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The Mountain Detective (2014)
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The Mountain Detective (2014)
Original name: Alex Hugo
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
TV show
Story: Fed-up with his violent daily life, former Marseilles police officer Alex Hugo leaves the city and the violence he can no longer bear.
Style: bleak, serious, realistic, detective
Plot: police officer, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, murder, who done it, law enforcement, small town, social relations, small town life, law enforcer, uncover truth, under the surface, mountain, mystery, crimes
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, serious, realistic and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about murder, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, who done it and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Mountain Detective: The Bay (2019), Deadwater Fell (2020), Gracepoint (2014), Criminal: France (2019), Broadchurch (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bay (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Style: detective, crime drama, realistic, clever, serious ...
Plot: policewoman, investigation, police, missing person, courtroom drama, police investigation, social relations, uncover truth, family relations, who done it, parents and children, law enforcer ...
Time: future
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Deadwater Fell (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Style: crime drama, bleak, clever, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: murder investigation, control freak, murder, fire, family relations, under the surface, small town life, who done it, dealing with death, suspicion, extramarital affair, arson ...
Place: scotland
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59%
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Gracepoint (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style: tense, realistic, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder investigation, small town, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, small town life, homicide detective, missing child, social relations, investigation, law enforcement, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Criminal: France (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story: Secrets emerge and entire cases unravel inside a police interview room in Paris, where suspects and investigators face off in an intricate dance.
Style: suspenseful, clever, contemplative, bleak, anthology ...
Plot: investigator, who done it, criminal, law enforcement, evidence, investigation, police, uncover truth, testimony, law enforcer, murder, haunted by the past ...
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54%
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Broadchurch (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style: emotional, tense, realistic, clever, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, twists and turns, grief, multiple suspects, small town, reluctant partners, legal, uncover truth, murderer ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
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52%
Secrets and Lies (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, murder, family relations, murder mystery, family problems, police investigation, family in crisis, child killer, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, uncover truth, who done it ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
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43%
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Father Brown (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Style: serious, captivating, intellectual, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: investigation, who done it, amateur detective, clergy, danger, murder, uncover truth, priest, riddles and clues, friendship, social relations, law enforcement ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Criminal: Germany (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth—even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, contemplative, anthology ...
Plot: investigator, criminal, suspicion, interrogation, police, testimony, evidence, who done it, violence, uncover truth, coworker, investigation ...
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42%
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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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42%
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Glue (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: When the body of a local teenage boy is found underneath the wheels of a tractor, the villagers in this remote community and his friends are forced to open up their world and watch their secrets spill out.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: murder, village, police investigation, uncover truth, youth, teenage life, under the surface, sexuality, investigation, lgbt, college, voodoo ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ...
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41%
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What Remains (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, multiple suspects, uncover truth, murder mystery, who done it, danger, life is a bitch, one last case, loner, social relations, police officer ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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
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40%
Criminal: Spain (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Psychological games abound between detectives and suspects in a tense interrogation room, where the search for answers sometimes comes at a moral cost.
Style: suspenseful, contemplative, serious, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: interrogation, investigation, who done it, criminal, police, partners against crime, testimony, law enforcer, investigator, police investigation, law enforcement, murder ...
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39%
The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Single-Handed (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 841 min.
TV show
Story: Single-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007. Set and filmed in the west of Ireland, it focuses on the life of a member of the Garda Síochána, Sergeant Jack Driscoll. Three two-episode, single-story ...
Style: detective, crime drama, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: police investigation, fighting crime, who done it, workplace, social relations, police officer, murder, uncover truth, rivalry, danger, murder mystery, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective, witty ...
Plot: detective inspector, police detective, partners against crime, unlikely partners, small town life, sleuth, riddles and clues, under the surface, investigation, whodunit, uncover truth, police investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young ...
Style: detective, crime drama, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, multiple suspects, who done it, riddles and clues, police, laboratory, investigation, deadly
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Spiral (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot: lawyer, police, judge, double life, uncover truth, legal, murder, police detective, legal investigation, suspicion, twists and turns, trial ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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36%
 7.5
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Rebus (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Rebus is the title of the detective drama TV series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh. The series was produced by STV Productions for the ITV network. Four seasons have been aired; ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, who done it, murder, multiple suspects, police, nypd, murder mystery, investigation, police inspector, failed attempt ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
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36%
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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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35%
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Life (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ex convict, investigation, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, who done it, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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34%
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Borderliner (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.
Style: detective, atmospheric, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: nordic, husband wife relationship, investigator, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, law enforcer, evidence, haunted by the past, testimony, uncover truth, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
33%
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Chiefs (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: Three generations of police chiefs for a southern town go about their jobs while a serial murderer operates.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: racism, murder, serial killer, murder investigation, politics, killing, crime investigation, chief of police, small town, small town life, teenage life, police corruption ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: southern usa
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33%
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Julie Lescaut (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Julie Lescaut is a French-language police television series. It has been distributed since 1992 on TF1, La Une-RTBF and TSR; the show remains active as of 2010. It details the investigations of detective Julie Lescaut and her team. The show is aired ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: strong female presence, family relations, relationship vs career, parents and children, law enforcement, single parent, police investigation, investigation, police station, murder, suburbs, police ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, france
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32%
 7.7
 1K
Maigret (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases by watching and listening, ...
Style: detective, captivating, serious, realistic, confusing ...
Plot: investigation, commissioner, uncover truth, intelligence, deduction, murder, whodunit, red herring
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery (2013)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team arrive in Three Pines to solve the unusual murder of a much-loved woman and find dark secrets shadowing this usually peaceful village.
Style: clever, suspense, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: homicide detective, courtroom drama, twists and turns, murder, investigation, murder mystery, under the surface, partner, secret, police investigation, police detective, uncover truth ...
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31%
 7.4
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Taggart (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of ...
Style: detective, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: police, murder, police detective, investigation, murder mystery, strangulation, law enforcement, police investigation, society, riddles and clues, police station, who done it ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Murders in Rochefort (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
TV show
Story: Police captains Emma and Adrien look for a killer who would use a silver bullet… on multiple victims.
Style: tense, contemplative, psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: murder investigation, who done it, society, investigation, investigator, evidence, youth, vengeance, revenge, chase, police investigation, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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