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Shetland (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.
Style:
detective, tense, atmospheric, stylized, crime drama, realistic, suspense, serious, suspenseful, noir ...
Plot:
police, police detective, murder investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, police investigation, british police, murder, murder mystery, investigation, island, law enforcement, social relations, crime scene, detective inspector, adaptation, police procedural, father daughter relationship, team, life philosophy, remote island, north sea, police officer, criminal, intrigue ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
scotland, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, realistic, serious and crime drama films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, police and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Shetland: Unforgotten (2015), Vera (2011), Hinterland (2013), Lewis (2006), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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'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 ...
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Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, northern england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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detective, serious, tense, bleak, crime drama ...
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
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realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, police investigation, british police, multiple suspects, investigator, murder, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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Duration: 90 min.
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Inspector Lynley TV Series
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detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, homicide detective, partner, law enforcement, detective inspector, murder, inspector, investigation, sleuth, police, police investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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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
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Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Time:
60s, future, 20th century
Place:
england
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89%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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.
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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
Duration: 48 min.
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The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
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Audience:
teens
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Time:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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atmospheric, clever, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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murder, who done it, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, british police, law enforcement, couple relations ...
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Place:
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67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
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Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
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detective, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic ...
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
police, policewoman, missing person, courtroom drama, investigation, police investigation, social relations, uncover truth, family relations, who done it, under the surface, small town life ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
investigation, world war two, police detective, police investigation, detective inspector, police, investigator, whodunit, war crime, nazism, british police, murder investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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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; ...
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serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
who done it, police investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, multiple suspects, murder, police, british police, murder mystery, nypd, investigation, police inspector ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
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serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, police investigation, partner, police detective, law enforcement, social worker, murder, hunt down, tunnel, casual sex, bodies ...
Time:
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Place:
english channel, europe, france, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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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, british police, murder, police detective, investigation, murder mystery, strangulation, society, law enforcement, police investigation, who done it, police station ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
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 ...
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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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Plot:
police, lawyer, police detective, judge, uncover truth, murder, suspicion, ethics, double life, legal, snitch, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Style:
clever, crime drama, rough, witty, dark ...
Plot:
police detective, british police, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, police officer, murder mystery, nypd ...
Time:
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Place:
england, manchester, northern england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
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Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, private detective, murder, murder mystery, danger, murder investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, multiple suspects, private investigator, uncover truth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, stylized, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama about a deaf girl who witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
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detective, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
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police detective, investigation, coroner, murder investigation, nypd, strong female presence, partner, riddles and clues, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, crime investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, vancouver
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100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
family friendly
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
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