Movies and TV shows like Dr. Frost

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Dr. Frost (2014)
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Dr. Frost (2014)
Original name: 닥터 프로스트
Genre: Crime
Country: South Korea
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Story: Baek Nam Bong (Song Chang Ui) is known as Dr. Frost. He became a professor in psychology at early age. He is extremely bright, but he has difficulties sympathizing with others due to an injury to his frontal lobe as a child. During the day, he now works as a counselor at the campus counseling center and at night he works as a bartender. He then begins to work with a teaching assistant, Yoon Sung Ah (Jung Eun Chae) at the counseling center. Yoon Sung Ah is enthusiastic with the clients needing counseling. They work together to solve problems who go there for help.
Style: psychological, clever, captivating, witty, intellectual, odd
Plot: twists and turns, genius, investigation, prodigy, sociopath, resourceful, eccentricity, antisocial behavior, danger, mind game, expert, crime scene, mysterious character, against the rules, verbal byplay, unconventional method, mastermind, deduction, intelligence, crimes
Place: korea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder mystery, murder, mastermind, prodigy, mind game and resourceful mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dr. Frost: Jericho (2005), Donna Leon (2000), Cain (2012), Maigret (1991), Freud's Method (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jericho (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Story: Jericho is an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and written by Stewart Harcourt and starred Robert Lindsay as Detective Inspector Michael Jericho, who is loved by the public but who is embarrassed by his ...
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, detective, intellectual ...
Plot: police detective, prodigy, murder mystery, investigation, weirdo, mastermind, talented, resourceful, characters in danger, twists and turns, mind game, crime scene ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century
Place: england, scotland yard
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Donna Leon (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Story: Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features the indelible Commissario Guido Brunetti, ...
Style: clever, captivating, psychological, detective
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Place: venice, italy
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Cain (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Story: A cynical experienced homicide detective based in Marseilles, France is crippled in the line of duty and depends on a wheelchair to get around. He is accompanied by a young ,vivacious female detective who's been forced on him to train as a ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, intellectual, detective
Plot: police, eccentricity, mastermind, investigation, genius, twists and turns, crime scene, prodigy, mind game, murder mystery, police detective, teamwork ...
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Maigret (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Style: clever, captivating, stylized, detective, exciting ...
Plot: investigation, twists and turns, murder, private detective, danger, mastermind, eccentricity, escapades, friends, resourceful, murder mystery, riddles and clues ...
Place: france, paris france
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Freud's Method (2003)
Genre: Crime
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Duration: 50 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, realistic, serious, clever ...
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Phantom Detective (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story: HONG Gildong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: clever, detective, witty, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder mystery, genius, mastermind, friendship, british, murder, mind game, riddles and clues, prodigy ...
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Nero Wolfe (2012)
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Duration: 45 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: USA
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