Movies and TV shows like Silent Truth
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Silent Truth (2026)
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Original name: 再会～Silent Truth～
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
A detective must investigate his first love, who is the suspect in a murder committed with a gun that they and their friends secretly buried 23 years ago.
Style:
tense, suspense, detective, psychological, dark, atmospheric, intense, noir
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, cold case, whodunit, first love, small town, guilt, cover up, regret, police procedural, moral ambiguity, relationships, conspiracy, memory, forensics, redemption, flashback, identity, ethical dilemma, revenge, obsession, loss, nostalgia, gun, reunion
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Silent Truth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, detective, dark and suspense films and TV series with plots about investigation, revenge, moral ambiguity, murder, police procedural, small town and cold case mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Silent Truth: Awake (2021), Triangle (2009), Thirteen Years of Dust (2023), Return to Paradise (2024), Fallen (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 55 min.
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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:
95%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, problem, homicide detective, police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, crime solving, secret, murder investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, paris france
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
The special homicide case that was unsolved in 1997 resurfaced 13 years later. Criminal policeman Wei Zhengrong, who wasn't able to find out the real murderer that year was traumatised and left the front line. The once fledgling new policeman ...
Style:
detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, partner, homicide, cold case, police investigation, undercover, murderer, forensics, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
china
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
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Story:
DI Mackenzie Clarke is forced to leave London under a cloud of suspicion and return to the last place she ever wanted to be, her hometown of Dolphin Cove, Australia where her tenacity and work ethic helps her solve murder mysteries.
Style:
detective, suspense, twisted, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, small town, whodunit, secrets, getting home, suspicion, law enforcement, redemption, dark past, forensics, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
71%
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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:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 215 min.
TV show
Story:
Hotel “Shizen no Shima” is located on an small, remote island. The owner of the hotel invites 10 people to the island, but when they arrive they learn that the owner is not there. These 10 people do not know why they are there or what will ...
Style:
psychological, detective, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, isolation, whodunit, murder, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, crime investigation, secret, homicide detective, mysterious character, changing lives ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Seventeen years ago, Xuan Zhen was mysteriously murdered. Seventeen years later, another homicide related to the Xuan family occurs. Xuan Zhen's older brother, Xuan Liang became the suspect. As the truth behind the old murder case gradually ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, family secret, investigation, suspicion, secrets, family feud, cold case, family drama, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, love, life is a bitch ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story:
A quiet spring morning a man leaves prison after spending most of his adult life there. The man is convicted of murder, not once but twice.
Style:
psychological, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, released from prison, false accusation, investigation, ex convict, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, childhood friend, investigation, reminiscence, murderer, reunited friends, murder mystery, murder investigation, friends, problem, group of friends, old friends reunited ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
After a mild stroke leaving his right side paralyzed, the doctor telling him a total change of lifestyle is required to escape a massive heart attack. Being Sweden's most successful detective, the doctor tells him her father, a priest, now ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold case, crime investigation, investigation, pedophile, child murder investigation, child murder, rape, rapist, unsolved crime, rape and revenge, retired cop, murder ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the Larksoken nuclear power station. The press have branded him 'The Whistler' because witnesses have heard a hymn being whistled in the vicinity of the ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, police procedural, small town, female victim, intrigue, seaside, cat and mouse, adaptation, english countryside, forensics ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A police forensics officer, traumatized by the horrors he has seen and processed, leaves his job, wife and son and lives on the streets as a homeless wanderer. Try as he does he is unable to completely forget the past and finds himself in a struggle ...
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
forensics, investigation, homicide detective, criminal, police, justice, trauma, troubled past, confronting the past, tragic past, uncover truth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When a grisly murder brings Detective Maik Briegand back to his small hometown, he finds himself dredging up bodies, clues and his own past traumas.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, detective, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, small town, secrets, crime investigation, murder mystery, homecoming, police investigation, investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, secret ...
Place:
east germany, switzerland
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
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Story:
When detective Andrea 'Andie' Whitford is transferred to the Victorian High Country, she is thrust into a baffling mystery of five missing persons who have vanished into the wilderness. Through an edge-of-the-seat, high-stakes ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, isolation, wilderness, murder, police procedural, solitude, revenge, small town, deception, macabre, moral ambiguity, forensic ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A genius detective teams up with a colleague to investigate a case that hits close to home, but the duo becomes entangled in a cat-and-mouse game.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, amnesia, memory loss, forensics, tragic past, killing, crime solving, murder investigation, secret, crime investigation, murderer ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
A human skeleton is discovered north of Tokyo. There is a shogi piece next to it. Two detectives are assigned to the case and the first place they look is with the maker of game piece. In the meantime, a superlative shogi player recalls his terrible ...
