Movies and TV shows like Falco

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Falco (2013)
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Falco (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: In 1991, 24-year-old Detective Alexandre Falco has it all, a loving wife, a new-born daughter and his dream job. But one day out in the field, he is shot in the head. Falco opens his eyes again 22 years later to a changed world, where everything he once had is no longer as it was.
Style: detective, philosophical, atmospheric, mind bending, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: police detective, true love, coma, life & death, twists and turns, deception, getting home, choice, danger, power of love, police investigation, life philosophy, dying, showdown, peril, doubts and hesitations, murder investigation, honesty, characters in danger, foot chase
Time: future
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspenseful, tense and suspense films and TV series with plots about police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, murder, investigation, law enforcement and police mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Falco: Murders in... (2013), Jo (2013), River (2015), The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987), A Confession (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Murders in... (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, detective
Plot: murder, murder investigation, investigation, murderer, violence, partner, who done it, partners against crime, friendship, law enforcement, death, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jo (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
Duration: 366 min.
TV show
Story: Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: police detective, police investigation, riddles and clues, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder, danger, investigation, nypd, murder mystery, criminal, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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40%
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River (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, surprise ending ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, murder investigation, loneliness, police procedural, able to see the dead, nordic, partner ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Style: detective, crime drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police investigation, police detective, chase, dangerous attraction, gory, law enforcement, danger, couples, crime scene, police sergeant, murder investigation, detective sergeant ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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A Confession (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Style: detective, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot: true crime, murder, police, murder investigation, police investigation, police detective, investigation, hopes, danger, dialogue, life philosophy, police officer ...
Time: future, year 2016, year 2014, year 2011, year 2012
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32%
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Shetland (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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 ...
Plot: police, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, island, police investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, british police, murder, detective inspector, whodunit ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Ad Vitam (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In a world where death is finally conquered and people can live forever, a cop (Darius, 120yo) and a young woman (Christa, 24yo) must investigate the mysterious suicide of seven teenagers. With the promise of eternal youth, why would a group of ...
Style: contemplative, captivating, anthology, tense, psychological ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, terrorist group, identity crisis, society, twists and turns, danger, distopia, nudity, cognitive science, eternal life, suicidal ...
Time: near future
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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DCI Banks (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style: detective, realistic, tense, rough, serious ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, law enforcement, police procedural, serial killer, police investigation, police, policewoman, female partner, murder, coma ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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All the Sins (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Lauri Räihä, a criminal investigator from Helsinki, is sent to investigate two murders that have occurred in the northern Finnish town where he grew up. The assignment offers Lauri a way out of confronting his own problems.
Style: unusual plot structure, psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder investigation, past, police detective, revenge, crime investigation, murder, murder mystery, who done it, danger, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, danger, society, conspiracy, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, male protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Style: atmospheric, clever, detective, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, twists and turns, forensics, unconventional method, who done it, murder investigation, victorian england, morgue ...
Time: edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Long Night (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the case was ready for court, the prosecutor discovered that the case was not as ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: death, who done it, partner, murder mystery, suspicion, violence, law enforcement, murder investigation, chases and races, murderer, police detective, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Paranoid (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective".
Style: detective, crime drama, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, murder, murder investigation, conspiracy, obsessive compulsive disorder, forensics, nordic, forensic, criminal, mental health ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Five (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, detective, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: crime solving, childhood friend, murder, missing person, investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder mystery, secret, crime scene, forensics, twists and turns ...
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
In Plain Sight (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
Style: detective, captivating, suspense, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, investigation, murder, rapist, police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, brutality, violent, maniac, who done it ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Little Boy Blue (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story that shocked a nation, this powerful four-part factual drama, from BAFTA winning writer and executive producer Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult, The Widower), centres on the devastating impact on a city of an innocent child’s ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: true crime, murder, murder investigation, police detective, justice, police investigation, danger, dishonesty, missing child, investigation, police officer, murder mystery ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007
Place: liverpool
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26%
The Black Tower (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Frustrated with his career, Commander Dalgliesh is invited to Toynton Grange, a home for the disabled, by his old teacher, Father Baddeley, who is resident there. But unbeknown to Dalgliesh, something happening at the Grange is making the Father ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: monastery, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, police detective, riddles and clues, village, who done it, commander, tower, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Whitstable Pearl (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon ...
Style: detective, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, amateur detective, murder, restaurant, seaside, murder investigation, detective agency, coastal town, police inspector, single parent, private investigator, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Detail (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal lives.
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense
Audience: teens
Plot: female detective, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, murder, police detective, heroes, law enforcement, partners against crime, coworker, danger, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Zen (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen ...
Style: atmospheric, sexy, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, workplace, law enforcement, suspicion, corruption, transcendence, investigation, nypd, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
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The Forest (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 313 min.
TV show
Story: In a small quiet village in the Ardennes, a sixteen-year-old girl disappears into the forest after calling her teacher in the middle of the night. Captain Gaspard Deker, a former soldier and newly arrived single father is conducting the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, twist ending, dark ...
Plot: forest, police, lost child, police investigation, mind game, investigation, twists and turns, missing child, secrets, partner, police detective, deception ...
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26%
Arne Dahl: Europa blues (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A man is found dead, hung from a tree. Another body is found in Skansen's wolverine enclosure. Five girls attempt to flee from Sweden.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, detective ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, police detective, police, revenge, danger, rivalry, escape, escapades, swedish, law enforcement, diary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
TV show
Story: Soviet detective television series.
Style: detective
Plot: police, soviet army, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, crime solving
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Missing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 943 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: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, journalist, child abduction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2006, year 2009 ...
Place: france
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25%
Vanished by the Lake (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Homicide Detective Lise returns to her hometown for the first time since a local tragedy shattered her teens. Tragedy strikes again when a teenage girl vanishes under circumstances that mirror the disappearance of Lise's two best friends, Ana ...
Style: enigmatic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, female police detective, crime solving, mysterious disappearance, confronting the past, secret revealed, sleuth, tragic past, crime investigation, murder investigation, female detective, forensics ...
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25%
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style: atmospheric, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, twists and turns, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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In Deep (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Lying, cheating, thieving—they’re the best undercover cops in the business. Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson, Wild at Heart) take on false identities to infiltrate society’s underbelly and stop ...
Style: tense, detective, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating
Plot: nypd, undercover cop, criminal, murder investigation, detective inspector, crime investigation, police investigation, investigation, police detective, evidence
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Disappearance (2015)
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: psychological, detective, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, jealousy, family relations, betrayal, police, nordic, partner, twists and turns, abduction, danger, intrigue ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Wycliffe (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 ...
Style: detective, crime drama
Plot: police, police detective, law, law enforcement, murder investigation
Time: future
Place: cornwall, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Murder in Suburbia (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
Style: suspenseful, bleak, rough, detective, crime drama ...
Plot: investigation, murder mystery, murder, police detective, partners against crime, murder investigation, partner, sleuth, fighting crime, police investigation, forensics, crime investigation ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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