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Galileo (2007)
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Original name: ガリレオ
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Galileo is a Japanese television drama based on Detective Galileo, a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino. It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases. Galileo SP was aired on October 4, 2008 on the same day as the release of the film The Devotion of Suspect X.
A second series began airing on Fuji TV on April 15, 2013. The second movie, titled Midsummer's Equation, premiered in both Japan and Hong Kong on June 29, 2013.
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detective, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
female detective, physicist, unsolved crime, female police detective, genius, police officer, police, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, fighting crime, police investigation, secret revealed, whodunit, murder investigation, sleuth, teamwork, forensics, professor, partner, homicide detective, police detective, detective inspector, cold case, partners against crime ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, detective and suspense films and TV series with plots about investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, police detective, murder investigation and homicide detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Galileo: Professor T (2021), The Duo (2002), Fast Forward (2009), The Level (2016), Anatomy of Evil (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 46 min.
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Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, detective, crime drama
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professor, detective inspector, police detective, genius, criminologist, cambridge university, murder investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, crime investigation, teamwork, crime solving ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium
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Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
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Das Duo is a German television series.
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captivating, suspense, tense
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female police detective, forensics, police investigation, partners against crime, female detective, investigation, crime investigation, fighting crime, police partner, homicide detective, cold case, crime solving ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 45 min.
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Schnell ermittelt is an Austrian television series.
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suspense, tense, captivating, detective
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detective inspector, homicide detective, female detective, sleuth, police investigation, murder investigation, murder, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, crime investigation, female police detective ...
Place:
vienna, austria
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
female detective, female police detective, forensics, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, unsolved crime, homicide detective, secret revealed, murder mystery, cold case, sleuth ...
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britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Austria
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The criminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna. He used to work as a psychologist until his wife took her own life and he lost his license on suspicion of incorrect treatment. In the meantime he has developed a ...
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captivating, tense, suspense
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homicide detective, criminal psychologist, unsolved crime, forensics, police psychologist, partner, workplace situations, teamwork, murder investigation, crime solving, partners against crime, police ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Once a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, young artist Shen Yi had all of the skills required to become a great painter. But when an impromptu commission lands Shen Yi in the middle of a police case gone wrong, his entire life gets flipped upside ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense
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murder investigation, whodunit, sleuth, forensics, crime solving, unconventional method, crime investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, puzzle, teamwork, fighting crime ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 33 min.
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Medical examiner Qin Ming, together with his assistant and a police detective, solves crimes with his expertise.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, dorama
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police, medical examiner, teamwork, uncover truth, partners against crime, crime solving, crime investigation, police investigation, murder investigation, forensics, partner, sleuth ...
Place:
china
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 52 min.
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Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory, she excels at analyzing files of ongoing investigations. The district commander decides to use it to the fullest, entrusting ...
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detective, captivating, tense
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 45 min.
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Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different ...
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captivating, tense, suspense, crime drama, detective
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murder mystery, police investigation, partners against crime, female detective, police inspector, police officer, female protagonist, fighting crime, policewoman, investigation, teamwork, police partner ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
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In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
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witty, realistic, detective, semi serious, humorous ...
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police detective, detective inspector, whodunit, sleuth, partners against crime, small town life, unlikely partners, murder investigation, homicide detective, riddles and clues, under the surface, investigation ...
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2010s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
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detective, suspenseful, crime drama, rough, tense ...
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Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
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A special team of four is established by the Istanbul Police Department. The team has all kinds of different talents. These four people, who have experienced many things in their past, start working together to solve grisly murders.
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suspense, tense, captivating, detective
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
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A detective returns to his home town in the Swiss mountains to remember her brother who died in an accident many years ago along with several other children. After a murder in town, she stays and starts to investigate.
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psychological, enigmatic, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
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crime investigation, cold case, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder investigation, teamwork, police detective, secret revealed, family tragedy, police investigation, unsolved crime ...
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries ...
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detective, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
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detective inspector, unsolved crime, british police, police detective, police partner, sleuth, forensics, police inspector, fighting crime, cold case, crime solving, crime investigation ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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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 ...
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suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min.
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Praxissemester an der Polizeifachhochschule Halle/Saale: Endlich raus aus den Seminarräumen und rein in's echte Leben - was für die Studenten bedeutetet: echte Mordfälle. Mit Unterstützung ihrer Ausbilder in der Mordkommission werden sie ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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detective, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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In 1890s Canada, a police inspector applies the latest scientific methods of deduction, much to the chagrin of his superiors.
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detective, tense, captivating
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homicide detective, crime solving, private investigation, police detective, crime investigation, murder investigation, private detective, fighting crime, uncover truth, forensics, investigation, police investigation ...
Time:
victorian era, 1890s
Place:
america, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
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captivating, tense, suspense
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, detective, psychological
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female detective, murder investigation, police investigation, police detective, homicide detective, uncover truth, policewoman, crime solving, crime investigation, investigation, forensics, police ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
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captivating, suspense, tense, detective
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homicide detective, investigation, police, female police detective, female protagonist, fighting crime, forensics, partners against crime, crime investigation, partner, cold case, police investigation ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 75 min.
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serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
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police, police investigation, murder mystery, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder, investigation, forensics, murderer, murder investigation, nordic, teamwork ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
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Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional ...
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tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
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homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, police, racial tension, murder mystery, police detective, danger, partners against crime, forensics, fighting crime, crime solving ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Two junior investigators come together against a new breed of criminal, the uber rich and powerful corporations, individuals and governments who hide behind legitimate facades.
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tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, detective ...
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police partner, homicide detective, investigation, investigator, police detective, partners against crime, police investigator, teamwork, crime investigation, detective inspector, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
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homicide detective, murder mystery, investigation, police, murder investigation, partners against crime, crime solving, partner, cold case, small town, detective inspector, police detective ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Inspector Lynley TV Series
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detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
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police detective, murder investigation, homicide detective, partner, law enforcement, detective inspector, murder, inspector, investigation, sleuth, police, police investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
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murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, investigation, cold case, missing person, female police detective, who done it, father daughter relationship, uncover truth, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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100%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
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The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the person murdered this way? The next day, the investigation task force receives a phone call from the ...
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enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
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unsolved crime, murder, mysterious villain, investigation, police inspector, female detective, killing, fighting crime, serial killer, entrapment, police investigation, killing spree ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Morgane is 38 years old. She raises her 3 children alone. She manages (or not) her 2 exes and her various credits. Her 160 IQ scores spoil her life a bit until the day when Morgane sees her destiny as a cleaning lady turned upside down. Her ...
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tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective ...
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female detective, amateur detective, genius, single parent, whodunit, police, single mother, police partner, sleuth, detective inspector, police investigation, police detective ...
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