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The Hunt for a Killer (2020)
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Original name: Jakten på en mördare
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved for 15 years. On the March 1989 night when Helen disappeared, there were around 20 suspected paedophiles living in Hörby.
Style:
detective, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, tense
Plot:
true crime, child murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, sex crime, murder, rapist, interrogation, police procedural, serial killer, crime investigation, unsolved crime, investigation, criminal, who done it, partner, police investigation, police detective, partners against crime, murderer, violence, death, graphic violence, murder mystery, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century, 1990s
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to The Hunt for a Killer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, police detective and uncover truth mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Hunt for a Killer: The Investigation (2020), Des (2020), Capitani (2019), Columbo (1971), Unbelievable (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 45 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:
disturbing, suspense, tense, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, murder mystery, true crime, law enforcement, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, forensic, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time:
2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
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The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, gay interest, detective inspector, police, murder, murderer, dishonesty, danger, murder investigation, death, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
united kingdom, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg
Duration: 312 min.
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Story:
The body of a teenage girl is found in the forest near the rural village of Manscheid, deep in the North of Luxembourg. Luc Capitani, a gruff detective from the South of the country, is put in charge of the case. Having trouble navigating the ...
Style:
suspense, contemplative, psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
schoolgirl, murder investigation, who done it, partner, friendship, death, revenge, coworker, serial killer, psychopath, escapades, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all ...
Style:
detective, clever, captivating, cynical, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
homicide detective, police detective, murder, murder investigation, police, police protagonist, riddles and clues, mind game, crime investigation, crime solving, investigation, basset hound ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 2000s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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135K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.
Style:
detective, serious, saga, crime drama, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, violence, murder mystery, rape, rape victim, female protagonist, female detective, psychopath, teenage rape, true crime, criminal, women ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
100%
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, suspense, captivating, detective, suspenseful
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, investigation, murderer, violence, partner, escapades, evidence, society, law enforcement, vengeance, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
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Story:
In the summer of 1989, the sister of Hamburg's LKA chief Thomas Bethge disappears without a trace. For almost three decades, he investigates the mysterious criminal case, before he gets on the trail of a serial killer.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, partner, loss of sister, society, police detective, chase, murderer, partners against crime, who done it, serial murder, violence ...
Time:
year 1989, year 1993, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
hamburg germany, europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
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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:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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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, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, uncover truth, fighting crime, murderer, secret, crime investigation, investigation, law enforcement, true crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 321 min.
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Story:
Five years after his daughter disappeared, a mistake in the National Police's DNA register makes it possible for the officer Rolf to finally find out what happened to her.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
loss of daughter, police detective, investigation, missing child, ex husband ex wife relationship, missing daughter, missing person, violence, partners against crime, chase, heroes, human trafficking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, poland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 55 min.
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In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police woman Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer who comes from the metropolitan ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, police, investigation, murder investigation, murder, who done it, uncover truth, vengeance, danger, violence, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, profiler, police, mysterious disappearance, investigation, incest, serial murder, unsolved crime, crime investigation, abduction, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes. He is placed under the protection of a young Federal Police's inspector, Chloé Muller. A little ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
police officer, serial killer, homicide detective, female detective, small town, police investigation, child abduction, crime investigation, investigation, sleuth, criminal, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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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, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, police detective, police, murder investigation, police investigation, investigation, hopes, danger, life philosophy, dialogue, british police ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 2014, year 2012, year 2011
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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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, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
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 ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, police, crime investigation, investigator, police investigation, partner, who done it, murder investigation, friends, uncover truth, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Style:
detective, captivating, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold case, police, murder investigation, police procedural, investigation, partner, law enforcement, society, vengeance, chase, youth, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
156
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story:
A parody on the 'true crime' genre, in which the investigation into the murder of musician and celebrity Bent Van Looy is examined in closer detail.
Style:
unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, murderer, murder investigation, revenge, death, investigation, evidence, weirdo, musician, society, uncover truth, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder, revenge, who done it, murder mystery, law enforcement, escapades, danger, partners against crime, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Captain Gaby Molina investigates with great seriousness and success on cases not always easy.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
police, investigation, partner, who done it, murder investigation, law enforcer, murder, suspicion, couples, police detective, misfit partners, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Eva, a police inspector returns to the quiet village where she grew up to be next to her sister Rachele, a single mother. She finds herself investigating the mysterious disappearance of Gioia, an aspiring showgirl.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police, partners against crime, heroes, uncover truth, who done it, murder mystery, evidence, partner, chase, death, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, contemplative, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
police officer, investigation, police detective, investigator, police investigator, teamwork, police investigation, who done it, coworker, serial murder, murder investigation, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Detective Tomo Yashiro is ordered to transfer to the Sixth Special Investigations Unit. it is in charge of deciphering documents of unsolved cases she begins work in her new post along with a senior detective Risa Narum who is called the expert of ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
investigator, who done it, police officer, murder investigation, heroes, partners against crime, uncover truth, coworker, escapades, misfit partners, partner, testimony ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, France, Finland
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Frank Nordling is a young and exceptionally promising defense lawyer. When Frank learns the truth behind his parents' death, his whole world unravels. As children, Frank and his sister Sara witnessed their parents die in an explosion caused by ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, tense, psychological, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, mafia, nordic, organized crime, murder investigation, brother sister relationship, vengeance, evidence, murder mystery, chase, investigation, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, denmark, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
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Story:
A complex tale of murder, deceit and greed set in an isolated country community.
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murderer, police, village, murder, police detective, british police, murder investigation, insanity, brother sister relationship, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Place:
france, paris france, antwerp, belgium
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
The Investigation explores the journey of a Mumbai Crime Branch ACP unravelling a murder mystery. Featuring Hiten Tejwani in the lead as the ACP and Leena Jumani as his wife.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, homicide detective, law enforcer, police investigation, vengeance, police officer, corpse, partner, investigator, uncover truth, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Each episode of “One Deadly Mistake” follows a homicide investigation where police work tirelessly against the clock to solve a complex case, until they discover an unlikely piece of evidence that exposes the identity of the killer.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
violence, murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, partners against crime, murder, police investigation, police detective, who done it, law enforcement, uncover truth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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, missing person, homicide detective, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, serial murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story:
TV miniseries in four parts. A serial killer mysteriously leaves a signature species, a rosary in the hands of his victims. Inspector Roberto Parisi, a specialist in this type of crime, but that hides a dark past, will be responsible for conducting ...
Style:
contemplative, tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, murder investigation, police detective, murder, vengeance, law enforcer, evidence, violence, chase, escapades, police officer ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman’s dead body is found in an apartment in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The decayed body seems like a half year has passed since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats that ate the body. The woman's death is thought to be a "lonely ...
Style:
suspense, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
Plot:
investigation, who done it, murder, murder investigation, escapades, uncover truth, partners against crime, violence, death, murder mystery, partner, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
23%
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