Movies and TV shows like Ballard
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Ballard (2025)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the victims and their families.
Style:
detective, noir, dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, crime thriller
Plot:
male nudity, lapd, cold case, serial killer, police corruption, investigation, moral ambiguity, female detective, revenge, justice, urban, female protagonist, undercover, conspiracy, internal affairs, investigative journalism, forensics, ambitious, trauma, police officer, police, policewoman, asian, asian woman, police department ...
Place:
los angeles
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Duration: 52 min.
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Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 51 min.
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Style:
tense, detective, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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In the name of the law is a German television series that was broadcast from 1994 to 2007 by RTL.
Style:
detective, realistic, suspense, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, munich germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 70 min.
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While investigating the disappearance of a teen girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 285 min.
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france, paris france
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
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Style:
tense, suspense, dark, detective, twisted ...
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Style:
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hong kong
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Private Eye is an American crime drama that aired from September 13, 1987 until January 8, 1988.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham's belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine ...
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detective, suspenseful, crime drama, psychological, captivating ...
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True-crime thriller that follows a team of homicide detectives as they open an 18-year-old cold case that occurred in one of America's notorious body-dumping grounds, the Louisiana swamplands.
Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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crime drama, suspenseful, tension, detective, twisted ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
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A promising criminal investigator believes in justice and honour. He refuses to remain indifferent to his superiors' corrupt ways but he soon discovers that such corruption has deeper origins than he thought.
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
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