Movies and TV shows like New Amsterdam 2008

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New Amsterdam (2008)
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New Amsterdam (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: New Amsterdam is an American television drama which aired for eight episodes in 2008 on Fox. The series starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as "John Amsterdam", an immortal Dutch man born in 1607, who has lived in New York City on and off since he was 14 years old, and who is a homicide detective in the present day. The series was nominated for an Emmy for Main Title Design.
Style: clever, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, detective
Plot: immortality, friendship, immortal, law enforcement, haunted by the past, miraculous event, curses spells and rituals, magical, friends, reward, aging, imaginary, true love, sent to the future, supernatural, massacre, cop, magic, time travel, police, time machine, psychic, murder investigation, super powers, clairvoyant ...
Time: 17th century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, detective and realistic films and TV series with plots about police, law enforcement, police detective, investigation, police investigation, fighting crime and cop mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like New Amsterdam: Forever (2014), The Listener (2009), Unforgettable (2011), Lucifer (2016), Crime Traveller (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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The Listener (2009)
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: exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, supernatural ability, supernatural, telepathy, psychic power, supernatural power, uncover truth, psychic, danger, paramedic, save the day, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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78%
 6.8
 21K
Unforgettable (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: police, photographic memory, female detective, police detective, partners against crime, policewoman, prodigy, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 8.1
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Lucifer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 4393 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, romantic, detective ...
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 ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, chicago
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Crime Traveller (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Jeff Slade and his beautiful colleague Holly are armed with something very special in the ongoing fight against crime their very own time machine. Invented by Holly's father, Professor Frederick Turner, the time machine may be a ...
Style: detective, exciting, serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot: time travel, paradox, time machine, race against time, uncover truth, chases and races, danger, misfit partners, society, law enforcement, life is a bitch, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
40%
The Dresden Files (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, detective, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, investigation, magic, magical, investigator, paranormal activity, wizards and magicians, private detective, imaginary, danger, victim, supernatural ability ...
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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34%
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever, detective ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, police station, partner, workplace, fighting crime, police detective, partners against crime, workplace situations, cop, police officer, urban ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, chicago, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Ellery Queen (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever
Plot: private detective, cop, police, murder investigation, murder, writers, nypd, investigation, partners against crime, police investigation, law enforcement, multiple suspects ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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High Incident (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: High Incident is a police drama series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by Steven Spielberg, Michael Pavone, Eric Bogosian and Dave Alan Johnson. It first aired on March 4, 1996, running a total of 32 ...
Style: detective, rough, bleak, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: law enforcement, nypd, society, fighting crime, suburbs, suburban life, police officer, police, sergeant, female police officer
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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FX: The Series (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
Style: detective, serious, exciting, stylized, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, police, partner, police investigation, friends, heroes, fighting crime, partners against crime, unlikely partners, society, law enforcement, buddies
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
17%
 6.3
 374
Shattered (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. His wife Ella ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police detective, homicide detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, exodus, criminal, mental disorder, murder investigation, split personality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.5
 11K
Life on Mars (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Life on Mars is a science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. It is an adaptation of the BAFTA-winning original UK series of the same name produced by the BBC. The series was ...
Style: serious, surreal, tense, captivating, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police investigation, police, disorder, power relations, fish out of water, law enforcement, fighting crime, uncover truth, time travel, police brutality, police station ...
Time: 70s, future, 20th century, 2000s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Prime Suspect (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Prime Suspect is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. It stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney. The series is a "re-imagining" of the original British series Prime ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: policewoman, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, investigator, sexism, police station, ambition, tough law enforcer, boss, murder, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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50%
 6.9
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Ironside (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ironside is a Universal television series that ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as a paraplegic Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character debuted on March 28, 1967 in a TV movie. When ...
Style: detective, talky, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, private detective, investigation, cop, police detective, team, intelligence agency, disabled, hippie, civil rights, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Brooklyn South (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997–98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police, swat team, nypd, legal, die hard, police officer, partner, tough heroes, police detective, partners against crime, criminal heroes, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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33%
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, investigation, car chase, nypd, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Shades of Blue (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But when she's trapped by the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, detective ...
Plot: police detective, police, working undercover, fbi, police corruption, law enforcement, police investigation, nypd, moral dilemma, dishonesty, undercover, legal ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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32%
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Space Precinct (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Space Precinct is a British television series that aired from 1994 to 1995 on Sky One and later on BBC Two in Britain, and in first-run syndication in the US. Many US stations scheduled the show in late night time slots, which resulted in low ...
Style: detective, rough, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: space and aliens, space opera, space, puppet, deep space, spaceship, intergalactic, time travel, space travel, alien, alien planet, police detective ...
Time: future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 8.3
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Columbo (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all ...
Style: clever, detective, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: police detective, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, police protagonist, mind game, police, crime investigation, basset hound, crime solving, riddles and clues, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Tomorrow People (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, telekinesis, young heroes, teleportation, psychic, friendship, danger, good versus evil, world spanning, telepathy ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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King (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, female detective, police detective, female police detective, law enforcement, who done it, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, task force, fighting crime, leadership ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Eleventh Hour (2008)
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, scary, captivating ...
Plot: scientist, investigation, fbi, mad scientist, save the day, misfit partners, bio weapon, characters in danger, partners against crime, law enforcement, government agency, danger ...
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32%
The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 441 min.
TV show
Story: Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year... that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, high school, supernatural ability, life turned upside down, teenage life, superhuman powers, chase, youth, supernatural power, chases and races, mysterious character, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.3
 10K
The Dead Zone (2002)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based ...
Style: serious, psychological, atmospheric, scary, bad ending ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: psychic, psychic power, supernatural, twists and turns, stephen king, friendship, hopes, time travel, supernatural ability, small town life, supernatural power, changing the past or future ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: maine, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Hat Squad (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Hat Squad is a crime drama television series that ran for only one season on CBS, during the 1992–1993 season. 13 episodes were made, but only 11 of them aired.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, detective
Plot: police investigation, police, adoption, family relations, vengeance, partners against crime, sibling relationship, chases and races, orphan, brother brother relationship, interracial adoption, avenge ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Low Winter Sun (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Low Winter Sun is an American television drama series developed by Chris Mundy, starring Mark Strong and Lennie James. The series premiered on August 11, 2013, on AMC, with the first season consisting of ten episodes. It is based upon the 2006 ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: murder, police detective, vengeance, right and wrong, law enforcement, rivalry, police corruption, perfect crime, dishonesty, dirty cop, revenge, deception ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Touching Evil (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving an almost-fatal gunshot wound to the head, Detective David Creegan is assigned to the FBI's Organized and Serial Crime Unit – a rapid-response, elite crime ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, lifesaver, police investigation, partners against crime, police detective, special agent, danger, law enforcement, chases and races, hunt down, fbi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Robbery Homicide Division (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann. Schindel has been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, law enforcement, murder, workplace, partner, police station, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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32%
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