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Salamander (2012)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, detective, noir
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, police detective, secret movement, dishonesty, honest law enforcer, secret agenda, robbery, boarding school, nordic, murder mystery, criminal, conspiracy, police, female nudity, car chase, suicide, horse riding, car bomb, bank robbery, shot to death, defenestration, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
belgium, flanders
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about police investigation, law enforcement, police, police detective, investigation, murder and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Salamander: Between the Lines (1992), Line of Duty (2012), The Last Panthers (2015), Babylon Berlin (2017), Black Sun (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Between the Lines was a television police drama series created by J. C. Wilsher and produced by World Productions for the BBC. It was first shown on BBC1 between 1992 and 1994, running for three series.
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Style:
detective, tense, dark, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Steve Arnott is a young officer who’s fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it ...
Style:
serious, tense, crime drama, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, police corruption, honest law enforcer, british police, police detective, twists and turns, female police detective, corruption, dirty cop, policewoman, secret, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gang, thief, gangster, law enforcement, police investigation, french police, insurance investigator, police, criminal gang, war, diamond theft, bosnian war ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, belgrade serbia, marseille, london
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, costume drama, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, german history, social problems, political intrigue, interwar period, unsolved crime, police detective, conspiracy, national socialism, european history, police investigation, world war two ...
Time:
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Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
38%
918
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Falcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, murder, past coming back to haunt, dark past, murder mystery, nypd, honest law enforcer, dealer, police officer, cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
36%
740
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Identity is a British police procedural drama television series starring Aidan Gillen and Keeley Hawes, airing in the UK during July–August 2010. Concerning identity theft, the series was created and written by Ed Whitmore, a writer most noted for ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, identity theft, fighting crime, law enforcement, police detective, police, hidden identity, danger, murder, police protagonist, murder mystery, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 479 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, dishonesty, society, organized crime, prostitution, money, police investigation, danger, love, murder, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating ...
Plot:
tragic love, warden, mafia, manipulation, ex convict, vengeance, tragic hero, hidden identity, trial, false arrest, life is a bitch, organized crime ...
Time:
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Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
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Time:
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Similarity:
33%
484
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime, partner, who done it, law enforcement, partners against crime, whodunit, unfaithfulness, infidelity, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, bruges, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective
Plot:
infiltration, terrorism, spy, snitch, undercover, terrorist, police, uncover truth, danger, police investigation, threat, law enforcement ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, conspiracy, murder, police investigation, lawsuit, courtroom, legal system, police detective, vicious, police brutality, haunted by the past, injustice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, homicide detective, policewoman, profiler, police investigation, forensics, female protagonist, crime investigation, police, police protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
nordic, investigation, police detective, investigator, husband wife relationship, law enforcer, law enforcement, testimony, police investigation, evidence, interrogation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005.
Fox ordered 13 episodes, only ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, loss of lover, true crime, murder mystery, woman with a gun, crime investigation, buddy cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, unsolved crime, sergeant, law enforcement, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, vancouver
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, forensics, law enforcement, fighting crime, haunted by the past, organized crime, police procedural, nordic, murder mystery, human trafficking, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Ironside is an upcoming American drama television series that is scheduled to premiere in the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central, after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It is a ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, wheelchair bound, police, black cast, investigation, disabled, disability, power relations, tough law enforcer, urban ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Prime Suspect is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. It stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney. The series is a "re-imagining" of the original British series Prime ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot:
police detective, policewoman, homicide detective, police investigation, investigator, law enforcement, female detective, sexism, police station, tough law enforcer, ambition, boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 229 min.
TV show
Story:
The 5th woman unfolds autumn 1994. An elderly man found in a gillrad pitfall impaled to death on the sharp sharpened bamboo poles, ecstatic praise of crows. Shortly afterwards disappears a florist without a trace and he also found executed in the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, police investigation, vigilantism, law enforcement, murder, vengeance, life is a bitch, police procedural, vigilante, hospital, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Early one morning, a bank office in the middle of Stockholm is hit with a violent robbery. When the police storm the premises, the robbers have vanished without a trace. The event mystifies the A Unit who, under the supervision of US Intelligence, ...
Style:
suspense, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bank robbery, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, police, investigation, conspiracy, police procedural, espionage, moral ambiguity, political intrigue, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, police investigation, homicide detective, investigation, female detective, elderly, law enforcement, unconventional method, crime investigation, british police, old age ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
31%
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