Movies and TV shows like Motive
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Motive (2013)
6K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an unconventional way to watch a crime unfold. Each episode begins by revealing to the audience, not only the victim, but the killer as well. The homicide detective then begins to piece together clues. How did they do it? How are the victim and killer connected? What's the motive? As the mystery unfolds, the audience navigates the twisted and complicated maze of each murder and solves the puzzle alongside Det. Flynn and her team.
Style:
detective, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
Plot:
murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, unsolved crime, murder, law enforcement, sergeant, cat and mouse, uncover truth, criminal, crime investigation, motive, partners against crime, killing, murderer, sleuth, police partner, teamwork, who done it, secret ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, vancouver, vancouver british columbia canada
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Most similar movies to Motive
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, tense, serious and realistic films and TV series with plots about murder investigation, investigation, police detective, police investigation, police, crime investigation and law enforcement mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Motive: Cold Case (2003), Crossing Jordan (2001), Women's Murder Club (2007), Vera (2011), Rizzoli & Isles (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, contemplative, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, female detective, policewoman, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, strong female lead, unsolved crime, mentor, homicide detective, murderer, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 90s, 70s, 1920s ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, clever, crime drama ...
Plot:
forensics, medical, investigation, female detective, police detective, murder investigation, police, female protagonist, fighting crime, uncover truth, murder, who done it ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, witty, detective ...
Plot:
female detective, homicide detective, policewoman, forensics, investigation, fighting crime, riddles and clues, police investigation, workplace situations, partner, best friend, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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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, detective, crime drama, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
murder, who done it, female detective, police investigation, law enforcement, british police, crime investigation, police detective, murder mystery, criminal, right hand man, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, northern england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, murder investigation, coworker, homicide detective, investigation, policewoman, female protagonist, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime drama, rough, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, murder, murder investigation, partners against crime, homicide detective, partner, sleuth, female detective, fighting crime, crime investigation, forensics ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police, crime investigation, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, female detective, police detective, law enforcement, workplace romance, twists and turns, strong female character, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
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Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, homicide detective, policewoman, profiler, police investigation, forensics, female protagonist, crime investigation, police, police protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
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Police investigator Irene Huss lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, and tries to balance between murder investigations and family life.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, detective
Plot:
police, crime investigation, police investigator, police procedural, female protagonist, relationship vs career, murder investigation, investigation, policewoman, unsolved crime, secret revealed, police officer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, investigation, coroner, murder investigation, nypd, strong female presence, partner, riddles and clues, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, crime investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada, vancouver
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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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%
96K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, detective, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, coworker, determination, police detective, homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, police investigation, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
photographic memory, female detective, partners against crime, police, policewoman, police detective, fighting crime, prodigy, police investigation, law enforcement, haunted by the past, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, law enforcement, partners against crime, forensics, evidence, investigation, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, police, nypd ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Plot:
law enforcement, homicide detective, police detective, female protagonist, female detective, policewoman, coworker, investigator, murder investigation, murder, lapd, interrogation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, police investigation, homicide detective, investigation, female detective, elderly, law enforcement, unconventional method, crime investigation, british police, old age ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Galileo is a Japanese television drama based on Detective Galileo, a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino. It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, ...
Style:
detective, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
female detective, physicist, unsolved crime, female police detective, police, genius, police officer, crime investigation, secret revealed, fighting crime, police investigation, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, danger, death, murder mystery, scandal, morgue, honest law enforcer, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Drama about a deaf girl who witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
murder, deaf, danger, police investigation, police detective, dishonesty, organized crime, corruption, homicide detective, feminist, murder mystery, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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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: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, female detective, police protagonist, small town, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, female protagonist, police, who done it, uncover truth, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, police detective, forest, unsolved crime, mass child killing, forensics, hidden identity, psychological trauma, corpse, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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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:
clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
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%
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
mathematics, prodigy, genius, fbi, murder investigation, police detective, law enforcement, brother brother relationship, partners against crime, federal agent, workplace, profiler ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005.
Fox ordered 13 episodes, only ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, loss of lover, true crime, murder mystery, woman with a gun, crime investigation, buddy cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, investigation, murder, police, female detective, police officer, partners against crime, partner, police procedural, teamwork, crime investigation ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
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King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
law enforcement, police detective, policewoman, female detective, female police detective, police investigation, honest law enforcer, who done it, fighting crime, investigation, leadership, task force ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
67%
47K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all ...
Style:
detective, clever, captivating, cynical, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
homicide detective, police detective, murder, murder investigation, police, police protagonist, riddles and clues, mind game, crime investigation, crime solving, investigation, basset hound ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 2000s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, contemplative, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, forensics, police detective, murder, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, police, workplace, crime scene ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, south america, florida
Similarity:
100%
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