Style:
detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, japanese police, crime solving, police investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, homicide detective, who done it, secret, puzzle, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Lebanon
TV show
Story:
When accused of a murder eerily parallel to a plot in his novel, a best-selling crime writer must navigate a web of hidden enemies.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
writers, murder, investigation, enemy, accused of murder, framed for a crime, plot twist, whodunit, accusation, framed for murder, suspect, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An unidentified female body was found in a cave in outskirts of Longwan. A man suddenly showed and required for a DNA match with the body. The latter turned out to be his mum Luo Hongying who was the missing suspect of the case 20 years ago which ...
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, killing, murderer, police investigation, police detective, sleuth, crime solving, forensics, murder, family secret ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her father.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, false accusation, identity, investigation, moral ambiguity, single mother, betrayal, motherhood, escape, identity crisis, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
A young girl named Hye-Na is abused by her mother, Ja-Young. Although she is not okay, she tells other people she is alright. Soo-Jin is a temporary teacher at the elementary school where Hye-Na attends. Soo-Jin is aware of her situation and decides ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
child abuse, motherhood, kidnapping, domestic violence, trauma, moral ambiguity, character study, empathy, ethical dilemma, obsession, guilt, revenge ...
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.
Style:
detective, tense, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
family secret, missing person, cold case, online dating, grief, obsession, evidence, double life, betrayal, family drama, forensics, corruption ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Three women are gathered at a cabin with their three colleague husbands when they watch the men blow up in the boat just going out fishing. A police man investigates the widows, who will have to try to explain what happened.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
widow, murder, conspiracy, nordic, girlfriend, women, female assassin, femme fatale, assassination plot, relationship problems, murderer, murder mystery ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Investigation of cruel murder of the young girl turns into the difficult psychological drama which opens questions of the human values and meanings, things that everyone cares about: fidelity and treachery, cynicism and compassion, revenge and ...
Style:
bleak, tense, detective, dark, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
multiple suspects, murder investigation, disorder, cold case, partner, investigation, circumstantial evidence, murder mystery, dead woman, moral ambiguity, grief, guilt ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
A murder rocks a peaceful town. A detective investigates after his brother is falsely accused. But when tragedy strikes, he must uncover the real culprit, facing family secrets along the way. Will he be able to find justice?
Style:
detective, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, countryside, murder, uncover truth, sleuth, crime solving, crime investigation, private detective, private investigation, secret, criminal, justice ...
Similarity:
41%
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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:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Karen is a refreshingly normal and charmingly unfashionable young woman – slick, maverick cop she is not – but her quick mouth and ingenuity make her an impressive investigator. Following her promotion to Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit, ...
Style:
detective, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female detective, cold case, investigation, homicide detective, forensic, female protagonist, murder, british, murder mystery, crime investigation, police detective, police investigation ...
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
year after manga master Fumiya Ajima's death, 50 unpublished sketches are discovered. The sketches appear to be the work of Fumiya Ajima, but the sketches shows details from several missing women cases that occurred 35 years earlier. Fumiya ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, cold case, private investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, hacker, professional wrestling, sleuth, police investigation, internet, partners against crime, teamwork ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Kuttram Purindhavan - The Guilty One, is a crime drama set against the backdrop of a small-town, unraveling the moral complexities of three central characters whose hidden truths and past guilt collide in a chain of events no one could foresee. When ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, guilt, village life, missing person, investigation, secrets, moral ambiguity, grief, justice, guilty conscience, loss, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
The sinister discovery of numerous murder victims shocks the Oderbruch region. The serial murder case brings Detective Roland Voit to his hometown to work with Polish police officer Stanislaw Zajak. Voit’s former colleague and childhood ...
Style:
dark, atmospheric, crime drama, detective, dramatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, tragic event, intrigue, reluctant partners, police investigation, haunted by the past, murder mystery, partners against crime, uncover truth, twists and turns, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
37%
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