Movies and TV shows like Stranger

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Stranger (2017)
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Stranger (2017)
Original name: 비밀의 숲
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hwang Shi-Mok had brain surgery when he was a child, which caused him to lack emotion. Now, Hwang Shi-Mok works as a prosecutor. He is rational, but cold and lonely. He is also one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. One day, a dead body is thrown in front of him. He meets Police Lieutenant Han Yeo-Jin at a murder crime scene. They work together to eradicate corruption at the prosecutor's office and solve a serial murder case.
Style: detective, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dorama, dark fantasy, crime thriller, psychological
Plot: prosecutor, female detective, corruption, murder mystery, murder investigation, serial killer, police, investigation, emotionless, crime investigation, police corruption, buddy cop, murderer, murder, secret, homicide detective, suspect, dark secret, criminal justice, coworker relationship, abuse of power, police investigation, forensics, fighting crime, crime solving ...
Place: korea, thailand, seoul, south korea
Keyword: korean, partners

Most similar movies to Stranger

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, murder, crime solving and police investigation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Stranger: Prodigal Son (2019), Vagabond (2019), Nobody Knows (2020), Tell Me What You Saw (2020), Alias Grace (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Prodigal Son (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
Style: psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: serial killer, haunted by the past, psychological trauma, expert, murder investigation, maniac, police, criminal psychologist, repressed memory, profiler, childhood trauma, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
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100%
 8.1
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Vagabond (2019)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a ...
Style: dorama, captivating, tense, disturbing, sincere
Plot: agent, corruption, revenge, investigation, dishonesty, government, asian, uncover truth, crime solving, friendship, murder, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
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Nobody Knows (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Choi Su Jung, a 16-year-old high school student, is brutally murdered by a serial killer. Her friend Young Jin gets to take a phone call from the killer and says that she’ll find and kill him. Over two decades later, Young Jin has become a police ...
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, revenge, investigation, police, murder mystery, murder investigation, cruelty, surveillance, cold case, homicide detective, killing spree, murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tell Me What You Saw (2020)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The eccentric Oh Hyun Jae was a peerless criminal profiler until a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée, causing him to become a recluse. When a serial killer long thought dead returns to terrorize the city, rising ...
Style: detective, intellectual, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: photographic memory, serial killer, talented, psychic, investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement, homicide detective, police detective, coworker, murder, fighting crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Alias Grace (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: female prisoner, psychiatrist, female assassin, female murderer, murder investigation, maid, life is a bitch, women, women in society, feminist, amnesia, historical figure ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, year 2017, 1850s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Partners for Justice (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Baek Beom has worked as a forensic doctor for 10 years. He has a bad personality, but he is excellent with his work. Baek Beom does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a warm heart. She has a bright personality and ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, detective
Plot: forensic, serial killer, investigation, prosecutor, murder, forensics, murder investigation, fighting crime, crime investigation, uncover truth, partners against crime, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.3
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Marnow Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently ...
Style: enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, forensics, murder investigation, partners against crime, investigation, killing spree, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, fighting crime, police partner, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Motive (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, realistic ...
Plot: murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, sergeant, murder, law enforcement, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Survivor (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story: ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, detective
Plot: forensics, investigation, crime investigation, murder investigation, partner, police investigation, sleuth, fighting crime, crime solving, homicide detective, unsolved crime, secret revealed ...
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29%
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Beyond Evil (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A serial murder case takes place in the small, peaceful city. The case is the same serial murder case that took place 20 years ago and changed Lee Dong-Sik’s life. The two detectives work to catch the killer.
Style: detective, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological thriller
Plot: serial killer, murder case, serial murder, police, investigation, murder, secret, murderer, police partner, corruption, murder investigation, cold case ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story: Medical examiner Qin Ming, together with his assistant and a police detective, solves crimes with his expertise.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, dorama
Plot: medical examiner, police, teamwork, uncover truth, murder investigation, forensics, partners against crime, police investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, partner, investigation ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Chasing Shadows (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, crime investigation, homicide detective, missing person, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.6
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Hassel (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Roland Hassel's father figure and mentor, Yngve Ruda, is brutally murdered in the middle of the street. Devastated, Hassel decides to undertake his own covert investigation to find Ruda's killer and avenge him with the support of ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, homicide detective, secret revealed, dark secret, crime investigation, murder mystery, investigation, political conspiracy, murderer, unsolved crime, forensics ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Detective Chinatown (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story: Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
