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Free Country (2019)
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Free Country (2019)
Original name: Freies Land
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, police, journalist, teenage girl, interrogation, arrest, crime scene, loss of daughter, small town life, investigation, revenge, kidnapping, desperation, forensics, moral dilemma, killer, judiciary, missing person, stasi, german reunification, small town, state crimes, teenager, female nudity ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, year 1992, 1990s
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological and tense films with plots about investigation, police investigation, murder, serial killer, police, murder investigation and psychopath mostly in Crime, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Free Country: Marshland (2014), Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), The Little Things (2021), Mord in Eberswalde (2013), Jennifer 8 (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Marshland (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Spanish deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, detective, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot: police investigation, serial killer, investigation, kidnapping, torture, murder, partners against crime, sexual abuse, murder mystery, murder investigation, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: spain, iberian peninsula
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100%
Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job ...
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, exciting, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, violent, kidnapping, homicidal maniac, killings, homicide detective, murderer, serial murder, killing spree, blackmail, police procedural, missing person ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dover england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Little Things (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, serial murder, cold case, police, investigation, police station, police detective, murder mystery, mysterious man, missing person, murder investigation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1990, year 1985, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Mord in Eberswalde (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Heinz Gödicke (Ronals Zehrfeld) is the chief commissioner of the People's Police in the small town of Eberswalde in Brandenburg. Gödicke is called when two bestial murdered children are found in the forest. The investigator tries to get ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: murder, police, serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, police investigation, small town, crime solving, sleuth, murder investigation ...
Time: year 1969
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Jennifer 8 (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, tense, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, blindness, killer, murder, obsession, police investigation, small town, whodunit, hitman, blind character, surveillance, police officer ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, germany, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Prisoners (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.1
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Knight Moves (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot: chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, serial murder, police, protagonist as suspect, psychopath, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing ...
Style: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: police investigation, missing person, police detective, cold case, false identity, police partner, unsolved crime, under the surface, uncover truth, investigation, murder mystery, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Postcard Killings (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A New York detective teams investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London, and recruits the help of Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, ex husband ex wife relationship, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, incest, honeymoon, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
Time: 2020s
Place: stockholm sweden, london, amsterdam, munich germany, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Memories of Murder (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: 1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style: realistic, neo noir, psychological, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, police, rape, police investigation, murderer, murder, twists and turns, investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, true crime ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, y2k, year 1986, 20th century ...
Place: south korea, east asia, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.5
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Mindcage (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a ...
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, supernatural thriller
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, investigation, sleuth, homicide detective, murder mystery, teamwork, crime investigation, murderer, forensics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Solace (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychic, investigation, police investigation, psychology, murder investigation, whodunit, premonition, seeing the future, twists and turns, supernatural, brutality ...
Time: year 2015
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2016. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, ritual murder, investigation, church, jail, police, love triangle, journalist, ritual sacrifice, satanic ritual, police investigation, murder ...
Place: basque country
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style: scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, missing person, murder, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Bone Collector (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, policewoman, mind game, murder, twists and turns, master criminal, crime scene, forensics, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Black Tide (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Dany, the Arnault family’s teenage son has disappeared. The case is assigned to François Visconti, a world-weary and disillusioned detective whose wife has just left him. The policeman investigates to find the missing teenager while he is ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot: missing child, police officer, alcoholic, disappearance, father son relationship, forest, police, mother daughter relationship, investigation, suspicion, kidnapping, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
May God Save Us (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, police inspector, murder, pope, church, priest, who done it, whodunit, police officer, partner ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.2
 9K
Blink (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, blindness, murder, psychopath, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Hangman (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot: serial killer, game of death, homicide detective, psycho killer, clue, police partner, revenge, violence, forensics, police investigation, police protagonist, retirement ...
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24%
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The Captive (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, surreal, intense ...
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Place: canada, ontario canada
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24%
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Character (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as ...
Style: manga, tense, scary, stylized, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, violence, meeting, chase, victim, murder investigation, youth, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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8MM (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: private investigator, investigation, obsession, videotaped sex, revenge, sexual abuse, serial killer, murder mystery, male nudity, violent sex, violent, vengeance ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa, pennsylvania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Perfumier (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: To regain her sense of smell and get back her lover, a detective joins forces with a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to create the perfect scent.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot: sleuth, investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, forensics, detective inspector, teamwork, homicide detective, perfume, secret, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Switchback (1997)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, vengeance, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, investigation, twists and turns, missing person, beautiful scenery, loss of son, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, murderer, lynching, murder investigation, investigation, sleuth, crime solving, mental illness, killings, mysterious villain, murder mystery ...
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23%
 6.7
 2K
Port of Call (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16 year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: psychopath, crime investigation, immigrant, murder, partner, murder mystery, violence, uncover truth, murder investigation, murderer, chase, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, criminal, reward, murder, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, uncover truth, police, danger, killing spree, murder mystery, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.9
 3K
I'm a Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, investigation, husband wife relationship, trial, false accusation, murder suspect, lie, police detective, suspicion, dead body ...
Time: 70s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Only the River Flows (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, neo noir
Plot: criminal, sleuth, police investigation, crime investigation, murderer, crime solving, forensics, secret, uncover truth, rural area, serial killer, who done it ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.3
 23K
Twisted (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon ...
Style: suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, intense, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, investigation, policewoman, murder, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, who to trust, life is a bitch, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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