Shows like Manhattan: 20 to watch next
If you loved Manhattan (2014) — a drama and war & politics series created by Sam Shaw — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Manhattan most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like new mexico, atomic bomb and world war ii. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Roswell 1999★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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12 O'Clock High 1964★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon General--the Group is stationed in England, and flies long-range bombing missions into German-held Europe.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dark Angel 2000★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Project Blue Book 2019★ 8.1
Shares: Drama
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”.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Under the Dome 2013★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. While military forces, the government and the media positioned outside of this surrounding barrier attempt to break it down, a small group of people inside attempt to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when (and if) it will go away.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Walker 2021★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Last Resort 2012★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
When the crew of the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado refuse to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan without confirmation of the orders, they are fired upon and declared rogue enemies of their own country.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Salvation 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Foyle's War 2002★ 7.9
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Debris 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Haven 2010★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
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.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Golden Years 1991★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A science lab's elderly janitor is caught in an explosion and inexplicably begins getting younger, making him a target for a sinister agency.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pearson 2019★ 7.3
Shares: War & Politics, Drama
Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The State Within 2006★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
The State Within is a six-part British television political thriller serial written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, broadcast on BBC One from 2 November to 7 December 2006. After a plane explodes over Washington DC, panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to Washington, Mark Brydon, finds himself caught in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Police Story 1973★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Pretender 1996★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Brokenwood Mysteries 2014★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Andor 2022★ 8.3
Shares: Drama, War & Politics
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Departure 2019★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Follow the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Minority Report 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
Ten years after the demise of Precrime, crime-solving is different and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs—individuals who able to see the future. In Washington, D.C., a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now