Movies and TV shows like The Lava Field

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The Lava Field (2014)
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The Lava Field (2014)
Original name: Hraunið
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story: When Reykjavik crime detective Helgi Marvin Runarsson is called in to investigate a suicide case on Snaefellsnes Peninsula, the case turns out to be far from simple. Pulled into a sinister trail of evidence, Helgi's own deeply hidden secrets are unearthed. Will Helgi turn a blind eye to murder in order to save the life of his daughter.
Style: detective, psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, noir, dark
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, murderer, suicide, crime investigation, murder mystery, private investigator, secret, suicide attempt, confronting the past, crime solving, uncover truth, police officer, nordic, father daughter relationship, police investigation, police detective, police protagonist, biker gang, mystery, netflix
Place: iceland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder, murder mystery and crime solving mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Lava Field: Marnow Murders (2021), Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008), Detective Chinatown (2020), Vanished by the Lake (2015), Hammarvik (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Marnow Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently ...
Style: enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, forensics, murder investigation, partners against crime, investigation, killing spree, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, fighting crime, police partner, crime solving ...
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Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Istanbul police commissioner Mehmet Özakin is in charge of serious crime, mainly murder investigations, mostly in the Turkish metropolis. A very modern Turk, he uses up to date Western methods, without prejudice, assisted by bachelor Mustafa ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, detective
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, forensics, crime solving, murder mystery, crime investigation, murderer, uncover truth, sleuth, police detective, police investigation ...
Place: istanbul turkey
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The Return of the Dancing Master (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland
Duration: 171 min.
TV show
Story: Former policeman is tortured and murdered and his friend and former colleauge investigates the case.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot: murder, torture, police officer killed, murder investigation, secret, murder mystery, police detective, investigation, uncover truth, killings, crime investigation, police officer ...
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43%
Detective Chinatown (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story: Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
Style: suspense, detective, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, murderer, sleuth, murder mystery, police detective, police investigation, cold case, killings, secret revealed ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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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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Hammarvik (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: When police officer Johanna Strand returns to her hometown Hammarvik to attend her mother's funeral, she expects to stay only for a few nights but the body of a young woman is found and she decides to stay and investigate what happened.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
Plot: sleuth, murderer, investigation, crime investigation, unsolved crime, secret revealed, crime solving, murder investigation, forensics, police investigation, cold case, murder mystery ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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Black Snow (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: In 1995, seventeen-year-old Isabel Baker was murdered. The crime shocked the small town of Ashford and devastated Isabel's Australian South Sea Islander community. The case was never solved, the killer never found. In 2020, the opening of a ...
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense
Audience: teen drama
Plot: murder mystery, murder, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, unsolved crime, private investigator, police detective, killings, forensics, homicide detective ...
Time: year 2019, year 1994, 90s
Place: australia
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36%
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Blood (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death - she has an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games and the lies family tell each other.
Style: disturbing, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, family relations, uncover truth, tragic past, family secret, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, crime solving, private investigation ...
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Steppe (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Experienced chief of police Seyfi and newbie officer Nuri Pamir start to investigate the case of a child murder taking place in the city. The case brings them to Mr. Abbas and his daughter Dilara, who are well-known individuals in their circles.
Style: captivating, tense, detective
Plot: murder, murderer, police, murder investigation, fighting crime, partner, police detective, homicide detective, investigation, murder mystery, police partner, police investigation ...
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35%
Murder Investigation Team (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story: Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun ...
Style: detective, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: investigation, murder mystery, murder, police, homicide detective, murder investigation, forensics, crime investigation, sleuth, killings, workplace, police detective ...
Place: britain
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34%
Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: When Mac—Shannon’s new beau—first moved to Lighthouse Cove, he bought the historic lighthouse mansion that the town is named after. During renovation demolition, the bones of a teenage girl who went missing fifteen years ago were discovered. ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: death of sister, crime investigation, murder investigation, skeleton, child murder investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, murder, investigation, crime solving, unsolved crime, murderer ...
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33%
The Chestnut Man (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: 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, psychological, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murderer, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, forest, police, serial murder, missing person, crime solving, female detective ...
