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The Perfumier (2022)
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Original name: Der Parfumeur
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
To regain her sense of smell and get back her lover, a detective joins forces with a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to create the perfect scent.
Style:
tense, psychological, detective, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, atmospheric, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
perfume, investigation, forensics, homicide detective, sleuth, crime investigation, uncover truth, unconventional method, teamwork, secret, police investigation, police detective, detective inspector, female protagonist, obsession, murder, serial killer, manipulation, urban, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, revenge, psychopath, laboratory ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, detective and dark films with plots about investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, police investigation, murder, moral ambiguity and crime investigation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Perfumier: Glass Dolls (2014), Dark Figure of Crime (2018), The Victims (2024), HIT: The 2nd Case (2022), Guilty of Mind (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A gifted criminal profiler, Fang Mu was asked to assist the police in solving a bizarre campus serial killing. Working together with Police Captain Tai Wei, Fang Mu tries to crack down the murder cases, but he unknowingly gets embroiled in a battle ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A greedy police chief learns that a wealthy businesswoman has been wrongly accused of murder and strikes a deal with her – her freedom for a large sum of money. As the case progresses, a revelation that a sadistic politician and the businesswoman ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Story:
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detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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64
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After returning from a police mission in Afghanistan, Chief Inspector Harder is set to investigate a bog body found in a village called Friedland. The confrontation with Friedland's brutal history brings a grave guilt from Harder's own ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
south korea
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
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NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001. The second series debuted ...
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Plot:
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Similarity:
26%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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769
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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25%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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190
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, crime solving, police investigation, murder investigation, secret, murder mystery, forensics, crime investigation, police detective ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, detective, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
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Style:
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