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Lynley (2025)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
DI Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers form an unlikely police detective duo. Their contrasting backgrounds create tension, but they unite to solve crimes, navigating class and gender issues.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, detective, noir
Plot:
police procedural, murder investigation, class conflict, whodunit, teamwork, mature, social commentary, slow burn, female detective, office politics, suspicion, dialogue driven
Time:
2020s, contemporary
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crime drama, suspenseful, detective and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, police procedural, slow burn, murder, murder investigation, police and whodunit mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Lynley: Shroud for a Nightingale (1984), Bergerac (2025), Maigret (2016), Blue Murder (2001), Detective Maria Kallio (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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investigation, justice, adaptation, police procedural, literary, whodunit, slow burn, city life, mature, moral ambiguity, underworld, office work ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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57%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 42 min.
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Maria Kallio is a Finnish police series based on the novels of the same name by Leena Lehtolainen.
Style:
tense, crime drama, detective, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
british police, police, murder mystery, investigation, police procedural, whodunit, small town, adaptation, suspicion, police detective, law, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
cornwall, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Time:
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2020s
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
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Style:
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Time:
90s
Place:
scotland yard
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48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
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Soviet detective television series.
Style:
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Audience:
adult
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Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
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scotland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Germany, Finland, UK
Duration: 44 min.
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Place:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 291 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, twisted, detective, moody
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