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APB (2017)
7K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After a billionaire engineer witnesses his best friend’s murder, he takes charge of Chicago’s troubled 13th District and reboots it as a technically innovative police force, challenging the district to rethink everything about the way they fight crime.
Style:
futuristic, serious, captivating, intense, tense, detective, action adventure
Plot:
police, technology, police investigation, police officer, billionaire, peril, uncover truth, twists and turns, justice, coworker, loss of friend, police shootout, exodus, camaraderie, investigation, propaganda, woman with a gun, cop, superhero, police station, female police officer, policewoman, crime, crimes, twists & turns ...
Place:
chicago
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Most similar movies to APB
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, captivating, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about police, investigation, police officer, police investigation, police detective, crime investigation and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like APB: The Rookie (2018), Chicago Justice (2017), The Underground Kings (2014), Life (2007), Deep (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
120K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama, serious ...
Plot:
lapd, police officer, police, male protagonist, police station, crime investigation, daring rescue, life risking, race against time, terrorism, forced into action, criminality ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.
Style:
touching, captivating, witty, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
defense attorney, legal investigation, attorney, prosecutor, uncover truth, police investigation, legal, coworker relationship, accusation, price of justice, court, district attorney ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Set in Philadelphia, "The Underground Kings" centers around police corruption and criminal underworld. It starts in Harrisburg as undercover cop Jayson Wylie is shot and left for dead in a botched drug bust. His partner Noah Carter learns ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, investigation, police, police corruption, dirty cop, undercover cop, police officer, working undercover, sleuth, crime investigation, police investigation, murder investigation ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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100%
36K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style:
serious, realistic, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ex convict, police detective, investigation, frame up, uncover truth, partners against crime, outsmarting, homicide detective, police investigation, suspicion, teamwork, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, seattle
Similarity:
52%
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373
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
TV show
Story:
As he grapples with a life-threatening illness, a police investigator tracks the explosion of a new synthetic drug on the streets of Paris.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, detective, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
police, investigation, undercover, drug, police detective, illness, crime investigation, uncover truth, police officer, drug traffic, police investigation, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Lyon, the show traces the increasing trauma of the Morel family who fall apart when their 17-year-old daughter fails to return home from a night out. As the hours pass and the police investigation builds, The Disappearance explores every ...
Style:
detective, psychological, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police, family relations, betrayal, jealousy, partner, nordic, twists and turns, abduction, danger, confined ...
Similarity:
52%
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:
law enforcement, homicide detective, police detective, female protagonist, female detective, policewoman, coworker, investigator, murder investigation, murder, lapd, interrogation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
In an era of violence and corruption, Park Yeong-han, a humble detective, joins forces with Sang-sun, Gyeong-hwan and Ho-jeong to uphold justice.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, exciting, thrilling ...
Plot:
police inspector, investigation, police, police station, crime investigation, police officer, murder investigation, police partner, police detective, police investigation, buddy cop, police corruption ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story:
A special team of four is established by the Istanbul Police Department. The team has all kinds of different talents. These four people, who have experienced many things in their past, start working together to solve grisly murders.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, detective
Plot:
homicide detective, investigation, criminal justice, partner, partners against crime, fighting crime, teamwork, murder investigation, felony, uncover truth, secret revealed, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose political corruption within the city.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, tough law enforcer, corruption, female police officer, politician, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, political corruption, chief of police, partner, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, police detective, victim, gang, sergeant, arrest, shooting, murder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, south america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The classic police drama is updated for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, tackle traditional police cases and face new challenges such as LSD, race riots, and public service TV shows.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, police detective, police officer, cop, drug abuse, lapd, car chase, woman with a gun, team, criminal heroes, fighting crime, police investigation ...
Time:
future, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But when she's trapped by the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, working undercover, fbi, undercover, police, police corruption, law enforcement, police investigation, moral dilemma, dishonesty, nypd, legal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An Ni, a prosecutor of the Jiangcheng Procuratorate, was assigned by Chief Prosecutor Xu Ailin to handle the case investigating a missing college student who jumped off into a lake. She started with Zhao Jikai, the General Manager of Huiquan Games, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
prosecutor, crime investigation, investigation, true crime, prosecution, learning the truth, police, police investigation, searching for the truth, police detective, truth, police officer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
future, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1980s, The Worst Evil follows undercover police investigators who infiltrate a massive criminal organization responsible for the illegal drug trade between Korea, China and Japan.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, drug trade, drug dealer, drug, illegal drugs, police officer, police, drug dealing, police investigation, drug traffic, organized crime, drug lord ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, year 1996, year 1995
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
female detective, coroner, police, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, partners against crime, talented, law enforcement, justice, serial killer, danger ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
49%
251K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, detective, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, police, corruption, police corruption, police station, super villain, superhero, mafia, friendship, organized crime, police detective, justice ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 8 min.
TV show
Story:
Falsely accused of bombing a Los Angeles subway train by “tweet-now, confirm-later” journalism, blue collar worker Mike Ferro must prove his innocence by uncovering the real perpetrator, before the legendary cop heading the investigation can ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, f word
Plot:
fbi agent, terrorist bombing, ex convict, false accusation, framed for a crime, die hard, pursuit, investigation, runaway, uncover truth, family relations, law enforcement ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. Stabler journeys to find absolution and rebuild his life, while leading a new elite task force that is taking apart the city’s most powerful ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, detective ...
Plot:
law and order, police, organized crime, police procedural, crime investigation, criminal, police investigation, forensics, criminal justice, die hard, nypd, legal ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
49%
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
police, who done it, investigation, danger, fighting crime, police investigation, rivalry, law enforcement, honest law enforcer, murder investigation, police detective, cop ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, police, crime investigation, investigator, police investigation, partner, who done it, murder investigation, friends, uncover truth, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
missing child, child abuse, police, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, police detective, pedophile, abduction, cold case, child abduction, journalist ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 2014, 2010s, year 2009 ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television police drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television.
It starred Karl ...
Style:
realistic, retro, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, cop, american football, police detective, police inspector, vietnam war, fighting crime, car chase, investigation, police officer, city, team ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspectors Cayman Bishop and Sean Cole investigate crimes in San Francisco Police Department. How does all of the pieces to the puzzle all fit together?
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, riddles and clues, forensic evidence, cold case, police detective, fighting crime, vengeance, serial killer, murder of wife, police, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story:
Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, police, homicide detective, murder investigation, partners against crime, sleuth, crime solving, coworker, fighting crime, forensics ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
North Mission Road is a documentary style show on truTV that details "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner Department. The name of the show is based on the road on which the office of the Los Angeles County ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective, psychological
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder mystery, forensics, workplace situations, crime investigation, uncover truth, police investigation, crime solving, secret, sleuth, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
New murder mystery series set on board a luxury cruise ship, with Shayne Ward as cabaret singer Jack and Catherine Tyldesley as First Officer Kate. First destination: death in La Rochelle...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cruise ship, murder investigation, whodunit, cabaret singer, police investigation, uncover truth, homicide detective, private investigation, teamwork, crime solving, police officer, police detective ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. The title role is played by Dennis Weaver as Marshal Sam McCloud, a law officer from Taos, New Mexico, on semi-permanent "special assignment" with the New ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, neo western ...
Plot:
u.s. marshal, uncover truth, who done it, working undercover, law enforcement, criminal heroes, investigation, police officer, criminal, cop, modern western, indians ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new york, new mexico, usa, san francisco, arizona
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective.
Maruo Kudo is a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective ...
Plot:
police, opposites attract, police detective, investigation, police investigation, tough cop, police officer, fighting crime, sleuth, unconventional method, teamwork, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
48%
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