Movies like Mystery Road 2013
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Mystery Road (2013)
9K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, neo noir, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, desert, estrangement, small town, murder, australian aboriginal, outback, murder investigation, father daughter relationship, police protagonist, who done it, tough heroes, lone wolves, heroes, law enforcement, murder mystery, indigenous people, police officer, racism, teenage girl, police station, culture clash, police detective, racial slur, crime scene ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia, oceania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and detective films with plots about murder, investigation, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, police officer and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Mystery Road: The Dry (2020), City Homicide (2006), Jindabyne (2006), Limbo (2023), Goldstone (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
40K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style:
suspense, perverse, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder mystery, gay relationship, murder, haunted by the past, closeted homosexual, secret relationship, murder investigation, investigation, small town, funeral, violence, suicide attempt ...
Time:
year 1991, 2010s, 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 and 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne. The main characters were ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, danger, police investigation, who done it, uncover truth, dishonesty, fighting crime, police corruption, partners against crime, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, fishing, police detective, friendship, aborigine, self discovery, small town, mental illness, complex characters, investigation, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
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100%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the ...
Style:
detective, neo western
Plot:
murder, desert, town, cold case, prejudice, murder case, murder mystery, aborigine, outback, australian aboriginal, mining town, racism ...
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
GOLDSTONE, the award-winning new feature from Australian auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), is a complex and stylish crime thriller that explores themes of racism, human trafficking, police corruption, corporate malfeasance, and the trampling of ...
Style:
noir, neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
corruption, desert, missing person, australian outback, small town, police, australian aboriginal, outback, indigenous people, danger, exodus, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia, oceania
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, cold case, police, police detective, investigation, murder, missing person, police station, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1985, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
australian outback, missing child, husband wife relationship, mother daughter conflict, dehydration, restraining order, outback, desert, troubled marriage, nude girl, social relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
Style:
exciting, colorful, scenic, detective, breathtaking
Plot:
australian outback, police detective, secrets, missing child, nature, ranch, australian aboriginal, murder mystery, failed relationship, old man, rural setting, police station ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Style:
clever, suspense, dark, independent film, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, plot twist, police, mind game, police investigation, psychology, nypd, politics, police station, supernatural horror, life changing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
27%
31K
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:
detective, tense, atmospheric, stylized, crime drama ...
Plot:
police, police detective, murder investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, police investigation, british police, murder, murder mystery, investigation, island, social relations ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
27%
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
Style:
twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
family in danger, family in crisis, police investigation, family relations, police, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, obsession, law enforcement, life turned upside down, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A pathologist and a police commissioner try to solve a series of murders involving a prisoner. Their journey leads to shocking revelations!
Style:
suspense, dramatic, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, morgue, corpse, police, pathologist, woman, murder mystery, death, police investigation, police officer, autopsy, forensics ...
Similarity:
25%
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling ...
Style:
bleak, crime drama, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, police, loneliness, whodunit, life is a bitch, drinking problem, depression, small town, british police, nordic ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
25%
665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
Similarity:
25%
547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, realistic, serious, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
horny wife, interracial sex, sex scene, female orgasm, outdoor sex, unfaithfulness, aborigine, murder, interracial relations, culture clash, infidelity, outback ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, new zealand
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Feisty, flame-haired reporter, Kendall O'Dell is drawn into an evil web of conspiracy beyond anything she could have ever imagined when she accepts a position at a small newspaper in isolated Castle Valley, Arizona. In the mix is a vanished ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
murder investigation, desert, reporter, police officer, murderer, society, vengeance, who done it, heroes, murder, youth, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
25%
17K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins ...
Style:
suspense, tense, neo noir, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, insomnia, murder, serial killer, male nudity, manipulation, small town, sleeping, police officer killed, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
25%
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389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
25%
149
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a personal tragedy, Detective Paul Grunning is sent on a routine call to a local professor's home. When things turn deadly, he must navigate a fractured reality to solve the mystery before it's too late.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, mind game, danger, rivalry, who done it, riddles and clues, time travel, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, nightclub, drug dealer, who done it, danger, uncover truth, sexual content, private investigator, murder, corruption, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
police investigation, missing person, cold case, police detective, murder mystery, unsolved crime, under the surface, false identity, uncover truth, police partner, homicide detective, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, sleuth, forensics, investigation, murder, police protagonist, crime investigation, police investigation, life is a bitch, nordic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
24%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, police, police corruption, police investigation, accident, life turned upside down, dirty cop, crime gone awry, dishonesty, law enforcement, cover up, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
24%
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:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
24%
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