Movies and TV shows like Joshideka
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Joshideka (2007)
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Original name: ジョシデカ！－女子刑事－
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Sakura Hanako is a female, veteran detective with the best arrest record. All the male detectives are intimidated by her. After going through several partners, the Chief partners her with a rookie, female cop, Hatakeyama Kurumi, whose greatest ability is her marksmanship. Despite their differences, they solve murder cases.
Style:
psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, detective, thrilling
Plot:
police officer, female detective, policewoman, crime investigation, crime solving, investigation, police, criminal, murder investigation, sleuth, police partner, forensics, who done it, female protagonist, fighting crime, satire, secret, police investigation, homicide detective, police detective, female police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, serial killer, rookie ...
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Most similar movies to Joshideka
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, detective, thrilling and psychological films and TV series with plots about investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, police investigation, forensics and police detective mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Joshideka: Inspector Zenigata (2017), Remote (2002), Bad Monkey (2024), Control - Hanzai Shinri Sousa (2011), Wong & Winchester (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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The Tokyo police receives a bomb threat from what appears to be Lupin III. This proves to be a distraction and a priceless painting was stolen from the nearby Tokyo Empire Museum, leaving a guard dead. Enter Inspector Zenigata who is convinced this ...
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detective, captivating, satirical, semi serious, anime
Plot:
investigation, crime fighter, police detective, murder mystery, who done it, crime solving, sleuth, homicide detective, crime investigation, satire, forensics, intrigue ...
Place:
japan
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Locked away deep in his home and hiding a secret that keeps him there, Detective Kozaburo Himuro remains ever vigilant in his duties of police work. But how does the wunderkind detective investigate crime scenes without ever stepping out of his ...
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detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller ...
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investigation, forensics, problem, private detective, sleuth, crime solving, secret, uncover truth, female detective, police detective, who done it, crime investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.
Style:
detective, dark comedy, semi serious, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, who done it, secret, crime solving, forensics, private detective, homicide detective, private investigation, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
florida, everglades, miami, bahamas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Rookie investigator Shoko Kazuki has just returned from the U.S. after being trained by the FBI in the art of criminal profiling. Recruited by a newly-formed Crime Profiling Support unit (CPS) within the Metropolitan Police Department, Shoko gets to ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective, crime drama
Plot:
who done it, uncover truth, partners against crime, crime solving, job, sleuth, homicide detective, organized crime, female police detective, investigation, police investigation, forensics ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology ...
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detective, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
crime investigation, police investigation, sleuth, uncover truth, police detective, murder investigation, crime solving, partners against crime, investigation, murder mystery, who done it, fighting crime ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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An ex-cop turned private eye, Marissa Wong, ends up being forced to work with Sarah Winchester, an inexperienced young woman fresh out of university. Each episode, the unlikely duo to solve their client’s cases, which often end up being far more ...
Style:
entertaining, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, female detective, ex cop, uncover truth, private investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, teamwork, police officer, ambitious woman, partners against crime ...
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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When this happens though, she blacks out. Even in her day-to-day life, she can hear people's evil intentions and true colors and senses their lies and deception. That is why she always wears headphones in order to shut out people's ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
crime investigation, investigation, homicide detective, mind reading, police detective, who done it, supernatural ability, forensics, police officer, murder investigation, workplace situations, uncover truth ...
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
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entertaining, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
homicide detective, investigation, professor, fighting crime, murder investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, family relations, police investigation, police detective, satire, female detective ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, detective
Plot:
female police detective, police detective, police investigation, police, relationship vs career, crime solving, uncover truth, workplace, relationship problems, murder investigation, coworker, detective inspector ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Each week Successville's loveable detective, D.I Sleet, enlists the help of a celebrity sidekick to solve the latest high-profile murder in this improvised comedy murder mystery series.
Style:
detective, satirical, captivating, thrilling, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, murder, partners against crime, crime investigation, murder investigation, sleuth, uncover truth, police partner, fighting crime, who done it, police investigation, homicide detective ...
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
NYPD veteran Mike and rookie Angela tackle a high-stakes day on New York's toughest streets, diving headfirst into a vortex of danger and action. Their adrenaline-fueled pursuits and unexpected threats unfold as they navigate perilous ...
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crime thriller, thrilling, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, police partner, coworker, secret, workplace, police, female police detective, who done it, criminal, female detective, crime solving, investigation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
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The series is about police investigators in Greenland police and the assignments they receive. Every day they face new challenges that affect them differently. These consist of inspector Jan Erik Holm, Hassan Mohammed Arif Osman, Trond Olsen and ...
