Movies like Circle of Deception

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Circle of Deception (2021)
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Circle of Deception (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, contemplative
Plot: murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth, murderer, police officer, violence, death, investigator, danger, partner, testimony, murder investigation, law enforcement, police detective, deadly, mystery, crimes
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Circle of Deception

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about murder investigation, murder, who done it, murder mystery, police investigation, police detective and investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Circle of Deception: One Deadly Mistake (2021), Partners: The Movie III (2014), A Shot Through the Wall (2020), Siege (2012), Unfair: the answer (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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One Deadly Mistake (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Each episode of “One Deadly Mistake” follows a homicide investigation where police work tirelessly against the clock to solve a complex case, until they discover an unlikely piece of evidence that exposes the identity of the killer.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: violence, murder investigation, murder, who done it, uncover truth, partners against crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, police investigation, police detective, investigation, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Partners: The Movie III (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: police investigation, police detective, heroes, law enforcement, murder mystery, testimony, clue, youth, partner, coworker, police officer, victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
A Shot Through the Wall (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall.
Style: tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: murder investigation, murder, clue, heroes, society, police investigation, investigation, vengeance, police officer, testimony, buddy cop, victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Siege (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, realistic
Plot: murder investigation, murder, police officer killed, police investigation, buddy cop, suspicion, who done it, victim, evidence, uncover truth, vengeance, law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Circle of Atonement (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A policeman discovers a love affair between his teenage daughter and her teacher which leads him back to an unsolved murder case he investigated 10 years ago.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, touching, suspense ...
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, love and romance, partner, suspicion, couples, clue, mysterious man, chase, love, buddy cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Unfair: the answer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: murder, who done it, investigation, youth, family relations, name calling, mysterious man, violence, uncover truth, suspicion, escapades, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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The Long Night (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the case was ready for court, the prosecutor discovered that the case was not as ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: death, who done it, partner, murder mystery, suspicion, violence, law enforcement, murder investigation, chases and races, murderer, police detective, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Bone in the Throat (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense
Plot: murder witness, chef, murder investigation, uncover truth, witness, death, murderer, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, violence, evidence, clue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, detective
Plot: murder investigation, rookie, death, investigation, police detective, partners against crime, police investigation, who done it, law enforcement, partner, friendship, murder ...
Place: vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Despair Sessions (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Turkey, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A grieving father joins a support group led by a manipulative psychiatrist and an ex-police detective.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense
Plot: police investigation, justice, family man, hit and run, drunk, death, grief, murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, revenge, police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Interference (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A retiring detective tries to discover the identity of a half charred woman found in front of a District Attorney's boat who is pursuing a child serial killer.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, boat, police officer, murder investigation, heroes, who done it, investigation, danger, murderer, brutality, child murderess, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
A Smell of Blood (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Murder strikes a family-run perfume business, and everyone is a suspect.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: murder investigation, partner, revenge, police detective, law enforcement, death, police investigation, murder mystery, vengeance, chase, who done it, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Ponmagal Vandhal (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A resident in Ooty named ‘Petition’ Pethuraj reopens a case from 2004 that involved a serial killer ‘Psycho Jyoti’ who was convicted for the kidnapping and murder. Venba, his daughter and a passionate lawyer, seeks to unveil the truth.
Style: tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: courtroom, court case, child abuse, rape, justice, evidence, police detective, police investigation, death, who done it, investigation, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Love You to Death (2015)
Genre: Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Story: A lawyer prosecuting a man accused of killing his wife must battle with her emotions due to the similarities to the death of her own mother.
