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Strike (2017)
32K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological thriller, saga, tense, serious, ironic, talky, hardboiled detective, anime ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, multiple suspects, female partner, mind game, antisocial behavior, private investigator, unrequited love, war veteran, detective agency, amputee, danger, police investigation, riddles and clues, murder investigation, loner, misfit, alienation, partner, disability, evidence, unconventional method, ex military, war hero, secretary ...
Time:
future, 2010s, contemporary
Place:
england, oxford university, united kingdom, london, britain
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Most similar movies to Strike
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspenseful, realistic and crime drama films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective and police mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Strike: Sherlock (2010), Elementary (2012), The Capture (2019), The Bridge (2011), Luther (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style:
clever, detective, witty, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, private detective, genius, friendship, mastermind, deduction, murder, british, mind game, riddles and clues ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, wales, afghanistan, scotland yard ...
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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with ...
Style:
detective, witty, talky, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, riddles and clues, mind game, unconventional method, law enforcement, resourceful, mastermind ...
Time:
2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, detective, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, police, capture, investigation, evidence, stalking, ex soldier, police officer, suspicion of murder, lawyer, mature ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, multiple suspects, murder, murder investigation, cop, police detective, twists and turns, partners against crime, mind game, riddles and clues, heroine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style:
psychological thriller, detective, crime drama, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, murder, police, talented, police detective, uncover truth, psychopath, forensics, crime investigation, law enforcement, serial killer, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe
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67%
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%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
Style:
detective, disturbing, captivating, tense, crime drama
Plot:
detective inspector, private detective, police detective, sleuth, murder investigation, private investigator, crime investigation, uncover truth, investigation, fighting crime, homicide detective, crime solving ...
Time:
70s
Place:
britain, united kingdom, england
Similarity:
100%
221K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style:
exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, police, law enforcement, danger, talented, outsmarting, justice ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective ...
Style:
witty, neo noir, detective, offbeat, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, investigation, amateur detective, female detective, friendship, female protagonist, private investigator, student, private detective, danger, parents and children, strong female lead ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, southern california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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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:
murder, murder mystery, who done it, police investigation, multiple suspects, life is a bitch, loner, uncover truth, danger, one last case, social relations, investigation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
Style:
feel good, ironic, detective, witty, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, eccentricity, female detective, female police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, british police, police investigation, unsolved crime, unconventional method, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, partners against crime, priest, police detective, who done it, village, village life, friendship, clergy, whodunit ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe, london
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, investigation, cold case, missing person, female police detective, who done it, father daughter relationship, uncover truth, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon ...
Style:
detective, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, police investigation, female detective, murder, ex cop, restaurant, police detective, police inspector, seaside, detective agency, murder investigation, single parent ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
britain, united kingdom, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When Geraldine Bretherick and her 5-year-old daughter Lucy are found dead in the bathroom of their luxury home, the case divides new DS Charlie Zailer and her DC Simon Waterhouse. Is it a murder-suicide or something even more sinister, and how ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, murder mystery, partner, assassination plot, danger, investigation, police, mysterious death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
134K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his ...
Style:
clever, psychological, serious, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, psychology, team, expert, talented, lie, crime investigation, outsmarting, deception, riddles and clues, sign language, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, serial killer, coma, police, police investigation, murder, female partner, policewoman, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the city of Amsterdam, Piet Van der Valk and his team investigate a series of high-profile cases immersed in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and the fashion industry.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police investigation, private detective, riddles and clues, investigation, mind game, crime scene, prodigy, mastermind, twists and turns, eccentricity, friendship ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands, europe, holland
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
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.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, whodunit, law enforcement, police detective, who done it, british police, partner, chief of police, partners against crime, murder, police procedural ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, future
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
british police, police, world war one, inspector, investigation, murder, partner, danger, private detective, law enforcement, multiple suspects, riddles and clues ...
Time:
1930s, future, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
29%
31K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
detective, tense, atmospheric, stylized, crime drama ...
Plot:
police, police detective, murder investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, police investigation, british police, murder, murder mystery, investigation, island, social relations ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, laboratory, police procedural, forensic evidence, whodunit, forensics, jealousy, small town, slow burn, revenge, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story:
A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
british police, teenage girl, female police detective, police investigation, corruption, immigrant, police detective, cover up, internal affairs, immigrant family, refugee, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, britain, england
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style:
atmospheric, clever, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, british police, law enforcement, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
New Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked to have a second look at the death of Ronald Treeves, a student at St. Anselm's seminary.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, private detective, investigation, riddles and clues, religions or cults, society, law enforcement, clergy, who done it, school, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
serial killer, victorian england, danger, murder, victim, jack the ripper, police detective, multiple suspects, investigator, urban, detective inspector, murder investigation ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place:
england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
28%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
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; ...
Style:
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
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based on the short stories of the same name by Agatha Christie. It was directed by John A. Davis and Tony Wharmby, and starred James Warwick and Francesca Annis in the ...
Style:
detective, semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
private detective, british police, investigation, murder mystery, riddles and clues, who done it, newlyweds, couples, partners against crime, couple relations, amateur detective, odd couple ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC ...
Style:
detective, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, murder, danger, law enforcement, serial killer, dirty cop, detective inspector, police procedural, investigation, meme, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, spain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, false accusation, riddles and clues, criminal's revenge, danger, law enforcement, race against time, police investigation, deaf, serial murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
28%
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