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Limitless (2015)
75K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Limitless, based on the feature film, picks up where the movie left off and follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
Style:
intellectual, captivating, humorous, light, detective, scenic, stylized
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fbi, young man, experimental drug, intelligence, brain capacity, life & death, chase, female agent, new job, addiction, supernatural, counselor, moral ambiguity, murder mystery, peril, superhero, paranoia, strong female lead, genius, treasure hunt, investigation, fantasy world, parallel universe, occupation, genetically altered ...
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, captivating, exciting and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about investigation, police, supernatural, police officer, murder mystery, murder and superhero mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Limitless: White Collar (2009), Sherlock (2010), The Mentalist (2008), Forever (2014), Alphas (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
642K
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, intellectual, philosophical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, creativity, drug abuse, superhuman powers, ambition, rise to the top, rags to riches, brain capacity, experimental drug, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
87%
152K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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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
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87%
1.1M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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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:
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221K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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:
79%
30K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural ability, mind control, experiment, superhuman powers, psychic, investigation, government agency, supernatural, danger, enemy, government official, fellow agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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100%
79K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, suspenseful, detective, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, female protagonist, supernatural ability, supernatural, murder mystery, law enforcement, murder, police investigation, morgue, fighting crime, partners against crime, hidden identity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
80%
85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, exciting, deep ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, puzzle, memory loss, strong female character, twists and turns, terrorist, tattoo, fbi agent, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, chicago
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
fbi, fbi agent, crime investigation, murder, investigation, criminal, special agent, task force, die hard, criminal justice, partners against crime, partner ...
Time:
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Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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:
89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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 ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, spy action ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
83%
388K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the ...
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sexy, captivating, entertaining, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
devil, supernatural, lucifer, demon, immortality, hell, immortal, fallen angel, homicide detective, murder investigation, female detective, police detective ...
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Place:
los angeles, usa, chicago
Similarity:
80%
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:
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Similarity:
80%
251K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, detective, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, police, corruption, police corruption, police station, super villain, superhero, mafia, friendship, organized crime, police detective, justice ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, futuristic, serious ...
Plot:
superhuman, genius, resurrection, second chance, father son relationship, scientist, reanimation, investigation, human experiment, supernatural, friendship, secret ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Sam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series whose epic breakdown is broadcast to the public and sends her to rehab. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing lone-wolf private investigator Eddie Valetik as research for a ...
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, sweet, detective
Plot:
private detective, private investigation, private investigator, investigation, partners against crime, crime investigation, couples, celebrity, woman with a gun, relationships, lifestyle change, new job ...
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los angeles
Similarity:
100%
63K
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, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genius, computer genius, prodigy, hacker, problem solving, science, boy genius, computers and web, national security, friendship, computer hacker, save the world ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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50%
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24K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, light
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, lawyer, courtroom, jury, workplace situations, research, outsmarting, leader, psychologist, manipulation, human nature, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, new york, usa
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67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Style:
humorous, detective, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, private detective, stranger, amateur sleuth, crime solving, trio, forensics, investigation, serial killer, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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:
67%
476
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Felix Winterberg is the great-great-grandson of the famous Albert Einstein and himself a recognized physics genius. Because of a deadly hereditary disease, the brilliant researcher only has a few years left - which he wants to make as ...
Style:
light, thought provoking, intellectual, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
genius, murder investigation, physics, deal, arrest, science, infatuation, legacy, talent, illegal drugs, police procedural, drug use ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, stylized, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, lifestyle change, investigation, island, whodunit, suspicion, murder, multiple suspects, coworker, investigator ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
66K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Style:
tense, realistic, surprise ending, detective, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
investigation, fbi, terrorist attack, frame up, female fbi agent, female agent, colleague, terrorist, terrorism, bonding, recruit, fbi agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Jacob Hood is a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government who investigates scientific crises and oddities. His crusade is to protect the substance of science against those who would abuse and misuse scientific ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
scientist, investigation, fbi, mad scientist, misfit partners, save the day, bio weapon, characters in danger, danger, reluctant partners, supernatural, law enforcement ...
Similarity:
100%
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, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
government agency, espionage, hi-tech, intelligence, heroes, computers and web, life risking, fellow agent, working undercover, spy, secret agent, inventions and discoveries ...
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:
100%
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:
100%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
Style:
captivating, romantic drama, touching, suspenseful, dorama ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, supernatural, police, paranormal phenomena, profiler, butterfly effect, false accusation, race against time, murder, flashback, cold case ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south korea, thailand, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a gifted author, university professor and former CIA operative is lured back to his old life by tenacious top NYPD Detective Lizzie Needham. Though Dylan and Lizzie initially clash, when it comes to catching killers, they make an ...
Style:
detective, captivating, intellectual, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
lgbtq, college professor, murder investigation, serial killer, police investigation, gay lead character, ex cia agent, male female partnership, puzzle, twists and turns, female police detective, murder victim ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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