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The Border (2008)
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The Border (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, detective, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: national security, law enforcement, terrorism, border, abduction, fighting crime, politics, society, border patrol, spy, kidnapping, chases and races, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, immigrant, female agent, counter terrorism, female fbi agent, u.s. canadian border, immigration, border crossing, counter intelligence, terrorist, fictional government agency ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police, fighting crime, danger, investigation, police investigation and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Border: The Grid (2004), Played (2013), 24 Japan (2020), Informer (2018), Downtown Precinct (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Grid (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 266 min.
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Story: A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, fbi, murder, save the day, investigation, rivalry, rebellion, danger, undercover, race against time, political conspiracy, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london, chicago, syria ...
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Played (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even ...
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighting crime, working undercover, undercover, gain trust, law enforcement, police, danger, police officer, friends, murder, team, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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24 Japan (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Japanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is excellent at his job and a reasonable person, but he often has to make drastic decisions to save lives.
Style: suspense, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: assassination, hidden identity, kidnapping, politics, terrorism, police department, gunfight, father daughter relationship, attempted murder, investigation, terrorist
Place: japan
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Informer (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Raza, a young second-generation British-Pakistani man from London is coerced by Gabe, a counterterrorism officer, into informing.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective
Plot: infiltration, terrorism, spy, snitch, undercover, police, uncover truth, threat, police investigation, danger, bomb, politics ...
Place: london
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Downtown Precinct (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An Israeli Detective investigating a Russian mob in Israel, falls into trouble
Style: realistic, suspense, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, society, investigation, police, co worker co worker relationship, danger, murder, russian mafia, rivalry, nypd, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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FX: The Series (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
Style: detective, serious, exciting, stylized, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, police, partner, police investigation, friends, heroes, fighting crime, partners against crime, unlikely partners, society, law enforcement, buddies
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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32%
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Agent X (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hidden from the view of the public - and even from the President - there is a top secret agent who is trained and ready to serve, deployed only at the careful discretion of the Vice President.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, spy, heroic mission, politics, state affairs, undercover, vice president, heroes, conspiracy, strong female presence, daughter
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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31%
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High Incident (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: High Incident is a police drama series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by Steven Spielberg, Michael Pavone, Eric Bogosian and Dave Alan Johnson. It first aired on March 4, 1996, running a total of 32 ...
Style: detective, rough, bleak, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: law enforcement, nypd, society, fighting crime, suburbs, suburban life, police officer, police, sergeant, female police officer
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
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Marshal (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Plot: erotic scene, chase, law enforcement, chases and races, fugitives, criminal heroes, fugitive, witness protection, pursuit, investigation, criminal, u.s. marshal
Time: 90s
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Fugitives (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Four men become fugitives after a failed drug deal, running from north to south of Chile.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, organized crime, corruption, crime gone awry, fighting crime, henchman, gangster, cocaine, smuggling, drug lord, working undercover, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, bolivia, latin america
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Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Valley of the Wolves
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, politics, secret agent, agent, social activist, righting the wronged, group of criminals, secretly observing, political unrest, chases and races, secret movement, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey, istanbul turkey
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31%
Flikken Maastricht (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police detective, fighting crime, female detective, police, cop, police investigation, forensics
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Da Vinci's Inquest (1998)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, coroner, law enforcement, righting the wronged, fighting crime, forensics, murder, mysterious death, nypd, crime investigation, medical, morgue ...
Place: canada, vancouver
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The Bridge (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Bridge was a Canadian police drama commissioned by CTV and CBS starring Aaron Douglas. The name of the series is derived from the bridge which connects the wealthy Rosedale neighborhood of Toronto with one of its poorest, St. James Town. The ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, detective ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, partner, workplace, fighting crime, workplace situations, police officer, investigation, dirty cop, coworker relationship, nypd, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Robbery Homicide Division (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann. Schindel has been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, law enforcement, murder, workplace, partner, police station, cop ...
Time: 21st century
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Peacemakers (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
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Style: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Plot: forensics, partner, law enforcement, sheriff, investigation, small town, old west, mortician, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, murder ...
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Baby (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Style: exciting, serious, patriotic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, fighting crime, law enforcement, danger, tough heroes, violent content, spy, terrorist plot, behind enemy lines, war on terror, graphic violence ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: asia, india
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King (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
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Story: King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, female detective, police detective, female police detective, law enforcement, who done it, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, task force, fighting crime, leadership ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: 10-8: Officers on Duty is an American police drama television series. The series aired on ABC from September 28, 2003 to January 11, 2004. The title is in reference to the ten-code for "officer in service and available for calls."
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, rough, detective ...
Plot: law enforcement, partners against crime, police detective, fighting crime, workplace situations, workplace, deputy sheriff, police station, nypd, die hard, rookie, urban ...
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Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Inspector Rex (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
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Story: A spin off from the Austrian series Kommissar (Inspector) Rex. Rex the Police Dog moves from Vienna to Rome to continue his career.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot: police dog, german shepherd, police, partner, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace, law enforcement, murder, danger, dog, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
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UC: Undercover (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department crime-fighting unit that confronts the country’s deadliest, most untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot: undercover agent, law enforcement, fighting crime, rivalry, undercover, partner, police detective, spy, murder, nypd, undercover cop, crime investigation ...
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24 (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This thriller series focuses on an anti-terrorist unit agent named Jai Singh Rathod who has twenty-four hours to save the country from a major terrorist attack.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, daring rescue, save the day, investigation, state affairs, rivalry, danger, chases and races, dishonesty, spy, propaganda, die hard ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, investigation, car chase, nypd, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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29%
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XIII: The Series (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him to cover up some dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA and the White House.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Agent of Influence (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This story of espionage and counter-espionage is based on the novel by Ian Adams. Suspicious circumstances surrounded the mysterious death of a Canadian diplomat. At the height of The Cold War in October 1964, John Watkins, Canada's former ...
Style: realistic, bleak, captivating, exciting, rough ...
Plot: espionage, head of state, undercover, rebellion, state affairs, dishonesty, heroes, cold war, cia, diplomacy, intrigue, spying ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, russia
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Code 37 (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Female detective Hannah Maes leads a police squad, specialized in sexual offenses. A smaller, but important part of the story is about the private quest of Hannah. She investigates a past robbery at her home and the subsequent brutal rape of her ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
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Legends (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a different person -- whether it's an assignment as a Serbian extremist, a corrupt Chicago police officer, a British special forces colonel, or a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, espionage, spy, special agent, state affairs, betrayal, fbi, chases and races, dishonesty, on the run, government agency, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Last Panthers (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the ...
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, belgrade serbia, marseille, london
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The Badge (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
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Place: canada
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19-2 (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The day-to-day life of two unwilling partners of the Montreal Police Department, Officers Nick Barron and Ben Chartier. These two beat cops patrol the urban sprawl of downtown's 19th district, in cruiser No. 2. 19-2 is about the tensions and ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, detective, captivating ...
Plot: law enforcement, partners against crime, police, workplace, partner, misfit partners, mistrust, workplace situations, realism, police detective, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal
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