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Identity (2010)
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Identity (2010)
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 his work on the BBC's Waking The Dead and the acclaimed ITV mini-series He Kills Coppers. The remake rights have been sold to the ABC Network in America who are developing their own version of the show. ITV confirmed that the show had been cancelled on 19 October 2010, after a single series.
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, gloomy
Plot: police investigation, identity theft, fighting crime, law enforcement, police detective, track down, police, hidden identity, murder, murder mystery, investigation, strong female presence, dishonesty, cons and scams, hunt down, police procedural, police protagonist, danger, chases and races, crime, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police investigation, police detective, police, investigation, murder and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Identity: Between the Lines (1992), Life of Crime (2013), Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010), Vera (2011), Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Between the Lines (1992)
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. The show centred on the eventful life of ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: police, police corruption, bbc, dirty cop, police investigation, workplace, law enforcement, dishonesty, corrupt law enforcer, workplace situations, honest law enforcer, police station ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: london, england
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Life of Crime (2013)
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, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder, police detective, police investigation, homicide detective, track down, obsession, law enforcement, lie, murder investigation, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england
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Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
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, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, police investigation, murder, hunt down, society, suspense, murder mystery, conspiracy, murder investigation, law enforcement, british ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Vera (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: murder mystery, murder, female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement, police detective, british police, who done it, investigation, right hand man, british ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002)
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, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, riddles and clues, false accusation, criminal's revenge, police investigation, law enforcement, race against time, track down, deaf, child killer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, london, europe
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56%
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Jo (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
TV show
Story: Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, fighting crime, murder, law enforcement, investigation, nypd, murder mystery, criminal, murder investigation, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
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Trial & Retribution (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial ...
Style: tense, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, courtroom, investigation, legal, murder mystery, police procedural, crime investigation, murder, police investigation, missing person, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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DCI Banks (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style: realistic, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, law enforcement, serial killer, policewoman, police investigation, female partner, murder, coma, police, investigation ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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River (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style: serious, suspenseful, melancholic, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Plot: twists and turns, police, police detective, police investigation, hallucination, haunted by the past, murder investigation, partners, loneliness, police procedural, investigation, able to see the dead ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: A British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, witty, suspenseful
Plot: murder, police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, investigation, police, buddy cop, partners against crime, partners, nypd, falklands war, investigator ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Guilty (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a young child goes missing. Five years later, DCI Maggie Brand leads a new investigation and puts at risk her own happy family life.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: missing child, police investigation, dead child, law enforcement, life turned upside down, suspect, investigation, police officer, missing person
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Blue Murder (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: family relations, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, whodunit, single mother, investigation, nypd, single parent, strong female presence, children, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hustle (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Plot: cons and scams, thief, criminal heroes, heist, con artists, leader, group of criminals, exploitation, blackmail, fake identity, coworker relationship, murder mystery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Eagle (2004)
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: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Arne Dahl: Europa blues (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A man is found dead, hung from a tree. Another body is found in Skansen's wolverine enclosure. Five girls attempt to flee from Sweden.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, police detective, police, escapades, escape, rivalry, suspense, revenge, best friends, diary, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Case Sensitive (2011)
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, psychological, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, murder mystery, partners, assassination plot, investigation, police, mysterious death, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Waking the Dead (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case unit composed of CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, gloomy
Plot: police detective, psychologist, murder, murder investigation, police investigation, workplace, forensic evidence, sergeant, temperamental, forensics, cold case, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Holby Blue (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting the usual crime with drug offenders and gang members, but today they are faced with the threat of terrorism on their own soil. A Spin off from Holby ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: police station, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, who to trust, drug dealing, workplace, workplace intrigue, workplace romance, police, police officer, paramedic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Moses Jones (2009)
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, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: police investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, police detective, murder, partners, murder mystery, investigation, police, partners against crime, black cast, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Code 37 (2009)
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, psychological, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sex crime, police, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, robbery, fighting crime, suspense, rivalry, chief of police, strong female presence, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe, ghent
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Scott & Bailey (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: police detective, female detective, policewoman, partners against crime, police investigation, female partner, friends, relationship vs career, police, law enforcement, best friends, female protagonist ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Murphy's Law (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy.
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Plot: police detective, fighting crime, working undercover, law enforcement, haunted by the past, tough law enforcer, murder mystery, nypd, justice, undercover cop, police officer, female partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Taggart (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of ...
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, murder, police detective, investigation, murder mystery, strangulation, law enforcement, police investigation, society, riddles and clues, twists and turns, who done it ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Movie in collections
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Wallander (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: sleuth, law enforcement, police detective, forensics, investigation, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, life is a bitch, father daughter relationship, murder investigation, police protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Black Tower (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Frustrated with his career, Commander Dalgliesh is invited to Toynton Grange, a home for the disabled, by his old teacher, Father Baddeley, who is resident there. But unbeknown to Dalgliesh, something happening at the Grange is making the Father ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: monastery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it, riddles and clues, village, investigation, monk, police, tower ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Body Farm (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Dr Eve Lockhart is one of Britain's leading forensic pathologists and runs a state-of-the-art forensic research facility called The Body Farm with her business partner Mike Phillips. Theirs is the only facility in the country using real human ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: forensics, murder investigation, workplace situations, workplace, police detective, law enforcement, nypd, corpse, police investigation, right hand man, strong female presence, forensic
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 2K
Rebus (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Rebus is the title of the detective drama TV series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh. The series was produced by STV Productions for the ITV network. Four seasons have been aired; ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, multiple suspects, murder, who done it, police, suspense, nypd, murder mystery, investigation, police inspector ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Secrets and Lies (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot: investigation, murder, family in crisis, law enforcement, family problems, uncover truth, family relations, police investigation, murder mystery, child killer, protagonist as suspect, child murder ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Cracker (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Style: clever, rough, witty, dark, cynical ...
Plot: police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, british police, investigation, psychologist, law enforcement, police officer, city, nypd, murder ...
Time: future, 20th century, 90s
Place: england, manchester, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.3
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Unforgotten (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, clever, realistic ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, investigation, police, missing person, who done it, female police detective, cold case, police investigation, uncover truth, father daughter relationship ...
Time: future, 70s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%