Movies and TV shows like Edge of Darkness
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Edge of Darkness (1985)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 307 min.
TV show
Story:
The mysterious murder of an environmental activist leads her straight-laced father, an Inspector of the local police force, through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of the British Nuclear Policy of the eighties.
Style:
political, tense, mind bending, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, sinister ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
conspiracy, revenge, nuclear, politics, murder, legal investigation, police, spy, murder mystery, nypd, loss of daughter, death, father, daughter, double life, fighting the system, legal, vengeance, society, who done it, political conspiracy, top secret, cover up, amateur detective, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, england, europe
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Most similar movies to Edge of Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, law enforcement, deadly, police detective, police investigation and murder mystery mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Edge of Darkness: State of Play (2003), Hidden (2011), The Shadow Line (2011), The Murder Room (2004), Quincy M.E. (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set in London, in which a politician's life becomes increasingly complex as his research assistant is found dead on the London Underground and, in a seemingly unrelated incident, a teenage pickpocket is shot dead.
Style:
political, realistic, tense, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, journalism, murder, corruption, twists and turns, political corruption, manipulation, journalist, suspense, moral ambiguity, cover up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, manchester
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, twists and turns, haunted by the past, lawyers and clients, who to trust, political conspiracy, investigation, uncover truth, murder, politics, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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A noir thriller with diverse individuals whose worlds become interwoven after the murder of drug baron Harvey Wratten.
From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a ...
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serious, atmospheric, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, who to trust, police corruption, investigation, uncover truth, conspiracy, forensics, hitman, mysterious character, obsession, one last job, death ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
museum, investigation, mind game, uncover truth, police detective, murder, who done it, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, law enforcement, detective inspector, mission of murder ...
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner.
Inspired by the book Where Death ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
legal, medical, police, coroner, murder, law enforcement, police detective, intelligence agency, murder mystery, investigation, supernatural, hospital ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
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A four-part conspiracy theory drama inspired by Chris Mullen's novel "A Very British Coup". When a devastating industrial accident results in deaths and raises safety questions about the US petrochemical company involved, PM Tom ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, clever, political
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, investigation, twists and turns, political intrigue, uncover truth, life is a bitch, state affairs, dishonesty, corporate crime, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, iran, united kingdom, britain
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46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, riddles and clues, false accusation, criminal's revenge, police investigation, law enforcement, race against time, track down, deaf, child killer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Police investigate a mutilated body found in the Thames which appears to be the product of a witchcraft killing.
Style:
rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, police detective, murder, partners, murder mystery, investigation, police, partners against crime, black cast, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, police investigation, murder, hunt down, society, suspense, murder mystery, conspiracy, murder investigation, law enforcement, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 201 min.
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Collision is a five-part television drama miniseries, which debuted on ITV & UTV in November 2009. In the same month, it was also on PBS as a series in two parts. It tells the story of a group of strangers whose lives intertwine following a ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
police detective, road accident, police, police investigation, car accident, life is a bitch, stranger, uncover truth, twists and turns, police officer, car, murder mystery ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
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tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, judge, uncover truth, double life, legal, murder, police detective, legal investigation, court, snitch, twists and turns, ethics ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, murder, private detective, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, uncover truth, multiple suspects, riddles and clues, sleuth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
police, murder, police detective, investigation, murder mystery, strangulation, law enforcement, police investigation, society, riddles and clues, twists and turns, who done it ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement, police detective, british police, who done it, investigation, right hand man, british ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
TV show
Story:
After two horribly mutilated bodies are discovered, DCI Red Metcalfe is assigned the case.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, race against time, therapy, police investigation, husband wife relationship, god, lgbt, investigation, politics, deaf ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
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Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial ...
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, courtroom, investigation, legal, murder mystery, police procedural, crime investigation, murder, police investigation, missing person, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
Three generations of police chiefs for a southern town go about their jobs while a serial murderer operates.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, racism, serial killer, murder investigation, politics, chief of police, small town, small town life, interracial relations, teenage life, chief, police corruption ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, police detective, mind game, law enforcement, life is a bitch, amateur detective, suspense, missing child, murder mystery, bbc, family problems ...
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
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Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
psychological, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, policewoman, homicide detective, whodunit, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
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Story:
When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, police investigation, multiple suspects, uncover truth, murder mystery, life is a bitch, one last case, social relations, loner, police officer, investigation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Shows like True Detective
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
investigation, murder, haunted by the past, uncover truth, intrigue, law enforcement, death, suspense, pathologist, murder mystery, morgue, dishonesty ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
TV show
Story:
A seemingly straightforward sex murder investigation by Superintendent Jane Tennison leads to a hidden political scandal.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, sincere
Plot:
conspiracy, murder, law enforcement, politics, dishonesty, uncover truth, police investigation, police detective, suburbs, who done it, medical examiner, prime suspect ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
investigation, murder, family in crisis, law enforcement, family problems, uncover truth, family relations, police investigation, murder mystery, child killer, protagonist as suspect, child murder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama about a deaf girl who witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman.
Style:
serious, captivating, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, deaf, police investigation, police detective, dishonesty, organized crime, corruption, murder mystery, police corruption, law enforcer killer, mute or deaf, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
TV show
Story:
A female cop becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, and hunts him over the course of her 28 year career in the force.
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, police detective, police investigation, homicide detective, track down, obsession, law enforcement, lie, murder investigation, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
New Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked to have a second look at the death of Ronald Treeves, a student at St. Anselm's seminary.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, mind bending
Plot:
murder, riddles and clues, amateur detective, private detective, investigation, who done it, religions or cults, society, clergy, law enforcement, school, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, investigation, police, missing person, who done it, female police detective, cold case, police investigation, uncover truth, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Steve Arnott is a young officer who’s fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
police corruption, honest law enforcer, female police detective, dirty cop, police detective, police, policewoman, twists and turns, british police, law enforcement, corruption, police officer ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Rebus is the title of the detective drama TV series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh. The series was produced by STV Productions for the ITV network.
Four seasons have been aired; ...
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serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, multiple suspects, murder, who done it, police, suspense, nypd, murder mystery, investigation, police inspector ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
A British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, witty, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, investigation, police, buddy cop, partners against crime, partners, nypd, falklands war, investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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