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Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery (2022)
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Original name: ガリレオ 禁断の魔術
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Story:
Galileo Forbidden Magic, a completely new SP drama in the Galileo series, will be broadcast on 17 September at 21:00 on Fuji TV.
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, suspense, intellectual, dark, dramatic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, forensics, secret, police investigation, homicide detective, police detective, crime solving, uncover truth, deduction, evidence, forensic, obsession, urban, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, autopsy, adaptation, cold case
Time:
contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, detective and psychological films with plots about investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, forensics, murder investigation and sleuth mostly in Mystery, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery: Triangle (2009), God's Crooked Lines (2022), Midsummer's Equation (2013), Sleeping Forest (2014), Unfair: Code Breaking (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, problem, homicide detective, police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, crime solving, secret, murder investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, paris france
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female detective, murder investigation, mental disorder, uncover truth, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, working undercover, murder mystery, secret, psychiatric patient, psychiatric ward ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where ...
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, physicist, murder, summer, whodunit, coastal town, crime solving, uncover truth, murderer, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery ...
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43%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, ballet, ballet school, mysterious villain, homicide detective, suspicion, murder investigation, murder mystery, sleuth, crime investigation, dancer ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Hinako Todo (Haru) is a first-year detective who graduated from the police academy at the top of her class. She always carries with herself a bottle of shichimi chili peppers which was left by her late mother and sprinkles shichimi over everything ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, forensics, police investigation, female detective, uncover truth, murder investigation, crime investigation, homicide detective, crime solving, criminal, murder mystery, murder ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Unfair was the first full-fledged mystery drama in a long time. It was aired in January 2006 and enjoyed support from a wide spectrum of fans and high viewer ratings. Support was especially high among viewers in the same age group as Ryoko ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, forensics, code breaking, code, killing, who done it, murder mystery, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
police investigation, unsolved crime, kidnapped girl, police, kidnapping, police department, japanese police, murder mystery, crime solving, murder investigation, investigation, forensics ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Criminologist Himura Hideo gets so much pleasure out of being in crime scenes that he's even confessed to having wanted to kill someone. Constantly seeking out the ultimate crime, he is indeed a man with quite a few issues. Mystery writer ...
Style:
suspense, detective, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, forensics, homicide detective, criminologist, deduction, criminal psychology, logic, murder investigation, crime solving, murder mystery, crime investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This is an episode of Galileo in name only, since this story focuses exclusively on Utsumi Koaru, played by Shibasaki Kou. The eccentric scientist makes a cameo appearance in one scene and the final scene is on the same day as episode one of the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, amateur sleuth, female detective, who done it, murder investigation, crime investigation, female protagonist, secret, crime solving, sleuth, forensics, uncover truth ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, oklahoma
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, serious, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, genius, physicist, mysterious death, suspect, police procedural, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, true crime, victim, criminal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A corpse that was accidentally discovered raises many questions. Using his blade, forensic doctor Qin Ming cuts through the shocking voice of the dead to find clues that will help track down the murderer. Hailed as the "corpse whisperer", ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, crime thriller, detective, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder investigation, medical examiner, police, forensic evidence, uncover truth, coworker, who done it, investigation, homicide detective, forensics, police investigation, sleuth ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
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From a gruesome murder to a series of bomb blasts, it's explosive storytelling from beginning to end! This “Crystal's Beating” (Suishō no Kodō) is the sequel to the immensely popular crime suspense drama series “Cocoon of Stone” ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, forensics, uncover truth, police detective, murder investigation, female police detective, murderer, female protagonist, murder, female detective, crime investigation, crime solving ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Imamiya (Fumino Kimura) is a detective who deals with fraud and scam cases. She arrests Kaji (Mahiro Takasugi), who is involved in a voice phishing case. Imamiya and her colleagues do not know who is at the top of the voice phishing group. Detective ...
Style:
detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, con men, scam, fraud, police investigation, forensics, police detective, detective inspector, sleuth, crime investigation, crime solving, female detective ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Touri Gotenba is a young man specializes in solving impossible crime tricks, while Hisame Katanashi specializes in deciphering crime motives. Together, they solve strange and difficult cases under the detective agency "Knockin' on Locked ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, intellectual ...
Plot:
crime solving, investigation, forensics, private detective, detective agency, problem solving, locked room mystery, deduction, crime investigation, police detective, homicide detective, partners against crime ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
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 ...
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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 ...
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29%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's ...
