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Stay Close (2021)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
Style:
suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, detective, crime drama, powerful
Plot:
reporter, husband, serial killer, investigation, media, secret, photojournalist, crime investigation, dark past, haunted by the past, detective inspector, confronting the past, crime solving, uncover truth, killer, revenge, suicide, celebrity, corruption, journalism, strong female lead, drug addict, psychopath, police officer, police ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, uncover truth, murder investigation, murder mystery, forensics and crime investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Stay Close: The Chestnut Man (2021), Fool Me Once (2024), The Stranger (2020), The Innocent (2021), Behind Her Eyes (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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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, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Follow Maya Stern who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe. When Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognizes in her house. Her husband, who she thought ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective
Plot:
male nudity, affair, widow, secret, investigation, relationship problems, family relations, family problems, relationships, loss of husband, plot twist, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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A web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the people closest to him.
Style:
mind bending, detective, clever, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
riddles and clues, mysterious stranger, infidelity, hacker, secrets, drug use, memory loss, husband wife relationship, betrayal, investigation, family relations, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, philosophical, crime thriller ...
Plot:
rape, murder, true crime, fight, murderer, male nudity, intrigue, killing, secret, ex convict, lifestyle change, changing lives ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife.
Style:
enigmatic, twist ending, mystical, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
lucid dream, friendship, sociopath, psychopath, mental illness, twists and turns, mental disorder, soul transference, supernatural, body swapping, love affair, affair ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
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:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
killing spree, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, murder investigation, serial killer, police detective, uncover truth, murder, investigation, killing, police investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder investigation, murderer, confronting the past, murder mystery, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, suicide attempt, suicide, private investigator ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story:
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Style:
thrilling, detective, captivating, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
true crime, religious community, religion, criminal, latter day saints, murder, investigation, husband and wife, secret, crime solving, uncover truth, murder mystery ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, police detective, forest, unsolved crime, mass child killing, forensics, hidden identity, psychological trauma, corpse, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
When a Saturday afternoon trip to the mall with her mother suddenly explodes into violence, an adrift young woman's conception of her mother is forever changed.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, male nudity, female protagonist, husband and wife, lifestyle change, family relations, family secret, changing lives, confronting the past, estranged mother, secret, haunted by the past ...
Place:
georgia, san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
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NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001. The second series debuted ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, detective inspector, murder investigation, forensics, police procedural, sleuth, secret, uncover truth, police detective, fighting crime, crime solving, police investigation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing present—and confront her past.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, time travel, killer, murder mystery, investigation, crime investigation, confronting the past, murder investigation, investigative reporter, murder, uncover truth, reporter ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min.
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When a spate of grisly murders throws a city into chaos, a tenacious prosecutor must brace for a cat-and-mouse game against a dangerous manipulator.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, homicide detective, secret, serial murder, killing spree, murder investigation, killing, murder mystery, detective inspector, forensics ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
8K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
Style:
crime drama, hardboiled detective, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
police officer, murder, homicide detective, police detective, serial killer, vanished man, past, murder investigation, confronting the past, cat versus mouse, detective inspector, murderer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
edinburgh scotland, scotland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
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A Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, estrangement, suicide, father daughter relationship, grief, family tragedy, uncover truth, sleuth, crime solving, private investigation, family problems, father daughter estrangement ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
22%
41K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, enigmatic, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
female protagonist, serial killer, police, female detective, murder, homicide detective, british police, plastic bag over head, female police officer, female police detective, murder investigation, husband leaves wife ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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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, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, uncover truth, fighting crime, murderer, secret, crime investigation, investigation, law enforcement, true crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, missing person, homicide detective, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, serial murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, UK
Duration: 45 min.
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During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths, through which she meets detective Ingvar ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, religious fanaticism, winter, murder, investigation, nordic, uncover truth, danger, family relations, death, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In The Dark sees Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring) drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career - just as she begins her journey towards motherhood. Helen is never fazed by a challenge, but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner ...
Style:
detective, enigmatic, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, policewoman, police detective, child abduction, investigation, female protagonist, detective inspector, childhood friend, hometown, forensics, police corruption, abduction ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
A superhero drama about Soo Yeol who has lived his whole life as a materialistic police detective, but changes into a champion for justice and fights against police corruption when a hidden persona called “K” awakens inside him.
Style:
dorama, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
crime investigation, investigation, forensics, injustice, corruption, uncover truth, private detective, crime solving, bromance, police, multiple personality disorder, anti hero ...
Similarity:
20%
21K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A desperate father searching for his runaway daughter gets caught up in a murder case — and stumbles upon secrets which could destroy his family for good.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, intense, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
drug addiction, family drama, investigation, murder, runaway teen, missing person, violence, secrets, obsession, loss, desperation, corruption ...
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20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 2007 min.
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A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what has happened her family and old school friends are reluctant to dig up the past.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, enigmatic, emotional ...
Plot:
coma, high school friend, family relations, secret past, uncover truth, female protagonist, memory, amnesia, secrets, dark past, secret, confronting the past ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career — and his trademark Lincoln — when he takes on a murder case.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, criminal, attorney, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, justice, forensics, murder mystery, sleuth, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Peculiar detective Kari Sorjonen escapes the hustle and bustle of big city to a small border town.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
border, crime investigation, police detective, small town, nordic, family relations, police, corruption, teenage girl, eccentricity, forensic, serial killer ...
Place:
russia, finland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, who done it, police detective, investigation, terrorist, policewoman, investigator, female terrorist, cold case, uncover truth, murder investigation, danger ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
northern ireland, europe, ireland, united kingdom
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise ...
Style:
detective, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, partners in crime, police corruption, psychopath, psycho killer, sadist, uncover truth ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.
Style:
detective, tense, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
family secret, missing person, cold case, online dating, grief, obsession, evidence, double life, betrayal, family drama, forensics, corruption ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK
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:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, homicide detective, forensics, female detective, policewoman, life is a bitch, loss of child, problem, confronting the past, female protagonist, uncover truth, sleuth ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
18%
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