Movies and TV shows like Scarred 2013
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Scarred (2013)
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Original name: פצועים בראש
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama unfolding in the brutal and bleeding reality of Israel.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, emotional, intense, bleak, dark, talky
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, haunted by the past, ex military, coping, vigilantism, society, law enforcement, partner, social decay, temperamental, soldier, post traumatic stress, military, post war, grief, loss, survival, violence, anger, duty, moral ambiguity, social commentary, hospital, memory, rehabilitation ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, israel
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Most similar movies to Scarred
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, tense and serious films and TV series with plots about investigation, law enforcement, moral ambiguity, police investigation, police, revenge and urban mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Scarred: The Gordin Cell (2012), Asfur (2010), New York (2012), Manayek (2020), Injustice (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, moral dilemma, betrayal, double agent, parents and children, who to trust, family relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, secret agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Asfur is an Israeli television series, which is broadcast on the channel HOT3. Its title, which literally means "bird" in Arabic, is the main protagonist's "good luck bird" – his late grandfather believed that its arrival ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, semi serious, tense, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, debt, love triangle, rivalry, theft, cons and scams, family relations, small time, rich and poor, twists and turns, society, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Ayr is a member of a family of criminals who is deported to New York by his brothers, where his past gives him troubles
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
friendship, dishonesty, lifestyle, starting over, twists and turns, hopes, city life, urban, haunted by the past, family relations, street life, gang ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, israel
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused to be corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense
Plot:
friendship, dirty cop, corruption, investigation, internal affairs, israeli, friends, police officer, partner, partners against crime, law enforcement, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, ukraine, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, conspiracy, murder, police investigation, lawsuit, courtroom, legal system, police detective, vicious, police brutality, haunted by the past, injustice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
By Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game, existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, historical drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, fighting crime, twists and turns, law enforcement, vigilante, partner, right and wrong, criminal, police, undercover cop, murder mystery, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Late 80’s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river – with attacks taking place early mornings and in a similar style. The police fail to get to grips with the extent of these assaults or make ...
Style:
scary, captivating, bleak, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
rape victim, raped woman, crime investigation, sexual abuse, violence, rape, police investigation, violent, physical abuse, graphic violence, true crime, violent content ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A police forensics officer, traumatized by the horrors he has seen and processed, leaves his job, wife and son and lives on the streets as a homeless wanderer. Try as he does he is unable to completely forget the past and finds himself in a struggle ...
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
forensics, investigation, homicide detective, criminal, police, justice, trauma, troubled past, confronting the past, tragic past, uncover truth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Suranne Jones plays a woman found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who, upon release from prison, is determined to see her sister who was adopted.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
redemption, starting over, vengeance, female killer, life is a bitch, hopes, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, mature, family secret, adoption ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
brothers, killing an animal, criminal gang, deceased father, death, sibling rivalry, family drama, family tragedy, death of father, two brothers, brother brother conflict, brother ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Swedish crime drama series about forensic psychologist Sebastian Bergmann.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
profiler, police investigation, serial killer, coping, murder, loss of daughter, private investigation, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, nordic, murderer, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed between 1994 and 1998, secretly investigating ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police corruption, working undercover, police investigation, dirty cop, boss and employee, undercover, law enforcement, dishonesty, idealism, society, internal affairs, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Mardik, a Dutch detective of Afghan descent, receives word that his childhood friend Faysal has come to the Netherlands. When a terrorist attack occurs the next day, Mardik suspects Faysal and investigates, with drastic consequences.
Style:
detective, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, uncover truth, terrorist attack, counter terrorism, who done it, terror, secret, crime solving ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
A survival story from the perspective of three different characters - a Silicon Valley Executive who gets back to Mexico, an ex-Mexican Navy who is determined to get into the United States, and an El-Paso detective who battles his demons.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
migrant, survival, social problems, problem, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, corruption, violence, immigration, moral ambiguity, border crossing, multiple perspectives ...
