Movies and TV shows like Midsomer Murders

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Midsomer Murders (1997)
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Midsomer Murders (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style: atmospheric, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever, dark, slasher, thrilling, crime drama
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, twists and turns, police investigation, law enforcement, suspicion, couple relations, village, police procedural, sergeant, british police, riddles and clues, british, police, murder mystery, escapades, dishonesty, assistant ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary ...
Place: england, europe
Keyword: bbc

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Most similar movies to Midsomer Murders

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, detective, suspenseful and crime drama films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, law enforcement, police, whodunit, deadly and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Midsomer Murders: Lewis (2006), The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), Father Brown (2013), Endeavour (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lewis (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Style: realistic, clever, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, murder, investigator, multiple suspects, police investigation, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion, criminal ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective, witty ...
Plot: detective inspector, police detective, partners against crime, unlikely partners, small town life, sleuth, riddles and clues, under the surface, investigation, whodunit, uncover truth, police investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
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, detective, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: private detective, investigation, whodunit, murder, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, danger, multiple suspects, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Father Brown (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Style: serious, captivating, intellectual, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: investigation, who done it, amateur detective, clergy, danger, murder, uncover truth, priest, riddles and clues, friendship, social relations, law enforcement ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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 33K
Endeavour (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Style: serious, detective, intellectual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: police, police detective, investigator, murderer, police investigation, talented, coworker, british, oxford, murder, intelligence, bodies ...
Time: 60s, future, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
A Touch of Frost (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
Story: A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R.D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, police, whodunit, investigation, riddles and clues, murder mystery, partners against crime, intrigue, intelligence agency, inspector, widower, urban setting ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Inspector Morse (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and ...
Style: detective, realistic, sincere, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: crime investigation, police detective, murder, detective inspector, murderer, police, investigation, whodunit, inspector, police procedural, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, 90s
Place: england, europe, italy, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Foyle's War (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style: clever, serious, captivating, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: world war two, investigation, police investigation, police detective, war crime, spy, detective inspector, police, espionage, homicide detective, whodunit, murder investigation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, new mexico, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Inspector George Gently (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, crime drama, clever ...
Plot: murder investigation, police investigation, police, whodunit, law enforcement, police detective, partner, chief of police, partners against crime, murder, police procedural, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story: The show follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which ...
Style: clever, serious, realistic, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder mystery, female detective, who done it, whodunit, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder investigation, female protagonist, amateur detective, murder, twists and turns, investigation ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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River (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, surprise ending ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, murder investigation, loneliness, police procedural, able to see the dead, nordic, partner ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Style: atmospheric, clever, detective, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, twists and turns, forensics, unconventional method, who done it, murder investigation, victorian england, morgue ...
Time: edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder ...
Style: feel good, realistic, captivating, clever, detective ...
Plot: who done it, countryside, murder, female detective, riddles and clues, friendship, investigation, private detective, gardener, partners against crime, murder investigation, whodunit ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Partners in Crime (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based on the short stories of the same name by Agatha Christie. It was directed by John A. Davis and Tony Wharmby, and starred James Warwick and Francesca Annis in the ...
Style: detective, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: private detective, investigation, murder mystery, who done it, newlyweds, riddles and clues, couples, odd couple, amateur detective, partners against crime, couple relations, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: In 1860 Scotland Yard's 'Prince of Sleuths' Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent,snatched from his bed at night and killed.
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot: country house, murder, investigation, private detective, multiple suspects, who done it, child killer, murder confession, acquittal, detective inspector, child kidnapping, twists and turns ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Place: scotland yard, england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Zen (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen ...
Style: atmospheric, sexy, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, workplace, law enforcement, suspicion, corruption, transcendence, investigation, nypd, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 19K
Vera (2011)
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, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder, who done it, murder mystery, british police, law enforcement, investigation, police procedural, right hand man ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Shetland (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, detective, serious, stylized ...
Plot: police, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, island, police investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, british police, murder, detective inspector, whodunit ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Death in Paradise (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with ...
Style: realistic, captivating, stylized, semi serious, detective ...
Plot: investigation, police detective, police investigation, lifestyle change, murder, island, whodunit, investigator, suspicion, new job, multiple suspects, murder investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: caribbean, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Grantchester (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious ...
Style: tense, serious, detective, crime drama, period piece ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder mystery, partners against crime, priest, police detective, village, village life, amateur detective, clergy, friendship, haunted by the past ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1953, 1940s
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 6.9
 640
Cold Squad (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by ...
Style: detective, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: police detective, investigation, murder investigation, nypd, coroner, strong female presence, partner, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 12K
Silent Witness (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
Style: detective, rough, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot: forensics, law enforcement, murder, riddles and clues, investigation, rape, danger, partner, medical profession, police procedural, whodunit, doctor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2020s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
TV show
Story: Miss Marple receives a most interesting request from Mr. Jason Rafiel, with whom she'd struck an acquaintance some years before. He would like her to solve a crime but, does not tell her what it might be, who might have been involved or where ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, mind bending
Plot: investigation, private detective, police investigation, amateur detective, riddles and clues, rivalry, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, uncover truth, mysticism, whodunit, murder mystery ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jonathan Creek (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jonathan Creek follows the story of Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist. Like most journalists, she sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted, but this is what makes her such a great journalist! While writing a piece about the death ...
Style: clever, detective, anthology, sitcom, realistic ...
Plot: murder, riddles and clues, amateur detective, prodigy, partners against crime, unlikely partners, investigation, illusion, journalist, murder mystery, team, police ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 8.0
 11K
Scott & Bailey (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police detective, policewoman, female detective, police investigation, female partner, relationship vs career, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, police procedural, female protagonist, best friend ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 30K
Unforgotten (2015)
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: detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, tense ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, investigation, police, cold case, missing person, female police detective, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, haunted by the past ...
Time: future, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
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, detective, tense, realistic, witty ...
Plot: murder, police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, police, investigation, buddy cop, partners against crime, nypd, investigator, shrewd, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.7
 4K
The Bill (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Bill is a police procedural television series that was broadcast on the ITV network from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop, which was broadcast in August 1983. In its final ...
Style: captivating, serious, sincere, detective, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: police detective, inspector, police investigation, law enforcement, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, police, partner, investigation, legal, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place: england, london, europe, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Detective (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The Last Detective is an ITV drama starring Peter Davison as Dangerous Davies. The first series aired in 2003 with three more seasons succeeding this. The first consisted of a pilot and three episodes, the second and the third series both consisted ...
Style: detective, clever, suspenseful, realistic, dark ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, uncover truth, amateur detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, danger, investigation, riddles and clues, nypd ...
Time: future
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Lynley TV Series
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, police, detective inspector, murder, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, inspector, homicide detective, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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