Movies like The White Lioness
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The White Lioness (1996)
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Original name: Den vita lejoninnan
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In Cape Town, a police inspector named September color discovers that the dreaded Mabasha, hired murderer, is in talks with a right-wing organization. In Skåne, southwest of Sweden, is given to the real estate agent Louise Åkerblom by missing and the case is assigned to Inspector Wallander. Just start research supposedly empty building explodes. An unusual weapon, a transmitter Russian and index finger of a man of color are found in the wreckage of the building ...
Style:
atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, kgb, terrorism, conspiracy, graphic violence, intrigue, rivalry, who done it, political conspiracy, law enforcement, police corruption, police investigation, fish out of water, political corruption, dishonesty, state affairs, winter, assassin, snow, car chase, gunfight, police officer killed, police procedural, danger, deadly ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
south africa, africa, russia, sweden, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, murder, deadly, police investigation, dishonesty, police procedural and danger mostly in Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The White Lioness: The Man on the Balcony (1993), Murder at the Savoy (1993), Impunity (2014), Roseanna (1993), False Trail (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin ...
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
sweden, stockholm sweden
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case. The suspects lead to people involved in illegal arms deals. But who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist?
Style:
mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Investigating the gruesome murder of a cabinet minister's daughter, a special investigator and a local police detective find themselves knee-deep in political corruption and conspiracy, in this sizzling noir thriller set in post-apartheid South ...
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tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Time:
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Place:
south africa, africa
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80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely ...
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serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak
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police, murder, crime investigation, crime scene, law enforcement, investigation, police investigation, riddles and clues, who done it, interpol, dead woman, entrapment ...
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Place:
sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The Interrogator Erik Backstrom (Rolf Lassgård) is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...
Style:
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Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe
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53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Chris Murdoch falls obsessively in love with a Japanese girl attending University in Seattle (Kaori Ozaki) he murders Japanese men who have shown her kindness under the pretext of revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII. However the ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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42%
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Sweden
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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