Movies like The Vanished Murderer
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The Vanished Murderer (2015)
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Original name: 消失的兇手
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
At a women's prison in the northern China in 1932, a prisoner escapes. Inspector Song Donglu is summoned to investigate the escape.
Style:
psychological, captivating, detective, thrilling
Plot:
escape, escaped prisoner, female prisoner, inspector, police officer, prison escape, investigation, sleuth, runaway, fugitives, crime investigation, forensics, police investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, train, suicide, crooked businessman, police officer killed, police shootout, train station, police officer shot in the chest, police officer shot
Time:
1930s
Place:
hong kong, china
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Most similar movies to The Vanished Murderer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, suspenseful and thrilling films with plots about investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, police investigation, murder investigation and sleuth mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Vanished Murderer: Heaven (2022), The Impatient Alchemist (2002), How She Caught A Killer (2023), The Abandoned (2022), Twenty One Grams (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Circle Inspector of Police, Peter Kurishinkal is a stoic and taciturn officer, who prefers brain over brawn to solve his cases. His world is brought upside down when he is assigned a sensational case of a homicide.
Style:
thrilling, detective, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
murder investigation, murderer, who done it, police detective, police officer, battles, sleuth, police, crime investigation, police investigation, changing lives, murder ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The body of a naked man tied to a bed appears in a roadside motel. Sergeant Ruben Bevilacqua (Vila) and his colleague Virginia Chamorro assigned to investigate the case, which is especially delicate because Trinidad Soler, the dead, is a nuclear ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, conspiracy, killing, police officer, uncover truth, homicide detective, crime investigation, secret, murder mystery, police ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, rookie detective Linda Murphy (Sarah Drew) is fresh out of the police academy when she hears her boss, detective David Goodman (Eric Keenleyside) talking about a serial killer in the area who seems to be targeting sex ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, female detective, female police detective, killing, who done it, uncover truth, investigation, murder mystery, sex crime, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, detective, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, serial killer, mental issues, investigation, killing, murder mystery, murderer, police investigation, killing spree, who done it, homicide detective ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
DySP Nanda Kishore is investigating a murder case soon after a death in his family. As he proceeds, he is surprised to see how certain connections emerge that hint the case is linked to his own life as well.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, killing, problem, murder investigation, forensics, police investigation, secret, who done it, crime solving, police, threat ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, neo noir, suspense
Plot:
criminal, homicide detective, murder investigation, forensics, crime investigation, police investigation, secret, countryside, uncover truth, who done it, investigation, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
china
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story depicts the campus life of the 80s. Zacharia Pothen is a rich and spoiled senior student who is also ruthless and arrogant. He is always accompanied by his friends for whose happiness, Pothen can go to any extent. Pothen and his friends ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
murder, killing, who done it, problem, uncover truth, crime solving, murderer, murder mystery, serial murder, sleuth, investigative journalism, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
india
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A detective searches for a brutal killer who targets skinny women competing in a beauty contest.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, beauty pageant, investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, secret, homicide detective, crime solving, sleuth, who done it ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Series of bucket-killing murders happening in the city. Failure to resolve by police, a team of CBI Officers under CBI officer Sethurama Iyer take up the investigation to resolve the never experienced mystery.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
whodunit, murder, killing, murder investigation, investigation, serial killer, who done it, uncover truth, sleuth, secret, murderer, forensics ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, detective, thrilling ...
Plot:
memory loss, cold case, murder mystery, murder investigation, dark past, crime solving, secret past, homicide detective, uncover truth, crime investigation, who done it, amnesia ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Detective Carly Segan,( Tracy Gold), is investigating the Satanic murders of young women who all seem to have one thing in common... their time at a place called 'Safe Harbor'. Little does Joe Avery, her partner know, that she too has her ...