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32%
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Wilder (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: enigmatic, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: crime investigation, cold case, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder investigation, forensics, police detective, family tragedy, teamwork, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Place: swiss alps, switzerland
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32%
Don't Call It Mystery (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: University student Kuno Totono is the type who constantly questions what is taken for granted in society and develops his own theories based on his vast knowledge and unique set of values. One day in autumn, the police come to see him. His ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, murder, social problems, social misfits, uncover truth, crime solving, memory lapse, murder investigation, student, society, accusation, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
North Mission Road (2003)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: North Mission Road is a documentary style show on truTV that details "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner Department. The name of the show is based on the road on which the office of the Los Angeles County ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective
Plot: investigation, murder, forensics, crime investigation, secret, murder investigation, fighting crime, police detective, sleuth, police investigation, workplace, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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Good and Evil (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Il bene e il male is an Italian television series.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: lifestyle, moral dilemma, social problems, uncover truth, investigation, murder mystery, society, murder, suicide, secret
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100%
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For Life (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
TV show
Story: A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.
Style: detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: murder investigation, detective inspector, murder, homicide detective, murderer, police detective, murder mystery, investigation, forensics, sleuth, uncover truth, memories ...
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31%
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Feluda (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
TV show
Story: In this 21st century adaptation of Satyajit Ray’s famous mystery novels, the brilliant private investigator navigates the busy streets of Dhaka to resolve a puzzling death of a Bangladeshi man in Kolkata.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: feluda, private investigator, multiple storylines, uncover truth, secret, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, investigation, crime solving
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31%
Through the Darkness (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
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, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, serial killer, murder mystery, secret, uncover truth, murderer, fighting crime, crime solving, crime investigation, police procedural, investigation ...
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31%
The Long Call (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband and begins investigating a murder whilst coming to terms with his own traumatic past, having been excommunicated by his family and the church community ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: murder, gay, lgbt, investigation, murder investigation, forensics, police investigation, murder mystery, sleuth, crime solving, crime investigation, police detective ...
Time: future
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31%
Sea of Plastic (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: police, investigation, murder, murder investigation, small village, homicide detective, racial tension, murder mystery, danger, police detective, partners against crime, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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30%
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The Thaw (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Poland
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice. It asks ‘Who was she? Why did she die? Who did she leave behind?
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, forensics, homicide detective, crime investigation, life is a bitch, confronting the past, problem, uncover truth, policewoman, female protagonist, loss of child, female police detective ...
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30%
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Burning (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An unidentified female body was found in a cave in outskirts of Longwan. A man suddenly showed and required for a DNA match with the body. The latter turned out to be his mum Luo Hongying who was the missing suspect of the case 20 years ago which ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, murderer, sleuth, crime investigation, killings, crime solving, police detective, family secret, forensics, problem ...
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30%
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Crime (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
Style: detective, hardboiled detective, crime drama, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: murder, police officer, serial killer, police detective, uncover truth, past, confronting the past, crime solving, police investigation, vanished man, forensics, sleuth ...
Time: 2020s
Place: scotland
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29%
Francesca Quinn, PI (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn’s fiancé is murdered, his sister hires her to find the killer. Frankie must work with Wyn, the local detective assigned to the case…who also happens to be her ex. As the one-time couple ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, tense, captivating
Plot: murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, murderer, private investigator, crime solving, homicide detective, secret, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, who done it ...
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29%
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Dead Beautiful (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: As group leader of the Judicial Police in Paris, Martin is responsible for investigating the most atrocious and misogynistic crimes committed against society. Distrustful of everyone, he bears the marks of both his past successes and failures. ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: investigation, killer, murder investigation, murder, homicide detective, crime solving, murder mystery, uncover truth, police investigation, sleuth, crime investigation, killings ...
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29%
Death of a Girl (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Police officer Hella Christensen is on her way to her new job in Kiel. But she doesn't get far because a dead girl was found at the pier in her hometown. Hella's new superior, Simon Kessler, has already arrived from Kiel and is awaiting ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
Plot: homicide detective, fighting crime, police investigation, murder investigation, killings, sleuth, uncover truth, crime investigation, coworker, forensics, murder mystery, police detective ...
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29%
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Dublin Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Style: detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, mass child killing, police, forensics, secret past, psychological trauma, hidden identity, forest, crime investigation ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
28%
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