Movies and TV shows like The Method

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The Method (2015)
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The Method (2015)
Original name: Метод
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is eager to get the internship with the glorious investigator but she could hardly expect the challenges she would face while working with Rodion. Together they investigate the cruelest crimes that took place in the history of Russian criminality.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological thriller, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, danger, investigation, haunted by the past, mental illness, psychosis, murder, brutality, human nature, good versus evil, life is a bitch, uncover truth, love, twists and turns, dishonesty, vengeance, redemption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, drinking, life philosophy, father daughter relationship, multiple storylines, drinking alcohol, character study ...
Time: year 2015
Place: russia
Keyword: russian

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Most similar movies to The Method

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological and serious films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, serial killer, violence, psychopath, police and danger mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Method: The Sniffer (2013), Criminal Minds (2005), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Prodigal Son (2019), Se7en (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Sniffer (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, clever, suspense ...
Plot: murder investigation, police detective, supernatural ability, investigator, partner, sense of smell, police investigation, friendship, twists and turns, police, murder, genius ...
Place: russia, moscow russia
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100%
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Criminal Minds (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU ...
Style: psychological, exciting, serious, rough, detective ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: fbi, investigation, serial killer, team, law enforcement, crime investigation, murder, danger, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, twists and turns, murder investigation, cannibal, mind game ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: pittsburgh, baltimore, madagascar, persia, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.7
 23K
Prodigal Son (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
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, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: serial killer, haunted by the past, psychological trauma, expert, murder investigation, maniac, police, criminal psychologist, repressed memory, profiler, childhood trauma, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Se7en (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style: detective, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, mind game, murder, insanity, police investigation, macabre, maniac ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, america, iran, persia, usa ...
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83%
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Chikatilo (2021)
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, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, maniac, sadistic psychopath, sex maniac, murder of a woman, homicidal maniac, killing spree, pedophile, murder investigation, sadistic killer, cannibalism ...
Place: ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.6
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Silver Spoon (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Forced to become an apprentice cop, cocky playboy Igor finds he's got a knack for police work. But his job soon takes him down a dark personal path.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wealth, investigation, love triangle, clubbing, rivalry, romantic relationship, friendship, murder, danger, nightclub, betrayal, rich father ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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True Detective (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style: neo noir, serious, atmospheric, anthology, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: louisiana, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Mantis (2017)
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 ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, detective, surprise ending, dark ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, whodunit, murder investigation, haunted by the past, killings, strong female character, maniac, sociopath, murder mystery, murder, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 8.1
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Prisoners (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Harry Brown (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style: tense, suspense, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, vigilante, murder, revenge, violence, brutality, investigation, gangster, vigilante justice, widower, urban ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, persia, europe
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100%
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Profiler (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia. Ally Walker starred as ...
Style: tense, detective, psychological, serious, stylized ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, profiler, murder, good versus evil, law enforcement, fighting crime, female detective, danger, fbi, forensics, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 787
Call-center (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Moscow. High rise. Here, on the 12th floor, is the office of the call center "Online Store for Adults". One morning, twelve people who are in the office suddenly find out that there is a bomb in the room. The voices of the unknowns who ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, tension, sadistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: call center, psychological abuse, trapped in a building, fear, sadistic psychopath, sadist, sexual humiliation, sexual torture, sexual abuse, terror, revelation, terrorizing ...
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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45%
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The Sovereign (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: For two months a serial killer has been terrorizing the city of St. Petersburg. Every Wednesday a girl between 9 and 12 years old is the victim. The brutality of the maniac plunges city residents into horror. Parents are afraid of leaving their ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, obsession, whodunit, murder, death, homicide detective, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, killing spree, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Bad Banks (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
Style: disturbing, exciting, captivating, serious, rough
Plot: job, bank manager, finance, corruption, blackmail, fired from the job, banker, scandal, coping, relationship vs career, conspiracy, new job ...
Place: frankfurt germany, germany
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100%
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Hannibal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1680 min.
TV show
Story: Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, death, murder, psychiatrist, mental patient, graphic violence, fbi, mental health ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.6
 55
The Chief (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Style: realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: crime investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, good versus evil, betrayal, fight scenes, life is a bitch, danger, life philosophy, murder, investigation, twists and turns ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 9.5
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Breaking Bad (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: criminal, cancer, peril, life turned upside down, drug dealing, drug cartel, unlikely partners, drug lord, master criminal, family problems, life is a bitch, drug ...
Time: y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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MosGaz. Delo N1 (2012)
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: 1962. Moscow. Vladimir Ionesyan, nicknamed "Mosgaz," became he first officially recognized serial killer in the Soviet Union. His bloody deeds and his moniker are still used by Russian mothers to frighten their children.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, serial killer, homicide detective, crime investigation, murder, maniac, investigator, murder investigation, serial murder, killings, fear, dark secret ...
Place: ussr, moscow russia, soviet union
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79%
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The Dead Lake (2019)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.
Style: tense, melancholic, suspenseful, suspense, rough
Plot: danger, society, police, murder, dishonesty, death, violence, vengeance, rivalry, adaptation, dialogue, life is a bitch ...
Place: russia
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74%
 6.2
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Evilenko (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1984, in Kiev, the communist teacher Andrej Romanovic Evilenko is dismissed from his position after a pedophilic act against a student. On 15 May 1984, the pedophile Evilenko begins to rape children, and then slashing the victims in pieces and ...
Style: slasher, heartbreaking, suspense, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, pedophile, child murder investigation, sexual abuse, true crime, dead children, cannibalism, pedophilia, woman in danger, killer, murder ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1984, year 1992
Place: kiev ukraine, ukraine, russia, crimea, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
MosGaz. Delo N3: Pauk (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The third film of the project about Cherkasov's task force is "Goznak". Based on another famous story - the robbery of the State Bank of the Armenian SSR in 1977, when the Kalachyan brothers swept the treasury for one and a half ...
Style: bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense
Plot: maniac, investigation, police detective, justice, murder, friendship, law enforcement, working undercover, society, serial murder, danger, peril ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 8.7
 760K
Dexter (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style: captivating, clever, serious, stylized, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, crime investigation, right and wrong, hidden identity, double life, gory, vigilantism, anti hero, serial murder, loner, police station, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, prison, vigilantism, justice, investigation, master criminal, twists and turns, lawyer, fighting the system, rape and revenge, murder, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
10 to Midnight (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, male nudity, murder, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, red light district, serial rape, criminal, vigilantism, psychopath, nudity ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.6
 142K
8MM (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: private investigator, investigation, obsession, videotaped sex, revenge, sexual abuse, serial killer, murder mystery, male nudity, violent sex, violent, vengeance ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa, pennsylvania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style: detective, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: police, police procedural, investigator, forensics, murder investigation, murder, teamwork, medical examiner, scientist, police investigation, expert, police detective ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.7
 7K
Bloodlands (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: police, investigation, police detective, who done it, policewoman, investigator, terrorist, female terrorist, uncover truth, murder investigation, violence, murder ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: europe, ireland, northern ireland, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 8.4
 1.5M
Joker (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, atmospheric, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental disorder, villain, psycho, psychopath, loneliness, psychological trauma, character change, insanity, social problems, comedian, social decay ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1981, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style: psychotronic, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, killer, psychopath, murder, manhunt, ted bundy, murderer, politics, criminal, woman in danger, mental illness ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: seattle, utah, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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