Movies and TV shows like Broadchurch

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Broadchurch (2013)
 8.4
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Broadchurch (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style: emotional, tense, clever, realistic, serious, detective, gloomy, dramatic, crime thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, twists and turns, grief, multiple suspects, small town, legal, reluctant partners, uncover truth, murderer, courtroom drama, small town life, social relations, under the surface, investigation, whodunit, police, coastal town, parents and children, who done it, loss of child, police procedural, pedophilia ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: england
Keyword: partners, bbc

Most similar movies to Broadchurch

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, crime drama, realistic and serious films and TV series with plots about murder mystery, police investigation, investigation, murder, police, murder investigation and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Broadchurch: The Killing (2011), Unforgotten (2015), Marcella (2016), The Bay (2019), Hinterland (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Killing (2011)
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: psychological, gloomy, neo noir, tense, serious ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, police investigation, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, who done it, strong female character ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 8.4
 30K
Unforgotten (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, tense ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, investigation, police, cold case, missing person, female police detective, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, haunted by the past ...
Time: future, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.4
 37K
Marcella (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career ...
Style: detective, crime drama, enigmatic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, serial killer, female detective, police, murder, british police, murder investigation, homicide detective, female police officer, female police detective, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 11K
The Bay (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Style: detective, crime drama, realistic, clever, serious ...
Plot: policewoman, investigation, police, missing person, courtroom drama, police investigation, social relations, uncover truth, family relations, who done it, parents and children, law enforcer ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.6
 15K
Hinterland (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how ...
Style: detective, serious, tense, bleak, crime drama ...
Plot: police, investigation, homicide detective, hidden truth, murder mystery, forensics, law enforcement, police investigation, partners against crime, partner, crime investigation, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wales, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 30K
The Killing (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style: gloomy, tense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: murder, policewoman, cold case, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, investigation, politician, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 8.6
 33K
Endeavour (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Style: serious, detective, intellectual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: police, police detective, investigator, murderer, police investigation, talented, coworker, british, oxford, murder, intelligence, bodies ...
Time: 60s, future, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 6.5
 10K
Deadwater Fell (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Style: crime drama, bleak, clever, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: murder investigation, control freak, murder, fire, family relations, under the surface, small town life, who done it, dealing with death, suspicion, extramarital affair, arson ...
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
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 4K
What Remains (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 240 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, suspenseful, tense, detective ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, multiple suspects, uncover truth, murder mystery, who done it, danger, life is a bitch, one last case, loner, social relations, police officer ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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Gracepoint (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style: tense, realistic, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder investigation, small town, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, small town life, homicide detective, missing child, social relations, investigation, law enforcement, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 8.3
 25K
Shetland (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, detective, serious, stylized ...
Plot: police, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, island, police investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, british police, murder, detective inspector, whodunit ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.5
 2K
Rebus (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Rebus is the title of the detective drama TV series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh. The series was produced by STV Productions for the ITV network. Four seasons have been aired; ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, who done it, murder, multiple suspects, police, nypd, murder mystery, investigation, police inspector, failed attempt ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 19K
Vera (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder, who done it, murder mystery, british police, law enforcement, investigation, police procedural, right hand man ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 8.2
 16K
Lewis (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Style: realistic, clever, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, murder, investigator, multiple suspects, police investigation, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion, criminal ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 8.2
 30K
The Missing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 943 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, journalist, child abduction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2006, year 2009 ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 8.0
 27K
River (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, surprise ending ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, murder investigation, loneliness, police procedural, able to see the dead, nordic, partner ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Top of the Lake (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story: A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
Style: atmospheric, clever, bleak, captivating, detective ...
Plot: female detective, missing child, disappearance, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, child rape, bodies, life is a bitch, self discovery, child abuse, secret ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Prime Suspect (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 207 min.
TV show
Story: A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Style: detective, suspense, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder, police, obsession, investigation, sexism, uncover truth, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Midsomer Murders (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style: atmospheric, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, twists and turns, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 7.6
 20K
The Bridge (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Style: tense, atmospheric, detective, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, twists and turns, policewoman, murder, drug cartel, social problems, u.s. mexico border, corruption, partner, marital problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 25K
Trapped (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town’s small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can’t leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes ...
Style: atmospheric, detective, crime drama, scenic, bleak ...
Plot: murder investigation, police, murder, snowstorm, small town, coastal town, winter, nordic, investigation, ex wife, danger, voodoo ...
Place: iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 153K
Luther (2010)
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: detective, psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: uncover truth, murder, talented, police detective, police investigation, psychopath, police, forensics, crime investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, cop ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 8.9
 647K
True Detective (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 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, serious, atmospheric, anthology, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, 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 ⇓
57%
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 8.0
 117K
Sharp Objects (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 421 min.
TV show
Story: Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Style: psychological, suspense, bleak, southern gothic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, small town, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, haunted by the past, hometown, journalist, reporter, serial killer, alcoholic, self harm ...
Time: 2010s
Place: syria, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 8.1
 22K
Ripper Street (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, tense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: serial killer, danger, killings, police detective, victim, victorian england, investigator, multiple suspects, jack the ripper, notoriety, murder, urban ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place: england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.6
 6K
Wallander (2005)
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, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, forensics, investigation, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, life is a bitch, sleuth, nordic, father daughter relationship, police protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mare of Easttown (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 418 min.
TV show
Story: A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style: detective, suspense, captivating, anthology, spectacular ...
Plot: small town, murder, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, mother daughter relationship, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, drug abuse, incest ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Lynley TV Series
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, police, detective inspector, murder, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, inspector, homicide detective, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 64K
Happy Valley (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 1059 min.
TV show
Story: Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
Style: serious, tense, detective, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: policewoman, police investigation, police, police protagonist, investigator, kidnapping, investigation, british police, whodunit, law enforcement, criminal, police station ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 12K
Bordertown (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Peculiar detective Kari Sorjonen escapes the hustle and bustle of big city to a small border town.
Style: detective, noir, captivating, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: border, crime investigation, small town, nordic, police detective, family relations, police, teenage girl, corruption, eccentricity, danger, serial killer ...
Place: finland, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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