Movies and TV shows like Alcatraz

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Alcatraz (2012)
 6.9
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Alcatraz (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Alcatraz is an American television series created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and produced by J. J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on Fox on January 16, 2012, as a mid-season replacement. Switching between eras, the series focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was allegedly shut down in 1963 due to unsafe conditions for its prisoners and guards. The show's premise is that both the prisoners and the guards disappeared in 1963 and have abruptly reappeared in modern-day San Francisco, where they are being tracked down by a government agency. The series starred Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill and Parminder Nagra. The show was cancelled on May 9, 2012.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, captivating, stylized, cliffhanger, serious, exciting, detective, mysterious, apocalyptic ...
Plot: prison, twists and turns, investigation, time travel, police investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, murderer, warden, existence paradox, police detective, mysterious place, partner, hidden truth, merciless, government facility, secret agenda, island, conspiracy, dishonesty, prison life, manhunt, alcatraz, supernatural power, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 21st century, 1960s, contemporary
Place: usa, san francisco, bay area
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, detective and realistic films and TV series with plots about investigation, law enforcement, murder, police, murder mystery, supernatural and danger mostly in Drama, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Alcatraz: The Blacklist (2013), The 4400 (2004), Fringe (2008), Sherlock (2010), Prison Break (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Blacklist (2013)
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: exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, mind game, killings, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, washington d.c.
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100%
 7.3
 47K
The 4400 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, quarantine, missing person, supernatural, murderer, investigation, foreknowledge, cure, danger, abduction, ufo, psychic ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.4
 256K
Fringe (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, time travel, parallel universe, fbi, alternate dimension, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time: 2000s, future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: harvard university, usa, massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 9.1
 990K
Sherlock (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style: clever, detective, witty, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder mystery, genius, mastermind, friendship, british, murder, mind game, riddles and clues, prodigy ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, scotland yard, afghanistan, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.3
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Prison Break (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, 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, conspiracy, determination, confined, fbi, scheme, brother, self sacrifice, siblings relations ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, california, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 8.6
 247K
The X-Files (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to ...
Style: captivating, psychological, mind bending, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens
Plot: ufo, supernatural, investigation, fbi, conspiracy, paranormal investigation, alien, top secret, paranormal activity, alien contact, space and aliens, female fbi agent ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.3
 591K
Lost (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 5445 min.
TV show
Story: Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, island, stranded, desert island, stranded on an island, human nature, lost, mysterious place, death, air disaster, destiny, plane crash ...
Time: y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Person of Interest (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, clever, detective ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, privacy invasion, hacker, computer genius, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer, secret ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 8.2
 62K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.8
 8K
Nash Bridges (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on ...
Style: detective, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partner, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, parents and children, workplace, single parent, rivalry, family problems, investigation, best friend ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.6
 62K
Flashforward (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to ...
Style: suspenseful, mind bending, stylized, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot: investigation, time loop, destiny, direction and purpose, uncover truth, supernatural, foreknowledge, time traveler, premonition, special agent, team, worldwide chaos ...
Time: 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Persons Unknown (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Persons Unknown is an American mystery drama television series that revolves around strangers who are imprisoned inside a small ghost town. The thirteen-episode summer series premiered on June 7, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. on NBC. On June 30, NBC moved the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, mind bending, offbeat ...
Plot: trapped, group of strangers, mysterious place, captivity, abduction, riddles and clues, confined, experiment, isolation, manipulation, twists and turns, mind game ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.9
 11K
Rubicon (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: conspiracy, uncover truth, analyst, prodigy, undercover, surveillance, spy, boss, twists and turns, government facility, workplace, intelligence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 8.9
 647K
True Detective (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style: neo noir, serious, atmospheric, anthology, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: louisiana, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Without a Trace (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Without a Trace was an American police procedural television drama series that originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, law enforcement, murder investigation, kidnapping, murder, police, fbi, missing person, police detective, female detective, investigation, federal bureau of investigation ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Shadow Line (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A noir thriller with diverse individuals whose worlds become interwoven after the murder of drug baron Harvey Wratten. From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, detective, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, who to trust, police corruption, uncover truth, investigation, conspiracy, forensics, mysterious character, hitman, one last job, death, secret ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.6
 20K
The Bridge (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Style: tense, atmospheric, detective, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, twists and turns, policewoman, murder, drug cartel, social problems, u.s. mexico border, corruption, partner, marital problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.5
 3K
The Sentinel (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with ...
Style: stylized, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, police investigation, fighting crime, supernatural ability, jungle adventure, unlikely partners, partners against crime, a vision, partner, law enforcement, police detective, swat team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c., washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 6.5
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CSI: Miami (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, murder, police detective, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, workplace, police, crime scene ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Secrets and Lies (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, murder, family relations, murder mystery, family problems, police investigation, family in crisis, child killer, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, uncover truth, who done it ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.6
 446
Ricochet (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style: atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, investigation, police detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.0
 3K
Happy Town (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
TV show
Story: The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, twists and turns, kidnapping, missing person, supernatural, multiple suspects, who done it, paranormal activity, uncover truth, mysterious death, social relations, sheriff ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Diagnosis Murder (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: police detective, doctor, hospital, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, who done it, homicide detective, amateur detective, friendship, partner, medical ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 7.1
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Truth Be Told (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation.
Style: exciting, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, murder, twists and turns, danger, death, law enforcement, riddles and clues, legal, private detective, friendship, black cast, girl ...
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.2
 16K
Breakout Kings (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Driven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped, and tired of following protocol and resorting to outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli are ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, thrilling ...
Plot: wanted, fugitives, convict, going straight, chase, law enforcement, expert, manhunt, partner, unlikely partners, prison, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 8.3
 35K
Life (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ex convict, investigation, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, who done it, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.0
 11K
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 ⇓
26%
 8.3
 41K
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 ⇓
26%
 7.4
 15K
The Glades (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This Crime series follows Matt Passmore as Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small ...
Style: stylized, cliffhanger, detective, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, multiple suspects, murder, team, suspicion, dishonesty, murder investigation, hotshot hero, ex husband, starting over, lifestyle change ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, everglades, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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