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Sirens (2014)
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Original name: בתולות
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An Israeli cop is faced with the shocking discovery of her missing twin sister's body being washed-up on the seashore. The case opens old wounds and draws her deep into a roller-coaster ride of cryptic secrets and mysterious discoveries.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
police investigation, haunted by the past, uncover truth, law enforcement, life turned upside down, parents and children, small town, dealing with death, under the surface, hidden truth, mermaid, israeli, murder, refugee, family relations, strong female presence, nudity, police, dead body, lesbian, feminist, missing woman, corpse, nude, woman drowned ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel
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Most similar movies to Sirens
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, serious, suspenseful and realistic films and TV series with plots about investigation, law enforcement, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, deadly and small town mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Sirens: Witnesses (2014), True Detective (2014), Luther (2010), Secrets & Lies (2014), What Remains (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A young female detective is put in charge of a case and must delve into her partner's mysterious past in order to solve it.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, bleak ...
Plot:
who done it, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, grave robbing, under the surface, nordic, policewoman, retirement, revenge, serial killer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, normandy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
police investigation, missing person, cold case, police detective, murder mystery, unsolved crime, under the surface, false identity, uncover truth, police partner, homicide detective, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, anthology, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style:
psychological thriller, detective, crime drama, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, murder, police, talented, police detective, uncover truth, psychopath, forensics, crime investigation, law enforcement, serial killer, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A man who finds the body of a young boy quickly becomes the prime murder suspect, putting his life and his family at risk.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, protagonist as suspect, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, family problems, disorder, loss of child, family in crisis, child killer, murder mystery, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, who done it, police investigation, multiple suspects, life is a bitch, loner, uncover truth, danger, one last case, social relations, investigation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Eva Thörnblad returns to Silver Height seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared by a lake in the woods. The body was never found and the girl was believed to have drowned. Now a boy has vanished without a trace and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, gloomy, detective, stylized ...
Plot:
missing child, folk horror, small town, uncover truth, police investigation, family problems, nordic, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, forest, female protagonist, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A young French woman living in Israel is accused of the murder of her husband on the day of their wedding. As the bride struggles to prove her innocence, mysterious happenings surround her. Is she guilty or could she be the victim?
Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
murder investigation, who done it, murder, police detective, danger, murder mystery, youth, society, uncover truth, murderer, police investigation, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
TV show
Story:
Fed-up with his violent daily life, former Marseilles police officer Alex Hugo leaves the city and the violence he can no longer bear.
Style:
serious, detective, crime drama, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
mountain, police officer, police procedural, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, uncover truth, under the surface, small town life, twists and turns, who done it, small town ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
It's Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes missing.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
disappearance, police investigation, murder, missing child, who done it, paganism, law enforcement, small town, family relations, parents and children, suspicion, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
31%
519
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
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.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, family relations, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, child killer, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When Geraldine Bretherick and her 5-year-old daughter Lucy are found dead in the bathroom of their luxury home, the case divides new DS Charlie Zailer and her DC Simon Waterhouse. Is it a murder-suicide or something even more sinister, and how ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, murder mystery, partner, assassination plot, danger, investigation, police, mysterious death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Police investigate a mutilated body found in the Thames which appears to be the product of a witchcraft killing.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder, partner, murder mystery, investigation, police, urban, partners against crime, black cast ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
30%
136
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
French adaptation of the British series Luther (2010).
Style:
tense, serious, talky, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, murder investigation, police detective, murder, victim, investigator, murderer, testimony, society, police investigation, law enforcement, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Rambabu, a cable operator, lives with his beloved wife Jyothi and two daughters. One day, his family inadvertently gets involved in a grave crime and he must go to great lengths to protect them.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, telegu ...
Plot:
family relations, life turned upside down, police investigation, hidden truth, law enforcement, family in crisis, manipulation, unlikely criminals, danger, family in danger, parents and children, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Iain Banks's best-selling novel, this romantic mystery follows Stewart as he returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth behind his best friend's death.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
suicide, funeral, uncover truth, haunted by the past, organized crime, under the surface, life is a bitch, homecoming, hometown, village life, secret, literary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story:
The peaceful, secluded, country hideaway of three diverse, lonely, supposedly lesbian, women is suddenly shattered when their gardener discovers a partially decomposed corpse in the old Ice House on their grounds. The ensuing police investigation ...
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological thriller, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
missing person, small town, murder, amateur detective, 007, strong female character, crime investigation, police, corpse, haunted by the past, investigation, private detective ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, sleuth, forensics, investigation, murder, police protagonist, crime investigation, police investigation, life is a bitch, nordic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TJFF presents the pilot episode of the award-winning Israeli series that inspired the American hit, Homeland. Set in 2008, this first episode focuses on two Israeli soldiers being released after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon. It powerfully ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, mossad, torture, pow, investigation, homecoming, soldier, haunted by the past, twists and turns, held captive, spy, government agency ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, female detective, police protagonist, small town, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, female protagonist, police, who done it, uncover truth, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Vanished is an American serial drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, haunted by the past, mission, loss of son, journalist, politics, suspicion, law enforcement, couple relations, fbi, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
26%
566
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, death in the family, haunted by the past, religions or cults, society, life turned upside down, small town, investigation, grief, killer child, strong violent content, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime Inspector Maria Wern returns to duty at the Police Department on the island of Gotland, and is immediately thrown into a murder investigation.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police investigation, island, single parent, family relations, law enforcement, lesbian, murder, rivalry, danger, female police officer, swedish police, swedish ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, moral dilemma, betrayal, double agent, parents and children, who to trust, family relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, secret agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
25%
133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
serious, psychological, crime drama, gloomy, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, female detective, murder, female protagonist, multiple suspects, who done it, police investigation, crime investigation, strong female lead, street kid ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine
TV show
Story:
Germany, 1953. Corrupt gang of Soviet officers appropriated jewelry seized from repressed citizens. The officers take the young scout Terekhov and collector Avdeev, who recently left not so distant places, to guard the myriad wealth.
Style:
exciting, suspense, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, destiny, murder, uncover truth, redemption, love, gang, private investigation, art collector, art collection, small town, smuggling ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
family relations, political conspiracy, treason, twists and turns, moral dilemma, danger, confined, dishonesty, parents and children, kidnapping, abduction, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of small-town law enforcement. However, their experiment takes an unplanned turn.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, law enforcement, false arrest, twists and turns, police investigation, dishonesty, small town, society, robbery, agent, murder, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
D.C.I. Langton takes charge when the body of would-be model Louise Pennell is found,sliced in half and with her mouth mutilated into a smile. D.C. Anna Travis discovers that newspaper journalist Richard Reynolds had received anonymous typed letters ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, murder, serial killer, danger, media circus, strong female presence, forensics, crime scene, detective sergeant, detective inspector ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
23%
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