Movies and TV shows like Daughter of the Law

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Daughter of the Law (2017)
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Daughter of the Law (2017)
Original name: Filha da Lei
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story: Filha da Lei, a criminal series on a Chief Inspector, Isabel Garcia, and the investigation of the most important police case in Portugal in the last 20 years. Garcia is faced with the greatest challenge of her career when she is assigned to lead the Investigation of the violent serial murders that devastate the city. Samuel Lopes, Trainee Inspector with a degree in Criminal Psychology, joins the Garcia Brigade where he will have to earn his place and the respect of the most experienced inspectors. The interaction with the Trainee Inspector helps Garcia to better understand his daughter Sara, a 16-year-old teenager who was married to the implacable journalist Jaime.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: police, sex maniac, serial killer, maniac, revenge, murderer, psychopath, investigation, violence, death, torture, murder, killings, criminal, murder investigation, investigator, brutality, crime investigation, murder mystery, society, psycho killer, manhunt, who done it, serial murder, killing spree ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Daughter of the Law

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and disturbing films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, murder investigation, who done it, murder mystery, police detective and police investigation mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Daughter of the Law: Nobody Knows (2020), Chikatilo (2021), Suspicion (2015), The Other Me (2019), The Investigation (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Nobody Knows (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Choi Su Jung, a 16-year-old high school student, is brutally murdered by a serial killer. Her friend Young Jin gets to take a phone call from the killer and says that she’ll find and kill him. Over two decades later, Young Jin has become a police ...
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, revenge, investigation, police, murder mystery, murder investigation, cruelty, surveillance, cold case, homicide detective, killing spree, murderer ...
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95%
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Chikatilo (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The history of the hunt for the worst serial killer in the USSR
Style: rough, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, maniac, sadistic psychopath, sex maniac, murder of a woman, homicidal maniac, killing spree, pedophile, murder investigation, sadistic killer, cannibalism ...
Place: ussr
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93%
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Suspicion (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Suspicion takes the POV of an individual whose curiosity becomes their worst nightmare, as the sights and sounds of a 'normal' neighborhood or community, transform into terrifying glimpses of an unfolding horror story.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense
Plot: investigation, true crime, murder investigation, victim, uncover truth, police detective, society, death, clue, violence, evidence, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 9.0
 7K
The Other Me (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
Style: tense, suspenseful, intellectual, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, police, masked killer, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, partner, psychopath, police officer, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Investigation (2019)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: The Investigation explores the journey of a Mumbai Crime Branch ACP unravelling a murder mystery. Featuring Hiten Tejwani in the lead as the ACP and Leena Jumani as his wife.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure
Plot: murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, evidence, murderer, law enforcement, uncover truth, partner, partners against crime, heroes, investigation, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Your Turn To Kill (2019)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both enjoy mystery. The newlywed couple then move to an apartment and they attend a resident’s meeting ...
Style: captivating, enigmatic, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, japanese woman, partner, partners against crime, murder investigation, who done it, murder mystery, neighbor, youth, murderer, uncover truth, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Labyrinth (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story: Finding the body of the regional politician Karas, killed in the spirit of medieval torture and carefully arranged in a strange scene, unleash police hunt for a sadistic perpetrator. He puts investigation team in the way of a complex series of ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: police investigator, police station, police detective, teamwork, police investigation, investigator, investigation, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, heroes, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: central europe, europe
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71%
I Married a Mobster (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: I Married a Mobster is an American documentary television series on Investigation Discovery. The series debuted on July 13, 2011.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: investigation, serial murder, psychopath, law enforcement, youth, investigator, heroes, murder, fbi investigation, fbi, suspicion, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Crime Is Her Game (2019)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: France
TV show
Story: Captain Gaby Molina investigates with great seriousness and success on cases not always easy.
Style: suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, suspense ...
Plot: police, investigation, partner, who done it, murder investigation, friends, murder mystery, chase, law enforcement, death, police investigation, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Dark Woods (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: In the summer of 1989, the sister of Hamburg's LKA chief Thomas Bethge disappears without a trace. For almost three decades, he investigates the mysterious criminal case, before he gets on the trail of a serial killer.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: murder investigation, murder, partner, murder mystery, clue, violence, missing person, who done it, name calling, family relations, testimony, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: hamburg germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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South (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story: The series develops around cases of homicides that occurred during the summer, at the time of the economic and social crisis that affected Portugal.
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, suspense
Plot: police investigation, partner, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, partners against crime, murder mystery, police officer, name calling, evidence, murder, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal
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68%
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Murders in... (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, detective
Plot: murder, murder investigation, investigation, murderer, violence, partner, who done it, partners against crime, friendship, law enforcement, death, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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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 ⇓
64%
The Killer Inside (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Psychological crime series following the investigations of interrogation experts Julie Beauchemin and Maxime Moreli.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: police investigation, crime investigation, partner, law enforcement, partners against crime, murder investigation, police, team, who done it, evidence, investigation, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
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62%
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Joel (2018)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The shocking story of Joel Rifkin, a troubled young man whose hidden fantasies of power and control combined with his obsessive dedication to prostitutes led him to embark on one of the New York area’s most notorious murder sprees, claiming ...
