Movies and TV shows like Damo

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Damo (2003)
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Damo (2003)
Original name: 다모
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 840 min.
TV show
Story: Damo is a 2003 South Korean fusion historical drama, starring Ha Ji-won, Lee Seo-jin, and Kim Min-joon. Set in the Joseon Dynasty, it tells the story of Chae-ok, a damo relegated to the low-status job of a female police detective who investigates crimes involving women of the upper class. Chae-ok shares a forbidden love with her mentor and superior Hwangbo Yoon, but while working undercover on a counterfeit ring case, she finds herself drawn to Jang Sung-baek, the mysterious leader of the rebel army she has infiltrated. It aired on MBC from July 28 to September 9, 2003 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 14 episodes.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, period drama
Plot: martial arts, investigation, undercover, police, criminal, sleuth, conspiracy, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, government conspiracy, political conspiracy, fighting crime, uncover truth, joseon dynasty, tragedy, social injustice, counterfeiter, counterfeit money, mystery, romance
Time: 17th century
Place: korea
Keyword: korean

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Most similar movies to Damo

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and disturbing films and TV series with plots about investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, sleuth, forensics and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Damo: The Rebel (2017), Duelist (2005), Tokyo Dogs (2009), Under Suspicion (2002), Bad and Crazy (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Rebel (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Drama series depicts the life of Hong Gil-Dong who is the the first revolutionist and dissident activist in Joseon.
Style: sageuk, exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: tyrant, rebel, corruption, treason, robin hood, king, slave, abuse of power, bow and arrow, joseon dynasty, burglar, revenge ...
Place: korea, thailand
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Duelist (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, period drama ...
Plot: joseon dynasty, ancient korea, martial arts, fall in love, political conspiracy, fighting crime, female detective, conspiracy, investigation, evil plot, woman in danger, secret revealed ...
Place: korea
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Tokyo Dogs (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
TV show
Story: Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective. Maruo Kudo is a ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, dorama ...
Plot: police, police detective, investigation, opposites attract, tough cop, police investigation, police officer, sleuth, unconventional method, crime solving, murder investigation, uncover truth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Under Suspicion (2002)
Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Dr. Eva Maria Prohacek and her colleague Langner investigate cases of civil servant crime and internal disciplinary matters. From the little patrol officer in uniform to the public prosecutor or the government director - anyone can become ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: investigation, crime investigation, suspicion, legal, forensics, sleuth, crime solving, uncover truth, police detective, police, murder investigation, female detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Bad and Crazy (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
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, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: crime investigation, investigation, crime solving, forensics, corruption, injustice, uncover truth, private detective, multiple personality disorder, bromance, police, anti hero ...
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51%
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Less than Evil (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Woo Tae Suk is an experienced and well-established detective with a long professional career, but in spite of everything he is a lonely and bitter human being. It all has to do with him only focusing on solving cases, while his actions are ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: police detective, crime investigation, mind game, investigation, master criminal, criminal, crime solving, fighting crime, competitor, sleuth, police investigation, cat versus mouse ...
Place: korea
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49%
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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
Plot: investigation, fighting crime, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, criminal underworld, police investigation, murder investigation, sleuth, forensics, occupation
Place: dublin ireland
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47%
True Conviction (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The real-life stories of how homicides are solved on the street and won in the courtroom. Host Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, a decorated Brooklyn prosecutor, takes you inside the fight for justice for victims and their loved ones.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: investigation, true crime, fighting crime, crime investigation, criminal, court, prosecutor, female protagonist, murder, uncover truth, crime solving, forensics ...
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45%
Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008)
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 ...
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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44%
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Mrs. Cop (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: After long and grueling hours immersed in brutal crime investigations, lead detective Choi Young Jin must face the particular horrors of singlehandedly raising her daughter Ha Eun. Any way you look at it, Young Jin's got her work cut out for ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: female police detective, forensics, policewoman, homicide detective, uncover truth, fighting crime, female detective, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Strip (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
TV show
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 ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: murder investigation, police, investigation, crime investigation, coworker, uncover truth, rich and poor, sleuth, workplace, fighting crime, forensics, police detective ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Public Enemy Returns (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, crime drama, detective
Plot: fighting crime, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, police detective, investigation, detective inspector, sleuth, crime investigation, criminal, police investigation, mafia, gangster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Hidden Assets (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Canada
TV show
Story: A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source – not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
Plot: organized crime, crime investigation, investigation, uncover truth, evil plot, terrorist attack, counter terrorism, forensics, female protagonist, conspiracy, sleuth, crime solving ...
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40%
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Trident (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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 ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: unsolved crime, workplace, uncover truth, crime investigation, partners against crime, workplace situations, police investigation, forensics, police detective, fighting crime, police station, friends ...
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40%
