Movies and TV shows like The Man in the High Castle

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The Man in the High Castle (2015)
 7.9
 110K
The Man in the High Castle (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, apocalyptic, captivating, intellectual, historical drama, exciting, retro, political ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: alternate reality, resistance, fascism, alternate history, assassination, espionage, political intrigue, multiverse, spy, time traveler, freedom fighter, betrayal, japanese mafia, seppuku, rivalry, working undercover, disorder, politics, time travel, holocaust, world war two, state affairs, secret agent, nazi, distopia ...
Time: 60s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1962, 1960s
Place: japan, usa, berlin germany, new york, cuba, san francisco

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Most similar movies to The Man in the High Castle

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and tense films and TV series with plots about danger, conspiracy, politics, spy, state affairs, dystopia and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Man in the High Castle: Fatherland (1994), Counterpart (2017), The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Occupied (2015), 11.22.63 (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.4
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Fatherland (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide ...
Style: tech noir, political thriller, apocalyptic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: third reich, world war two, gestapo, alternate history, nazi germany, parallel universe, distopia, dictator, dictatorship, time travel, judaism, alternate reality ...
Time: 60s, year 1964, 20th century, post world war two
Place: germany, berlin germany
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100%
 8.0
 31K
Counterpart (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension.
Style: suspenseful, serious, melancholic, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: parallel universe, espionage, spy, parallel world, secret service, twists and turns, doppelganger, time travel, deception, blackmail, betrayal, murder ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
Style: psychological, rough, melancholic, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: rape, sexism, surrogate mother, infertility, dystopia, protest, totalitarianism, slavery, tyranny, religion, belief, women's rights ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 10K
Occupied (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
Style: political, suspense, disturbing, serious, exciting ...
Plot: oil, occupation, alternate reality, infiltration, danger, greed, anxiety, resistance, invasion, spy, nordic, save the world ...
Place: europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.1
 98K
11.22.63 (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Style: stylized, exciting, period piece, tense, light ...
Plot: time travel, assassination, stephen king, time, time traveler, changing the past or future, altering history, kennedy assassination, murder, love, conspiracy theory, danger ...
Time: 60s, future, 20th century, year 1963, 2010s ...
Place: usa, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 8.7
 634K
Black Mirror (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style: serious, philosophical, thought provoking, anthology, clever ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: technology, dystopia, twists and turns, human nature, satire, dystopian future, social decay, society, computers and web, media satire, alternate reality, media ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 4K
SS-GB (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Adapted from Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel. A British detective investigates a murder in German-occupied Britain during World War II.
Style: detective, suspense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: nazi germany, resistance, world war two, infiltration, alternate history, murder, alternate reality, rebel, moral dilemma, love interest, father son relationship, nazi officer ...
Time: 1940s
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 290 min.
TV show
Story: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style: talky, clever, serious, political thriller, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret service, double agent, book, traitor, betrayal, investigation, kgb, mole, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: britain, england, london, europe, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.7
 3K
The Game (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: London 1972. When a defecting KGB officer, Arkady Malinov, reveals Operation Glass, a devastating Soviet plot that could change the course of the Cold War, Daddy, the head of MI5, assembles a secret team to investigate. As the Soviets awaken a list ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: spy, conspiracy, espionage, cold war, secret agent, twists and turns, state affairs, dishonesty, undercover, government agency, intelligence, post war ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: soviet union, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.1
 8K
The Defeated (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Max McLaughlin is an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
Style: tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, captivating ...
Plot: post war germany, nazism, demolished city, police protagonist, murder investigation, political intrigue, world war two, betrayal, intrigue, dishonesty, love and romance, racism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1946, 20th century, post world war two
Place: berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Brave New World (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 415 min.
TV show
Story: In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Style: thought provoking, futuristic, surprise ending, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot: life is a bitch, distopia, utopia, conspiracy, totalitarianism, dystopic future, genetic engineering, satire, brainwashing, social differences, dystopia, dystopian future ...
Time: future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
My Own Worst Enemy (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: My Own Worst Enemy is an American television drama that aired on NBC in 2008. It premiered on October 13 and ended on December 15 after 9 episodes. The series was produced by Universal Media Studios. Jason Smilovic was the executive producer; David ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, split personality, spy, disorder, working undercover, workplace, danger, undercover, suburbs, husband wife relationship, therapist, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.8
