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Wisting (2019)
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Wisting (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Empathetic, meticulous and relentless - the only thing to escape Larvik detective William Wisting in his hunt for Norway's most notorious criminals is a happy family life. And when two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, it is the beginning of a showdown with the deadliest killer of them all.
Style: detective, captivating, disturbing, exciting, clever, suspense, stylized
Plot: murder mystery, private detective, investigation, serial killer, police, murder, riddles and clues, danger, prodigy, parents and children, rivalry, eccentricity, police officer, writers, snow, cold, ice, forensic, forensics, nypd, nudity, nordic, murder investigation, journalist, father daughter relationship ...
Time: future, 2010s
Keyword: norwegian, norway

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, captivating, tense and suspense films and TV series with plots about murder, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, police, forensics and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Wisting: The Valhalla Murders (2019), The Sandhamn Murders (2010), The Unlikely Murderer (2021), Acquitted (2015), Van der Valk (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Valhalla Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: An Oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native Iceland to help a dedicated cop hunt a serial killer with a link to a mysterious photo.
Style: detective, disturbing, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, nordic, police corruption, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, danger, child abuse, violent content ...
Time: future
Place: iceland, reykjavik iceland
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The Sandhamn Murders (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Viveca Stens popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime & the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.
Style: detective, disturbing, surprise ending, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: murder mystery, crime investigation, murder, suspect, police detective, uncover truth, serial killer, social relations, nordic, european, investigation, swedish ...
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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The Unlikely Murderer (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 228 min.
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Story: After the assassination of prime minister Olof Palme in 1986, Stig Engström managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck, and a perplexed police force.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: murder, criminal, police, murderer, true crime, justice, assassination, murder investigation, cover up, murder mystery, crime investigation, nordic ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: stockholm sweden
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Acquitted (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.
Style: psychological, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: crime investigation, nordic, investigation, murder, uncover truth, getting home, private investigation, false accusation of murder, frame up, family relations, who done it, businessman ...
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Van der Valk (2020)
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, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
Plot: murder mystery, police investigation, riddles and clues, private detective, crime scene, investigation, mind game, prodigy, mastermind, eccentricity, twists and turns, friendship ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: amsterdam, netherlands, holland
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Eyewitness (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 59 min.
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Story: Eyewitness is a gripping, fast-paced thriller seen through the eyes of two teenagers whose clandestine meeting unravels into a nightmare of murder, corruption and gang warfare.
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay teenager, murder, police corruption, lgbt, nordic, secret, witnessing a crime, teenager, friendship, pursuit ...
Place: oslo norway
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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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Maigret (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
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Story: The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Style: clever, captivating, stylized, detective, exciting ...
Plot: investigation, twists and turns, murder, private detective, danger, mastermind, eccentricity, escapades, friends, resourceful, murder mystery, riddles and clues ...
Place: france, paris france
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Deep Water (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
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Story: Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned a brutal murder case in Bondi, where they begin to uncover mounting evidence to suggest the killing is connected to a spate of unexplained deaths, "suicides" and disappearances ...
Style: detective, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, policewoman, murder, gay, murder mystery, police, police partner, danger, death, lgbt, women, police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Jericho (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Story: Jericho is an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and written by Stewart Harcourt and starred Robert Lindsay as Detective Inspector Michael Jericho, who is loved by the public but who is embarrassed by his ...
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, detective, intellectual ...
Plot: police detective, prodigy, murder mystery, investigation, weirdo, mastermind, talented, resourceful, characters in danger, twists and turns, mind game, crime scene ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century
Place: england, scotland yard
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Marcella (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career ...
Style: detective, crime drama, enigmatic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, serial killer, female detective, police, murder, british police, murder investigation, homicide detective, female police officer, female police detective, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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The Investigation (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 42 min.
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Story: Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, intellectual ...
Plot: police, journalist, true crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time: 2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: copenhagen
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Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police, partners against crime, forensics, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, evidence, law enforcement, police detective ...
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Duration: 48 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an ...
Style: suspense, captivating, scenic, detective, enigmatic
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
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Story: When police officer Johanna Strand returns to her hometown Hammarvik to attend her mother's funeral, she expects to stay only for a few nights but the body of a young woman is found and she decides to stay and investigate what happened.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Norway
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Story: Norwegian Miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel by the same title.
Style: detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating
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The Man Who Smiled (2003)
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Story: An old friend of Kurt Wallander, solicitor Sten Torstensson, visits him one day to tell him that his father has passed away close to Brösarp under peculiar circumstances. Kurt does not take his friend's worry seriously. Shortly after, the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
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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: detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, tense ...
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Time: future, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
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The Traveller (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
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Story: Hunting down killers to help bereaved families get justice is more than just a job; it’s a duty for Thomas Bareski, a retired, hotshot police detective eager to reopen unsolved murder cases in a mission to find the culprits.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 60 min.
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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: atmospheric, tense, detective, serious, stylized ...
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The Long Call (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Story: Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband and begins investigating a murder whilst coming to terms with his own traumatic past, having been excommunicated by his family and the church community ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, detective
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Story: The six-part series follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis' daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to ...
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