Movies and TV shows like Vagabond

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Vagabond (2019)
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Vagabond (2019)
Original name: 배가본드
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 secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.
Style: dorama, tense, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot: agent, corruption, revenge, investigation, dishonesty, government, friendship, murder, asian, danger, crime solving, uncover truth, police, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, crime investigation, mentor, society, unsolved crime, dark secret, assassination plot, terrorist plot, cold case, plane crash, entertainment ...
Time: contemporary
Place: south korea
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, uncover truth, murder, crime investigation, police investigation, crime solving and danger mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Action genres. Some movies like Vagabond: Ailiseu (2009), Mouse (2021), Stranger (2017), The K2 (2016), I Remember You (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ailiseu (2009)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: IRIS revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun-jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, dorama
Plot: secret agent, government conspiracy, partners against crime, fighting crime, war on terror, investigation, national security, special agent, partner, secret service, crime investigation, terrorism ...
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Mouse (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, detective, psychological thriller
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Stranger (2017)
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 ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: prosecutor, female detective, corruption, murder mystery, murder investigation, police, serial killer, investigation, emotionless, buddy cop, crime investigation, police corruption ...
Place: korea, thailand, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
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The K2 (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A patriotic bodyguard who was abandoned by his country and colleagues, a hidden daughter of leading Presidential candidate who regards love as a tool for revenge, and the First Lady contender who hides her ambition and charisma behind a kind and ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: bodyguard, protector, corruption, politician, political intrigue, rivalry, investigation, political activism, ex military, political candidate, ex soldier, political unrest ...
Place: korea
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I Remember You (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: This drama is a romantic thriller that centers around a criminal profiler, Lee Hyun who previously work as a consultant at the police department in New York. After he returns to south Korea, he’s in charge of a special criminal investigation team. ...
Style: psychological, dorama, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, maniac, police, psychopath, murder, dark past, justice, memory, fall in love, homecoming, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea
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100%
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City Hunter (2011)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: City Hunter is a 2011 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Min-ho, Park Min-young, Lee Joon-hyuk, Kim Sang-joong, Kim Sang-ho, Hwang Sun-hee, Goo Ha-ra, Chun Ho-jin and Lee Kwang-soo. It premiered on May 25, 2011 on SBS and finished ...
Style: exciting, romantic, tense, dorama, disturbing ...
Plot: secret identity, hidden identity, corruption, masked hero, political intrigue, revenge, vigilante, twists and turns, tragic villain, vengeance, father son relationship, martial arts ...
Place: korea
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Defendant (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Park Jung-Woo is a prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself in locked up at the police station. He has temporary amnesia. Park Jung-Woo is falsely accused and is sentenced to death. He ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, tense, disturbing, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prosecutor, murder, prison, memory, prisoner, amnesiac, memory loss, twins, corruption, dishonesty, district attorney, adaptation ...
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My Name (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Yoon Ji-woo's father dies suddenly. She wants to desperately take revenge on whoever is responsible for her father's death. Yoon Ji-woo works for drug crime group Dongcheonpa. Choi Moo-jin is the boss of the drug gang. With the help of ...
Style: dorama, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: revenge, drug, bandit, murder, organized crime, secret, investigation, target, mole, gang, criminal's revenge, criminal underworld ...
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Lawless Lawyer (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Driven by the desire to avenge his mother, a former gangster turned lawyer uses both his fists and the loopholes in law to fight against those with absolute power.
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful
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Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Trace (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 40 min.
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Story: A new governmental body is created to solve X-file and high-crime cases. Federal Expert Service brings together specialists in various areas: software development, ballistics, forensic, and investigators. FES is doing the whole range of expertise ...
Style: exciting, disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
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Voice (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.
Style: suspense, detective, psychological, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: murder, death, investigation, masked killer, police, serial killer, murder investigation, secret identity, teamwork, psycho killer, psychopath, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Village: Achiara's Secret (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Achiara is a quiet, peaceful village with hardly any crime. But on her first day of school there, English language instructor Kim So-yoon discovers a buried corpse. As the townspeople speculate on the identity of the dead person and the reason she ...
