Movies and TV shows like Wallander 2008
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Wallander (2008)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.
Style:
bleak, psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, dark, gloomy
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, loneliness, depression, life is a bitch, small town, drinking problem, police officer, police, whodunit, murder mystery, bbc, investigation, father daughter relationship, alzheimer's disease, british, police station, police inspector, tragic hero, murderer, murder, desperation, victim, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
sweden, scandinavia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, serious, suspenseful and realistic films and TV series with plots about police investigation, murder, law enforcement, investigation, murder mystery, police detective and murder investigation mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Wallander: Hinterland (2013), Vera (2011), DCI Banks (2010), Cardinal (2017), The Bridge (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
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