Style: suspense, detective, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, murderer, sleuth, murder mystery, police detective, police investigation, cold case, killings, secret revealed ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Crystal City (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: homicide detective, serial murder, unsolved crime, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, killing spree, forensics, crime solving, murder mystery, murder, tragic past ...
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26%
Sea of Plastic (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: police, investigation, murder, murder investigation, small village, homicide detective, racial tension, murder mystery, danger, police detective, partners against crime, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Unit One (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: police investigation, police, fighting crime, murder mystery, murder, law enforcement, murderer, investigation, murder investigation, nordic, teamwork, crime solving ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
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26%
 7.1
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Dublin Murders (2019)
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: detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, mass child killing, police, forensics, secret past, psychological trauma, hidden identity, forest, crime investigation ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
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26%
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Secrecy of the investigation (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: investigation, female detective, crime investigation, homicide detective, police, job, fighting crime, good versus evil, colleague, female protagonist, office, law enforcement ...
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25%
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The Level (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police ...
Style: detective, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: female police detective, murder investigation, forensics, investigation, drug, uncover truth, murder, secret, police officer, female detective, secret revealed, crime investigation ...
Place: britain
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25%
Shadow Detective (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A veteran detective who is about to retire unfolds a breathtaking psychological warfare with a mysterious man who follows his path while hiding his identity.
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: blackmail, falsely accused, mysterious man, murder, false accusation of murder, murder investigation, false accusation, investigation, murder mystery, framed for murder, murderer, killings ...
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24%
The Chestnut Man (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style: brutal, enigmatic, tense, psychological, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murderer, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, forest, police, serial murder, missing person, crime solving, female detective ...
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24%
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Wilder (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
TV show
Story: A detective returns to his home town in the Swiss mountains to remember her brother who died in an accident many years ago along with several other children. After a murder in town, she stays and starts to investigate.
Style: enigmatic, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: crime investigation, cold case, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder investigation, forensics, police detective, family tragedy, teamwork, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Place: swiss alps, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Wallander (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style: psychological, tense, detective, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, forensics, investigation, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, life is a bitch, sleuth, nordic, father daughter relationship, police protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Through the Darkness (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: It deals with the beginning of profilers who had to look into their minds to chase away demons that could not be called human beings in the days when the word profiling was unfamiliar and there was no concept of psychopaths, when a series of vicious ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, serial killer, murder mystery, secret, uncover truth, murderer, fighting crime, crime solving, crime investigation, police procedural, investigation ...
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23%
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The Break (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.
Style: detective, dark, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, murder mystery, police, homicide detective, murder investigation, crime solving, partners against crime, partner, cold case, teamwork, fighting crime, police partner ...
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Legacy, a Kate McDougal Investigation (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A dead body is discovered in the Eastern Townships Lake (in province of Quebec, Canada). Then a second one is discovered. A hunt is launched to catch a serial killer in the region.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, investigation, uncover truth, murder, forensics, crime solving, crime investigation, police ...
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Killing (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style: gloomy, tense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: murder, policewoman, cold case, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, investigation, politician, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Barcelona Crime (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: With its expert and attractive crime squad run by these two, Barcelona can be proud of its homicide team: Xavi, independent, impulsive, enigmatic, with a well-functioning network of contacts on the city‘s dark side; and his charming partner Fina, ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot: squad, serial murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, crime investigation, forensics, murder investigation, teamwork, police investigation, secret revealed, cold case, female police detective ...
Place: barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Detective Inspector Irene Huss (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Police investigator Irene Huss lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, and tries to balance between murder investigations and family life.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: police, police investigator, crime investigation, female protagonist, police procedural, relationship vs career, murder investigation, investigation, female police detective, family life, female detective, murder mystery ...
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