Movies and TV shows like Killer Instinct

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Killer Instinct (2005)
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Killer Instinct (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005. Fox ordered 13 episodes, only nine of which were broadcast in the United States; the remaining four premiered in the UK on Five. The series also been broadcast in France, New Zealand, Croatia, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Japan, and Poland.
Style: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, murder mystery, true crime, woman with a gun, crime investigation, buddy cop, police, murder investigation, tattoo, coworker, black cop, loss of lover, female police officer, deadly, duo, mystery, crime, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: san francisco, usa, california
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Killer Instinct

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police investigation, police detective, police, investigation, fighting crime and partners against crime mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Killer Instinct: Cold Squad (1998), Silk Stalkings (1991), Cagney & Lacey (1981), Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002), Stalker (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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Silk Stalkings (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series premiered on CBS on November 7, 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package. It originally aired on CBS for two seasons until June 1993 ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: murder, crimes of passion, deep south, woman with a gun, magician, police detective, murder investigation, sergeant, policewoman, sex, police, talk show host ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, year 1999, year 1992, year 1991 ...
Place: florida, usa
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100%
Cagney & Lacey (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: police, legal, police detective, team, women, cop, feminist, punishment, police officer, woman with a gun, parents, car chase ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is an American television series that premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX's decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot: deaf, agent, fbi, special agent, fighting crime, police investigation, disability, misfit, mute or deaf, law enforcement, handicapped, disabled ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stalker (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles. Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, detective ...
Plot: stalking, stalker, police, obsession, danger, psychopath, lapd, policewoman, police investigation, name calling, police detective, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Mentalist (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style: exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, police, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, talented, justice, outsmarting ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Motive (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, realistic ...
Plot: murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, sergeant, murder, law enforcement, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style: rough, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, murderous pair, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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K-Ville (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: K-Ville is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Deran Sarafian directed the pilot. On May 15, 2008, the series was officially canceled.
Style: serious, rough, sincere, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: partner, unlikely partners, police investigation, law enforcement, demolished city, chief of police, partners against crime, against the rules, political corruption, police detective, fighting crime, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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NYPD Blue (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, police detective, murder, partners against crime, nypd, robbery, police protagonist, swat team, law enforcement, partner, human nature, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 61K
CSI: Miami (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, murder, police detective, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, workplace, police, crime scene ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: profiler, forensics, serial killer, multiple suspects, law enforcement, danger, police, police procedural, african american, computer genius, special agent, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Unforgettable (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: police, photographic memory, female detective, police detective, partners against crime, policewoman, prodigy, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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
Plot: police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, investigation, car chase, nypd, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Shattered (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. His wife Ella ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police detective, homicide detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, exodus, criminal, mental disorder, murder investigation, split personality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Kojak (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A bald police detective with a righteous attitude battles crime on his hometurf.
Style: serious, stylized, rough, detective, suspense ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, police investigation, hotshot hero, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, cop witness relations, nypd, gang, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Moses Jones (2009)
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: uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder, partner, investigation, murder mystery, police, urban, partners against crime, black cast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Division (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, rough, detective
Plot: police, policewoman, partners against crime, partner, rivalry, thirtysomething life, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, justice, partnership, team, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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DCI Banks (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style: detective, realistic, tense, rough, serious ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, law enforcement, police procedural, serial killer, police investigation, police, policewoman, female partner, murder, coma ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 2K
Ironside (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Ironside is an upcoming American drama television series that is scheduled to premiere in the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central, after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It is a ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, wheelchair bound, police, investigation, black cast, disabled, power relations, disability, tough law enforcer, urban ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Robbery Homicide Division (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann. Schindel has been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, law enforcement, murder, workplace, partner, police station, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Baretta (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. ...
Style: detective, retro, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, police, investigation, car chase, police officer, cop, agent, undercover, police protagonist, working undercover, police station, police investigation ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Dark Blue (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm. It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw, the leader of an undercover ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover agent, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, right and wrong, team, workplace, police procedural, investigation, police, arrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Aspe (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: In each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime, partner, who done it, law enforcement, partners against crime, whodunit, unfaithfulness, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe, bruges
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Prime Suspect (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Prime Suspect is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. It stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney. The series is a "re-imagining" of the original British series Prime ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: policewoman, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, investigator, sexism, police station, ambition, tough law enforcer, boss, murder, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Murder City (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: British police drama that revolves around two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: partner, murder, female police detective, police detective, investigation, unlikely partners, riddles and clues, partners against crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, police, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Police Call 110 (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: East Germany
TV show
Story: Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: crime investigation, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, criminal, domestic violence, extortion, rape, theft, swindle, cop, police ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe, east germany, german democratic republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Dragnet (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The classic police drama is updated for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, tackle traditional police cases and face new challenges such as LSD, race riots, and public service TV shows.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police, police detective, police officer, cop, car chase, woman with a gun, team, lapd, police investigation, criminal heroes, fighting crime, partners against crime ...
Time: future, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Those Who Kill (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, policewoman, female detective, profiler, forensics, criminal psychologist, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, police detective, missing person, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Touching Evil (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving an almost-fatal gunshot wound to the head, Detective David Creegan is assigned to the FBI's Organized and Serial Crime Unit – a rapid-response, elite crime ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, lifesaver, police investigation, partners against crime, police detective, special agent, danger, law enforcement, chases and races, hunt down, fbi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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