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Designated Survivor (2016)
114K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Style:
exciting, political, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, sentimental, inspirational, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, president, counter terrorism, usa president, usa politics, investigation, terrorism, weapons, american politics, spy, die hard, conspiracy, danger, marriage, first lady, catastrophe, twists and turns, fbi, justice, chases and races, legal, exodus, family relations, dialogue, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
washington d.c., afghanistan, usa, chicago
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Most similar movies to Designated Survivor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and tense films and TV series with plots about danger, spy, investigation, conspiracy, twists and turns, espionage and politics mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Designated Survivor: 24: The Movie (2014), Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019), Madam Secretary (2014), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018), Condor (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hacker, president, terrorist, cia, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, tough heroes, killing, on the run ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
An explosion at the National Assembly kills everyone in the cabinet, leaving Park Mu-jin, the Minister of Environment, to become the next president. Park Mu-jin is a scientist-turned-politician who has no ambitions in politics, but as the acting ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist attack, politics, conspiracy, president, investigation, twists and turns, justice, family relations, terrorism, danger, leadership, national security ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Former CIA agent Elizabeth Faulkner McCord is suddenly thrust into the position of US Secretary of State where she must quickly learn to drive international diplomacy, wrangle office politics and balance a complex family life.
Style:
realistic, serious, political, intelligent, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, chief of staff, relationship vs career, workplace intrigue, usa politics, president, secretary of state, white house, u.s. president, female protagonist, workplace situations, power relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iraq, washington d.c., chicago, ukraine ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspense, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, conspiracy, terrorist, terrorism, twists and turns, investigation, agent, intelligence, danger, spy, shooting ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, langley virginia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, government conspiracy, spy, analyst, twists and turns, murder, investigation, computer hacker, danger, terrorist, dialogue, fight scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, washington d.c.
Similarity:
88%
864
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 266 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, female agent, terrorist, fbi, murder, save the day, investigation, rivalry, race against time, danger, rebellion, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, chicago, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
206K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 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:
cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, president, political conspiracy, terrorist, terrorist plot, secret service, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, bodyguard, twists and turns, assassination attempt ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
83%
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:
86%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
While monitoring an emergency line, a vigilant FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense, political ...
Plot:
politics, special agent, oval office, fbi agent, world war three, law, world war, fbi, die hard, conspiracy, chief of staff, witness protection ...
Place:
iran, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him to cover up some dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA and the White House.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, memory loss, conspiracy, secret agent, uncover truth, secret service, danger, dishonesty, life is a bitch, who to trust, state affairs, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
74%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When Washington's most powerful players are pulled into an international conspiracy, an unlikely puppeteer will bring everyone from CEOs to The President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
secret service, hostage, conspiracy, secret service agent, fbi, kidnapping, investigation, older man teenage girl relationship, special agent, betrayal, confined, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst - Charleston Tucker - assembles the President's Daily Briefing.
This list of ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
politics, national security, cia, dead son, white house, spy, workplace situations, usa president, u.s. president, president, female protagonist, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, nigeria, washington d.c., afghanistan, usa
Similarity:
100%
658K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: 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, scheme, prison escape, conspiracy, determination, fbi, confined, siblings relations, brother ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, chicago, texas, california, usa
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
High adrenaline Swedish political thriller from the creative talent behind Humans – An extreme right-wing party is heading towards its best election result when the chief of staff at the Justice Department disappears without a trace. Racism, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, intrigue, danger, political conspiracy, election, state affairs, murder, election campaign, government, power, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story:
Suddenly the US east coast is hit by a type of natural disaster formerly reserved, except after a major earthquake, for the Pacific and Indian ocean rims: tidal waves of the destructive tsunami type. Scientist and fiction author John McAdams attends ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, exciting, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, danger, rescue, undercover, on the run, save the day, save the world, investigation, race against time, forces of nature, conspiracy, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The movie covers the events which occurred in between the downfall of The Company and the finale of the series. It details the arrest and incarceration of Sara Tancredi, the final escape plan which Michael devises for Sara. It also reveals the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
prison, happy ending, fugitives, escape, woman in danger, self sacrifice, twists and turns, prison escape, relationships, freedom, resilience, murder mystery ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, canada, israel, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
conspiracy, military, uncover truth, twists and turns, corporate crime, violent content, dishonesty, left to die, political conspiracy, spy, family relations, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant who is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, detective ...
Plot:
swat team, gunfight, twists and turns, friendship, fight scenes, heroes, die hard, dialogue, danger, criminal, police officer, propaganda ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
75%
28K
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, exciting, disturbing, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
fbi, crime investigation, fbi agent, police detective, homicide detective, female detective, fighting crime, federal bureau of investigation, partners against crime, swat team, investigation, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Style:
intense, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorist plot, politics, tough heroes, terrorist, brutality, violence, secret agent, kidnapping, dark hero, chases and races, danger, political unrest ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
africa, washington d.c., usa, south africa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Threat Matrix is a 2003 American drama television series. It lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States Homeland Security anti-terrorism unit, led by Special agent John Kilmer.
The title of the show refers to a report ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
special agent, undercover, terrorism, prodigy, law enforcement, danger, political conspiracy, deaf, rescue, search and rescue, national security, intelligence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
What happens when a man who believes he has retired from MI6 is called back to do one more job to regain his life, only to discover that this job may mean he has no life to go back to.
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
intelligence agency, british secret service, cia, terrorist, spy, tough guy, conspiracy, father son relationship, estranged son, special agent, revenge, danger ...
Place:
middle east, washington d.c., africa, london, iran
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
When brilliant scientist Amber Chesborough vanishes along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother and her husband—both elite U.S. Army commandos—struggle to find her amid a guerilla war, discovering that the woman they love might have a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
disappearance, military, search party, threat, american soldier, mysterious disappearance, uncover truth, family secret, search and rescue, special agent, secret, soldier ...
Similarity:
75%
60K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The tranquility in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high stakes investigation unfolds.
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, crime drama, suspense, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, murder mystery, investigation, secret service, whodunit, conspiracy, high society, cover up, betrayal, murder, political scandal, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, political ...
Plot:
sniper, military, conspiracy, shooter, assassination, soldier, betrayal, police, fbi, wanted, veteran, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, ukraine, hawaii
Similarity:
50%
61K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, disaster, small town, danger, chaos, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, conspiracy, distopia, leadership ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
50%
84K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, clever, sexy, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
white house, relationship vs career, workplace situations, politics, lawyer, president, senator, politician, twists and turns, coworker, teamwork, young woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., indiana
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
E-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005. The title of the show refers to the structure of The Pentagon, which ...
Style:
captivating, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
swat team, terrorism, undercover, politics, danger, rebellion, workplace, state affairs, spy, military, covert operation, us military ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon
Similarity:
50%
27K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.
Style:
captivating, exciting, mind bending, serious, non-linear ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien contact, twists and turns, secret movement, government agency, extraterrestrial, president, missing person, space and aliens, alien, virus, top secret ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
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