Movies and TV shows like Aquarius
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Aquarius (2015)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
In the late 1960s, a Los Angeles police sergeant with a complicated personal life starts tracking a small-time criminal and budding cult leader seeking out vulnerable women to join his “cause.” The name of that man is Charles Manson.
Style:
tense, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, psychological
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly
Plot:
police detective, hippie, charles manson, missing person, police investigation, murder, cop, policewoman, lawyer, party, teenage girl, police station, name calling, drug, serial killer, working undercover, homicide detective, undercover cop, investigation, religion, subculture, murder mystery, psycho killer, interracial love relationship, woman with a gun ...
Time:
year 1967, 20th century, year 1968, year 1969, 60s, 1960s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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Audience:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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