Movies and TV shows like Motive

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Motive (2013)
 7.4
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Motive (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
Plot: murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, sergeant, uncover truth, killings, criminal, crime investigation, crime solving, motive, partners against crime, murderer, sleuth, police partner, teamwork, who done it, unsolved crime, secret ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada, vancouver, vancouver british columbia canada

Most similar movies to Motive

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, serious, realistic and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, police investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement, police detective and police mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Motive: Crossing Jordan (2001), Cold Case (2003), Women's Murder Club (2007), The Closer (2005), Murder in Suburbia (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crossing Jordan (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: detective, realistic, serious, tense, clever ...
Plot: forensics, medical, investigation, murder investigation, police, female detective, female protagonist, uncover truth, fighting crime, police detective, who done it, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
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100%
 7.6
 31K
Cold Case (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: 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: detective, atmospheric, serious, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: female detective, police detective, murder investigation, policewoman, mentor, who done it, police, homicide detective, investigation, unsolved crime, police procedural, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 60s, 80s, 1930s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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: serial killer, murder, investigation, police, partners against crime, forensics, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, evidence, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Women's Murder Club (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, policewoman, homicide detective, forensics, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace situations, legal, legal investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Closer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: 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: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder, female detective, workplace romance, homicide detective, couples, twists and turns, strong female character, police detective ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Murder in Suburbia (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
Style: suspenseful, bleak, rough, detective, crime drama ...
Plot: investigation, murder mystery, murder, police detective, partners against crime, murder investigation, partner, sleuth, fighting crime, police investigation, forensics, crime investigation ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
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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, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder, who done it, murder mystery, british police, law enforcement, investigation, police procedural, right hand man ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 640
Cold Squad (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: police detective, investigation, murder investigation, nypd, coroner, strong female presence, partner, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.8
 16K
Major Crimes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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: female detective, female protagonist, homicide detective, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, lapd, murder, fighting crime, investigator, interrogation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, female protagonist, policewoman, coworker, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 7.9
 277K
The Blacklist (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, mind game, killings, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 21K
Unforgettable (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: police, photographic memory, female detective, police detective, partners against crime, policewoman, prodigy, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective, witty ...
Plot: detective inspector, police detective, partners against crime, unlikely partners, small town life, sleuth, riddles and clues, under the surface, investigation, whodunit, uncover truth, police investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chestnut Man (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 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, psychological, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murderer, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, forest, police, serial murder, missing person, crime solving, female detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 45K
Numb3rs (2005)
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, detective, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot: mathematics, genius, prodigy, fbi, murder investigation, police detective, partners against crime, workplace, brother brother relationship, federal bureau of investigation, police, law enforcement ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 9K
New Tricks (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, crime drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, police, murder mystery, investigation, elderly, law enforcement, crime investigation, old age, boss, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Killer Instinct (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, partner, policewoman, true crime, woman with a gun, murder mystery, crime investigation, buddy cop, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 1K
King (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: 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, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, female detective, police detective, female police detective, law enforcement, who done it, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, task force, fighting crime, leadership ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Candice Renoir (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who ...
Style: realistic, captivating, detective, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: police, policewoman, female detective, police investigation, workplace situations, law enforcement, new job, family relations, police detective, female protagonist, woman, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 83K
Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: 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, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Style: detective, tense, realistic, serious, clever ...
Audience: kids
Plot: law and order, lawyer, murder investigation, trial, workplace situations, murder, power relations, mind game, partner, police, investigation, judiciary ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her ...
Style: captivating, exciting, light, tense, funny ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: female detective, private detective, investigation, uncover truth, twists and turns, pursuit, interwar period, feminist, strength, women, police, intelligence agency ...
Time: 1920s, future, 20th century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 61K
CSI: Miami (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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: serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, murder, police detective, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, workplace, police, crime scene ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.1
 4K
Unit One (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: police investigation, police, fighting crime, murder mystery, murder, law enforcement, murderer, investigation, murder investigation, nordic, teamwork, crime solving ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Chasing Shadows (2014)
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, homicide detective, missing person, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 8.4
 30K
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: detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, tense ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, investigation, police, cold case, missing person, female police detective, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, haunted by the past ...
Time: future, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.6
 6K
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, detective, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, forensics, investigation, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, life is a bitch, sleuth, nordic, father daughter relationship, police protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Lynley TV Series
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, police, detective inspector, murder, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, inspector, homicide detective, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Barcelona Crime (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: With its expert and attractive crime squad run by these two, Barcelona can be proud of its homicide team: Xavi, independent, impulsive, enigmatic, with a well-functioning network of contacts on the city‘s dark side; and his charming partner Fina, ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot: squad, serial murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, crime investigation, forensics, murder investigation, teamwork, police investigation, secret revealed, cold case, female police detective ...
Place: barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.3
 816
Marnow Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently ...
Style: enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, forensics, murder investigation, partners against crime, investigation, killing spree, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, fighting crime, police partner, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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