Persons Unknown

Series Similar to Persons Unknown

If you enjoyed Persons Unknown, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Twisted

   2013 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended99% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile.

   A one-hour mystery full of twists and turns that follows Danny Desai, a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past who returns to his hometown after spending five years in juvenile detention. Immediately branded an outcast, Danny attempts to reconnect with his two childhood best friends, Jo and Lacey. But when a fellow student is found dead in her home, Danny instantly becomes the prime suspect and town spirals into a frenzy of suspicion and mystery. Jo and Lacey must decide if their childhood friend is unforgivable, or if he's really a victim being persecuted for his own twisted secrets.

2. Thirteen

   2016 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   After thirteen years held captive by her kidnapper, Ivy Moxam escapes. Piecing back together the version of family life that existed before is no easy task.

3. Bloodline

   2015 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile.

   Bloodline is a dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.

4. Dig

   2015 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Dig tells the story of a murder mystery set against the backdrop of modern day Jerusalem, a city shrouded in ancient intrigue. FBI agent Peter Connelly has had his fair share of heartbreak. Anxious to leave his personal demons behind, Peter takes a job stationed in Israel under the guidance of his new boss, and occasional lover, Lynn Monahan. When he sets out to solve the murder of a young American, Peter soon finds himself embroiled in an international mystery that delves into the Holy Land's darkest secrets. What he discovers is a conspiracy thousands of years in-the -making that threatens to change the course of history. While Peter races to figure out what it all means, he quickly finds that he may not be the only one searching for answers.

5. Our Zoo

   2014 · Drama, Thriller · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Our Zoo is a drama series based on the true story of the Mottershead family who, in the face of staunch opposition and huge personal sacrifice, founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.

6. Revenge

   2011 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile.

   This is not a story about forgiveness; Revenge is a show about retribution. Meet Emily Thorne, the newest resident of The Hamptons. When she was a little girl (and known as Amanda Clarke) her father, David Clarke, was framed for a horrific crime and subsequently sent to prison. While serving his time, the conspirators plotted and murdered David in order to prevent the truth from coming out. Emily is now back with a new identity and ready to take vengeance on the people that murdered her father and stole her childhood.

7. Medical Investigation

   2004 · Drama, Thriller · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on NBC.

   Dr. Stephen Connor and Dr. Natalie Durant are members of a mobile medical team from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) who are summoned in a heartbeat to scope out -- and hopefully snuff out -- outbreaks of unexplained and fearful diseases. When people are suffering from a mysterious and deadly illness which turns them blue, the team must work to put the pieces together to find the source of this potentially deadly epidemic.

8. BORDER

   2014 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Ishikawa Ango is a detective with smarts and a keen sense of observation. He's in a great physical shape and also highly ambitious. Ango also only focuses on his work and his personal life is pretty much non-existent.One day, a former police officer is killed by a gun shot. Ango goes to the scene of the crime, but is shot in the head by the killer who is lurking at the crime scene. Ango hovers between life and death. At that time, he thinks to himself "where do people go after they die?" and then "I don't want to die." A miracle then happens. Ango survives with the bullet still lodged in his head. He goes back to work.A new murder case takes place. When Ango goes to the crime scene he notices a boy who looks like he is about to cry, but only Ango is able to see the boy. The boy is the one who was killed. Since Ango was shot, he can now see and talk with the dead.

9. Paradise Lost

   2020 · Drama, Mystery · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Mystery profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Paradise Lost is about a psychiatrist who moves with her family from California to her husband's hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

10. Taboo

    2017 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · returning89% match

    Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.3).

    1814: James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa and is encircled by conspiracy, murder and betrayal.