Style:
psychological, detective, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
hit and run, murder mystery, investigation, homicide, uncover truth, who done it, crime investigation, murder, forensics, secret, sleuth, murder investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the suspect of an arson case refuses to cooperate with the investigation, the detectives search his house and find a locked-up little girl. She doesn't talk and there are no clues to her identity, so assistant psychology professor Narumi ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
memory loss, crime investigation, psychology, crime solving, secret, investigation, repressed memory, who done it, memory lapse, murder investigation, uncover truth, character study ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An ex-detective, Kagawa, is found dead in a park in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Swearing revenge, detectives of the #1 investigation team, including Tozawa (Shosuke Tanihara), begin to investigate Kagawa’s death. Meanwhile, Sono (Masanobu Takashima), at the ...
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
internal affairs, investigation, japanese police, mysterious death, cover up, corruption, police officer, forensics, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Kei Maneki works as a model. He has bad luck with murder cases taking place when he works. Kei Maneki becomes an important witness in these murder cases. To clear his name, Kei Maneki and his model friends Itsuki Suo and Toma Shimon attempt to solve ...
Style:
detective, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, amateur detective, sleuth, forensics, murder, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, private investigator, amateur sleuth, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 215 min.
TV show
Story:
Hotel “Shizen no Shima” is located on an small, remote island. The owner of the hotel invites 10 people to the island, but when they arrive they learn that the owner is not there. These 10 people do not know why they are there or what will ...
Style:
psychological, detective, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, isolation, whodunit, murder, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, crime investigation, secret, homicide detective, mysterious character, changing lives ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
DySP Nanda Kishore is investigating a murder case soon after a death in his family. As he proceeds, he is surprised to see how certain connections emerge that hint the case is linked to his own life as well.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, killing, problem, murder investigation, forensics, police investigation, secret, who done it, crime solving, police, threat ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
year after manga master Fumiya Ajima's death, 50 unpublished sketches are discovered. The sketches appear to be the work of Fumiya Ajima, but the sketches shows details from several missing women cases that occurred 35 years earlier. Fumiya ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, cold case, private investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, hacker, professional wrestling, sleuth, police investigation, internet, partners against crime, teamwork ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Story:
A NYPD detective teams up with a Hasidic Jew to solve a murder in the Hasidic community.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, murder, murder mystery, crime solving, criminal, forensics, sleuth, murderer, police detective, crime investigation, police investigation ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
25%
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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, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
perfume, investigation, forensics, homicide detective, unconventional method, crime investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, police investigation, secret, teamwork, police detective ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
London Police psychiatrist Dr. Emilia Priestly needs to take a relaxing break from her stressful job, so her wealthy friend, Baroness Jane Alcott, invites her to Mystery Island, an immersive murder-mystery-themed resort hosting a special retreat for ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, detective, captivating
Plot:
amateur sleuth, female detective, murder, island, uncover truth, murder investigation, sleuth, puzzle, problem, forensics, who done it, private investigator ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Story:
The latest edition of Alex McPherson’s true crime podcast centers on the death of a man whose wife seems certain to be convicted for his murder. Fairly certain that the woman did not kill her husband, it’s up to Alex to figure out who the real ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, tense
Plot:
lawyer, murder mystery, true crime, relationships, uncover truth, sleuth, investigation, forensics, secret, crime solving, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Krishna Dev aka KD, a laidback cop working in Andhra Pradesh State HIT, takes on a gruesome murder case. As KD unravels the layers of the crime, the stakes rise unbelievably high and the threat comes unusually close.
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, murder mystery, sleuth, crime solving, police investigation, police detective, crime investigation, uncover truth, fight, murder investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Erika Toda joins a law firm headed by Serizawa-san, on the first case she meets Enomoto Kei of Tokyo total security who unlocks Serizawa who has accidentally been trapped in a vault. Form thereon the trio solve 10 cases related to the locked room. ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
locked room, puzzle, crime solving, room, secret, undercover, investigation, uncover truth, deduction, whodunit, law firm, private investigator ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Keita Kurokouchi (Tomoya Nagase) continues to extort money from politicians whom Keita Kurokouchi has information on. By using his information he is able to crack unsolved cases. Rookie Detective Mayo Seike (Ayame Gouriki) is excellent ...
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, anti hero, fighting crime, conspiracy, homicide detective, moral ambiguity, crime solving, uncover truth, police detective, sleuth, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hajime finds it difficult to graduate to the next grade at school. His friend Miyuki tells Hajime to study at a private school which is famous for its strictness. At that school, Hajime uncovers a death caused by non-natural reasons. He's ...
Style:
detective, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, who done it, prodigy, whodunit, school, danger, secret identity, riddles and clues, high school, law and order, rivalry ...
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24%
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