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Law & Order: UK (2009)
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Law & Order: UK (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
Style: serious, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, detective, clever, realistic, crime drama
Plot: legal, forensics, lawyer, courtroom, police detective, fighting crime, workplace, cop witness relations, judge, rivalry, jury, punishment, courtroom drama, power relations, law and order, police, business, swat team, investigation, sexual abuse, aspiration, nypd, police procedural, woman with a gun, law ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, europe, london
Keyword: bbc, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, law enforcement, murder, police, police detective, police investigation and nypd mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Law & Order: UK: Law & Order (1990), Lewis (2006), Janet King (2014), East West 101 (2007), The Bill (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Law & Order (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It originally aired on NBC and, in syndication, on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered ...
Style: detective, realistic, tense, serious, clever ...
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Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Lewis (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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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
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Janet King (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, clever, detective ...
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, ambition, boss and employee, workplace, workplace situations, legal action, murder, courtroom, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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East West 101 (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Zane Malik and the Major Crime Squad investigate crime and murder in all quarters of multicultural Sydney.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, tense, bleak ...
Plot: police detective, racism, police investigation, haunted by the past, fighting crime, law enforcement, rivalry, ego clash, society, loss of son, woman with a gun, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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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 ...
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Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place: england, london, europe, east end london
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JAG (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
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Time: future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Silent Witness (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Story: Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
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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
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Law & Order  Los Angeles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot: legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, district attorney, law enforcement, power relations, legal investigation, workplace, courtroom, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Style: detective, tense, realistic, serious, clever ...
Audience: kids
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Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the ...
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Conviction (2006)
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style: realistic, rough, serious, thought provoking
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Duration: 43 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
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Story: Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Central Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. It is often repeated on ITV3, and series 1–6 are available on Region 2 DVDs. The series starred John Thaw as barrister James Kavanagh QC who ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Blue Murder (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: family relations, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, whodunit, single mother, investigation, nypd, single parent, strong female presence, children, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, manchester
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Injustice (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough, captivating ...
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Inspector George Gently (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
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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.
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Place: england, europe
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Cracker (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Style: clever, detective, crime drama, rough, witty ...
Plot: police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, british police, investigation, police procedural, psychologist, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, police officer, nypd ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s
Place: england, manchester, northern england, europe
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