Place:
mexico, usa, el paso texas
Similarity:
22%
237
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
A complicated tangle of crimes. A female police inspector accidentally uncovers the connection between the state, the service and crime. A man who tries to prove that his brother is not guilty of the murder everyone claims he committed.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, bleak, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, police officer, corruption, police procedural, criminal, policewoman, murder, police detective, true crime, police, police investigation, police inspector ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Explores the relationship which develops between a grieving mother and the man she believes murdered her daughter.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
grief, murder, british, loss, mourning, relationships, prison visit, grieving mother, accused of murder, prison, prisoner, jail ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 229 min.
TV show
Story:
The 5th woman unfolds autumn 1994. An elderly man found in a gillrad pitfall impaled to death on the sharp sharpened bamboo poles, ecstatic praise of crows. Shortly afterwards disappears a florist without a trace and he also found executed in the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, police investigation, vigilantism, law enforcement, murder, vengeance, life is a bitch, police procedural, vigilante, hospital, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
44
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Klim Roshchin is a policeman who started out as an ethologist before the police, studied the life of wolves, and lived in a pack. He uses his animal instinct to catch criminals. A unique policeman who does not use weapons. His arsenal includes ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, detective, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, character study, police procedural, lone hero, fighting crime, law enforcement, police, police officer, heroes, visceral, chase, interrogation ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
nordic, investigation, police detective, investigator, husband wife relationship, law enforcer, law enforcement, testimony, police investigation, evidence, interrogation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
20 years of perseverance, hot-blooded teenagers finally become the people's hero.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, gang, government corruption, investigation, justice, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal gang, police, mafia, chinese mafia ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police investigation, law enforcement, secret movement, police detective, dishonesty, honest law enforcer, secret agenda, robbery, boarding school, nordic, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, flanders
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of holidaymakers are caught up in a gun attack on the hotel where they are staying
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
problem, family problems, shooting, threat, fear, hotel, violent, hostage situation, panic, survival, chaos, hostility ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 212 min.
TV show
Story:
Depiction of a sensational real-life crime that shook the entire country.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, dark, emotional ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, media frenzy, investigation, scandal, social commentary, justice, journalism, police procedural, violence, moral ambiguity, corruption ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Early one morning, a bank office in the middle of Stockholm is hit with a violent robbery. When the police storm the premises, the robbers have vanished without a trace. The event mystifies the A Unit who, under the supervision of US Intelligence, ...
Style:
suspense, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bank robbery, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, police, investigation, conspiracy, police procedural, espionage, moral ambiguity, political intrigue, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
20%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This Five-part BBC psychological drama follows Ivy Moxam, a 26-year-old woman who was abducted when she was 13 and held captive for the next 13 years. The story begins as she escapes the cellar she was being held in and goes to the police station to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological thriller, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, police investigation, trauma, child, investigation, family relations, woman, law enforcement, police, police detective, escape, basement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
628
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Truck driver Erwin believes that he's helping people when he smuggles refugees, but shocking consequences follow a moment of distraction.
Style:
suspense, tension, serious, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
refugee, police, truck driver, choice, family man, small town, syrian refugee, smuggling, immigration, driver, town, family life ...
Place:
syria
Similarity:
20%
1K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Astrid Holleeder works towards the moment when she definitively betrays her brother to Justice. Flashbacks make it clear what childhood she and her brother have wrestled themselves with and how painful, but necessary, her betrayal is.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
attorney, criminal, lawyer, sibling rivalry, organized crime, betrayal, family drama, true crime, criminal underworld, dedicated lawyer, crime investigation, secret ...
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story that shocked a nation in the summer of 1988 and revealed the scandalizing amount of errors committed by the media and the police in a half-baked attempt to rescue hostages.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robbery, media frenzy, incompetent police, fugitives, police, life & death, graphic violence, partners in crime, chases and races, hostage, media circus, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Small World was an animated anthology show, which aired on Cartoon Network in the 1990s, after another show aimed at preschoolers Big Bag. It featured several segments from animated TV programs from several countries.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, crime drama, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, police inspector, pedophilia, child abuse, danger, kidnapped child, child kidnapping, abduction, police detective, police investigation, kidnapped, kidnapped daughter ...
Place:
bangkok thailand
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving an almost-fatal gunshot wound to the head, Detective David Creegan is assigned to the FBI's Organized and Serial Crime Unit – a rapid-response, elite crime ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, lifesaver, partners against crime, police investigation, police detective, special agent, chases and races, law enforcement, hunt down, danger, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
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