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The Forbidden Chapter (2006)
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Original name: فصل ممنوعه
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drug addicted, middle-aged detective, beaten down by life and bureaucracy, investigates a series of murders of prostitutes in the slums of Mashhad.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, prostitute, police, murder, addiction, sadist, religious fanatic, serial murder, religious cult, religious faith, love, sin, jihad, doubt, cop, brothel, single woman, evil, taliban, suicide bomber, hanging, true crime, toy maker, political corruption ...
Place:
iran
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Most similar movies to The Forbidden Chapter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, disturbing and captivating films with plots about murder, investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, police detective, murder mystery and serial killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Forbidden Chapter: Grudge (2021), Anukshanam (2014), Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021), Summer of Changsha (2019), Murderer (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
homicide detective, unsolved crime, female police detective, criminal, murderer, murder, secret, killing, murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation ...
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Based on real-life events, this crime thriller traces the terrible trail left by a serial rapist and killer, highlighting the ensuing media coverage, public panic and one police officer's personal crusade to capture the psychopath.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, police, brutality, violence, psychopath, police detective, blood, revenge, police investigation, obsession, murder investigation, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, mysterious villain, murder investigation, lynching, murderer, investigation, killing, crime solving, police investigation, mental illness, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A detective investigating a bizarre murder case begins to fall in love with a surgeon he has met while trying to solve the crime.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot:
homicide detective, murder, love story, investigation, murder investigation, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love interest, in love, murder mystery, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
84%
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718
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, police interrogation, murder investigation, framed for murder, investigation, killing spree, serial murder, murder, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder mystery ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatisation
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
serial killer, murder, acid, murder mystery, true crime, killer, deception, religious fanaticism, serial murder, mental health, perfect crime, killing spree ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Off the coast of Montpellier, a diver exploring a wreck uncovers a highly sought-after treasure: a golden statuette of Medusa, the monster from Greek mythology. The day after his discovery, the young man's boat is found adrift, with no one on ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
artifact, missing person, partners against crime, misfit partners, who done it, uncover truth, heroes, law enforcer, friends, evidence, murder mystery, name calling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, mysterious villain, true crime, murder, murder investigation, investigation, killing, crime solving, crime investigation, murder mystery, fbi investigation, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Autumn is a beautiful transfer student who goes undercover as a cheerleader to do an exposé on the cruel culture of the squad for her school newspaper. But when someone begins viciously attacking cheerleaders, she starts to fear for her own life.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, murder, high school, characters murdered one by one, partner, chase, testimony, clue, uncover truth, who done it, youth, mysterious man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Based on the case of the serial killer Donato Bilancia, who murdered 17 people between 1998 and 2000 in Genova.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, serial murder, homicidal maniac, killing spree, murder investigation, homicide detective, game of death, crime investigation, killing, police detective, criminal ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Once a Los Angeles homicide detective, Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
serial murder, sleuth, serial killer, murder mystery, detective inspector, cold case, forensics, crime solving, murder investigation, investigation, killing, killing spree ...
Place:
nova scotia, boston
Similarity:
58%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective".
Style:
crime drama, detective, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, police, police investigation, murder, murder investigation, conspiracy, obsessive compulsive disorder, suicide, forensic, nordic, mental health, forensics ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) works on the case. He ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
japanese woman, hotel, police detective, evidence, police investigation, investigation, murder, danger, riddles and clues, workplace situations, murder investigation, law enforcement ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, detective, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, serial killer, mental issues, investigation, killing, murder mystery, murderer, police investigation, killing spree, who done it, homicide detective ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Bennett O'Mara finds a chocolate wrapper on a strangled girl, it leads him to enigmatic chocolatier Juliana Lovece. Just as this perceptive woman gets under his hardened skin, he suspects she may be at the centre of an increasing ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
homicide detective, police detective, murder mystery, murder investigation, investigation, framed for murder, female protagonist, murder, woman, forensic evidence, mass murder, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer. He found them! Hours after the trio were gunned down, Dwayne Nelson confessed to the crime. Despite this Nelson was allowed to ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
murder, murderer, national park, confession, murder investigation, law and order, criminal, killing, crime investigation, motive, investigation, legal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
montana
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
Style:
psychological, tense, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, murderer, psychopath, death, true crime, murder, serial murder, rapist, killing spree, brutality, maniac ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
california
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Style:
suspense, suspense thriller, social, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, renaissance, suspect, police detective, twists and turns, planting evidence, crime scene, danger, police, domestic servant, investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2008
Place:
india
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an anthropologist who hides an ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, bleak, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
black magic, murder, homicide detective, killing spree, serial killer, killing, murder investigation, serial murder, police investigation, police, police officer, police detective ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, police detective, police, murder investigation, police investigation, investigation, hopes, danger, life philosophy, dialogue, british police ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 2014, year 2012, year 2011
Similarity:
50%
179
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hameem Haider (Indrajith) is a police officer who meets with an accident while investigating a series of murders and is forced to take a break from his duties. Years later the unsolved murders are picked up by a reality TV show.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
kids
Plot:
police, serial killer, medical research, investigation, priest, murder investigation, murder, testimony, partners against crime, victim, evidence, rivalry ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
319
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Prominent politician Louis Durieux is accused of having murdered his wife, found dead in their hotel room. The case blows up into an intense media storm. Is he guilty or inno- cent? Nobody knows. Perhaps not even him...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
murder, prison, domestic violence, death, name calling, who done it, victim, suspicion, police investigation, mysterious man, violence, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Story:
Inspired by actual events. When Melissa Cooper's body is found hanging from a swing set, the 27-year-old's death is initially ruled a suicide. But two weeks later a young man, Adam, comes forward claiming he murdered Melissa on the orders ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
religious cult, murder, cult leader, commune, interrogation, church, student, suicide, investigation, manipulation, hanging, marriage ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story that shocked a nation, this powerful four-part factual drama, from BAFTA winning writer and executive producer Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult, The Widower), centres on the devastating impact on a city of an innocent child’s ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
true crime, police detective, murder, murder investigation, justice, police investigation, danger, dishonesty, british police, investigation, missing child, murder mystery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
liverpool
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved ...
Style:
detective, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
true crime, child murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, sex crime, murder, police procedural, rapist, interrogation, serial killer, unsolved crime, crime investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, murder, blood, religious sect, secret society, relationships, police investigation, investigation, police, policewoman ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
true crime, police detective, rapist, murder, investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, psychopath, maniac, violent, brutality ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Attorney turned therapist Hailey Dean is pulled into another investigation when a popular new dating app links multiple missing persons cases from around the city. Reuniting with her old team, Hailey discovers the potential dangers of online ...
Style:
psychological, stylized, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, online dating, female protagonist, crime investigation, murder, psychoanalyst, uncover truth, internet dating, whodunit, police detective, manipulation, police ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot:
prostitute, murder, police detective, amateur detective, police investigation, journalism, riddles and clues, dishonesty, serial killer, who done it, false accusation, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Heinz Gödicke (Ronals Zehrfeld) is the chief commissioner of the People's Police in the small town of Eberswalde in Brandenburg. Gödicke is called when two bestial murdered children are found in the forest. The investigator tries to get ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot:
murder, police, small town, serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, sleuth, crime investigation, unsolved crime, crime solving, forensics ...
Time:
year 1969
Similarity:
42%
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