Movies and TV shows like Birthmarked 2001
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Birthmarked (2001)
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Original name: Kvinna med födelsemärke
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story:
After the death of her mother, a young woman embarks on a hunt for several men, who appear to be connected by a piece of music, which she plays to each of them over the phone, before killing them.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, female assassin, suspense, musician, mysticism, nypd, revenge, assassin, diary, fictional country, police procedural, female murderer, deadly, mystery, crime, crimes, multiple murder
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, law enforcement, deadly, police investigation, serial killer, investigation and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Birthmarked: The Valhalla Murders (2019), False Accusation (2001), Borkmann's Point (2005), The Wide Net (2000), Case G (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 50 min.
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An Oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native Iceland to help a dedicated cop hunt a serial killer with a link to a mysterious photo.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 172 min.
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A quiet spring morning a man leaves prison after spending most of his adult life there. The man is convicted of murder, not once but twice.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological
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murder, police investigation, law enforcement, partners, released from prison, nypd, flashback, fictional country, police procedural, deadly, decapitated body
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
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serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
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serial killer, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, private detective, law enforcement, partners, suspense, nypd, police procedural, fictional country, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 176 min.
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Story:
Swedish miniseries based upon the novel of the same name by Håkan Nesser.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, prison, courtroom, suspense, nypd, drowning, flashback, fictional country, custody ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, manhunt, haunted by the past, law enforcement, murder, police procedural, suspense, nypd, snow, fictional country, deadly, chases and races
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Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 229 min.
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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 ...
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serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, vigilantism, law enforcement, vengeance, life is a bitch, police procedural, vigilante, revenge, hospital ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
636
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
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Time:
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Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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 ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
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A man is found dead, hung from a tree. Another body is found in Skansen's wolverine enclosure. Five girls attempt to flee from Sweden.
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
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What's in a name but murder? Münster comes across the strangled body of a young woman in her home and surprises the murderer who is still on the premises. Though the murderer escapes, a rare book is found at the scene with a dedication by the ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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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 ...
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Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
Style:
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Plot:
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england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Duration: 47 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 115 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 180 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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