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detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense
Plot:
police, police station, criminal, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, uncover truth, sleuth, homicide detective, murder investigation, workplace, investigation ...
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32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Hiyori Makino is a rookie detective who is passionate about her work. One day, a video clip depicting a person being burned alive, is posted on the internet. Investigators believe this is a copycat crime of a murder that took place 5 years ...
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detective, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, suspense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police procedural, investigation, sleuth, police detective, satire, police, amateur sleuth, crime solving, uncover truth, homicide detective, policewoman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
32%
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 ...
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32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective.
Maruo Kudo is a ...
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suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective ...
Plot:
police, opposites attract, police detective, investigation, police investigation, tough cop, police officer, fighting crime, sleuth, unconventional method, teamwork, uncover truth ...
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31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed.
Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a ...
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detective, captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, fighting crime, police investigation, uncover truth, forensics, police, satire, workplace, crime investigation, coworker, police officer ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Finland
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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detective, captivating, psychological, thrilling, medical drama
Plot:
explorer, forensics, deduction, police detective, undercover, investigation, crime solving, homicide detective, workplace situations, job, criminal, crime investigation ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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Mystery novelist Victoria Spencer and her daughter Darby Spencer are mistaken as sisters as they tackle puzzling cases in Alder Bluffs.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
female detective, investigation, mother daughter relationship, sleuth, female protagonist, amateur sleuth, crime investigation, forensics, police detective, uncover truth, women, satire ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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DI Ray is set in Birmingham and follows Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, detective, psychological
Plot:
female detective, murder investigation, police investigation, police detective, homicide detective, uncover truth, policewoman, crime solving, crime investigation, investigation, forensics, police ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain, england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
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The events of Police District unfold in the rooms of the 10th Tuscolano, a police station on the outskirts of Rome where current events intertwine with the private lives of the inspectors, officers and commissioners who, over the course of 11 ...
Style:
captivating, tense, detective
Plot:
investigation, homicide detective, police, murder, carabinieri, partners against crime, fighting crime, police detective, crime investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, partner ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s
Place:
rome italy, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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North Mission Road is a documentary style show on truTV that details "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner Department. The name of the show is based on the road on which the office of the Los Angeles County ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective, psychological
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder mystery, forensics, workplace situations, crime investigation, uncover truth, police investigation, crime solving, secret, sleuth, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
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Murder Prevention was a British police drama inspired by the real-life Homicide Prevention Unit within the Metropolitan Police. It was produced for Five by World Productions who previously produced the television series The Cops. The series ...
Style:
detective, thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, police, police investigation, crime investigation, sleuth, police partner, forensics, murder investigation, murderer, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
An inspector embarks on a mission to track down a gangster who was once in her father's custody several decades ago. However, her quest leads to a string of absurd events that not only jeopardise her mission but also put her life in danger.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
criminal, police, killing, sleuth, forensics, homicide detective, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, murder, supernatural power, police detective ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
In Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. Detectives from the Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto. She ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, killing, criminal, murderer, police detective, serial murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, forensics, police investigation, murder investigation ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand, Ireland
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Story:
It follows Theo Richter, an Irish detective who teams with Kiwi cop Diana Huia to find a young Irish couple vanish from an infamous rural North Island New Zealand town. Amidst the search and a race against time, the pair have to contend with a ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, detective
Plot:
female detective, missing person, uncover truth, female police detective, sleuth, secret, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, partners against crime, murder investigation, crime solving ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Kagawa Eiji is a detective who looks more like a gangster. He previously worked at the Metropolitan Police Department investigating organized crime groups, but he was recently demoted to the Sakuramachi Chuo Police Station without being given a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
homicide detective, investigation, murder investigation, police detective, partners against crime, workplace, gangster, detective inspector, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
A young female police detective is fighting cancer while trying to solve the murder of a Vancouver billionaire's drug-addicted son.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot:
woman with a gun, murder investigation, uncover truth, murder, investigation, forensics, killing, fighting illness, partners against crime, secret, homicide detective, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, detective ...
Plot:
crime scene, uncover truth, crime investigation, police investigation, sleuth, police detective, secret, crime solving, forensics, investigation, murder investigation, japanese man ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
female detective, female police detective, forensics, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, unsolved crime, homicide detective, secret revealed, murder mystery, cold case, sleuth ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
25%
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