Movies and TV shows like The Umbrella Academy

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The Umbrella Academy (2019)
 7.9
 273K
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, anime, disturbing, funny, atmospheric, offbeat, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: superhero, time travel, heroes, apocalypse, time traveler, danger, fight, fantasy world, team, alternate history, academy, life is a bitch, death, gay, superpower, lgbtq, stopped time, dysfunctional family, teenager, university, power, heroine, supernatural, family relations, childhood ...
Time: future, 80s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1963 ...
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, captivating, anime and tense films and TV series with plots about superhero, supernatural power, superpower, supernatural, villain, heroes and live action mostly in Drama, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Umbrella Academy: Misfits (2009), Doom Patrol (2019), Future Man (2017), Titans (2018), Gen V (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Misfits (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
Style: exciting, witty, cynical, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, time travel, superhero, friendship, supernatural power, teenage life, swearing, friends, danger, superhuman powers ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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94%
 7.7
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Doom Patrol (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: superhero, superhero team, outcast, tragedy, talking robot, tragic event, villain, androids and robots, split personality, multiverse, supernatural, wheelchair bound ...
Time: 80s, 2020s, 2010s, 1950s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
 7.6
 28K
Future Man (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night, is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, laugh out loud ...
Plot: time travel, murder, chosen one, gamer, dystopic future, sent to the past, dystopia, superhero, save the world, video game, heroes, mature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 112K
Titans (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: superhero, superhero team, friendship, secret identity, supernatural ability, danger, murder, blood, self discovery, superheroine, villain, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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 7.7
 82K
Gen V (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the ...
Style: black comedy, captivating, witty, exciting, satirical ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: superhero, college student, academy, university, villain, super villain, youth, young adult, superpower, superhero team
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 366K
WandaVision (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story: Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Style: sitcom, exciting, funny, epic, captivating ...
Plot: superhero, superheroine, witch, suburbs, supernatural, magic, supernatural power, magical power, suburban life, witchcraft, comic book, multiverse ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, 90s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 7.7
 169K
The Sandman (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A wizard attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. Fearful for his safety, the wizard kept him imprisoned in a glass bottle for decades. After his escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on ...
Style: dark fantasy, dark, gothic, fairy tale, supernatural thriller ...
Plot: nightmare, dreaming, secret, spell, librarian, kingdom, dream, mythology, lucifer, heroes, villain, witchery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 38K
The Gifted (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, anime, spiritual
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, mutant, super powers, good versus evil, supernatural power, supernatural ability, teamwork, superhero team, parents and children, twists and turns, social misfits, hunted ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 1950s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 6.6
 22K
Cloak & Dagger (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, bleak, anime
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: superheroine, superhero, superpower, multiverse, teenage superhero, teenager, youth, friendship, supernatural, teleportation, danger, investigation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.2
 97K
Legion (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1316 min.
TV show
Story: David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the ...
Style: psychological thriller, captivating, saga, exciting, spiritual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: superhero, mental illness, telepathy, supernatural power, telekinesis, superhuman, mutant, schizophrenia, memory, x men, mental institution, time travel ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Style: ironic, psychological, detective, intellectual, captivating ...
Plot: clue, time travel, private detective, murder investigation, unstoppable, hallucination, investigation, strange person, superpower, government agent, partner, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Jupiter's Legacy (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story: As the world's first generation of superheroes (who received their powers in the 1930s) become the revered elder guard in the present, their superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents.
Style: futuristic, exciting, captivating, tense, anime ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, superhuman powers, legacy, superheroine, fight, generation, power, vanity, glory, showdown, good versus evil ...
Time: 1930s, year 1929
Place: new york, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.6
 472K
Daredevil (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, spectacular, saga ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, secret identity, vigilante, heroic mission, one against many, lawyer, blind man, hand to hand combat, one man army, daredevil, ninja ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story: After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style: exciting, serious, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: female protagonist, superhero, investigation, private detective, strong female character, imaginary, lawyer, strong female lead, super powers, violence, good versus evil, supernatural power ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.5
 70K
Shadowhunters (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Style: captivating, tense, dark fantasy, serious, gothic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, vampire, magic, demon, gay, female protagonist, supernatural being, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, friendship, vampire human love ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 19K
Deadly Class (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques, and his own adolescent uncertainties may prove fatal.
