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Scarpetta (2026)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta returns to Virginia and resumes her former position with complex relationships, both personal and professional – including her sister Dorothy, with plenty of grudges and secrets to uncover.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, neo noir
Plot:
medical examiner, murder investigation, forensics, family secret, strong female lead, autopsy, serial killer, cat and mouse, revenge, corruption, small town, courtroom, slow burn, whodunit, murder mystery, family secrets
Place:
virginia, southern usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 48 min.
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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:
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Place:
switzerland
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53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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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 ...
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Ten years after discovering her murdered uncle, Ena and Detective Hansaem must cooperate to stop a series of similar murders - each linked by strange puzzle pieces.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, psychological thriller, dark, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
seoul
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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A dead body is discovered in the Eastern Townships Lake (in province of Quebec, Canada). Then a second one is discovered. A hunt is launched to catch a serial killer in the region.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, forensics, police detective, dead body, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, killing, uncover truth, murderer ...
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
detective, tense, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
43%
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
bleak, crime drama, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia
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43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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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:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
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tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional ...
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42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
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Alexandra Ehle is a coroner at the Bordeaux forensic institute. Fanciful and free-thinking, she devotes herself completely to what she considers her mission: restoring to the dead their dignity and human appearance, and giving them justice.
Style:
realistic, intellectual, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
medical examiner, coroner, female protagonist, justice, murder investigation, autopsy, forensic, partner, talented, law enforcement, twists and turns, fighting crime ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark, noir
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chicago
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Style:
suspenseful, detective, tense, twisted, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 47 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 52 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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After a media pundit stumbles upon a dead body deep in the Poconos woods, he finds himself framed for the murder of a notorious white supremacist.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, dark
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Place:
austria, switzerland
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33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
suspense, intense, tense, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, patagonia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, forensics, policewoman, homicide detective, female detective, police detective, profiler, criminal psychologist, murder investigation, police investigation, criminal, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
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Story:
By day, Joe is a cleaner at the police station. But by night, he has another line of work - he's a serial killer who's been dubbed The Christchurch Carver. When another woman is murdered, the police suspect The Carver, but Joe knows it ...
Style:
suspenseful, dark, psychological thriller, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder investigation, suspect, investigation, double life, serial killer, city life, problem, urban setting, character study, dual identity, falsely accused, police procedural ...
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise ...
Style:
detective, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
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NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001. The second series debuted ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
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Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, police investigation, investigation, police, whodunit, police officer, crime solving, detective inspector, secret, uncover truth ...
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