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Diary (2022)
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Original name: டைரி
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A sub-inspector trainee sets out on a journey to track an unsolved, 16-year-old case. But little does he know that fate and destiny will put him on an exhilarating ride.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, serious, suspense, dramatic, disturbing, detective, tense, twisted, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder, police officer, police investigation, cold case, heist, police, supernatural, violence, death, accident, robbery, car accident, police detective, bus accident, uncover truth, justice, truth, evidence, trainee, revelation, police procedural, fate, revenge, obsession ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, suspense and detective films with plots about investigation, police procedural, urban, moral ambiguity, revenge, cat and mouse and murder mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Diary: Dark Figure of Crime (2018), Cadaver (2022), Dard (2024), Partners in Crime (2014), A Life Not to Follow (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.
Style:
tense, twisted, crime drama, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, showdown, killing spree, investigation, murder victim, violence, danger, murder confession, cat and mouse, interrogation, mind game ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, busan, seoul
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A pathologist and a police commissioner try to solve a series of murders involving a prisoner. Their journey leads to shocking revelations!
Style:
suspense, dramatic, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, morgue, corpse, police, pathologist, woman, murder mystery, death, police investigation, police officer, autopsy, forensics ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh, India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A series of sudden murders unfold in the city of Varanasi, targeting prominent individuals. The escalating violence shocks the local police as they grapple with the growing list of victims. As the investigation progresses, an auto driver named Dulu ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, detective, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, motive, suspect, police procedural, whodunit, urban, justice, interrogation, violence, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, evidence ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On his way to school, Huang witnesses the death of Hsia, a popular teenager in their high school,along with Lin and Yeh, the other 2 students from their high school, whom Huang has never known before. Even though the three guys try to save her, she ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
investigation, high school, youth, high school student, amateur detective, uncover truth, coming of age, teenage life, bullying, guilt, friendship, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, taiwan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Neo-Noir film told in three interlacing chapters: Eric is a dead man and he knows it. Death is imminent and he must make amends for his past sins, by killing those who wronged him, no matter the price: A wiseguy willing to do anything to move up ...
Style:
dark, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal, revenge, police, city, mob boss, murder, family relations, stripper, violence, death, mexican standoff ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The gripping saga of a police officer and his team, their challenging journey to nab a criminal gang across the country. Further, it shows how he leads his team towards triumph, amidst professional uncertainities in this gripping drama.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, forensics, police procedural, criminal gang, law enforcement, homicide detective, crime investigation, detective inspector, sleuth, crime solving, police investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Point Blank
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, psychological, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, evidence, serial killer, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, violence, obsession, cat and mouse, forensics, interrogation, urban ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An ambitious traffic cop sets out to solve a murder which took place four decades ago with the help of a journalist and a retired cop.
Style:
captivating, suspense, detective, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, police, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, cold case, uncover truth, workplace, crime investigation, police officer, murder mystery ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Detective Katrine Ries Jensen and legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer form a special unit at the Copenhagen Police investigating serial killings. A case from Schaeffer’s past crops up. As a young psychologist, he held back from sending a patient, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, mentally unstable, homicidal maniac, police officer, manhunt, serial killer, soldier, murder mystery, police procedural, mind game, violent ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, on a summer night, police officer Yuan Wenshan received a robbery and murder case. During the gradually deepening investigation process, the suspects present that night emerged one by one. However, the truth of the case was far from ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, secret, police, murder, police investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, police detective, crime solving, crime investigation, sleuth, homicide detective ...
Similarity:
26%
210
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
This psychological thriller concerns Ali, a London-based female law officer simultaneously involved in a heated and clandestine relationship with her sister's beau and a city-wide police hunt for a serial rapist. When the squads close in on the ...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial rapist, investigation, murder, killing, homicide detective, who done it, forensics, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth, police detective, sleuth ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A murder case has been assigned to Crime Branch Officer Arjun Bharadwaj. How Arjun investigates and unthreads the case is the rest of the story.
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police procedural, investigator, police station, whodunit, evidence, urban, justice, interrogation, city, forensic ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, lovers, husband, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, uncover truth, deception, death, corpse, revenge, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Returning from a personal loss and a six months suspension, Archana Prasad, an assistant commissioner of police is assigned with the responsibility to solve a tricky double murder case.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, tension, intense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, police procedural, double murder, crime scene, justice, law and order, female protagonist, evidence, law enforcement, grief, interrogation ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 27 min.
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Story:
The series consists of hard-core police investigation stories dealing with investigation, detection and suspense.
Style:
tense, intense, crime thriller, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police, police investigation, police detective, police procedural, law enforcement, sleuth, criminal, uncover truth, police officer, murder investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Inspector Mugilan investigates the disappearance of a prominent Coimbatore businessman, Aadhavan, and his wife Malavika after their servant is found murdered in their home.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, disappearance, murder, police procedural, businessman, family secret, suspicion, mature, servant, betrayal, cat and mouse, power ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, police, crime solving, secret, crime investigation, police detective, police officer, police investigation, police station, sleuth, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Place:
india
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24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Rohit complaints at the police station that his wife Pavithra is kidnapped by three youngsters. The CI starts investigating the case but was shocked to see that the criminals are killed one by one by an unknown person before he reaches the ...
Style:
suspense, twisted, crime thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, whodunit, kidnapping, secrets, interrogation, crime scene, revenge, evidence, cat and mouse, police procedural, justice ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story revolves around victims who have been brutally raped, murdered and then burnt using Kerosene. While investigating the case, Vaibhav comes across a few more cases with the same Modus Operandi committed.
Style:
dark, suspense, crime drama, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
murder, violent, rape, arson, investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, trauma, serial killer, justice, grief, evidence ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
A woman is murdered and her neighbour is picked up as a suspect. Meanwhile, a journalist believes he can use this murder to lure an elusive gangster, with help from the guy’s former accomplice.
Style:
captivating, psychological, crime drama, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, gangster, crime investigation, investigative reporter, crime solving, murder investigation, battles, uncover truth, fight, murder mystery, who done it ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
868
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, murderer, killing, jail, partners in crime, criminal, killing spree, serial murder, murder, forensics, police detective ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A CBCID officer investigates an eccentric series of crimes happening in the city. His investigation leads him to unexpected crime perpetrators.
Style:
suspense, dark, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, revenge, police procedural, police, crime investigation, serial killer, justice, crime scene, cop, obsession, determination, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, detective, crime thriller, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, cat and mouse, obsession, crime scene, police procedural, mature, forensic, evidence, morality, interrogation ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two girls disappear from a playground and the two best detectives in the police force try to solve the case.
Style:
detective, crime thriller, suspense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, missing child, child abduction, police procedural, partnership, small town, evidence, interrogation, suspect, forensics, motive, urban ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A man wrongly accused of murder is helped by Advocate Mahesh Das, despite the increasing threats they face during the investigation.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
22%
769
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sub-inspector Pari Venkat faces a huge tragedy putting him on an investigation to seek revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, detective, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, revenge, police corruption, police, who done it, homicide detective, forensics, police station, crime investigation, police officer, fight ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A killer thought behind bars is killing again. It's up to John Lawless (Kevin Smith) and Jodie Keane (Angelina Dotchin) to stop the murders.
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, serial killer, private investigator, sleuth, crime solving, who done it, police investigation, murder investigation, murderer, murder mystery, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
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Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
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Place:
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