Movies like Deadline 2001
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Deadline (2001)
2K
Original name: Sprängaren
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and why is Christina murdered? The police desperately seek for clues that will lead them to the perpetrator but without any luck. As the Olympic Games draws near the situation becomes more desperate. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter for Kvällsposten, se a connection that no one else sees and without understanding it she starts a carousel that in the end will threaten her own life.
Style:
tense, rough, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
terrorist, journalism, terrorism, female reporter, female protagonist, bomb, media, danger, murder, journalist, psychopath, newspaper, mysticism, investigative journalism, reporter, bombing, rivalry, contests and competitions, christmas, snow, photographer, olympics, city, newspaper office, actress playing herself ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Deadline
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, danger, law enforcement, investigation, journalist and journalism mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Deadline: Nobel's Last Will (2012), Paradise (2003), The Red Wolf (2012), Swallow, Cat, Rose, Death (2006), Black & White (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While covering the annual Nobel Banquet for tabloid Kvällspressen, crime reporter Annika Bengtzon witnesses a spectacular murder right in front of her. Two people are shot, one of them the controversial Laureate in Medicine, Aaron Wiesel. Annika is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
journalism, journalist, murder, investigation, uncover truth, danger, media, dishonesty, nordic, reporter, writers, investigative journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Action, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tabloid journalist Annika Bengtzon is writing about a murder in the port of Stockholm and she suspects that the Yugoslav mafia is involved. However, she also finds links to a foundation that runs a shelter for battered women, Paradiset. Looking for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
journalism, murder, investigation, woman in danger, danger, haunted by the past, family problems, scoop, female reporter, reporter, investigative journalism, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Beloved cooking show host Billie Blessings finds herself in hot water when a dead body turns up in the car of one of her guests, a temperamental celebrity chef harboring dark secrets.
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious
Plot:
cooking, puzzle, uncover truth, murder mystery, who done it, whodunit, danger, twists and turns, law enforcement, romancing partners, female reporter, murder ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot:
journalism, murder, danger, media, journalist, swedish, investigative journalism, european, reporter, mysticism, writers, hockey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe, morocco
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Swedish tabloid Kvällspressen has set their crime reporter, Annika Bengtzon, to monitor a complex murder case. The victim is a colleague and the only witness is a 15-year-old boy. Bengtzons inquiries may be an unexpected turn when the tracks ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
journalism, murder, danger, investigation, dishonesty, nordic, family relations, husband wife relationship, writers, investigative journalism, swedish, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her husband and her missing four year old son ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, investigation, murder, dishonesty, race against time, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, missing child, criminal, private investigation, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, media, minister, female nudity, politics, dishonesty, violence, society, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is Midsummer's Eve and ten people are on a deserted castle for a TV recording. The next morning the program leader is shot dead. Kvällspressens Annika Bengtzon a mandate to monitor the murder, but she soon learns that her best friend Anne ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot:
journalism, murder, investigation, law enforcement, multiple suspects, false accusation, dishonesty, estate, who done it, nordic, swedish, investigative journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, murder mystery, evidence, twists and turns, escapades, witnessing a crime, danger, nypd ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, recruitment, hidden identity, danger, introspection, society, police, bomb, working undercover, rivalry, escapades, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india, asia
Similarity:
29%
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:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, hospital, doctors and patients, investigation, childhood trauma, murder, killer, surgery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, haunted by the past, manhunt, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, woman in danger, murder, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"Julien Rossi wakes up in a hospital bed and finds he has no memory of the events that left him in a coma in the early hours of New Year's Day. Was he attacked? Or was his head injury caused in an accident? This is only the first of many ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
memory loss, journalism, danger, hospital, uncover truth, investigation, mysterious girl, love, murder, gays and lesbians, media, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
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:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, child murder investigation, child murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder, vigilante, police, criminal heroes, dead children, sex maniac, dead child ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Sri Lanka
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
danger, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, couples, rivalry, family drama, female protagonist, organized crime, underworld, getting home, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter, Molly sets out to prove her innocence. Together they uncover a ...
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, uncover truth, righting the wronged, woman in danger, false accusation, partner, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, danger, frame up ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, memory loss, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, deep south, media, journalism, television reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon can always find a diamond in the rough, when it comes to garage sales, that is. Whether it's a new antique to sell at her consignment shop, an Atari game for her son or a piece of furniture for her handy husband Jason to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, who done it, danger, death of friend, woman in danger, law enforcement, rivalry, burglary, death, dead body, store ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A routine mission ends up in a flaming inferno when a house suddenly explodes. It looks like a spectacular suicide attempt but the technical investigation reveals unexpected evidence. Beck and his men are soon on the tracks of a narcotic syndicate...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
prostitute, mysticism, police, chase, law enforcement, dishonesty, manhunt, chases and races, ocean, police procedural, murder, fire ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Style:
neo noir, spectacular, retro, tense, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, murder, journalist, reporter, newspaper, corrupt, corrupt cop, crime investigation, killing, investigative journalism, killer ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
florida, miami, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, animal life, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, police investigation ...
Place:
alaska, usa, south africa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Recently widowed Shelby Naylor (Sherilyn Fenn) listening to her husbands police scanner overhears a husband and wife arguing on the phone. The wife ends up dead and Widow Naylor points the finger endangering herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, haunted by the past, false accusation, woman in danger, couples, family problems, couple relations, danger, hitman, who done it, infidelity ...
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sandra Brown’s “Smoke Screen” follows newswoman Britt Shelley (Jaime Pressly), who shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay’s lifelong friend Raley Gannon ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, mind bending
Plot:
politics, journalism, journalist, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, media, female protagonist, female reporter, husband wife relationship, reporter, cabin in the woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
southern usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, political thriller, suspense
Plot:
journalist, journalism, reporter, investigative journalism, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, last wish, secret agenda, true crime, money, co worker co worker relationship, female journalist ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
costa rica
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, assassination attempt, heroes, law enforcement, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
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 ...
Style:
mind bending, serious, realistic, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, conspiracy, violent content, fish out of water, kgb, political conspiracy, political corruption, who done it, police corruption, danger, intrigue, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
south africa, russia, africa, eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, serious, mysterious, tense ...
Plot:
death row, death penalty, journalism, death sentence, death, lawyer, false accusation, uncover truth, journal, reporter, conspiracy, cupid ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, oakland california, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Plot:
mind game, who done it, murder, partners against crime, master criminal, serial killer, murder investigation, honeymoon, wedding, partner, psychopath, terminal illness ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
21%
2K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry, murder, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, hunting, mafia, partner, loss of partner, workplace, insurance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
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