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Perfect Number (2012)
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Original name: 용의자X
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on the series by the popular Japanese novelist Keigo Higashino, this is a mystery drama that 'faithfully but freely' adapts the 3rd part in the series, . The story revolves around 3 characters: a woman who unwittingly killed her husband, a math genius next door who sets up a perfect alibi for her out of his attraction toward her, and a detective who closely traces her, finding the alibi suspicious.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, surprise ending, twisted, unpredictable, realistic
Plot:
murder, investigation, hidden truth, moral dilemma, under the surface, teacher, plot twist, friendship, death, twists and turns, perfect crime, mathematics, law enforcement, uncover truth, human nature, surprise, deadly, buried truth, mystery, crimes, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, south korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, tense and realistic films with plots about murder, investigation, deadly, danger, law enforcement, uncover truth and twists and turns mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Perfect Number: Ricochet (2011), Varg Veum - Yours Until Death (2008), Daylight (2013), Sea Fog (2014), No Mercy (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, georgia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, neo noir, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
Style:
sexy, suspense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
illegal immigrant, fog, rescue, immigrant, chase, down on your luck, society, ship, accidental death, murder, storm, boat ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea
Similarity:
100%
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11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Forensic pathologist Kang (Seol Kyeong-gu) is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min (Han Hye-jin) points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho (Ryoo Seung-beom), as the primary suspect. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police investigation, autopsy, forensics, threat, arrest, daughter, regret, tragic hero, vengeance, professor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, rivalry, hotshot lawyer, who done it, murder, legal, twists and turns, lawyer, courtroom, murder mystery, trial, circumstantial evidence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, hospital, doctors and patients, investigation, childhood trauma, murder, killer, surgery ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
What's in a name but murder? Münster comes across the strangled body of a young woman in her home and surprises the murderer who is still on the premises. Though the murderer escapes, a rare book is found at the scene with a dedication by the ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, murder mystery, evidence, twists and turns, escapades, witnessing a crime, danger, nypd ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Similarity:
28%
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682
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, private detective, law enforcement, investigation, uncover truth, blackmail, doctor, nypd, european, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A detective accidentally kills a man and disposes of the body to protect his career. The next day he sees that someone has hanged the corpse from a crane for all to see. He takes charge of the murder investigation to protect himself and find out who ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, cover up, police detective, hidden truth, life turned upside down, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, twists and turns, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, uncover truth, haunted by the past, pedophile, unsolved crime, rivalry, danger, killer, serial killer, pedophilia ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
25%
343
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Four Hardcore party posers are suddenly facing an unknown killer when one of them disappears.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, friendship, femme fatale, dishonesty, betrayal, female killer, suspicion, power relations, twentysomething life, crime gone awry, female criminal ...
Similarity:
24%
519
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, lovers, husband, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, uncover truth, deception, death, corpse, revenge, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
24%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Hae Gook (Park Hae Il) travels to a reclusive village to attend his father's funeral. He wants to find out the reason behind his father's strange death, but the villagers, in particular village chief Cheon (Jung Jae Young), seem to be ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, mind twisting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
uncover truth, under the surface, social relations, twists and turns, dishonesty, rivalry, riddles and clues, danger, superhero, death of father, village, plot twist ...
Time:
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Place:
korea
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, danger, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, lovers, terrorist group, investigation, suspect, group of friends, high school student, asian ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
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48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While covering the annual Nobel Banquet for tabloid Kvällspressen, crime reporter Annika Bengtzon witnesses a spectacular murder right in front of her. Two people are shot, one of them the controversial Laureate in Medicine, Aaron Wiesel. Annika is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
journalism, journalist, murder, investigation, uncover truth, danger, media, dishonesty, nordic, reporter, writers, investigative journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, enigmatic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, investigation, murder, uncover truth, couples, danger, strong female presence, supportive spouse, couple relations, coroner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
21%
Movie in collections
407
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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402
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, intrigue, love affair, rivalry, betrayal, mysterious character, infidelity, gambling, murder, twists and turns, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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78K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, investigation, missing person, uncover truth, corpse, adulterous husband, haunted by the past, vengeance, morgue, spouse killer, adultery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, haunted by the past, perfect crime, partner, investigation, dishonesty, corrupt law enforcer, police detective, partners against crime, private detective, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
family in danger, murder, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, human nature, violence spree, serial killer, gang, psychopath, sociopath, assassin, mysticism ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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