Movies and TV shows like The Octopus
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The Octopus (1984)
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Original name: La Piovra
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, Austria, France, UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 402 min.
TV show
Story:
Corrado Cattani is a police inspector whose life is devoted to fighting the Italian mafia (known here as "La Piovra" or "The Octopus").
Style:
serious, tense, bleak, suspenseful, realistic, bad ending, rough, bloody
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, gangsters, murder, law enforcement, society, fighting crime, family relations, police investigation, family life, organized crime, smuggling, drug addiction, infidelity, political conspiracy, italian mafia, political prisoner, political criminal, tragedy, dysfunctional family, village, graphic violence, family problems, love, dog ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
sicily, italy, palermo italy, europe, southern italy, sicily italy
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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, law enforcement, deadly, police, investigation, police detective and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Octopus: Gomorrah (2014), Corleone (2007), Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008), The Sopranos (1999), The Shadow Line (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
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Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
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serious, captivating, tense, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, camorra, rivalry, drug lord, mob boss, gang war, social decay, society, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, italian mafia ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, napoli italy, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
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Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss of the Bosses) is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias Totò u Curtu, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily. Riina is played ...
Style:
rough, captivating, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, cosa nostra, criminal heroes, organized crime, bribery, notoriety, cat and mouse, mafia, corrupt politician, murder, corruption, prison ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
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Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, gangsters, mafia, organized crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, police detective, police, violence, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, cynical, clever, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, killings, criminal heroes, dark humor, family life, family relations, violence, ambition, mob boss, criminal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 522 min.
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Story:
Superintendent Corrado Cattani is dead. After his lover, the beautiful judge Silvia Conti, recovers somewhat from the shock over his death, she decides to take vengeance and carry on his long standing battle against the Mafia. She vows to put the ...
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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 ...
Style:
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
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29%
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
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The true story of a decades-long conflict between the Los Angeles Police Department, under the determined leadership of Police Chief William Parker, and ruthless criminal elements led by Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, power struggle, tough law enforcer, fighting crime, actress, chief of police, rivalry, law enforcement, corruption, conflict ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, realistic, suspenseful, tense, gloomy ...
Plot:
investigation, legal, law and order, police investigation, legal action, murder, district attorney, fighting crime, law enforcement, power relations, courtroom, legal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Crime Story is an American TV drama, created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, that premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons on NBC. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and ...
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suspenseful, disturbing, tense, captivating, anime ...
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gangsters, police, police detective, law enforcement, tough heroes, mafia, suspense, betrayal, life is a bitch, escapades, murder, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1963
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, las vegas, illinois
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26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 270 min.
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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 ...
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atmospheric, sexy, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, workplace, suspicion, corruption, bbc, investigation, nypd, transcendence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, suspense, sicilian mafia, historical figure, italian history, state affairs, rivalry, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, tense, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, murder, partners, talented, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, cruelty, psychopath, police, forensics, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 479 min.
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Im Angesicht des Verbrechens is a German television series about the Russian mafia in Berlin. It received high critical acclaim, but the viewer figures were disappointing. It was broadcast by ARTE and Das Erste.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, society, prostitute, dishonesty, organized crime, money, prostitution, police investigation, love, hopes, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
police, police detective, social justice, terrorism, mafia, legal, african american, police officer, black history, interracial relations, small town, racism ...
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20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Drama about a deaf girl who witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman.
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, female nudity, police, camorra, criminal, murder, kidnapping, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, new york, napoli italy
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25%
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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 ...
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realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, dark
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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This Five-part BBC psychological drama follows Ivy Moxam, a 26-year-old woman who was abducted when she was 13 and held captive for the next 13 years. The story begins as she escapes the cellar she was being held in and goes to the police station to ...
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, scary ...
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
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clever, tense, cynical, serious, captivating ...
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organized crime, police detective, corruption, police, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, working undercover, drug dealing, fighting crime, police investigation, gang, drug lord ...
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2000s, future, 50s, 20th century, 21st century
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baltimore, maryland, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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neo noir, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
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serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murder, murderer, drinking problem, partners, partners against crime, graphic violence ...
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 307 min.
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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.
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political, tense, mind bending, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids
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conspiracy, revenge, nuclear, politics, murder, legal investigation, police, murder mystery, spy, nypd, loss of daughter, daughter ...
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80s, 20th century
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, europe, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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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 ...
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90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
money laundering, drug cartel, suspense, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, criminal, mafia, organized crime, drugs, violence ...
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mexico, missouri, chicago illinois
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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 ...
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future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Freddie Jackson is just out of prison. He's done his time, made the right connections and now he's ready to use them. His wife Jackie dreams of having her husband home but she's forgotten the rows and the girls Freddie can't ...
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serious, captivating, rough, bleak, realistic ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, mob boss, mafia, respect, british, criminal heroes, power struggle, relatives, crime boss, betrayal, ex convict, prison ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, east end london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
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Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, fighting crime, murder, law enforcement, investigation, nypd, murder mystery, criminal, murder investigation, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
police, gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, investigation, love triangle, fighting the system, uncover truth, life is a bitch, society, assassination, dishonesty ...
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Place:
italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
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