Movies and TV shows like Columbo
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Columbo (1971)
47K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Style:
detective, clever, captivating, cynical, serious, suspenseful, witty, retro, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
homicide detective, police detective, murder, murder investigation, police, police protagonist, riddles and clues, mind game, crime investigation, crime solving, investigation, basset hound, law enforcement, uncover truth, cop, murder mystery, police investigation, supernatural, police officer, murder suspect, intelligence agency, villain, spirituality, corruption, police procedural ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Columbo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, serious, realistic and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, police, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Columbo: Prescription: Murder (1968), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), A Touch of Frost (1992), Diagnosis Murder (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Style:
detective, slasher, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, whodunit, psychiatrist, investigation, swimming pool, infidelity, police investigation, couples, uncover truth, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
future, 60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, acapulco mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
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Story:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Style:
detective, clever, witty, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, who done it, writers, female detective, amateur detective, riddles and clues, elderly, sherlock holmes, women, doctor, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
maine, usa, new york, arizona
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, private detective, murder, murder mystery, danger, murder investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, multiple suspects, private investigator, uncover truth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
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Story:
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R.D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
police, police detective, whodunit, british police, investigation, riddles and clues, murder mystery, inspector, intelligence agency, intrigue, partners against crime, urban setting ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Style:
captivating, detective, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
hospital, police detective, amateur detective, doctor, murder, police investigation, partners against crime, who done it, homicide detective, friendship, partner, medical ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and ...
Style:
detective, realistic, sincere, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police detective, murder, detective inspector, murderer, british police, police, investigation, whodunit, police procedural, inspector, criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future, 90s
Place:
england, europe, italy, australia
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever
Plot:
private detective, cop, police, murder investigation, murder, writers, nypd, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, multiple suspects ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style:
clever, detective, witty, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, private detective, genius, friendship, mastermind, deduction, murder, british, mind game, riddles and clues ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, wales, afghanistan, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style:
atmospheric, clever, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, british police, law enforcement, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
69%
36K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style:
serious, realistic, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ex convict, police detective, investigation, frame up, uncover truth, partners against crime, outsmarting, homicide detective, police investigation, suspicion, teamwork, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
17K
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, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, police investigation, british police, multiple suspects, investigator, murder, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
80%
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:
clever, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
law and order, lawyer, murder investigation, trial, murder, workplace situations, power relations, mind game, partner, police, investigation, judiciary ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Style:
atmospheric, clever, stylized, detective, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, uncover truth, partners against crime, riddles and clues, twists and turns, victorian england, police investigation, murder investigation, forensics, who done it, police station, unconventional method ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, america
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64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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The show follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, who done it, female detective, whodunit, riddles and clues, murder investigation, female protagonist, uncover truth, amateur detective, twists and turns, murder, sleuth ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe
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67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner.
Inspired by the book Where Death ...
Style:
detective, medical drama, retro, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
medical, police detective, amateur detective, legal, medical examiner, forensic evidence, police, coroner, murder, murder mystery, law enforcement, forensic ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland. The first episode was broadcast on ...
Style:
witty, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, crime investigation, murder, riddles and clues, police protagonist, interrogation, sidekick, suspicion, police inspector, fighting crime, danger, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 70s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
west germany, europe, austria, germany, switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
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Don Matteo is an Italian television series that has been airing since 2000 on the premier channel of Italian national television, Rai 1. Protagonist of the series is Father Matteo, a Catholic priest in a parish of the town of Gubbio, who is also ...
Style:
witty, serious, clever, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, priest, carabinieri, investigation, murder investigation, redemption, forgiveness, unconventional method, police detective, uncover truth, mind game, kindness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
37K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, intellectual, costume drama ...
Plot:
police, police detective, investigator, murder, talented, coworker, police investigation, murderer, oxford, british, british police, law enforcement ...
Time:
60s, future, 20th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
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18K
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:
sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot:
police, police detective, murder, police protagonist, nypd, robbery, partners against crime, police interrogation, swat team, police station, partner, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, missing person, homicide detective, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, serial murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, police, racial tension, murder mystery, police detective, danger, partners against crime, forensics, fighting crime, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, homicide detective, policewoman, profiler, police investigation, forensics, female protagonist, crime investigation, police, police protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
TV show
Story:
Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
Style:
captivating, detective, psychological
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, forensics, homicide detective, police detective, murder, crime investigation, sleuth, crime solving, uncover truth, teamwork, investigation ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leephorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma ...
Style:
detective, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, spiritual ...
Plot:
investigation, witchcraft, shaman, murder investigation, native american tribe, police detective, indigenous people, small town, police, uncover truth, sleuth, police officer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, police investigation, homicide detective, investigation, female detective, elderly, law enforcement, unconventional method, crime investigation, british police, old age ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
female detective, female police detective, forensics, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, unsolved crime, homicide detective, secret revealed, murder mystery, cold case, sleuth ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police department, criminal, police commissioner, commissioner, police inspector, old man, homicide, police, crime investigation, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
west germany, munich germany, europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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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:
retro, detective, suspenseful, cynical, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, police, police protagonist, investigation, car chase, police officer, agent, cop, undercover, police investigation, reluctant partners, pets ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A veteran detective who is about to retire unfolds a breathtaking psychological warfare with a mysterious man who follows his path while hiding his identity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, detective
Plot:
homicide detective, blackmail, falsely accused, mysterious man, murder, killing, framed for murder, crime investigation, false accusation of murder, murderer, murder investigation, investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
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