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The Monster of Florence (2025)
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Original name: Il Mostro
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The string of sex-related murders that took place outside Florence from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.
Style:
tense, dark, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, period piece, historical drama, noir
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, investigation, police procedural, unsolved mystery, female victim, cold case, obsession, investigative journalism, journalism, forensics, trauma, haunting, rape, conspiracy, police corruption, cover up, media circus, moral ambiguity, social commentary, slow burn, small town, killer, cheating wife, murder ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1974, 1960s
Place:
florence, italy, florence italy
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Most similar movies to The Monster of Florence
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspenseful and psychological films and TV series with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, murder, cold case, police procedural, serial killer and slow burn mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Monster of Florence: Circeo (2022), The Dead Girls (2025), Manvat Murders (2024), The Vanishing Triangle (2023), The One That Got Away (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
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Story:
Based on Circeo massacre that took place in 1970s Italy, when two teenage girls were found in the trunk of a car in Rome, naked, wrapped in blankets and drenched in blood.
Style:
tense, dark, disturbing, brutal, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, secret, victim, sexual abuse, true crime, killing, massacre, teenager, serial killer, murder mystery, murderer, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
The miniseries tells the eight double murders committed from 1968 to 1985, in the Florentine countryside, where young couples who were massacred appartavano in their cars looking for intimacy. It particularly emphasizes the personal battle of Renzo ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, true crime, investigation, murderer, killing, killing spree, victim, homicidal maniac, murder victim, criminal, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
florence, tuscany
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A string of sex murders has been plaguing Florence for almost 15 years, in which a serial killer brutally murders couples who are sneaking "a quickie" in public areas. A writer who is doing research for a book about the crimes sets out to ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, investigation, violent, obsession, investigative journalism, whodunit, macabre, cold case, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, mystery killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, florence
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the murderous Baladro sisters which crimes were inspired by the Mexican serial killers known as Las Poquianchis.
Style:
dark, disturbing, intense, historical drama, creepy ...
Plot:
female nudity, killing spree, sisters, sociopathy, sex trafficking, police investigation, corruption, trauma, small town, poverty, organized crime, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1950, year 1964, 20th century, 1950s, 70s ...
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Seven murders; Unsolved for over one & half year. Will the ace cop from Mumbai, Ramakant Kulkarni be able to bring Justice?
Style:
suspenseful, detective, tense, twisted, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder, whodunit, police procedural, cold case, justice, female victim, violent, evidence, haunting, cover up, slow burn ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 250 min.
TV show
Story:
After investigative journalist Lisa Wallace publishes an article about her mother's murder, other girls start to disappear; she and Detective David Burkely investigate across Ireland, searching for the missing girls while the killer taunts ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, missing woman, newspaper reporter, serial killer, true crime, investigative journalism, disappearance, crime solving, uncover truth, journalism, mysterious disappearance, investigative reporter ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The shocking murder of a nurse opens old wounds in a small-town community, throwing a historic conviction into doubt, raising the horrifying prospect of a copycat killer and reuniting two former lovers tasked with finding the killer.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, investigation, small town, fear, police procedural, female victim, cold case, trauma, moral ambiguity, justice, grief, wrongful conviction ...
Place:
wales
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Croatia, Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor ...
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
human trafficking, investigation, investigative journalism, corruption, female victim, murder, serial killer, ethical dilemma, suspicion, reporter, missing person, police procedural ...
Place:
croatia, ukraine, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, detective, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
investigation, police detective, child abduction, missing person, disappearance, secrets, rescue, justice, danger, parents and children, race against time, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, galicia
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
In an ordinary looking apartment, a father and daughter play a game of hide-and-seek. While searching for his daughter, she is nowhere to be found... Later, a video is posted which shows the girl holding a sign with a mysterious set of numbers. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, detective, psychotronic ...
Plot:
disappearance, female detective, child abduction, unsolved mystery, troubled past, investigation, missing child, family relations, mysterious disappearance, daughter, violence, mother daughter relationship ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A successful and renowned novelist — haunted by trauma and a mysterious blackmailer — returns to his hometown to reckon with his unresolved past.
Style:
dark, psychological, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blackmail, secrets, investigation, hometown, investigative journalism, journalism, small town, trauma, corruption, cold case, family drama, political corruption ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
The hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area in 1973 and the remarkable story of how - in the first case of its kind - the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA evidence. Contrasting the policing ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, police detective, criminal, police investigation, police procedural, serial killer, cold case, true crime, murder, murderer, murder investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
wales
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the Swedish serial killer and bank robber John Ausonius, nicknamed "Lasermannen", because he used a red laser aiming for his rifle.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
serial killer, racism, true crime, police procedural, immigration, xenophobia, investigation, biopic, tragedy, sniper, character study, forensics ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s, year 1992
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The town is shocked with a brutal double murder. The "Courier" hands the case to an experienced journalist - Witold Wanycz. At the same time, he learns about the mysterious suicide of two teenagers. Together with Piotr, a young journalist, ...
