooting, social relations, gory, cop, double life, sexual activity, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 8.9
 647K
True Detective (2014)
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, anthology, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: louisiana, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 52K
Almost Human (2013)
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, cyber ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, androids and robots, police partner, hi-tech, police detective, fighting crime, buddy cop, law enforcement, cop, haunted by the past, bonding, robot ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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