Style: sexy, disturbing, tense, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder investigation, village, secret, murder, mysterious villain, burial, supernatural, hidden corpse, uncover truth, police investigation, crime solving ...
Place: korea
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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 ...
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Partners for Justice (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
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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 ...
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Bad and Crazy (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A superhero drama about Soo Yeol who has lived his whole life as a materialistic police detective, but changes into a champion for justice and fights against police corruption when a hidden persona called “K” awakens inside him.
Style: dorama, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
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Athena: Goddess of War (2010)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story: Athena: Goddess of War is a South Korean espionage television drama series broadcast by SBS in 2010 and a spin-off of 2009's Iris. Budgeted at ₩20 billion like its predecessor, the two series are among the most expensive Korean dramas ever ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, secret agent, heroes, undercover, agent, political conspiracy, assassination, government agency, state affairs, chases and races, espionage, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, italy
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Millennium (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 540 min.
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Story: The paths of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander cross and they team up to reveal a dark and terrifying truth involving murder and sexual abuse, a story that has long been concealed in Swedish society.
Style: tense, serious, intellectual, noir, atmospheric ...
Plot: twists and turns, investigation, lesbian, journalist, hacker, life is a bitch, uncover truth, journalism, amateur detective, partner, danger, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Machinery (2020)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Olle Hulten wakes up drunk on the ferry between Sandefjord and Strömstad. In his car is a gun and a lot of money. Simultaneously the police is chasing a robber whom have hijacked a car and is holding the security guard at gunpoint.
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: conspiracy, police, chase, danger, gangster, who done it, police investigation, investigation, violence, heroes, vengeance, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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The Veil (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story: Han Ji-hyuk, an NIS agent gone MIA, returns after one year to join a new team as he searches for his lost past.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: betrayal, investigation, espionage, reconnaissance, badass, secret agent, special agent, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, spy, government agent ...
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Big Mouth (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: A lawyer, caught up in a murder case, becomes a notorious and genius con artist overnight, in order to fight against a huge conspiracy and survive.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense
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Mammon (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 58 min.
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Story: Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, noir, suspenseful
Plot: political corruption, journalism, media, conspiracy, uncover truth, life turned upside down, journalist, life is a bitch, dishonesty, nordic, danger, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
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20%
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Ghost (2012)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The police procedural tackles crimes and clues in the cyber world, weaving a massive, twist-filled mystery of murders, identity switches, corruption and conspiracy.
Style: captivating, tense, detective, semi serious, suspense ...
Plot: investigation, hacker, police detective, political intrigue, teamwork, cyberspace, twists and turns, corruption, murder, police, paranormal, body swapping ...
Place: south korea
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The Good Detective (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his feelings with others due to pain ...
Style: detective, humorous, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: friendship, blackmail, police investigation, murder investigation, police station, partner, friends, friendship between men, gunfight, escapades, police chase, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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I Know Who You Are (2017)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A man ends up in hospital after a car accident. He does not remember his name, but it is soon discovered he is a famous attorney. To make things worse, the police start to suspect him of having murdered his missing niece.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, disappearance, niece, investigation, police, danger, family relations, memory, murder suspect, memory loss, suspicion, suspicion of murder ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
Plot: fbi, fbi agent, crime investigation, criminal, murder, investigation, special agent, task force, die hard, partners against crime, criminal justice, partner ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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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FBI (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Style: suspense, disturbing, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Plot: fbi, crime investigation, investigation, fbi agent, police detective, federal bureau of investigation, partners against crime, female detective, fighting crime, murder investigation, police investigation, homicide detective ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.7
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Mrs. Cop (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: After long and grueling hours immersed in brutal crime investigations, lead detective Choi Young Jin must face the particular horrors of singlehandedly raising her daughter Ha Eun. Any way you look at it, Young Jin's got her work cut out for ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: female police detective, forensics, policewoman, homicide detective, uncover truth, fighting crime, female detective, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 ⇓
18%
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Hunting (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story: The show focuses on the economic crimes and mainly talks about the police's investigation on a tycoon in Beijiang.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, cybercrime, who done it, partner, violence, uncover truth, partners against crime, cyberspace, police detective, cybernetics, law enforcer, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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