Movies and TV shows like The Handler

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The Handler (2003)
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The Handler (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover officers in the FBI. Other cast members included Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, and Tanya Wright. Belknap and Harper would reunite as costars on the drama CSI: New York beginning in 2005.
Style: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: fbi, law enforcement, officers and cadets, special agent, undercover, working undercover, government agency, basic training, crime solving, fbi agent, undercover cop, die hard, rookie, partner, undercover agent, crime investigation, collaboration, crime, special agents, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, usa
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to The Handler

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, undercover, fbi, special agent, police, working undercover and police investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Handler: Sleeper Cell (2005), Missing (2003), Vice (2008), The Beast (2009), Graceland (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sleeper Cell (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: terrorist, undercover agent, spy, undercover, fbi, heroes, race against time, danger, special agent, terrorist plot, pretense, chases and races ...
Place: los angeles, usa, america
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Missing (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Missing is a Canadian-American crime drama television series based on the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU book series by Meg Cabot. The series aired on the A network and W Network in Canada, and on Lifetime in the United States from August 2003 to February 2006.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: psychic power, missing person, fbi, supernatural ability, partner, government agency, paranormal activity, workplace, police procedural, supernatural, nypd, a vision ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c.
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100%
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Vice (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police corruption, partner, law enforcement, undercover, drug dealing, crime gone awry, partners against crime, dishonesty, working undercover, nypd, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Beast (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: FBI agent Charles Barker applies controversial techniques in his attempts to bring criminals to justice, which often border on illegal and unsettle his uninitiated partner, Ellis Dove. Over the course of the first season, Barker is investigated by ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fbi, rookie, investigation, undercover, working undercover, double agent, partner, internal affairs, undercover agent, crime investigation, unconventional method, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Graceland (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Somewhere in Southern California, in a drug raid run by the US government, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rookie, undercover agent, fbi, working undercover, fighting crime, young man, drug dealer, special agent, police, danger, verbal byplay, temperamental ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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51%
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The Inside (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The Inside is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and produced by Imagine Television. The Inside follows the work of the FBI's Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit, a division dedicated to investigating ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Plot: investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, haunted by the past, profiler, fbi, female agent, special agent, rookie, dark past, nypd, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Ghost Squad (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed between 1994 and 1998, secretly investigating ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot: police corruption, working undercover, police investigation, dirty cop, boss and employee, dishonesty, law enforcement, undercover, idealism, society, undercover cop, undercover agent ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Line of Fire (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Line of Fire is a crime drama television series that was broadcast on ABC for 11 episodes in the winter of 2003-2004. It starred Leslie Bibb and Jeffrey D. Sams as two rookie FBI agents assigned to the bureau's Richmond, Virginia branch, where ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: fbi, undercover, fighting crime, working undercover, gangster, special agent, workplace, law enforcement, haunted by the past, nypd, gay slur, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Angela's Eyes (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: FBI agent Angela Clinton has the exceptional gift of knowing when someone is lying. She discovered this skill at age 14, when she learned her "average" American parents were actually spies. Attempting to right her parents' wrong, ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, detective, suspenseful
Plot: fbi, female agent, treason, female detective, partner, partners against crime, undercover, investigation, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Dark Blue (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm. It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw, the leader of an undercover ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover agent, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, right and wrong, team, workplace, police procedural, investigation, police, arrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
44%
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Gang Related (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Every villain has a noble cause, and every hero has a dark side. Detective Ryan Lopez is a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. What the world doesn't know is that long before Ryan became a cop, he pledged allegiance to a ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, law enforcement, outlaw, police detective, boss, power struggle, fighting crime, criminal, undercover, armed forces, villain, swat team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Wiseguy (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, mafia, undercover agent, organized crime, gangster, investigation, working undercover, fbi, special agent, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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 ⇓
43%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 2K
Ambushed (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, law enforcement, rivalry, lapd, working undercover, police corruption, special agent, swat team, strip club, nypd, armed forces, die hard ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.5
 12K
CSI: Cyber (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The FBI's team of Cyber Crime Investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the dark-net. Avery, a Special Agent in Charge and esteemed Cyber-Psychologist heads up a team, including Senior Special Agent ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: profiler, federal agent, cybercrime, forensics, crime investigation, fbi, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime, riddles and clues ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Strike Force (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
Style: fast, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: fbi, surveillance, basketball, drug dealing, murder, investigation, state trooper, drug cartel, gang, undercover, police investigation, intrigue ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family is an American television series which ran from March 5, 2000 to March 24, 2001 on the USA Network.
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: undercover, family relations, family in danger, working undercover, secret agent, relationship vs career, family life, wiretap, fbi, undercover agent, special agent, agent ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is an American television series that premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX's decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot: deaf, agent, fbi, special agent, fighting crime, police investigation, disability, misfit, mute or deaf, law enforcement, handicapped, disabled ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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41%
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Traffic (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 260 min.
TV show
Story: A three-part miniseries that offers a look into the world of trafficking, where drugs, weapons, and even people are traded all over the world. Here, the lives of three Seattle-based men become intertwined...until they're all in over their heads.
Style: realistic, thought provoking, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: working undercover, drug abuse, law enforcement, fighting crime, urban ghetto life, price of justice, addiction, social differences, life is a bitch, rise and fall, tough law enforcer, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot: profiler, investigation, danger, fbi, law enforcement, forensics, team, special agent, twists and turns, human nature, crime solving, world spanning ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Killer Instinct (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005. Fox ordered 13 episodes, only ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, true crime, woman with a gun, murder mystery, crime investigation, buddy cop, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: profiler, forensics, serial killer, multiple suspects, law enforcement, danger, police, police procedural, african american, computer genius, special agent, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Threat Matrix (2003)
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, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: terrorism, special agent, undercover, prodigy, danger, law enforcement, political conspiracy, rescue, deaf, intelligence, national security, homeland ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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40%
 7.8
 2K
Smith (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Though Bobby Stevens appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually an expert thief who is seeking a few last big jobs so he can finally leave the business for a comfortable, lawful lifestyle with his wife, Hope, and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, realistic
Plot: thief, criminal, manhunt, double life, hidden identity, outlaw, criminal heroes, master criminal, one last job, law enforcement, chase, fbi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.7
 3K
Baretta (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. ...
Style: detective, retro, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, police, investigation, car chase, police officer, cop, agent, undercover, police protagonist, working undercover, police station, police investigation ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Intelligence (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Intelligence is a Vancouver-based television crime drama starring Ian Tracey and Klea Scott that aired on the CBC. With its pilot first airing on November 28, 2005, the series began regular broadcasting on October 10, 2006. CBC reaired the pilot on ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: cia, boss, partner, gangster, investigation, workplace situations, smuggling, law enforcement, workplace, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Interceptor (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping eight-part series about a state-of-the-art law enforcement team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. The Interceptor delves into the adventures of a dedicated surveillance team known as ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot: undercover, partners against crime, police investigation, fighting crime, criminal, law enforcement, partner, master criminal, nypd, wiretap, anti hero, surveillance
Time: 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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