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The Riddle (2007)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side-pub.
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film, clever, psychological thriller
Plot:
amateur sleuth, serial murder, amateur detective, murder, policewoman, police inspector, journalism, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, law enforcement, serial killer, murder investigation, pub, writers, paranormal, reporter, investigator, basement, suicide by drowning, flashback, investigative reporter, manuscript, murder by drowning, female police officer, tramp ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
england, london, europe
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Most similar movies to The Riddle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, investigation, law enforcement, danger, serial killer and amateur detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Riddle: Class of '76 (2005), After Alice (2000), Frozen Silence (2011), Gone but Not Forgotten (2005), The Oxford Murders (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being classmates. In addition, the deaths appear to be related to a mysterious "faceless child."
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amateur detective, investigation, murder, mentally unstable, riddles and clues, obsession, kidnapping, law enforcement, mystery killer, classmate, murder investigation, cold case ...
Time:
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Place:
england
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
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serious, tense, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1943, during the midst of World War II, a serial murderer appears in the Blue Division, volunteer body of Spanish soldiers who fought on the Russian front with German troops. After finding the body of a Spanish soldier who has been stuck in the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
europe
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols
Style:
sexy, serious, philosophical, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
mathematics, amateur detective, serial killer, oxford, university, teachers and students, investigation, murder, uncover truth, riddles and clues, life is a bitch, obsession ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe, oxford university, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
26%
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:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
25%
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407
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, danger, amateur detective, riddles and clues, fish out of water, law enforcement, couple relations, murder, who done it, best friend, murder mystery, aspiring actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot:
prostitute, murder, police detective, amateur detective, police investigation, journalism, riddles and clues, dishonesty, serial killer, who done it, false accusation, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she arrested James Lampton for murder. He was subsequently sentenced ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, who done it, manipulation, law enforcement, dishonesty, police, big breasts, nypd, strong female presence, strangulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, brighton
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon can always find a diamond in the rough, when it comes to garage sales, that is. Whether it's a new antique to sell at her consignment shop, an Atari game for her son or a piece of furniture for her handy husband Jason to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, who done it, danger, death of friend, woman in danger, law enforcement, rivalry, burglary, death, dead body, store ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jimmy Stevens, a senior VP at an international energy firm, blows the whistle on his company's deadly and corrupt practices in Latin America. Knowing he will be assassinated for his betrayal, he places an anonymous call securing the services of ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, whistleblower, amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, investigation, danger, survival, dishonesty, workplace, journalism, deadline ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
france, usa, new york, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story:
After two horribly mutilated bodies are discovered, DCI Red Metcalfe is assigned the case.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The show follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder mystery, who done it, female detective, whodunit, riddles and clues, murder investigation, female protagonist, uncover truth, amateur detective, twists and turns, murder, sleuth ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, light hearted
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, betrayal, dishonesty, murder, danger, store, sabotage, murder mystery, whodunit, female protagonist, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
What's in a name but murder? Münster comes across the strangled body of a young woman in her home and surprises the murderer who is still on the premises. Though the murderer escapes, a rare book is found at the scene with a dedication by the ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, murder mystery, evidence, twists and turns, escapades, witnessing a crime, danger, nypd ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, manhunt, psychopath, one last job, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, investigation, murder, dishonesty, race against time, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, missing child, criminal, private investigation, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, animal life, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, police investigation ...
Place:
alaska, usa, south africa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, missing person, homicide detective, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, serial murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Police investigate a mutilated body found in the Thames which appears to be the product of a witchcraft killing.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder, partner, murder mystery, investigation, police, urban, partners against crime, black cast ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, memory loss, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, deep south, media, journalism, television reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
20%
389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey's latest case has her trying to figure out who killed her best friend Barbara after she was left out of her family's will and every one of the family members become suspects.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, investigation, law enforcement, who done it, legal, dishonesty, private detective, estate, father son relationship, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot:
journalism, murder, danger, media, journalist, swedish, investigative journalism, european, reporter, mysticism, writers, hockey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe, morocco
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the KGB.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, murder investigation, amateur sleuth, conference, investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, writer's life, female detective, elderly, whodunit ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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