Style: bleak, scary, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, prostitute, murder, homicidal maniac, murderer, sex maniac, prostitution, psycho killer, murder victim, psychopath, brutality ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
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62%
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Voice (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.
Style: suspense, detective, psychological, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: murder, death, investigation, masked killer, police, serial killer, murder investigation, secret identity, teamwork, psycho killer, psychopath, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 ⇓
60%
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Capitani (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story: The body of a teenage girl is found in the forest near the rural village of Manscheid, deep in the North of Luxembourg. Luc Capitani, a gruff detective from the South of the country, is put in charge of the case. Having trouble navigating the ...
Style: unusual plot structure, contemplative, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: schoolgirl, who done it, murder investigation, partner, friendship, police investigation, police detective, police officer, murderer, psychopath, violence, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Zekkyo (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A woman’s dead body is found in an apartment in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The decayed body seems like a half year has passed since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats that ate the body. The woman's death is thought to be a "lonely ...
Style: contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: who done it, murder, murder investigation, uncover truth, partners against crime, escapades, police investigation, violence, police detective, murder mystery, revenge, evidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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55%
Murder by Numbers (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Each episode of this true-crime series begins with the grisly discovery of a body and the onset of an intense investigation. When police think they've solved the case, shocking twists sends each investigation into the depths of evil.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: true crime, investigation, murder, murder investigation, police, murderer, police investigation, serial murder, chase, violence, vengeance, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Murder Tapes (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Incorporating bodycam footage from the initial crime scene, surveillance video, and interrogation room recordings, homicide investigations unfold through dramatic real video footage providing an up-close perspective on homicide investigations.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, rough, thrilling
Plot: violence, investigation, murder investigation, murder, true crime, partner, investigator, corpse, name calling, law enforcement, death, serial murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Style: detective, contemplative, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: cold case, police, murder investigation, investigation, police procedural, partner, police detective, society, vengeance, heroes, escapades, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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54%
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Evil Minds (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A gifted criminal profiler lost someone important to him while he was helping the police solve a bizarre campus serial killing. The lost crippled his mind and left him unable to profile again. But when another serial killing threatened the city, he ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: death, murder, investigation, partners against crime, police investigation, partner, rivalry, society, revenge, chase, murderer, coworker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Monster (2017)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police woman Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer who comes from the metropolitan ...
Style: detective, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, investigation, police, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, who done it, evidence, society, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Prague Mysteries (2020)
Genre: Crime, History, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Inspector Hynek Budik as been assigned chief of police in the area on the outskirts of Prague, With detectives Martin Novacek an inexperienced rookie and the inspector Havlik will seek to solve difficult cases of murder.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, poliziottesco ...
Plot: police, police detective, investigation, police investigation, partner, who done it, violence, murderer, society, chase, death, murder mystery ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: prague, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Nippon Noir (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Who is the killer? Who stole the $10 million? The doubts, lies, suspicion, and betrayal are unstoppable as one detective launches an evil mutiny in this unconventional police mystery drama where nothing goes as you predicted.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: japanese police, police, murder suspect, murder investigation, murder, society, violence, partner, investigation, murderer, testimony, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Gap Dong (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: 20 years ago Moo-Yeom’s father was a suspect in the "Gap Dong” serial murder case. Because of the detectives’ oppressive investigation, Moo-Yeom’s father killed himself. Now, Moo-Yeom is a detective and works to capture the killer Gap ...
Style: detective, tense, disturbing, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, murder investigation, life, evidence, serial murder, uncover truth, who done it, graphic violence, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Women Document Detectives (2018)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Detective Tomo Yashiro is ordered to transfer to the Sixth Special Investigations Unit. it is in charge of deciphering documents of unsolved cases she begins work in her new post along with a senior detective Risa Narum who is called the expert of ...
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: who done it, police officer, murder investigation, misfit partners, partners against crime, escapades, coworker, uncover truth, heroes, partner, investigation, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.0
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Fiskepark (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: A parody on the 'true crime' genre, in which the investigation into the murder of musician and celebrity Bent Van Looy is examined in closer detail.
Style: suspenseful, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspense
Plot: murder, murder investigation, murderer, musician, testimony, suspicion, police detective, police officer, evidence, victim, investigation, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Crimson Wedding (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
TV show
Story: There is a party atmosphere in Provence: Sandra, the daughter of a couple of renowned local restaurant owners, is getting married, and her sister Alice comes home for the occasion. The family reunion is initially a carefree affair… but then ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense
Plot: murder, murder investigation, partner, who done it, uncover truth, law enforcement, youth, death, escapades, mysterious man, chase, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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