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Five Daughters (2010)
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Five Daughters (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, police detective, addiction, drug abuse, woman in danger, prostitute, life is a bitch, small town, murderer, killer, crime investigation, who done it, true crime, killing, police, investigation, danger, law enforcement, loss of daughter, empire, deadly, crime, crimes ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, deadly, law enforcement, police investigation, serial killer, investigation and police mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Five Daughters: SK1 (2014), The Evidence (2006), Trial & Retribution (1997), Code of a Killer (2015), Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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SK1 (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
Plot: police investigation, murder, law enforcement, serial killer, murder suspect, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder trial, danger, true crime, courtroom ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1995 ...
Place: france, paris france
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The Evidence (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Inspectors Cayman Bishop and Sean Cole investigate crimes in San Francisco Police Department. How does all of the pieces to the puzzle all fit together?
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, forensic evidence, police detective, fighting crime, cold case, murder of wife, serial killer, vengeance, haunted by the past, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
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This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot: serial killer, police, murder investigation, murder, mass murder, rape, crime investigation, killing, killer, true crime
Time: 70s
Place: yorkshire
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33%
Trial & Retribution (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial ...
Style: detective, crime drama, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, police procedural, courtroom, legal, investigation, murder mystery, exodus, crime investigation, murder, who done it, kidnapping ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Code of a Killer (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot: investigation, police, serial killer, manhunt, police investigation, murder, murderer, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries, homicide detective, biology, forensics ...
Time: year 1984, future, 20th century, 80s
Place: england
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31%
Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: When a man is buried alive, Red Metcalf must delve into a serial killer's psyche.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, riddles and clues, false accusation, criminal's revenge, danger, police investigation, law enforcement, race against time, deaf, child killer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
29%
Above Suspicion (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC ...
Style: detective, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, danger, dirty cop, detective inspector, police procedural, investigation, legal, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, spain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Life of Crime (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
TV show
Story: A female cop becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, and hunts him over the course of her 28 year career in the force.
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder, police detective, police investigation, homicide detective, obsession, law enforcement, lie, murder investigation, investigation, crime investigation, fighting crime ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Sebastian Bergman (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Swedish crime drama series about forensic psychologist Sebastian Bergmann.
Style: stylized, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: profiler, police investigation, serial killer, murder, loss of daughter, law enforcement, coping, criminal psychologist, nordic, murderer, forensics, brutality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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28%
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 ⇓
27%
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The Widower (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 136 min.
TV show
Story: Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, detective ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, investigation, honeymoon, woman in danger, unlikely criminals, couple relations, danger, true crime, murder mystery, murderer, hospital ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: D.C.I. Langton takes charge when the body of would-be model Louise Pennell is found,sliced in half and with her mouth mutilated into a smile. D.C. Anna Travis discovers that newspaper journalist Richard Reynolds had received anonymous typed letters ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder, danger, serial killer, media circus, strong female presence, forensics, crime scene, detective sergeant, detective inspector ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, investigation, death of child, rivalry, life is a bitch, true crime, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, killer ...
Time: 60s, year 1964, year 1966, year 1963, year 1965
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, manchester
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Falcón (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Falcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, murder, dark past, past coming back to haunt, nypd, murder mystery, honest law enforcer, dealer, police protagonist, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
TV show
Story: Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, police, investigation, true crime, cold case, law enforcement, father son relationship, unsolved crime, double murder, who done it ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: wales, britain, united kingdom
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26%
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: true crime, murder, child murder, police investigation, who done it, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, small town, parents and children, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Fifth Woman (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 229 min.
TV show
Story: The 5th woman unfolds autumn 1994. An elderly man found in a gillrad pitfall impaled to death on the sharp sharpened bamboo poles, ecstatic praise of crows. Shortly afterwards disappears a florist without a trace and he also found executed in the ...
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, police detective, vigilantism, law enforcement, murder, vengeance, life is a bitch, vigilante, police procedural, revenge, hospital ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Appropriate Adult (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
TV show
Story: Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
Style: serious, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, controversial ...
Plot: serial killer, confession, crime investigation, true crime, police interrogation, crime scene, prostitute, killer, murder of daughter, police investigation, psychopath, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: europe, england
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25%
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Maxine (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: True crime docu-series about Maxine Carr and Ian Huntley.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: crime investigation, small town, true crime, murder, school, schoolgirl, framed for murder, murderer, homicide detective, murder investigation, investigation
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25%
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Des (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
TV show
Story: 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, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: true crime, serial killer, detective inspector, police, murder, gay interest, murderer, death, chase, police investigation, murder investigation, who done it ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style: psychotronic, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, killer, psychopath, murder, manhunt, ted bundy, murderer, politics, criminal, woman in danger, mental illness ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: seattle, utah, colorado, usa
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25%
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story: This drama tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies who was initially questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Jo Yeates who rented a flat from him. He was vilified by the press, partly on account of his ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, tense, costume drama ...
Plot: protagonist as suspect, murder suspect, media coverage, landlord, false accusation, police, murder, life is a bitch, dishonesty, lawyer, true crime, branding iron ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Chasing Shadows (2014)
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, homicide detective, missing person, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Vera (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder, who done it, murder mystery, british police, law enforcement, investigation, police procedural, right hand man ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
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23%
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Aspe (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: In each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime, partner, who done it, law enforcement, partners against crime, whodunit, unfaithfulness, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe, bruges
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Moses Jones (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Police investigate a mutilated body found in the Thames which appears to be the product of a witchcraft killing.
Style: rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder, partner, investigation, murder mystery, police, urban, partners against crime, black cast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: An American serial killer is on board a plane from New York to Stockholm. Without a proper identification and with great urgency A-group try to locate this passenger before Sweden inadvertently imports it's first American serial killer. The ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: police, serial killer, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, murder investigation, torture, terrorist, fbi agent, swedish, swedish police, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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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 ⇓
23%
Those Who Kill (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, female protagonist, crime investigation, criminal, forensics, police, law enforcement, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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