Style: atmospheric, sadistic, brutal, bloody, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: boarding school, danger, youth, death, smoking, disciple, teenager, murder, training, murderer, school, private school ...
Time: 80s
Place: san francisco
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79%
 7.6
 56K
The Magicians (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— ...
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: magic, fantasy world, supernatural ability, magician, supernatural power, magic spell, school, supernatural, wizards and magicians, witch, studying, college ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to ...
Style: captivating, humorous, exciting, sad, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero team, time travel, villain, lesbian, lgbt, female warrior, superhero, lesbian love, save the world, martial arts, supernatural, alternate reality ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Ultraman Decker (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Seven years have passed since Ultraman Trigger protected the world from various threats. In the present, Kanata Asumi, who is a positive young man, peacefully lives together with his grandpa. One day, while delivering ordered food, he witnessed a ...
Style: entertaining, disturbing, exciting, captivating
Plot: superhero, superpower, alien invasion, giant monster, monster, fight, transformation, galaxy, heroes, teamwork, outer space, supernatural power ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
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The Flash (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, action adventure, thought provoking, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: superhero, heroes, time travel, speed, multiverse, supernatural power, superhuman powers, good versus evil, super powers, secret identity, masked superhero, fighting crime ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
House of the Dragon (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The prequel series finds the Targaryen dynasty at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires—real and imagined—crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins almost ...
Style: exciting, captivating, stylized, tense, dramatic ...
Plot: dragon, knight, kingdom, female nudity, king, legend, medieval, sword and sorcery, serial killer, queen, incest, strength ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 25K
The Librarians (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies.
Style: captivating, breathtaking, humorous, mythical, anime ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: librarian, archaeologist, artifact, library, magic, treasure hunt, good versus evil, friendship, magical, knowledge, historian, thief ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 133K
Watchmen (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 527 min.
TV show
Story: Television series based on the comic-book 'Watchmen', which was published by DC Comics in 1986 - 1987.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, non-linear, suspense, dark ...
Plot: superhero, villain, anti hero, vigilantism, team, black, heroes, racial slur, racial tension, police officer, racial discrimination, fight ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2019
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.2
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Supergirl (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, humorous, saga, sad ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, super powers, female protagonist, heroes, danger, journalist, superheroine, supernatural power, secret identity, superhuman powers, strong female character, alien race ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
Style: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, existential ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: female protagonist, adolescence, youth, teenager, friendship, telekinesis, high school, love, lgbt teen, small town, teenage protagonist, lgbt ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Almighty Johnsons (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand fantasy comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and is produced by South Pacific Pictures. It began airing its first series of ten episodes in New Zealand on 7 ...
Style: exciting, stylized, semi serious, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, heroes, brother brother relationship, family secret, supernatural ability, life turned upside down, escapades, family relations, rivalry, villain, norse god, viking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 7K
Powers (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, detective, scenic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, imaginary, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, life is a bitch, youth, heroes, superpower, fighting crime, law enforcement, superhuman powers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Marvel Studios: Legends (2021)
Genre: Short, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each dynamic segment feeds directly into the upcoming series — setting the stage for future events. This series weaves together the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense
Plot: superhero, fight scenes, superhero team, danger, heroes, violence, chase, friendship, salvation, society, friends, fight ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 10K
Helstrom (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
Style: suspense, dark, suspenseful, semi serious, anime
Plot: supernatural power, superhero, demon, supernatural, brother sister relationship, psychokinesis, mother daughter relationship, guardian, satanic cult, terror, obsessive quest, supernatural ability ...
Place: portland oregon, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 20K
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, talky, light, anime
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: superheroine, superhero, heroine, heroes, superhero team, good versus evil, masked superhero, multiverse, superhuman powers, superpower, bravery, rescue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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