Movies and TV shows like The Fall

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The Fall (2013)
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The Fall (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, serious, tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot: serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, victim, crime investigation, violence against women, police, cop, female protagonist, law enforcement, coworker, killer, murder mystery, police procedural, misogyny, evidence, investigation, strong female lead, psychopath, female warrior, lgbtq, killing ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom, belfast
Keyword: bbc, feminist film, superior

Most similar movies to The Fall

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder mystery, police and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Fall: The Killing (2011), Happy Valley (2014), Luther (2010), Bosch (2014), The Following (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Killing (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style: psychological, gloomy, neo noir, tense, serious ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, police investigation, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, who done it, strong female character ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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93%
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Happy Valley (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 1059 min.
TV show
Story: Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
Style: serious, tense, detective, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: policewoman, police investigation, police, police protagonist, investigator, kidnapping, investigation, british police, whodunit, law enforcement, criminal, police station ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 153K
Luther (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style: detective, psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: uncover truth, murder, talented, police detective, police investigation, psychopath, police, forensics, crime investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, cop ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 8.5
 83K
Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Movie in collections
 7.4
 91K
The Following (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murderer, fbi, mind game, criminal, investigation, serial murder, violence, killings, murder, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Prime Suspect (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 207 min.
TV show
Story: A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Style: detective, suspense, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder, police, obsession, investigation, sexism, uncover truth, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, danger, society, conspiracy, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, male protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 69K
Line of Duty (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Steve Arnott is a young officer who’s fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, crime drama, detective ...
Plot: police corruption, honest law enforcer, corruption, female police detective, dirty cop, police detective, police, british police, policewoman, twists and turns, law enforcement, law enforcer ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Those Who Kill (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, policewoman, female detective, profiler, forensics, criminal psychologist, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, police detective, missing person, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 76K
The Bridge (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: serial killer, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, police detective, cop, twists and turns, mind game, partners against crime, murderer, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police, partners against crime, forensics, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, evidence, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Above Suspicion (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC ...
Style: detective, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, danger, dirty cop, detective inspector, police procedural, investigation, legal, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, spain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.6
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Mindhunter (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style: psychological thriller, detective, psychological, thought provoking, crime drama ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, psychology, fbi, police, serial murder, murderer, criminal psychologist, police investigation, killings, fbi agent, murder ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Scott & Bailey (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police detective, policewoman, female detective, police investigation, female partner, relationship vs career, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, police procedural, female protagonist, best friend ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 8.7
 760K
Dexter (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style: captivating, clever, serious, stylized, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, crime investigation, right and wrong, hidden identity, double life, gory, vigilantism, anti hero, serial murder, loner, police station, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 8.5
 274K
Hannibal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1680 min.
TV show
Story: Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, death, murder, psychiatrist, mental patient, graphic violence, fbi, mental health ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 647K
True Detective (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style: neo noir, serious, atmospheric, anthology, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: louisiana, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Stalker (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles. Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, detective ...
Plot: stalking, stalker, police, obsession, danger, psychopath, lapd, policewoman, police investigation, name calling, police detective, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.8
 15K
Whitechapel (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 817 min.
TV show
Story: Whitechapel is a British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district deal with murders which replicate historical crimes. The first series was first broadcast in the UK on 2 February ...
Style: serious, rough, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, jack the ripper, forensics, police investigation, victim, murderer, law enforcement, team, traditional versus modern, hunt down ...
Time: victorian era, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Top of the Lake (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story: A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
Style: atmospheric, clever, bleak, captivating, detective ...
Plot: female detective, missing child, disappearance, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, child rape, bodies, life is a bitch, self discovery, child abuse, secret ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Unforgettable (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: police, photographic memory, female detective, police detective, partners against crime, policewoman, prodigy, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 11K
Liar (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A teacher and a surgeon are rocked by scandalous accusations after they enjoy a seemingly innocent date.
Style: psychological thriller, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: liar, accusation, british police, police, investigation, police investigation, female police detective, rape accusation, single parent, surgeon, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, couples ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 11K
The Tunnel (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The plot follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel, at the midpoint between ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, partners against crime, partner, police detective, social worker, murder, law enforcement, hunt down, tunnel, casual sex, bodies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: english channel, europe, england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Those Who Kill (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, female protagonist, crime investigation, criminal, forensics, police, law enforcement, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.6
 20K
The Bridge (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Style: tense, atmospheric, detective, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, twists and turns, policewoman, murder, drug cartel, social problems, u.s. mexico border, corruption, partner, marital problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 8.1
 19K
Vera (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: female detective, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder, who done it, murder mystery, british police, law enforcement, investigation, police procedural, right hand man ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: D.C.I. Langton takes charge when the body of would-be model Louise Pennell is found,sliced in half and with her mouth mutilated into a smile. D.C. Anna Travis discovers that newspaper journalist Richard Reynolds had received anonymous typed letters ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, murder, danger, serial killer, media circus, strong female presence, forensics, crime scene, detective sergeant, detective inspector ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 6K
Motive (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, realistic ...
Plot: murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, sergeant, murder, law enforcement, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 12K
Dublin Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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: detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, mass child killing, police, forensics, secret past, psychological trauma, hidden identity, forest, crime investigation ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 29K
Southland (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Since premiering in 2009, Southland has redefined the police drama with its raw, authentic look at the lives and work of Los Angeles detectives and beat cops. The show centers on four main characters: Officer John Cooper (Cudlitz), a seasoned cop ...
Style: detective, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lapd, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, police protagonist, fighting crime, police officer, swat, police, peril, responsibility ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, southern california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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