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Witch Hunt (2020)
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Original name: Heksejakt
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Ida Waage is a dynamic woman, working as the CFO at a prestigious law firm. One day, she spots a suspicious invoice and soon traces it back to a money laundering operation linked to the firm’s biggest client, Peer Eggen. She alerts her executive board, but to her shock, they turn on her, and look to discredit her with the threat of false accusations. With her job and credibility at threat, Ida continues to seek justice and alerts the police.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
corruption, law firm, whistleblower, female protagonist, money laundering, money, organized crime, workplace, lawyer, caper, conspiracy, stolen money, insurance scam, co worker co worker relationship, suspicion, money problems, corporate conspiracy, credit card fraud, police, billionaire, brother in law, gambling, legal, mexican american border, trust ...
Place:
oslo norway
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and disturbing films and TV series with plots about investigation, corruption, conspiracy, crime investigation, uncover truth, police and workplace mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Witch Hunt: Huss (2021), Your Honor (2022), A Model Family (2022), Deg (2021), Internal Affairs (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
After unwittingly stealing money from a cartel, a cash-strapped professor finds the only way to save his broken family is by working as a drug courier.
Style:
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Plot:
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897
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 348 min.
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Story:
Malou is a woman living in a fancy Stockholm suburb, but her successful facade is on the verge of collapsing . When she happens to stumble across 47 million SEK from a robbery, she opens up a bakery in order to launder the money. Liana is an ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
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Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
police corruption, political corruption, investigation, police protagonist, police officer, co worker co worker relationship, police, corrupt cop, corruption, police investigation, internal affairs, crime investigation ...
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66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
crime investigation, nordic, murder, investigation, uncover truth, getting home, private investigation, who done it, family relations, frame up, businessman, rivalry ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 51 min.
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 93 min.
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The series follows Daisy Channing, a young reporter trying to balance a messy personal life with a burgeoning career. Things begin to go sideways for Daisy when she witnesses a murder she thinks is gang-related, only to find herself slowly drawn ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
liverpool
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62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 130 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Marcel Ben David is a former police officer that joins PMTA (initials in Hebrew for: Tel Aviv District Attorney), and herself in the middle of an entangled corruption story. A suspenseful legal drama with Chen Amsalem, Shlomo Bar-Aba and Oshri Cohen.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, captivating, clever, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
legal, lawyer, law firm, moral dilemma, workplace, legal investigation, haunted by the past, witness protection, corruption, family man, organized crime, jury ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Tunisia
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, dorama, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, criminal, attorney, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, justice, forensics, murder mystery, sleuth, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 50 min.
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suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, detective, crime thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 52 min.
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Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
Style:
disturbing, exciting, captivating, serious, rough
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 60 min.
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Norwegian Mini series (2007) starring Mads Ousdal
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
police officer, fighting crime, undercover agent, investigation, intelligence agency, agent, workplace, unconventional method, police investigation, crime investigation, police, undercover police officer ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 46 min.
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A minor girl goes missing in a small town in Tamilnadu and an investigation follows. A sub inspector investigating a missing girl's case in a uncovers some shocking revelations and dirty truths those threaten to shake up the cultural societal ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, anthology
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