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Bonekickers (2008)
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Bonekickers (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series. It was written by Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. It was produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen Ltd and co-produced with Monastic Productions. Archaeologist and Bristol University academic Mark Horton acted as the series' archaeological consultant. Adrian Lester has described the programme as "CSI meets Indiana Jones [...] There's an element of the crime procedural show, there's science, conspiracy theories – and there's a big underlying mystery that goes through the whole six-episode series." Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath campus. Additional locations included Brean Down Fort and Kings Weston House, Chavenage House for episodes 5 & 6 and Sheldon Manor. On 21 November 2008 Broadcast magazine revealed the show would not be returning for a second series.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: archaeologist, archaeology, investigation, escapades, uncover truth, obsession, adventurer, society, dishonesty, religions or cults, university, conspiracy, campus, team, mysterious character, mysterious place, relic, mystery, adventure
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, uncover truth, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, society and deadly mostly in Drama, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Bonekickers: Dig (2015), Relic Hunter (1999), Labyrinth (2012), Veritas: The Quest (2003), The Murder Room (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dig (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: When FBI Agent Peter Connelly, recently stationed in Jerusalem, begins investigating the murder of a young American, he realizes that he’s uncovered an ancient international conspiracy that threatens to change the course of human history. Certain ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, enigmatic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient mystery, archeological dig, investigation, conspiracy, danger, uncover truth, murder, special agent, escapades, mossad, exodus, thrill ride ...
Time: 21st century
Place: jerusalem, middle east, israel
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Relic Hunter (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third. It was inspired by the success of the video ...
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Time: 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
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Labyrinth (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Germany, UK, South Africa, Czech Republic
Duration: 180 min.
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Story: She inherits a house in the South of France from an aunt she has never met; she is haunted by dreams of a woman from the past, whom she does not know; and now she stumbles upon an archaeological find that will bear witness to a genocide committed ...
Style: stylized, suspenseful, serious, tense, erotic ...
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Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2012, 13th century, 21st century
Place: europe, france, south of france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, cliffhanger
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The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set her up on blind dates.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: The discovery of a connection between a small-time thief's murder and the death of a crooked accountant, peeks the interest of investigative reporter Terry Corcoran. Further digging leads him into a sordid scandal involving human trafficking, ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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The Guilty (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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.
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Place: england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
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Story: A four-part conspiracy theory drama inspired by Chris Mullen's novel "A Very British Coup". When a devastating industrial accident results in deaths and raises safety questions about the US petrochemical company involved, PM Tom ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, clever, political ...
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Granite Flats (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: It's the 1960s. The height of the Cold War. The rural town of Granite Flats, Colorado, suddenly becomes a hotbed for mystery and intrigue. Almost a year after Hershel Jenkins was released from jail, mystery is still a permanent resident in ...
Style: realistic, stylized, serious, captivating, detective
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Fog and Night (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, bleak
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Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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True Dare Kiss (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: True Dare Kiss is a British television drama produced for BBC One. It is written by Debbie Horsfield and produced by Marcus Wilson and features Dervla Kirwan, David Bradley and Lorraine Ashbourne. It concerns the reunion of four sisters and a ...
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot: haunted by the past, betrayal, uncover truth, rivalry, family problems, dysfunctional family, favoritism among siblings, life is a bitch, death of father, death in the family, sister sister relationship, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: manchester, europe, england
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 250 min.
TV show
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Style: detective, serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful
Plot: missing person, investigation, murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, mind game, unlikely partners, mysterious character, law enforcement, amateur detective, dishonesty, obsessive quest ...
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
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Place: england, europe, manchester
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Without You (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style: emotional, serious, tense, detective, realistic
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Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: A group of tomb raiders team up together to explore an ancient tomb of Yuan dynasty which is located in the Ping Shan mountain in West Hunan province.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, stylized, entertaining
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Glue (2014)
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Duration: 45 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Chief (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
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Style: realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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Story: When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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TV show
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama
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Place: england, europe
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Father Brown (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Style: serious, captivating, intellectual, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: investigation, who done it, amateur detective, clergy, danger, murder, uncover truth, priest, riddles and clues, friendship, social relations, law enforcement ...
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
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TV show
Story: An exploration of Charles Dickens's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.
Style: tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, psychological ...
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Luther (2021)
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Duration: 52 min.
TV show
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Style: talky, stylized, clever, suspenseful, tense ...
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style: clever, detective, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: kids
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Place: england, united kingdom, london
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