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Patience (2025)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Belgium
TV show
Story:
Patience Evans works in a clerical role filing police records. An autistic woman, she has a special interest in solving puzzles and a secret fascination and talent for criminology—her unique perspective allows her to connect the dots through clues in a way others simply cannot.
Style:
crime drama, intellectual, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective, sincere, nostalgic
Plot:
female protagonist, autism, character study, forensics, secret life, underdog, cold case, slow burn, office, isolation, social realism, empathy, police investigation, mental health, police, murder, murder investigation, police station, evidence, police detective, archive, thoughtful, female detective, crime investigation, detective inspector ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
yorkshire, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 52 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min.
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Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
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Country: UK, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 46 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
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Country: UK
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Country: Denmark, Sweden
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 43 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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Place:
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517
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
TV show
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 44 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
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