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Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008)
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Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008)
Original name: Mordkommission Istanbul
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 Tombul. Even his private life is progressive, his wife Sevim being on the former imperial capital's university staff.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, forensics, murderer, police officer, sleuth, crime investigation, murder mystery, fighting crime, police investigation, police detective, crime solving, uncover truth, police
Place: istanbul turkey

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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 ...
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Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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The Strip (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
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Story: The Strip is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network. The series premiered on the Nine Network at 8:30pm on 4 September 2008 but was moved to a later 10:30pm timeslot from 13 November 2008. The show did not return for ...
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The Mallorca Files (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different ...
Style: detective, tense, suspense, captivating, crime drama
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Place: spain
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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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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 ...
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Taken Down (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Taken Down is a crime drama series set in Dublin. The first series investigates the violent death of a young Nigerian migrant found abandoned close to a Direct Provision Centre, where refugees await the hope of asylum. The investigation brings us ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, detective
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Place: dublin ireland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland
Duration: 171 min.
TV show
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
TV show
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Genre: Crime
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Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Der Kommissar und das Meer is a German television series.
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True Conviction (2018)
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Duration: 43 min.
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Forensic Heroes II (2008)
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min.
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Country: Germany
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TV show
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37%
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