 59K
V (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style: cliffhanger, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ufo, alien invasion, invasion, alien, fate of humanity, evil alien, alien encounter, conspiracy, fbi, uncover truth, world domination, disguise ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.8
 3K
Ridley Road (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 229 min.
TV show
Story: During London's swinging sixties, young Jewish Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and when he is caught between life and death, she finds herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: fascism, double life, tragic love, dual role, relationship problems, political intrigue, love affair, political unrest, relationships, male female relationship, social problems, post war ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: london, manchester, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Windmills of the Gods (1988)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 187 min.
TV show
Story: When Mary Ashley is approached to become ambassador of the United States of America in Romania she does not take the offer because her husband does not want to give up his well-going doctor's office. Shortly afterward Dr. Edward Ashley gets ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: professor, doctor, ambassador, iron curtain, political conspiracy, political intrigue, rivalry, terrorism, undercover, intrigue, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.
Style: anthology, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: cyberpunk, alternate reality, supernatural, multiple storylines, alien, computer, surrealism, twists and turns, outer space, life philosophy, fantasy world, destiny ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
 25K
Extant (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, tense, futuristic, serious ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, androids and robots, astronaut, space and aliens, scientist, alien, family relations, fear, fate of humanity, haunted by the past, parents and children, space ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Ipcress File (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 6.2
 19K
Topaz (1969)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, betrayal, cuban missile crisis, surveillance, undercover, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, year 1962
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 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 ⇓
34%
2009: Lost Memories (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course. In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, stylized, cyber
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, friendship, assassination, obsessive quest, state affairs, political unrest, dystopian future, gays and lesbians, politics, terrorism, political intrigue, heroic mission ...
Time: 1900s, future, 20th century, 2000s, year 2009
Place: japan, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.3
 60K
Wayward Pines (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be ...
Style: tense, mind bending, serious, captivating, surprise ending ...
Plot: apocalypse, society, small town, investigation, small town life, beast, danger, missing person, murder, cryogenics, confined, suspended animation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Seven Days in May (1964)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style: political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot: cold war, conspiracy, politics, white house, u.s. air force, terrorism, president, secret service, u.s. president, coup d'etat, betrayal, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: austin texas, russia, soviet union, america, el paso texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 6.7
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Zoo (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pandemic, extinction, dangerous animal, mutation, save the world, experiment, pursuit, conspiracy, danger, death, survival, virus ...
Time: jurassic, 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.3
 47K
The 4400 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, quarantine, missing person, supernatural, murderer, investigation, foreknowledge, cure, danger, abduction, ufo, psychic ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.4
 2K
Last Light (2022)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 215 min.
TV show
Story: Separated across continents, petro-chemist Andy Yeats and his family must survive the deadly effects of a sudden global oil crisis and find the mastermind behind it all.
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: distopia, society, survival, family relations, rescue, teenage daughter, son, wife, daughter
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style: political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, british intelligence, double agent, politics, great ending, secret agent, spy thriller, loner ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.6
 220
Fortunate Son (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Spy drama set in the social and political chaos of 1968, inspired by a true story. Pursued into Canada by the FBI, the matriarch of an American activist family helps smuggle Vietnam war deserters and draft dodgers across the border. What she ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, exciting, psychological, serious ...
Plot: espionage, cia, loyalty, relationships, political unrest, political intrigue, male female relationship, politics, female protagonist, couples, spy, love ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The State Within (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Ambassador to Washington is the pinnacle of success in the Foreign Office and the position is offered to only the brightest and the best. But Ambassador Mark Brydon finds his skills tested to the limits when, following a major diplomatic incident, ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot: coup d'etat, politics, political conspiracy, terrorism, fbi, manipulation, workplace, danger, political intrigue, terrorist, dishonesty, diplomacy ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., pentagon, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 8.0
 24K
Fail-Safe (1964)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style: tense, political thriller, political, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, nuclear threat, politics, military, u.s. air force, atomic bomb, nuclear, chaos, radio, president ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place: russia, new york, usa, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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