Movies and TV shows like The Handler
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The Handler (2003)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, crime drama, tense, suspense
Plot:
fbi, law enforcement, undercover, working undercover, officers and cadets, special agent, government agency, basic training, crime investigation, fbi agent, investigation, training, police procedural, urban, bureaucracy, realism, surveillance, moral ambiguity, corruption, mature, undercover cop, die hard, rookie, partner, undercover agent ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to The Handler
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, investigation, fbi, undercover, urban, police and police procedural mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Handler: Angela's Eyes (2006), Sleeper Cell (2005), Missing (2003), The Beast (2009), Chase (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, realistic, exciting, detective, suspenseful
Plot:
female detective, fbi, female agent, treason, partner, investigation, partners against crime, undercover, law enforcement, dishonesty, life is a bitch, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, captivating, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
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terrorist, muslim, undercover, undercover agent, fbi, spy, heroes, danger, race against time, chases and races, pretense, working undercover ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, america
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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.
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serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
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psychic power, missing person, paranormal activity, fbi, supernatural ability, partner, government agency, workplace, female agent, supernatural, nypd, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fbi, rookie, working undercover, undercover, double agent, partner, internal affairs, undercover agent, crime investigation, unconventional method, danger, recruit ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Chase is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jennifer Johnson for the NBC network. The series follows a U.S. Marshals fugitive-apprehension team, based out of Houston, Texas. Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson serve as ...
Style:
realistic, detective, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
policewoman, u.s. marshal, escaped prisoner, fugitives, wanted, police investigation, chase, special agent, rivalry, law enforcement, police, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police corruption, working undercover, police investigation, dirty cop, boss and employee, undercover, law enforcement, dishonesty, idealism, society, internal affairs, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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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:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, rookie, undercover agent, fbi, fighting crime, young man, drug dealer, coworker, police, danger, special agent, frame up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
46%
156
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, fbi, nypd, police detective, police, justice, criminal, law enforcement, legal, police procedural, murder investigation, investigation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Simone Clark is the oldest rookie in the FBI.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, crime drama, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fbi, black cast, rookie, fbi agent, federal agent, academy, law enforcement, special agent, agent, female protagonist, female fbi agent, investigation ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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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, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, haunted by the past, profiler, female agent, fbi, special agent, rookie, dark past, nypd, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Plot:
law enforcement, undercover, partners against crime, fighting crime, police investigation, criminal, partner, master criminal, police procedural, manhunt, investigation, customs officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt ...
Style:
suspense, tension, fast paced, intense, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lapd, law enforcement, investigation, conspiracy, danger, urban, manhunt, urban setting, police procedural, terror, political intrigue, teamwork ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
Style:
psychological, crime drama, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
death, justice, artificial intelligence, agent, fbi, murder, criminal, fbi agent, investigation, moral ambiguity, female agent, female fbi agent ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, near future
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Undercover Stings is an American reality documentary television series on Spike. The series debuted on May 7, 2012.
Style:
realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
undercover, law enforcement, police, working undercover, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, sting operation, police officer, chase, society, investigation, surveillance ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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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:
serious, rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, undercover, working undercover, law enforcement, police detective, outlaw, boss, power struggle, fighting crime, criminal, crooked cop, black history ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, california, usa
Similarity:
40%
117
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
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CIF dramatises a team of cops' investigation and afterward actions to take criminals under custody.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, criminal, forensics, law enforcement, police procedural, police station, crime solving, crime investigation, fighting crime, uncover truth, police investigation, organized crime ...
Place:
india, mumbai india
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
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Belgrade, 2003. When Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated, the country plunges into chaos, and the authorities' response is to introduce a state of emergency. A turning point in recent Serbian history through the perspective of ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, historical drama, political thriller, tense ...
Plot:
assassination, organized crime, police procedural, corruption, investigative journalism, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, civil unrest, investigation, urban, suspicion, criminal underworld ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
serbia, belgrade
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 50 min.
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A top Mexican police unit hunts down fleeing U.S. fugitives as a nefarious scheme unfolds within their force.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, realistic ...
Plot:
manhunt, law enforcement, fugitives, corruption, justice, chase, kidnapping, murder, police procedural, immigration, surveillance, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
fbi, fighting crime, undercover, working undercover, gangster, special agent, workplace, law enforcement, haunted by the past, nypd, gay slur, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
richmond virginia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, working undercover, mafia, undercover agent, organized crime, gangster, fbi, investigation, special agent, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Vincent is an ITV drama series. An initial series was made and aired in 2005 and starred Ray Winstone, in the title role, and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, serious, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, private detective, private investigation, partner, workaholic, private investigator, surveillance, moral ambiguity, urban, working class, domestic drama, corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, working undercover, fbi, undercover, police, police corruption, law enforcement, police investigation, moral dilemma, dishonesty, nypd, legal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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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, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, lifesaver, partners against crime, police investigation, police detective, special agent, chases and races, law enforcement, hunt down, danger, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 44 min.
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Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, compassionate, brutal ...
Plot:
hostage negotiator, ransom, criminal, salvation, abduction, violence, kidnapping, negotiation, negotiator, police, partner, twists and turns ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, police, forensics, police procedural, british, private investigator, fbi, homicide detective, police detective, crime solving, murder investigation, police investigation ...
Place:
london, east end london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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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, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
forensics, profiler, serial killer, police investigation, law enforcement, multiple suspects, danger, police procedural, african american, computer genius, computer system, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
mathematics, prodigy, genius, fbi, murder investigation, police detective, law enforcement, brother brother relationship, partners against crime, federal agent, workplace, profiler ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
37%
148
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Falcone is an American TV series on CBS which lasted only one season. The plot follows Joseph D. Pistone, who goes undercover to bring down the mob. This was based on a true story, also having been dramatized in the movie Donnie Brasco. also Based ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, detective, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
moral dilemma, hidden identity, fighting crime, organized crime, undercover agent, law enforcement, family relations, gangster, undercover, working undercover, fbi, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder, workplace, society, workplace situations, partner, police station, nypd, cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
37%
969
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 260 min.
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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, rough ...
Plot:
fighting crime, law enforcement, working undercover, drug abuse, special agent, secret agent, tough law enforcer, life is a bitch, rise and fall, urban ghetto life, social differences, price of justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, south america, afghanistan
Similarity:
37%
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