Style:
suspenseful, dark, suspense, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, swamp, small town, investigative journalism, journalism, investigation, life is a bitch, danger, organized crime, society, violence, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
1986. Teenagers are killed one by one in the area of the government dachas on Rublevskoye Shosse. Intelligent investigator Valery Kozyrev, his audacious partner from Rostov Evgeny Bokov and very young investigator Natalia Dobrovolskaya begin the ...
Style:
suspense, dark, detective, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police, cat and mouse, witness, trauma, moral ambiguity, partnership, forensics, family conflict, cold case, witness protection ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
A Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, estrangement, suicide, father daughter relationship, grief, family tragedy, uncover truth, sleuth, crime solving, private investigation, family problems, father daughter estrangement ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Budding metropolitan investigator Oleg Khlebnikov kills a criminal during detention. Oleg is sure that the villains should be punished not only by the court. The deceased turns out to be a media person, and in order to hush up the scandal, his death ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, investigator, female nudity, province, killing spree, murder investigation, crime spree, serial killer, serial murder, crime investigation, murder, cover up ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.
Style:
dark, tense, suspense, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police, investigation, forensic, mental illness, vengeance, weapons, danger, disfigured face, obsession, disfigurement, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Documentary, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
TV show
Story:
Detectives discover that Rachanda's disappearance connects to other crimes buried in Oregon's wilderness; they must close in on a suspect who has evaded justice for decades, but he is always one step ahead.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, psychological, dark, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, investigation, murder mystery, killing, crime solving, uncover truth, violence against women, violence, crime investigation, rape, murder investigation, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 80s
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a ...
Style:
tense, intense, psychological thriller, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, identity crisis, family drama, biopic, father daughter relationship, investigation, trauma, identity, justice, female protagonist, wrongful conviction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north america
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A man of many faces is caught in his own web of deceit and murder. Seven love stories. Four lives. Three murders. And only one killer.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime thriller, psychological, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, true crime, serial murder, deception, killing, criminal, killing spree, murder investigation, crime investigation, master criminal, murder mystery ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
After being raped, young police detective Sunny Becker returns to work and tries to catch the fugitive killer André Haffner before he strikes again. In a race against time, the biggest thing holding Sunny back are her own demons.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, female police detective, investigation, female protagonist, strong female character, policewoman, sexual assault, violence against women, trauma, police investigation, investigator, psychological trauma ...
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Faroe Islands, Iceland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The six-part series follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis' daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, forensics, journalist, island, investigation, sleuth, investigative journalism, investigative reporter, journalism, family secret, corruption ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany
TV show
Story:
A cold case turns topical again and turns everything upside down, intertwining the lives of several people.
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, dark, emotional ...
Plot:
cold case, investigation, truth, secrets, justice, lie, revelation, cover up, flashback, missing person, police procedural, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
It deals with the beginning of profilers who had to look into their minds to chase away demons that could not be called human beings in the days when the word profiling was unfamiliar and there was no concept of psychopaths, when a series of vicious ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, uncover truth, fighting crime, murderer, secret, crime investigation, investigation, law enforcement, true crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Sonja Kljun is a young, ambitious detective, eager to prove that her refined intuition is right - the alleged suicide in peaceful Subotica hides far more serious secrets than it seems at first glance. Sonja's moving to Subotica will trigger an ...
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
secrets, investigation, mother and daughter, conspiracy, danger, small town, police procedural, corruption, slow burn, moral ambiguity, identity, obsession ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story:
To protect the woman he loves, a white collar worker unintentionally becomes involved in a murder case and is from then on a suspect. In the blink of an eye, his quiet and boring life gets completely shaken up as he suddenly is both being chased by ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, dark, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, unsolved crime, police officer, runaway, maniac, twists and turns, fugitives, cold case, murderer, uncover truth, gangster ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 321 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story of one of the most notorious crimes in Argentina, the series intimately follows all those involved in the case, and those who are still seeking an answer to the question: Who killed María Marta?
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
true crime, investigation, murder mystery, female sociopath, murder, female protagonist, murder investigation, criminal, forensics, master criminal, crime investigation, murderer ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
40%
304
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
True case. True murders. Real injustice. This is an incredibly tense criminal drama about one of the most scandalous serial killer cases in USSR. Filmed with great attention to details and played by top actors, the series has a great narrative with ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unsolved crime, homicide detective, serial killer, cold case, police, murderer, crime investigation, wrongful conviction, true crime, miscarriage of justice, murder investigation, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
For more than 10 years, Russian police forces have tried to stop the country’s smartest and most wanted serial killer. But even when he gets caught, nobody can prove his guilt. As the manhunt intensifies, the investigation grows increasingly ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, detective, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, killing, crime investigation, murderer, killing spree, criminal justice, police investigation, serial murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
eastern europe, russia
Similarity:
39%
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