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20 best shows like Paycheck (2003)

List of the best shows and series like Paycheck (2003): Travelers, Killjoys, Frequency, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Devs, Odyssey 5, Minority Report, Alcatraz, 12 Monkeys, 11.22.63.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:50

Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryCanada
Duration00:58

An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:40

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.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryCanada

Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada.Odyssey 5 is the brainchild of Manny Coto, who served as a script-writer and executive producer during the series run. Through his website and in interviews, Coto has expressed his interest in returning to the series at some point, either continuing it or giving it a conclusion.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:58

Minority Report follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen. Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals... before their crimes were committed. To carry out this brand of justice, the agency used three precogs - "precognitives" Dash, Arthur and Agatha - who were able to see the future. Now, in 2065, crime-solving is different, and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration00:43

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:42

    The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family, detective, military
    Duration00:30

    Taking place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: Nightfall follows the origin story of legendary manhunter Jameson Locke (Mike Colter) and his team as they are caught in a horrific terrorist attack while investigating terrorist activity on the distant colony world of Sedra.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration00:44

    The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:35

    A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration02:13

    A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:36

    A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration03:30

    A physicist discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:44

    Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM. Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryBrazil
    Duration02:14

    In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Last Resort is an American military drama television series. When the crew of the U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, the USS Colorado, pick up a U.S. Navy SEAL team off Pakistan's coast, the Colorado receives an order to launch nuclear ballistic missiles at Pakistan.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    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 healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    A group of young adults who met online are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration04:00

    A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The team discovers a threat that might unravel time itself and cause the world to end.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada

    A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book.”

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    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, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration00:50

    Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from the 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien hunters, who make up the Cardiff branch of the fictional Torchwood Institute, which deals mainly with incidents involving extraterrestrials.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:44

    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 training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:45

    Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series that revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments across the globe which program individuals referred to as "Actives" with temporary personalities and skills. Wealthy clients hire Actives from Dollhouses at great expense for various purposes. The series primarily follows the Active known as Echo, played by Eliza Dushku, on her journey towards self-awareness.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Canada

    A North American spin-off of the hit U.K. television series, Primeval: New World follows a specialized team of animal experts and scientists that investigates the appearance of temporal anomalies and battles both prehistoric and futuristic creatures.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant”or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:55

    We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone or something -- is manipulating the ones we love most to accomplish the unthinkable. An unseen alien force has figured this human weakness out. They have invaded earth and are using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination – our children.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:19

    A skeptic is forced to work with a firm believer of the paranormal on unexplained occurrences in Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, comedy, detective
    CountryUSA

    In 2033, people who are near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality hotels run by 6 tech firms. Cash-strapped Nora lives in Brooklyn and works customer service for the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife. When L.A. party-boy/coder Nathan’s self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:10

    A young mother kills in a fit of unexplainable rage a seemingly stranger. An inquisitive detective obsesses over the case, attempting to get to the bottom of the true motive behind the act.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:40

    Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob—and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay in the Federal Witness Protection program, Mitch and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future—only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

    Set in a single room of an average American motel, each episode tells a different story of the assorted characters who pass through it.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Thirty-something Hazel Green tries to escape a suffocating marriage — until she realizes her tech billionaire husband has implanted a revolutionary tracking device, the Made for Love, in her brain.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Follow 16-year-old Henrietta, aka Henry, who discovers she has the ability to teleport. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school’s Golden Boy, who tries to rape her.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:09

    When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.




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