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Small Sacrifices (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 159 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule, the film is about Diane Downs and the attempted murder of her three children.
Style:
tense, sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, talky
Plot:
serial killer, murder, courtroom drama, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, child murder, cheating wife, murder investigation, crime investigation, femme fatale, extramarital affair, abusive father, ex husband ex wife relationship, attempted murder, legal action, hospital, family relations, parents and children, legal, who done it, manipulation, family problems, law enforcement, police investigation, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, law enforcement, deadly, serial killer, police investigation, true crime and murder investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Small Sacrifices: Fatal Vision (1984), In Cold Blood (1996), Secrets and Lies (2015), Des (2020), The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
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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.
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serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, talky ...
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murder, true crime, police investigation, who done it, dishonesty, law enforcement, media, family relations, small town life, parents and children, small town, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
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A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two children
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serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
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murder, serial killer, courtroom drama, infidelity, true crime, warrior, vietnam war, woman killed, child abuse, pregnancy, legal investigation, society ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
usa, north carolina
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 240 min.
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At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified the nation. This film is based on Truman Capote's hauntingly detailed, psychologically penetrating nonfiction novel. While in ...
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tense, serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
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serial killer, murder, killer, true crime, death sentence, countryside, psychopath, track down, dishonesty, investigation, rivalry, police investigation ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
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serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
investigation, murder, family in crisis, law enforcement, family problems, uncover truth, family relations, police investigation, murder mystery, child killer, protagonist as suspect, child murder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
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The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling, emotional ...
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serial killer, true crime, detective inspector, police, murder, murderer, murder mystery, uncover truth, death, police investigation, murder investigation, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 251 min.
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The Murder of Mary Phagan, a 1987 two-part TV miniseries made by Orion Pictures Corporation and distributed by National Broadcasting Company (NBC), is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager charged and convicted with murdering ...
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thought provoking, tense, realistic, serious, bleak
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murder, factory, fighting the system, courtroom drama, serial killer, false accusation, anti semitism, murder trial, injustice, teenage life, racism, death row ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
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43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
TV show
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Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological
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serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, law enforcement, police, investigation, true crime, cold case, father son relationship, double murder, unsolved crime, suspense ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
wales, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
379
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
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In each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
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murder, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime, partners against crime, who done it, law enforcement, partners, whodunit, crime investigation, sex, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, bruges, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
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Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, exciting, thought provoking ...
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homicide detective, investigation, police, serial killer, manhunt, police investigation, murder, murderer, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries, biology, forensics ...
Time:
year 1984, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
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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, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
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serial killer, killer, psychopath, murder, manhunt, true crime, mental illness, criminal, murderer, woman in danger, warrior, politics ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
utah, colorado, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
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The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
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disturbing, serious, psychological, realistic, talky ...
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serial killer, hippie, cult, courtroom drama, psychopath, killer, true crime, lawyer, murder, counterculture, criminal, terrorism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
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True crime story of a Wisconsin teacher's aide who hired teenaged students to murder her estranged husband.
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sexy, psychological, serious, realistic, tense ...
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serial killer, mental illness, murder, power relations, couples, family problems, dangerous attraction, infidelity, teachers and students, suburban life, teenage life, suburbs ...
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90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
137
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
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legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, mind game, law enforcement, legal action, murder, verdict, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The 1946/1947 murder trial of young and beautiful Evelyn Dick remains the most lurid murder case in Canadian history. After children find only the torso of her missing husband, John, Evelyn is arrested for his murder.
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, talky ...
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femme fatale, manipulation, investigation, courtroom drama, riddles and clues, family problems, couples, police detective, legal, confined, dishonesty, murder ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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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 ...
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atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
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museum, investigation, mind game, uncover truth, police detective, murder, who done it, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, law enforcement, detective inspector, mission of murder ...
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' ...
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disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
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serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, investigation, mind game, death of child, life is a bitch, rivalry, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, killer ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1965, year 1964, year 1966
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
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suspenseful, serious, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, police detective, addiction, woman in danger, drug abuse, small town, life is a bitch, prostitute, murderer, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, sincere, factual
Plot:
murder witness, false witness, police detective, murder, legal, law enforcement, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, family problems, family relations, family life ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952, year 1954, post world war two
Place:
france, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 277 min.
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Story:
Factual drama based on the notorious Whitehouse Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, murder trial, police investigation, schizophrenic, adopted son, murder mystery, murder case, farmhouse, countryside, investigation, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
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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 ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
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serial killer, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, murder investigation, police, torture, terrorist, fbi agent, special agents, swedish police, torture victim ...
Time:
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Place:
sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
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On a beach in Gothenburg found parts of a dismembered man's body. The only thing that is going on, a tattoo on the torso. Irene Huss find a similar previous cases that will take her to Copenhagen, where she is forced to look for a friend's ...
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serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, surprise ending
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serial killer, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, victim, murder investigation, husband wife relationship, violence, body mutilation, suspense, mysticism, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, sweden, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, sincere
Plot:
murder, investigation, police department, police commissioner, police inspector, commissioner, murder investigation, criminal, crime investigation, police, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
munich germany, europe, germany
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
Style:
exciting, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder investigation, mass murder, murder, rape, killer, true crime
Time:
70s
Place:
yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
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law enforcement, workplace, boss and employee, u.s. marshal, female police detective, superior officer, parents and children, track down, investigation, fighting crime, female detective, forensics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
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thought provoking, serious, tense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, father son relationship, gay, killer, suspense ...
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usa
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story:
Arne Dahl - Misterioso A failed robbery attempt at Sydbanken outside Avesta leaves one robber lying dead with a dart through his eye, but there are no witnesses to the incident and no perpetrator is ever identified. In Stockholm, three high-profile ...
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Time:
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Place:
sweden, estonia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
TV show
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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