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Strike Force (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A boisterous homicide detective is partnered with a neurotic narc to fight organized crime in the Dutch city of Tilburg.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
Plot: fighting crime, partners against crime, murder investigation, investigation, police detective, crime investigation, police partner, police, crime solving, police officer, sleuth, detective inspector ...
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Fabio Montale (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Fabio Montale, a crime squad superintendent who knows Marseille like the back of his hand. The city crawls with gangs, corrupt policemen, shady politicians and the mafia – all standing in the way of justice.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: investigation, police, forensics, fighting crime, murder investigation, mafia, police investigation, police detective, sleuth, unsolved crime, homicide detective, uncover truth ...
Place: marseille
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55 Degrees North (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Armed with a self-effacing manner and a lively sense of humour, Nicky quickly discovers that being a good cop doesn't always win you friends. Stuck away from the land of the living as a night detective, he learns that new friends are in short ...
Style: detective, disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: corruption, crime solving, fighting crime, crime investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, corrupt cop, police corruption, police detective, workplace, homicide detective, investigation ...
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38%
The Red Shadows (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
TV show
Story: In 1993, five year old Clara Garnier is kidnapped. The ransom exchange ends in a bloodbath and the child vanishes. 25 years later, Clara’s older sister Aurore, a police officer, finds proof that her sister is living under another identity in ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: child abduction, investigation, crime solving, murder investigation, kidnapped girl, unsolved crime, dysfunctional family, female detective, forensics, murder mystery, female protagonist, private investigation ...
Place: marseille, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Halifax: Retribution (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 356 min.
TV show
Story: A sniper is on the loose, as Jane Halifax comes back to the rescue to find the sniper before its too late. 20 years on the race for answers is more important than ever.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, task force, sniper, crime investigation, sleuth, forensics, homicide detective, uncover truth, teamwork, female detective, murderer ...
Place: melbourne, australia
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38%
Josephine Klick (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
TV show
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: policewoman, forensics, female detective, female police detective, female protagonist, police detective, workplace, uncover truth, coworker, crime investigation, investigation, teamwork ...
Place: berlin germany
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37%
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The Thaw (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Poland
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: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, forensics, homicide detective, crime investigation, life is a bitch, confronting the past, problem, uncover truth, policewoman, female protagonist, loss of child, female police detective ...
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35%
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Iskandalo (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story: A celebrity vlogger involved in a sex scandal and a tough female agent chasing an elusive killer. Two women. Two worlds connected by one scandalous crime.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot: special agent, murder investigation, female protagonist, scandal, crime investigation, female agent, uncover truth, bonding, murder mystery, crime solving, murder, fighting crime ...
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35%
Secrecy of the investigation (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: investigation, female detective, crime investigation, homicide detective, police, job, fighting crime, good versus evil, colleague, female protagonist, office, law enforcement ...
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35%
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Mad Dog (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Choi Kang-Woo is a former detective, but he now works as a veteran insurance investigator. He leads a team that attempts to reveal insurance fraud cases.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, detective
Plot: insurance investigator, investigation, private investigation, rivalry, crime investigation, teamwork, sleuth, crime solving, forensics, uncover truth
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Mongeville (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Former judge, new investigator! Bordeaux, France. Antoine Mongeville, a former investigating judge, meets a Criminal Police's detective who he will have to work with. Despite their tense relationship and their opposed characters, they will ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, detective
Plot: fighting crime, crime solving, crime investigation, police detective, uncover truth, complex characters, partners against crime, homicide detective, teamwork, murder investigation, criminal, police partner ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Man Who Smiled (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 127 min.
TV show
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Leakers (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film centers around a Malaysian pharmaceutical company using a new virus to generate an epidemic. A secret organization, known as "The Leaker", discloses this information. After the suicide of the pharmaceutical company's son and ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: police, conspiracy, police officer, sleuth, criminal, investigation, fighting crime, evil plot, police investigation, epidemic, hacker, crime investigation ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Inspector Koo (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: A reclusive ex-cop reenters the game as an insurance investigator, searching for clues in crime scenes perfectly staged by a serial killer in her midst.
Style: suspense, detective, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: murder, private investigator, murderer, forensics, female protagonist, police investigation, police detective, serial killer, investigation, crime solving, murder investigation, female detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
We Own This City (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 357 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime ...
Plot: criminal, police corruption, police, crime solving, arms dealing, crime investigation, fighting crime, breaking the law, investigation, arms smuggling, police investigation, gun control ...
Time: 2020s
Place: baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Lost Without Trace (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Latvia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Anna and Victoria left their homes at 8 a.m. And never came back. An investigator from Saint Petersburg arrived to a small Latvian town in an attempt to find the connection between the two missing women.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance, sleuth, police investigation, secret, murder mystery, crime investigation, disappearance, crime solving, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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