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Deceit (2021)
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Deceit (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 188 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, Deceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
Style: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: murder, investigation, seduction, undercover agent, murder investigation, forensics, murder case, murderer, sleuth, female detective, trap, crime investigation, murder mystery, working undercover, unsolved crime, police investigation, mystery killer, crime solving, uncover truth, women, female nudity, cold case, shower scene
Time: 90s, 1990s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, disturbing and suspense films and TV series with plots about uncover truth, murder investigation, investigation, forensics, crime investigation, crime solving and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Deceit: Ragdoll (2021), Hammarvik (2020), Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008), The Man Who Smiled (2003), The Level (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ragdoll (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min.
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Story: Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: homicidal maniac, serial killer, killing spree, psycho killer, murder investigation, police detective, uncover truth, investigation, murder, forensics, killings, police investigation ...
Place: london
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Hammarvik (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 41 min.
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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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Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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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 Man Who Smiled (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 127 min.
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Story: An old friend of Kurt Wallander, solicitor Sten Torstensson, visits him one day to tell him that his father has passed away close to Brösarp under peculiar circumstances. Kurt does not take his friend's worry seriously. Shortly after, the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, detective
Plot: murder, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, forensics, crime solving, sleuth, conspiracy, cold case, unsolved crime, uncover truth ...
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The Level (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: 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 police detective, murder investigation, forensics, investigation, drug, uncover truth, murder, secret, police officer, female detective, secret revealed, crime investigation ...
Place: britain
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Detective Chinatown (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
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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
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Hassel (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: Detective Roland Hassel's father figure and mentor, Yngve Ruda, is brutally murdered in the middle of the street. Devastated, Hassel decides to undertake his own covert investigation to find Ruda's killer and avenge him with the support of ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, homicide detective, secret revealed, dark secret, crime investigation, murder mystery, investigation, political conspiracy, murderer, unsolved crime, forensics ...
Place: eastern europe
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Code of a Killer (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland
Duration: 171 min.
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
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Story: Police investigator Irene Huss lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, and tries to balance between murder investigations and family life.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
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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 ...
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Story: With its expert and attractive crime squad run by these two, Barcelona can be proud of its homicide team: Xavi, independent, impulsive, enigmatic, with a well-functioning network of contacts on the city‘s dark side; and his charming partner Fina, ...
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Crystal City (2021)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
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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.
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Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
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Trident (2020)
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Story: Three aging police officers working in support positions are drawn back to front line operations when their best friend, Xia, is killed on the day of his retirement after asking to tag along on one last drug raid. In the ensuing investigations, the ...
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The Lake (2019)
Genre: Crime
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Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Driving home from a New Year's Eve party, Chief Inspector Taras Birsa notices a police car by the road. He stops, and inadvertently gets involved in an investigation of a brutal murder of a young woman.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
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