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The Breslau Murders (2025)
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Original name: Breslau
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Poland
TV show
Story:
Commissioner Franz Podolsky investigates a brutal murder and, because of the upcoming Olympic Games, the pressure is on to catch the murderer.
Style:
detective, tense, atmospheric, brutal, dark, suspenseful, psychological, noir, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
investigation, cat and mouse, murder, police procedural, serial killer, polish, post war, urban, suspicion, moral ambiguity, violent, corruption, police, criminal, city, victim, commissioner, conspiracy, cold war era, cold case, police officer, third reich, olympics
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1936, 20th century, 1950s
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Most similar movies to The Breslau Murders
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, detective and noir films and TV series with plots about investigation, urban, moral ambiguity, murder, police procedural, corruption and police mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Breslau Murders: Erin (2022), Frank Riva (2003), Ballard (2025), Detective Maniam (2022), Code of Law (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Edward Popielski, a Polish detective, who suffers from photogenic epilepsy, which helps him track down criminals.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, sex scene, murder, police, crime investigation, dark killer, female nudity, rape, police investigation, crime scene, police officer, police detective ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 285 min.
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Story:
After 25 years in exile, undercover cop Frank Riva comes back in Paris. He faces mob boss Norbert Loggia and his son Maxime, who put a bounty on his head during the French Connection days.
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, dramatic, exciting ...
Plot:
investigation, police, mafia, organized crime, drug, undercover, commissioner, police officer, criminal underworld, criminal, police commissioner, underworld ...
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
89%
23K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must ...
Style:
detective, dark, noir, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
male nudity, cold case, lapd, serial killer, police corruption, investigation, moral ambiguity, female detective, urban, revenge, justice, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime
Country: Malaysia
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Story:
When women go missing in the fictional city of Besant, a detective unravels these mysterious disappearances while trying to avenge his sister
Style:
psychological, detective, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, killing, killing spree, serial killer, murderer, private investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder, murder mystery, serial murder, homicide detective ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A powerful glimpse into the criminal justice system of Singapore. Each week, a team of investigators must race against time to solve a seemingly brutal or heinous crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice. Then, a team of the best criminal ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, lawyer, police procedural, investigation, murder, relationships, partners against crime, advocate, crime investigation, criminal, attorney, police officer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
singapore
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the heart of the Spanish Romani community, the fiction follows police inspector Elena Blanco and her team, as they try to crack the crime case pertaining to the murders of sisters Lara and Susana Macaya, separated by a 7-year gap.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
police procedural, investigation, murder, crime investigation, murder investigation, forensics, puzzle, crime solving, murder mystery, sleuth, police investigation, serial murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
TV show
Story:
A corpse of an aspiring model was found under a Bridge. Police officer Shakil investigates the case whether it is a suicide case or murder. And he unveils some dark secrets that no one has imagined!
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, police procedural, urban, evidence, underworld, conspiracy, victim, corruption, interrogation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
56%
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:
56%
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Genre: Crime
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Flawless crime techniques, a serial murder case with no assassin investigated!An unsettled case forces the police to cooperate with criminals, go deep into the crime scene and play a final match with the murderer to get justice for the dead. Both ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, dark, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, violence, psychopath, police procedural, murder, psycho killer, criminal, investigator, brutality, murder investigation, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network. CBS aired the ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic ...
Plot:
police station, investigation, law enforcement, murder, urban, buddy cop, journalism, partner, corruption, ambush, moral ambiguity, violence ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
52%
237
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
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Story:
A complicated tangle of crimes. A female police inspector accidentally uncovers the connection between the state, the service and crime. A man who tries to prove that his brother is not guilty of the murder everyone claims he committed.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, bleak, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, police officer, corruption, police procedural, criminal, policewoman, murder, police detective, true crime, police, police investigation, police inspector ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
50%
730
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police force's vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, dark, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
vice squad, sex trafficking, prostitution, sexploitation, investigation, mature, moral ambiguity, corruption, organized crime, underage sex, police corruption, slow burn ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
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:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Point Blank
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, psychological, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, evidence, serial killer, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, violence, obsession, cat and mouse, forensics, interrogation, urban ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, male female relationship, unsolved mystery, murder, police detective, murder mystery, cold case, death, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
The FBI and Interpol are looking into a big case of credit card fraud and a local bum is brought in for interrogation. A complicated story from the dark side of Göteborg unfolds.
Style:
suspense, tense, contemplative, detective, dark ...
Plot:
murder, suspect, brutality, hacker, fraud, corruption, police, criminal gang, sex scene, interrogation, investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young detective seeks the help of a discharged police officer, giving him the chance to reclaim his old life in exchange for solving a bank raid case.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, bank robbery, police procedural, redemption, justice, second chance, heist, urban, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
43%
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:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 262 min.
TV show
Story:
Thief in law Yuri Mikheev, nicknamed Baron, together with his partner, robs the apartment of Mikhail Monakhov, a banker and deputy assistant close to the gangster structures, filled with antiques. Together with the jewels, they bring out ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
corruption, injustice, society, russian mafia, friendship, gang leader, danger, post soviet, gangster, organized crime, underworld, art theft ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, investigation, murder, police, female detective, police officer, partners against crime, partner, police procedural, teamwork, crime investigation ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story:
When seven college students find themselves trapped in a deadly game, two detectives compete to find the killer — even as their attraction grows.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, twisted, detective, fast paced ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, danger, whodunit, suspicion, police procedural, college campus, college student, cat and mouse, serial killer, partnership, interrogation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
When a serial killer stalks a Romani neighborhood, a hardboiled police captain teams up with a Gypsy crime boss to bring the killer to justice.
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, homicide detective, gypsy, fighting crime, uncover truth, friends, sleuth, murderer, gypsy camp, murder, criminal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Detective Katrine Ries Jensen and legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer form a special unit at the Copenhagen Police investigating serial killings. A case from Schaeffer’s past crops up. As a young psychologist, he held back from sending a patient, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, mentally unstable, homicidal maniac, police officer, manhunt, serial killer, soldier, murder mystery, police procedural, mind game, violent ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Anthology crime television series inspired by four real-life cold cases in Taiwan, exploring themes such as faith, temptation, redemption, and obligation through the eyes of the people of Taiwan.
Style:
anthology, psychological, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redemption, faith, true crime, murder, investigation, criminal, cold case, temptation, criminality, felony, murder case, commitment ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
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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:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, organized crime, who done it, crime solving, police officer, murder investigation, police detective, uncover truth, criminal, police, police investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Through a mysterious Motorola phone, two detectives - one from the present, and the other from 15 years in the past - begin communicating and working together to solve cold cases. This is the Chinese adaptation of 2016 tvN drama Signal.
Style:
detective, tense, dark drama, dramatic, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, police department, murder, police procedural, investigation, cold case, communication, murder mystery, murder investigation, murderer, police investigation, serial murder ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When Jaehee, a top call girl at a club in Gangnam, goes missing, Detective Kang Dongwoo returns to crack the case. Prosecutor Min Seojin aims to rise in rank, while the notorious pimp, Yoon Gilho becomes a prime suspect. They unravel a web of ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, dark, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, secrets, prosecutor, prostitution, underworld, moral ambiguity, urban, nightlife, power struggle, conspiracy, police procedural ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
36%
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