TV series

New Amsterdam

2008 · 1 season

A wistful, unhurried cop show where centuries of memory sit quietly behind each case, giving the present a soft ache of longing.

Created by: Allan Loeb
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zuleikha Robinson, Stephen McKinley Henderson

Tagline: Live like there's always tomorrow.
Overview: John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, and immortal. In 1642 he saved a Native Indian girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. In return, the girl cast an ancient spell that conferred immortality upon him. Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, love, memory, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: New Amsterdam

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

Created by: Allan Loeb
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zuleikha Robinson, Stephen McKinley Henderson

In your watch list

More like this

Like New Amsterdam, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
memory
isolation
fate
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild