Movies like The Vanished Murderer

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The Vanished Murderer (2015)
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The Vanished Murderer (2015)
Genre: Crime, 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: escaped prisoner, female prisoner, inspector, police officer, prison escape, 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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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and tense films with plots about investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, police investigation, sleuth, crime investigation and forensics mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Vanished Murderer: Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001), The Vanity Serum (2003), Thiruttu Payale 2 (2017), Sinam (2022), The Perfumier (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001)
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A killer thought behind bars is killing again. It's up to John Lawless (Kevin Smith) and Jodie Keane (Angelina Dotchin) to stop the murders.
Style: detective, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: sleuth, murder mystery, crime investigation, killings, police investigation, serial killer, who done it, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, investigation, private investigator ...
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95%
The Vanity Serum (2003)
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: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: television, uncover truth, sleuth, police investigation, forensics, crime solving, crime investigation, mysterious disappearance, who done it, investigation, serial killer, policewoman ...
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Thiruttu Payale 2 (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The life of a surveillance specialist turns topsy-turvy when a womanizer starts blackmailing his wife. The former tries to nab him using his power and expertise in technology
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: crime solving, police inspector, problem, crime investigation, investigation, relationships, detective inspector, police investigation, forensics, sleuth, uncover truth, extramarital affair ...
Place: india
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Sinam (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Sub-inspector Pari Venkat faces a huge tragedy putting him on an investigation to seek revenge.
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: police corruption, police, who done it, uncover truth, crime solving, sleuth, forensics, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, police officer ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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The Perfumier (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: To regain her sense of smell and get back her lover, a detective joins forces with a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to create the perfect scent.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot: sleuth, investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, forensics, detective inspector, teamwork, homicide detective, perfume, secret, police investigation ...
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The Leakers (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film centers around a Malaysian pharmaceutical company using a new virus to generate an epidemic. A secret organization, known as "The Leaker", discloses this information. After the suicide of the pharmaceutical company's son and ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: police, conspiracy, police officer, sleuth, criminal, investigation, fighting crime, evil plot, police investigation, epidemic, hacker, crime investigation ...
Place: china
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The Angel Maker (2023)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 'The Angel Maker' is a psychological crime thriller following Laura, a cyber crimes detective pursuing a brutal serial killer.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, female police detective, computer hacker, murderer, murder mystery, serial murder, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, killings, killing spree, undercover ...
Time: 2020s
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Sole Custody (2014)
Genre: 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: captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, suspense
Plot: cybercrime, police investigation, problem, police officer, police detective, policewoman, life is a bitch, investigation, marriage, police, uncover truth, cybersecurity ...
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Cape Town (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: Cape Town. Police captain Mat Joubert used to be the best, solved every crime, got every killer. But that was a year ago, before his wife Lara was murdered while working undercover. Mat's been on a downward spiral ever since, haunted by a ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective, hardboiled detective
Plot: murder investigation, murderer, forensics, uncover truth, police, police detective, investigation, police officer, sleuth, killings, problem, police investigation ...
Place: africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Unfair: the end (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the ...
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: policewoman, police investigation, police detective, homicide detective, murder investigation, forensics, uncover truth, fighting crime, police officer, threat, police, female protagonist ...
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Sirens (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story: This psychological thriller concerns Ali, a London-based female law officer simultaneously involved in a heated and clandestine relationship with her sister's beau and a city-wide police hunt for a serial rapist. When the squads close in on the ...
Style: detective, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, murder investigation, forensics, investigation, serial killer, uncover truth, who done it, police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, murderer, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Unfinished Affairs (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Inspector Manuel Bianquetti is forced to accept a transfer to a police precinct in Cádiz. His initially peaceful move will soon be shattered with the discovery of the body of a young girl who reminds him of a terrible past. Despite the opposition ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating
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NCS: Manhunt (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
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Story: NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001. The second series debuted ...
Style: detective, captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: investigation, detective inspector, homicide detective, police investigation, police officer, uncover truth, who done it, secret, crime solving, sleuth, forensics, murder investigation ...
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60%
ST: Aka to Shiro no Sôsa File the Movie (2015)
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: tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, detective
Plot: workplace, uncover truth, forensics, police officer, coworker, police, police station, detective inspector, crime solving, police inspector, police detective, investigation ...
Place: japan
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60%
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Corrupt (2016)
Genre: 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.
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Death on Ice (2015)
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A body is found on a frozen village pond in the Waldviertel. Ironically, the former police officer Sepp Ahorner finds the dead man. When the Linz Commissioner Grete Öller and her young colleague Lisa Nemeth arrive in the sleepy village, the case ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
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Prime Time (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
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Story: Ramiro del Solar is Mexico’s most respected investigative journalist. His home life is beyond reproach — a successful wife and a beautiful daughter who is following in his footsteps — despite constant media scrutiny. But Ramiro does indeed ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, psychological horror
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The Trough (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 111 min.
Story: Yu Chau is a cop who has gone so deep undercover within the triad. He can no longer tell which side of the law he's on. When he accidentally kills one of his pals in an operation, he runs off into the boonies to lick his wounds. Upon his ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
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Copy Cat (2020)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 97 min.
Story: Newly promoted Lieutenant Valentine Ventura finds herself working with famous Captain Antoine Thomas who just came back from his medical leave after the tragedy he lived a few months ago : victim of a car crash that killed both his wife and the ...
Style: psychological, detective, captivating, suspenseful
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Only the River Flows (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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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 ...
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G Storm (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 93 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, tense, crime drama
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Crime & Punishment (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When reason fails, the devil helps.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
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The Snake Bearer (2005)
Genre: Crime
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Style: detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating
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Mind Games (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Story: A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her ...
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The Return of the Dancing Master (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime
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Story: A dramatic police investigation by chief detective Colonel Hassan, the task entrusted to him is to look into a bomb report in a luxury hotel in downtown Cairo on the wedding night of the scandalous businesswoman Belle Safi, who will be attended by ...
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