Style: talky, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: childhood memory, troubled, police investigation, uncover truth, police detective, graphic violence, violence, murder investigation, death, corpse, clue, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Archivist (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The main hero of "Archivist" is Henryk Mikos (Henryk Talar), an employee of the police archives who is above average memory and intelligence, who is trying to solve unexplained criminal cases from years ago. He is partnering with a young, ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: partners against crime, who done it, partner, police investigation, murder investigation, police detective, uncover truth, coworker, law enforcer, friends, chases and races, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Silence of the Rain (2020)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When executive Ricardo is found shot dead in the seat of his car without suspicion, Inspector Espinosa and police officer Daia are in charge of the case and soon begin to investigate the people closest to the victim. But when everyone involved in ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological
Plot: police detective, who done it, police investigation, police officer, partner, murder mystery, murder investigation, murderer, dishonesty, buddy cop, chase, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
I Killed My BFF (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A friendship between two young mothers results in murder when one develops an attraction to the other's boyfriend.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot: true crime, murder, police investigation, who done it, love, husband wife relationship, murder mystery, society, uncover truth, partners against crime, revenge, mysterious man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Evil, I (2012)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Sourcing the most intimate and incriminating thoughts from the dark recesses of a murderer’s mind, see real homicide investigations through the eyes of horrific serial murderers, with insight from tragic family members and detectives on the case.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: investigation, police investigation, police detective, clue, chase, society, revenge, suspicion, police officer, murderer, mysterious man, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Murdered (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Cathy has been preparing herself since early morning. She is about to celebrate her daughter Eva's 20th birthday. But on this very day, Cathy's life is turned upside-down with the shocking news that her daughter has been murdered. At first ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological, tense ...
Plot: partner, death, murder investigation, violence, who done it, murder mystery, murder, family relations, society, evidence, uncover truth, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 7.8
 15
Ipseity (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After losing his memory in a traumatic accident, a government agent, Ian Tesh, must reconnect with his family and track down a criminal who is infiltrating the government intelligence agency.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense
Plot: memory, conspiracy, family relations, husband wife relationship, partner, coworker, serial murder, police investigation, testimony, partners against crime, murderer, victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Framed By the Killer (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Elaborate who done it murder mysteries where every episode explores a case that points police to one suspect only to later discover that person was framed by the actual killer.
Style: tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: violence, murder, investigation, who done it, police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, police officer, crime solving, murder investigation, crime investigation, homicide detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Suffering (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Pablo Rouviot is a renowned psychoanalyst. His life changes completely when Paula arrives to his office and asks him to prove that his brother, a man with serious psychological problems and accused for the murder of his father, is in no able ...
Style: disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: police investigation, murder investigation, chase, mysterious man, testimony, who done it, police detective, name calling, buddy cop, investigator, police officer, clue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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My Murder (2012)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this innovative and gripping factual drama. My Murder tells the true story of Shakilus Townsend, a 16-year-old boy who was led to his death by the ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Plot: partner, police detective, murder mystery, chase, escapades, police investigation, partners against crime, murder, violence, police officer, death, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Evaru (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, rape victim, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, death, evidence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Secret Voices (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Criminalist Marta Colombo investigates the murder of a well-known and hated businessman. There are several suspects. Will the truth come out, what will justice do?
Style: suspense, tense, talky, suspenseful, stylized
Plot: murder, murder investigation, police detective, who done it, uncover truth, partners against crime, escapades, buddy cop, murder mystery, mysterious man, murderer, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.8
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Berenice Seeks (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: strip club, murder, taxi driver, infidelity, stripper, husband wife relationship, police investigation, murder investigation, youth, law enforcer, revenge, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Deadly Tropics (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: On the Caribbean island of Martinique, in the middle of the tropics, several mysterious murders occur. Now it is up to the two investigators Mélissa Sainte-Rose and Gaëlle Crivelli to solve the case - even if the two women have very different ...
Style: stylized, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: police investigation, murder investigation, police detective, buddy, murder mystery, suspicion, death, evidence, murder, buddy cop, youth, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 3.6
 161
Jesse (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, and shocking deception.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective
Plot: female police detective, murder investigation, police detective, drug deal, police officer, murder, female vigilante, nypd, who done it, partner, escapades, violence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.6
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White Sands (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 333 min.
TV show
Story: To solve the brutal murder of a young German surfer, two officers are secretly sent to the tourist paradise Hvide Sande on Denmark's west coast. No one in the city trusts the police, so they go undercover as a happily married couple from the ...
Style: suspense, clever, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: crime investigation, small town, undercover, murder investigation, partner, police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, partners against crime, violence, misfit partners, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The World Between Us (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A ten-part hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass-shooting where all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims’ families, the media and the defense teams, whose fates are all intertwined.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: mass murder, aftermath, media coverage, murder, murder investigation, partner, who done it, investigator, murder mystery, police detective, evidence, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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