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To Serve and Protect (1999)
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
TV show
Story:
Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas.
Style:
detective, psychological, exciting, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, nypd, hostage, kidnapping, murder, psychopath, parents and children, family life, chases and races, who done it, danger, law enforcement, confined, police investigation, crime gone awry, woman in danger, riddles and clues, police, death, murder investigation, family relations, fear, ransom, bondage, deadly ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas
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Most similar movies to To Serve and Protect
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, deadly, murder, serial killer, police investigation, danger and police detective mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like To Serve and Protect: Nightmare in Columbia County (1991), The Prodigy (2005), Tracks of a Killer (1996), Out of the Darkness (1985), Donato and Daughter (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, danger, gang, psychopath, murder, martial arts, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psycho, snow, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, confined, chases and races, rescue, danger, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, captivity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, detective, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, killer, killing spree, parent child relationship, fighting crime, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, terrorism, stalking ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, law enforcement, partners against crime, forensics, evidence, investigation, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, police, nypd ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work together to stop a serial killer. Along the way, the two find themselves forced to deal with a number of painful secrets from their past.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, parents and children, family life, fighting crime, law enforcement, estrangement, who done it, partner, transvestite, cash ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, texas ranger, psychologist, serial murder, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, police detective, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
38%
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, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, lifesaver, partners against crime, police investigation, police detective, special agent, chases and races, law enforcement, hunt down, danger, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, false accusation, riddles and clues, criminal's revenge, danger, law enforcement, race against time, police investigation, deaf, serial murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, danger, death, murder mystery, scandal, morgue, honest law enforcer, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story:
About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
Style:
psychological, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, child murder, police investigation, who done it, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, small town life, parents and children, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, danger, society, murder mystery, conspiracy, murder investigation, law enforcement, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode is structured around an interrogation taken directly from the real police case files, with the goal ...
Style:
serious, emotional, rough, tense, detective ...
Plot:
family problems, prison, family relations, law enforcement, police, family in crisis, hopes, haunted by the past, death, starting over, going straight, graphic violence ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ally Walker starred as ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, mind bending, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, profiler, fbi, forensics, investigation, murder, female detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, investigator, danger, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Swedish crime drama series about forensic psychologist Sebastian Bergmann.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
profiler, police investigation, serial killer, coping, murder, loss of daughter, private investigation, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, nordic, murderer, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
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, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
forensics, profiler, serial killer, police investigation, law enforcement, multiple suspects, danger, police procedural, african american, computer genius, computer system, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
34%
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491
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles police department.
Style:
detective, tense, cynical, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nypd, die hard, fighting crime, couple relations, police investigation, who done it, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, profiler, police detective, anti hero, psychologist
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the exploits of the Organized and Serial Crime Unit (OSC). Maverick Detective Inspector Dave Creegan is the newest member of the unit, an elite, rapid-response crime squad. The OSC uses their diverse crime-fighting skills to bring justice to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, psychic, squad, crime investigation, partner, partners against crime, twists and turns, law enforcement, british police, police, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, rescue, captivity, ransom, confined, danger, kidnapping, hostage, abduction, negotiator, police, terrorist plot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
An American serial killer is on board a plane from New York to Stockholm. Without a proper identification and with great urgency A-group try to locate this passenger before Sweden inadvertently imports it's first American serial killer. The ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, terrorist, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, murder investigation, torture, fbi agent, swedish police, swedish, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
33%
754
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal's revenge, master criminal, heist, danger, race against time, psychopath, car chase, car thief, serial killer, chases and races, woman in danger, chase ...
Similarity:
33%
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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:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
TV show
Story:
A female cop becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, and hunts him over the course of her 28 year career in the force.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
homicide detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder, police investigation, obsession, police inspector, law enforcement, lie, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style:
psychotronic, serious, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
true crime, killer, murder, psychopath, manhunt, ted bundy, sadistic rape, mental illness, maniac, violent, killing spree, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
seattle, utah, usa, colorado
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, danger, unlikely criminals, honeymoon, couple relations, woman in danger, true crime, murder mystery, murderer, pyromaniac ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 229 min.
TV show
Story:
The 5th woman unfolds autumn 1994. An elderly man found in a gillrad pitfall impaled to death on the sharp sharpened bamboo poles, ecstatic praise of crows. Shortly afterwards disappears a florist without a trace and he also found executed in the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, police investigation, vigilantism, law enforcement, murder, vengeance, life is a bitch, police procedural, vigilante, hospital, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, manhunt, psychopath, one last job, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place:
new york
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32%
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