Movies and TV shows like Grantchester

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Grantchester (2014)
 7.9
 17K
Grantchester (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.
Style: tense, serious, detective, crime drama, period piece, slasher, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder mystery, partners against crime, priest, police detective, village, village life, amateur detective, friendship, clergy, haunted by the past, murder investigation, whodunit, who done it, detective inspector, gay, partner, amateur sleuth, law enforcement, lady, ancient, post war, historical event, resistance ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1953, 1940s
Place: england, united kingdom, london, europe
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, detective and serious films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, murder mystery, who done it, deadly, police and law enforcement mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Grantchester: Father Brown (2013), Rosemary & Thyme (2003), The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013), Agatha Christie's Marple (2004), Unforgotten (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Father Brown (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Style: serious, captivating, intellectual, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: investigation, who done it, amateur detective, clergy, danger, murder, uncover truth, priest, riddles and clues, friendship, social relations, law enforcement ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder ...
Style: feel good, realistic, captivating, clever, detective ...
Plot: who done it, countryside, murder, female detective, riddles and clues, friendship, investigation, private detective, gardener, partners against crime, murder investigation, whodunit ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is ...
Style: clever, serious, detective, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, forensics, doctors and patients, social relations, homecoming, murder, doctor, crime investigation, danger, murder mystery, murderer, homicide detective ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story: 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, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder mystery, female detective, who done it, whodunit, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder investigation, female protagonist, amateur detective, murder, twists and turns, investigation ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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 8.4
 30K
Unforgotten (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, tense ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, investigation, police, cold case, missing person, female police detective, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, haunted by the past ...
Time: future, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.6
 18K
Foyle's War (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style: clever, serious, captivating, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: world war two, investigation, police investigation, police detective, war crime, spy, detective inspector, police, espionage, homicide detective, whodunit, murder investigation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, new mexico, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 8.2
 16K
Lewis (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Style: realistic, clever, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, murder, investigator, multiple suspects, police investigation, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion, criminal ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.6
 33K
Endeavour (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 89 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: serious, detective, intellectual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: police, police detective, investigator, murderer, police investigation, talented, coworker, british, oxford, murder, intelligence, bodies ...
Time: 60s, future, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Inspector Morse (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
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, police, investigation, whodunit, inspector, police procedural, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, 90s
Place: england, europe, italy, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: A British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent ...
Style: serious, detective, tense, realistic, witty ...
Plot: murder, police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, police, investigation, buddy cop, partners against crime, nypd, investigator, shrewd, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, twists and turns, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
A Touch of Frost (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
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, serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, police, whodunit, investigation, riddles and clues, murder mystery, partners against crime, intrigue, intelligence agency, inspector, widower, urban setting ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
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, detective, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, twists and turns, forensics, unconventional method, who done it, murder investigation, victorian england, morgue ...
Time: edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: In 1860 Scotland Yard's 'Prince of Sleuths' Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent,snatched from his bed at night and killed.
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot: country house, murder, investigation, private detective, multiple suspects, who done it, child killer, murder confession, acquittal, detective inspector, child kidnapping, twists and turns ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Place: scotland yard, england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 27K
River (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, surprise ending ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, murder investigation, loneliness, police procedural, able to see the dead, nordic, partner ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Inspector George Gently (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, crime drama, clever ...
Plot: murder investigation, police investigation, police, whodunit, law enforcement, police detective, partner, chief of police, partners against crime, murder, police procedural, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: 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, detective, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: private detective, investigation, whodunit, murder, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, danger, multiple suspects, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
TV show
Story: Miss Jane Marple is staying at an elegant hotel from her childhood compliments of her nephew Raymond. Also there is international adventurer Bess Sedgwick and Lady Selena Hazy (Joan Greenwood in her next to last performance). A doorman working at ...
Style: detective, captivating, clever, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: investigation, hotel, amateur detective, riddles and clues, friendship, motel, whodunit, mysticism, murder, twists and turns, who done it, adult virgin ...
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jonathan Creek (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jonathan Creek follows the story of Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist. Like most journalists, she sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted, but this is what makes her such a great journalist! While writing a piece about the death ...
Style: clever, detective, anthology, sitcom, realistic ...
Plot: murder, riddles and clues, amateur detective, prodigy, partners against crime, unlikely partners, investigation, illusion, journalist, murder mystery, team, police ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Partners in Crime (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based on the short stories of the same name by Agatha Christie. It was directed by John A. Davis and Tony Wharmby, and starred James Warwick and Francesca Annis in the ...
Style: detective, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: private detective, investigation, murder mystery, who done it, newlyweds, riddles and clues, couples, odd couple, amateur detective, partners against crime, couple relations, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 2K
Rebus (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Rebus is the title of the detective drama TV series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh. The series was produced by STV Productions for the ITV network. Four seasons have been aired; ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, who done it, murder, multiple suspects, police, nypd, murder mystery, investigation, police inspector, failed attempt ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 781 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Watson, finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.
Style: detective, gothic, spiritual, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, mind game, mastermind, serial killer, murder mystery, police, spirituality, writers, partners against crime, prodigy ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the contradicting testimony of a cloud of witnesses to save ...
Style: talky, detective, mind bending, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, society, estate, investigation, who done it, whodunit, murder investigation, detective inspector, red herring, aristocrat, deadly
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Lynley TV Series
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, police, detective inspector, murder, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, inspector, homicide detective, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Partners in Crime (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a 1950s Britain rising from the ashes of the Blitz into the grip of a new Cold War, our beekeeping duo stumble into a world of murder, undercover agents and cold war conspiracy. Tuppence is a woman who sees adventure round every corner, ...
Style: atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: post war, private detective, amateur detective, investigation, partner, conspiracy, odd couple, murder, husband wife relationship, couples, cold war, marriage ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
TV show
Story: Miss Marple receives a most interesting request from Mr. Jason Rafiel, with whom she'd struck an acquaintance some years before. He would like her to solve a crime but, does not tell her what it might be, who might have been involved or where ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, mind bending
Plot: investigation, private detective, police investigation, amateur detective, riddles and clues, rivalry, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, uncover truth, mysticism, whodunit, murder mystery ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 686
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 ⇓
100%
The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Detective (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The Last Detective is an ITV drama starring Peter Davison as Dangerous Davies. The first series aired in 2003 with three more seasons succeeding this. The first consisted of a pilot and three episodes, the second and the third series both consisted ...
Style: detective, clever, suspenseful, realistic, dark ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, uncover truth, amateur detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, danger, investigation, riddles and clues, nypd ...
Time: future
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 8.3
 35K
Life (2007)
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: realistic, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ex convict, investigation, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, who done it, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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