Movies and TV shows like In Face of the Crime
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In Face of the Crime (2010)
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Original name: Im Angesicht des Verbrechens
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 479 min.
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Im Angesicht des Verbrechens is a German television series about the Russian mafia in Berlin. It received high critical acclaim, but the viewer figures were disappointing. It was broadcast by ARTE and Das Erste.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, captivating, detective, suspenseful, interesting
Plot:
police, society, law enforcement, dishonesty, organized crime, money, prostitution, police investigation, love, danger, murder, hopes, skinny dipping, criminal heroes, immigrant, prostitute, alien invasion, female nudity, male nudity, russian abroad, criminal gang, gangster, mafia, human trafficking, deadly ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Most similar movies to In Face of the Crime
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police investigation, police, investigation, deadly, murder and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like In Face of the Crime: Gomorrah (2014), A Thin Line (2023), El Capo (2009), Crime novel - The series (2008), Informer (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
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disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 51 min.
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Follows Ana and Benni, two sisters in a quest to expose environmental wrongdoing, but when things go bad after hacking a government server, a question arises: What line are you willing to cross for something you believe in?
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serious, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
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women in prison, environmental, moral ambiguity, environmental activism, ethical dilemma, sisters, prison, sorority girl, activist, environmental activist, sister, sister sister relationship ...
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543
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
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El Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.
Style:
brutal, realistic, stylized, serious, rough ...
Plot:
ambition, power struggle, drug traffic, drug dealing, organized crime, master criminal, drug lord, criminal heroes, political corruption, smuggling, notoriety, rise to the top ...
Place:
colombia
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
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Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, organized crime, female nudity, italian mafia, mafia, criminal heroes, gangster, drug dealing, law enforcement, police detective, dishonesty, violence ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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, terrorist, police, uncover truth, danger, police investigation, threat, law enforcement ...
Place:
london
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35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
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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
Plot:
sex crime, police investigation, police, law enforcement, murder, robbery, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, european, violent content, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, ghent
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police investigation, law enforcement, secret movement, police detective, dishonesty, honest law enforcer, secret agenda, robbery, boarding school, nordic, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, flanders
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, false accusation, riddles and clues, criminal's revenge, danger, law enforcement, race against time, police investigation, deaf, serial murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 306 min.
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Story:
A fictionalised look into the human tragedy of riot police and police brutality in Spain.
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
police, swat, conflict, murder, urban setting, female protagonist, corruption, riot, investigation, police investigation, partner, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The promise of a better life is pivotal in ten-year-old Fee’s decision to travel from her home in Romania to Germany. But she falls victim to child traffickers and is forced to work as a prostitute in a Berlin sex club. She is freed, however, ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
sex maniac, police investigation, dishonesty, injustice, danger, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, conspiracy, child prostitution, child in peril, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
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An American serial killer is on board a plane from New York to Stockholm. Without a proper identification and with great urgency A-group try to locate this passenger before Sweden inadvertently imports it's first American serial killer. The ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, terrorist, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, murder investigation, torture, fbi agent, swedish police, swedish, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: East Germany
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Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, criminal, domestic violence, theft, rape, extortion, swindle, cop, police ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, german democratic republic, east germany
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
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A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, danger, death, murder mystery, scandal, morgue, honest law enforcer, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, law enforcement, partners against crime, forensics, evidence, investigation, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, police, nypd ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 60 min.
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A historical fiction drama and thriller set in the turbulent period of the late 1930s in the Balkans as a place where high politics, local interests, capital and crime all merge together.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
secret society, conspiracy, police detective, law enforcement, secret movement, undercover, criminal, politician, murder investigation, partner, dishonesty, nudity ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, nebraska, balkan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 60 min.
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Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, investigation, police academy, partner, rivalry, murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, death, chase, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 289 min.
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Story:
The story of Ben Clemens, who after 32 years as a border patrol agent is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of the United States. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, detective
Plot:
drug dealing, police investigation, martial arts, border patrol, showdown, drug, law enforcement, society, love interest, machismo, fighting crime, love ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
New Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked to have a second look at the death of Ronald Treeves, a student at St. Anselm's seminary.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, private detective, investigation, riddles and clues, religions or cults, society, law enforcement, clergy, who done it, school, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 198 min.
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Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson got fame because he knew how to take care of most dangerous and violent criminals. His success was, however, also due to the sinister alliance with violent underworld figures like Neddy Smith ...
Style:
detective, slasher, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, nypd, investigation, serial killer, mysticism, killing spree, police detective, prostitute, organized crime, working undercover, political corruption, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police department, criminal, police commissioner, commissioner, police inspector, old man, homicide, police, crime investigation, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
west germany, munich germany, europe, germany
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles.
Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic, thrilling ...
Plot:
stalking, police, stalker, danger, policewoman, police detective, lapd, police investigation, name calling, criminal, hopes, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 55 min.
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A former detective now living on the streets searches for the truth after a new death raises unnerving doubts about a supposedly settled murder case.
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, serious
Plot:
cheating wife, terrorist, conspiracy, police, criminal, police investigation, law enforcement, prosecutor, terrorist attack, terrorism, police detective, police officer ...
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Drama about a deaf girl who witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
murder, deaf, danger, police investigation, police detective, dishonesty, organized crime, corruption, homicide detective, feminist, murder mystery, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed between 1994 and 1998, secretly investigating ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police corruption, working undercover, police investigation, dirty cop, boss and employee, undercover, law enforcement, dishonesty, idealism, society, internal affairs, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
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A female cop becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, and hunts him over the course of her 28 year career in the force.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
homicide detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder, police investigation, obsession, police inspector, law enforcement, lie, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
The investigations of two police officers from The Brussels Digital Unit, a unit specializing in cybercrime.
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
policewoman, internet, law enforcement, danger, police investigation, testimony, murder, society, witness, homicide detective, heist, police officer ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, police, german culture, investigation, cop, partner, superior officer, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
munich germany, europe, germany
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, police, justice, small town, black, legal, danger, investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, evidence ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, rough, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, investigation, police investigation, nordic, police corruption, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, danger, child abuse, violent content ...
Time:
future
Place:
iceland, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
24%
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 ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, danger, society, murder mystery, conspiracy, murder investigation, law enforcement, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
24%
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