Style:
realistic, thrilling, captivating, detective, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female detective, investigation, police detective, murder mystery, uncover truth, police investigation, homicide detective, crime solving, problem, sleuth, crime investigation, strangulation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fresh wounds are reopened when Jasmeet Bhamra, a cop and a single mother who recently lost her child in a shooting spree, transfers to High Wycombe and is assigned a case of a missing child.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, female detective, grief, who done it, crime investigation, bereavement, murder investigation, loss of family member, investigation, sleuth, secret ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A district attorney asks a forensic accountant (Nicole de Boer) to investigate the murder of a key witness.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, district attorney, problem, crime investigation, murderer, police detective, forensics, crime solving, sleuth, suicide, uncover truth, investigation ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The vips of italian television disappear in a mysterious way. Two detectives, Lucia and Franco, try to investigate in this mystery, drowning into a strange world, where the leader is the powerful star Sonia Norton.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, television, who done it, crime investigation, sleuth, mysterious disappearance, crime solving, forensics, police investigation, uncover truth, vanity, celebrity culture ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Years after moving to a remote town, ex-cop Pipa is pulled back into the dark world she thought she'd left behind when a corpse appears on her property.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark
Plot:
homicide detective, police, criminal, drag, murder, crime investigation, police detective, police investigation, forensics, sleuth, policewoman, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
female detective, serial killer, private investigator, investigation, killer, killing, homicide detective, serial murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, female police detective, murder ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Police Chief Carter discovers the remains of eleven women, FBI Special Agent Petrovick is recruited to profile the serial killer responsible for the infamous "boneyard" killings. As the police force, narcotics agency, and FBI lock ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, whodunit, serial murder, serial killer, killing spree, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, murderer, murder, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
Style:
surreal, serious, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, manic, mental illness, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, serial killer, twists and turns, imagination, surveillance, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Derick Abraham, a fiery and dutiful police officer, continues to be the best officer until his brother Philip Abraham gets arrested for false murder charges. Will he be able to investigate the case and serve justice to his brother?
Style:
thrilling, detective, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, police officer, killing, homicide detective, fight, framed for murder, who done it, murder investigation, sleuth, police detective, police investigation, brother brother relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Soon-Ae (Seo-Young) opens a butcher's shop. The butcher's shop is popular due to its flavorful meat. Most of the store's customers are male. Meanwhile, man’s body is found at a hotel near the butcher's shop. The man was ...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, killing, homicide detective, who done it, crime investigation, uncover truth, detective inspector, police investigation, crime solving, murder investigation, murder, murderer ...
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Soo-hyun, who has recently moved into a new house, buys a used washing machine through a second-hand app but finds out it doesn't work. Annoyed by the seller's irresponsibility, she leaves a comment calling the seller a con man, and ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, psychological thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, serial killer, stalker, uncover truth, crime solving, private investigation, threat, forensics, criminal, privacy invasion, paranoia ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Zoey, a cyber crime cop, and Barry, a detective, raise their son, Timmy, in a quiet suburban neighborhood. When Zoey confides in her best friend about shift work and the lack of spark in her marriage. Zoey's mind is set in motion and when she ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, loss of child, problem, cybersecurity, police investigation, marriage, crime solving, life is a bitch, cybercrime, uncover truth, police ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this classic whodunit, a police detective must rely on the only witness - a parrot, to catch the killer of an armed robber.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police officer killed, partner, fighting crime, organized crime, criminal, heroes, who done it, rivalry, murder, police investigation, coworker, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A corpse that was accidentally discovered raises many questions. Using his blade, forensic doctor Qin Ming cuts through the shocking voice of the dead to find clues that will help track down the murderer. Hailed as the "corpse whisperer", ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, crime thriller, detective, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder investigation, medical examiner, police, forensic evidence, uncover truth, coworker, who done it, investigation, homicide detective, forensics, police investigation, sleuth ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Against her father's wishes, a young female cop in Chicago pursues her dream of becoming a detective when she's brought on to investigate a major murder case.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, detective
Plot:
homicide detective, forensics, police, murder, murder mystery, investigation, partners against crime, crime solving, murder investigation, female police detective, police detective, policewoman ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in a hotel where only the two of them were present, and Min-ho is immediately singles out as the prime suspect. Insisting on his innocence, Min-ho hires the talented lawyer Shin-ae to defend him, and ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
lawyer, attorney, murder, killing, murder investigation, accused of murder, forensics, secret, investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, sleuth ...
Similarity:
38%
718
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, police interrogation, murder investigation, framed for murder, investigation, killing spree, serial murder, murder, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder mystery ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Betty (August Arroya) was the wildest girl at the Police Academy, ready to take on anything - or anyone. So along with her diploma, she earned quite the reputation, and a nickname to go with it: Betty Danger. Her friends always said she'd ...
Style:
detective, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
female detective, female police detective, who done it, uncover truth, investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, police detective, crime solving, forensics, crime investigation, police officer ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Story:
The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Some members do not cooperate with others and others do not reveal themselves in front of others. With Samon as the leader of the ST team and young Inspector ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense, detective
Plot:
coworker, police, police officer, police station, police inspector, police detective, uncover truth, crime solving, investigation, forensics, workplace, detective inspector ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, USA
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Story:
Inspector Cetin Ikmen, his partner Mehmet Suleyman and Detective Ayse Farsakoglu, solve crimes and experiencing euphoric highs and tragic lows. Each crime story is heavily rooted in the rich and varied culture and history of Istanbul and set against ...
Style:
detective, thrilling, captivating, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, uncover truth, police investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, forensics, secret, who done it, crime solving, homicide detective, crime investigation, investigation ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
34%
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