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The Mantis (2017)
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Original name: La Mante
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have only one interlocutor, Damien Carrot, her son, who became a cop because of the crimes of his mother, and who refuses all contact with her since her arrest.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, detective, dark, surprise ending, crime drama, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, haunted by the past, whodunit, maniac, strong female character, murder, serial murder, police officer, heroine, sociopath, prison, race against time, cop, police, killing, killer, wannabe, supernatural horror, nordic, mind game, female hero, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
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Most similar movies to The Mantis
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, detective, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, murderer and police mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Mantis: Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019), Prodigal Son (2019), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Other Me (2019), Mr. Mercedes (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, profiler, police, mysterious disappearance, investigation, incest, serial murder, unsolved crime, crime investigation, abduction, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, disturbing, detective ...
Audience:
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Plot:
serial killer, haunted by the past, criminal psychologist, psychological trauma, murder investigation, maniac, repressed memory, forensics, expert, criminal psychology, childhood trauma, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, masked killer, police, investigation, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, partner, dishonesty, law enforcement, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, stephen king, psychopath, criminal, investigation, murder, murder investigation, police investigation, mother son incest, violence, murderer, cruelty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style:
brutal, enigmatic, tense, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story:
Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
killing spree, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, murder investigation, serial killer, police detective, uncover truth, murder, investigation, killing, police investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, fbi, mind game, serial murder, murderer, victim, criminal, murder, investigation, killing, religions or cults ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise ...
Style:
detective, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, partners in crime, police corruption, psychopath, psycho killer, sadist, uncover truth ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
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Story:
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.
Style:
detective, suspense, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, asperger's syndrome, murder investigation, police investigation, murderer, murder mystery, forensics, murder, serial murder, brutality, psychopath ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
taiwan, taipei
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore the intoxication of sexual attraction, the dangerous power of emotional manipulation, and how finding a volatile form of solace in another can have dire consequences as two conflicted coppers track down a pair of deadly killers.
Style:
suspense, captivating, detective, psychological thriller, hardboiled detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murder investigation, criminal, police investigation, fighting crime, investigation, murder, pursuit, assassin, crime investigation, police detective ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town’s small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can’t leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes ...
Style:
atmospheric, detective, crime drama, scenic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
police, nordic, murder investigation, murder, small town, winter, coastal town, investigation, voodoo, ex wife, danger, forensic ...
Place:
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390K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, thought provoking, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, psychopath, criminal psychologist, fbi, fbi agent, serial murder, police, murderer, police investigation, true crime, murder ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 80s
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
A Black Forest village seems like an idyll - until the popular local GP dies. The village cop thinks it’s murder. And one murder leads to more...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, crime thriller, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, village, investigation, killing, police, serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, killing spree, police officer, serial murder ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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While in boarding school, a group of six become friends through their intense passion for scent. When one is brutally murdered years later, disturbing secrets about the group are revealed when the police investigates each as a suspect.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bloody, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, boarding school, murder, odor, investigation, police, smell, homicide detective, friendship, murder investigation, crime solving, fighting crime ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When a spate of grisly murders throws a city into chaos, a tenacious prosecutor must brace for a cat-and-mouse game against a dangerous manipulator.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, law enforcement, victim, murder mystery, crime investigation, violence against women, evidence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, belfast
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
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Story:
A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, psycho killer, serial murder, homicide detective, homicidal maniac, killing spree, investigation, psychopath, police investigation ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Istanbul police commissioner Mehmet Özakin is in charge of serious crime, mainly murder investigations, mostly in the Turkish metropolis. A very modern Turk, he uses up to date Western methods, without prejudice, assisted by bachelor Mustafa ...
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
murder investigation, forensics, investigation, murder, police procedural, police detective, murder mystery, murderer, police officer, crime solving, fighting crime, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a serial killer abducts a young woman’s fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly – his motive.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, independent film, surprise ending
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, revenge, deception, love, violence, murder, manipulation, psychopath, brutality, peril, mental illness ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The history of the hunt for the worst serial killer in the USSR
Style:
rough, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, maniac, murder of a woman, homicidal maniac, sex maniac, sadistic psychopath, killing spree, pedophile, sadistic killer, murder investigation, cannibalism ...
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, true crime, mind game, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, florida, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
801
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Two detectives who survive a shark attack, join forces to hunt a serial killer that is also hunting them.
Style:
detective, unusual plot structure, tense, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, partner, police officer, revenge, investigation, youth, serial murder, heroes, murder, police detective, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.
Style:
dark, tense, suspense, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police, investigation, forensic, mental illness, vengeance, weapons, danger, disfigured face, obsession, disfigurement, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
serious, psychological, crime drama, gloomy, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, female detective, murder, female protagonist, multiple suspects, who done it, police investigation, crime investigation, strong female lead, street kid ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, crime drama, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, gang, murder, killing, true crime, female assassin, murderer, criminal, serial murder, female protagonist, murder mystery, biopic ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt, alexandria egypt
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.
Style:
suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, murder, constable, murder investigation, unsolved crime, homicide detective, serial killer, police officer, crime solving, murderer, police investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
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