Movies and TV shows like White Lies
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White Lies (2024)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
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Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, investigative journalist Edie Hansen gets caught up in the ugly underbelly that lies beneath the picturesque beauty of the city, dragging her back to a turbulent past.
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
female detective, journalist, brother sister relationship, investigation, murder, murder investigation, sleuth, investigative journalism, crime investigation, murder mystery, journalism, dysfunctional family, who done it, female protagonist, problem, secret, homicide detective, investigative reporter, crime solving, uncover truth, male nudity, corruption, gangster
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, detective, suspenseful and psychological films and TV series with plots about crime solving, investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, crime investigation, sleuth and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like White Lies: The Mother (2022), Copycat Killer (2023), The Rising (2022), The Buckingham Murders (2023), A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 45 min.
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A journalist struggles to move on after her son's suicide when an inmate asks for her help with a case tied to her son's death, prompting an obsessive hunt for the truth.
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suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological
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murder, investigative reporter, problem, murder investigation, who done it, dysfunctional family, loss of child, murderer, journalism, murder mystery, uncover truth, bereavement ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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When a spate of grisly murders throws a city into chaos, a tenacious prosecutor must brace for a cat-and-mouse game against a dangerous manipulator.
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 50 min.
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Neve Kelly is dead. She is stuck in limbo and must find out who killed her. This adaptation of the mystery series Beau Séjour impresses on account of its young cast and the breath-taking landscapes of England’s Lake District.
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detective, mystical, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
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supernatural, murder, murder investigation, dead woman, homicide detective, lesbian, problem, secret, crime solving, murder mystery, spirit, sleuth ...
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87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
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Fresh wounds are reopened when Jasmeet Bhamra, a cop and a single mother who recently lost her child in a shooting spree, transfers to High Wycombe and is assigned a case of a missing child.
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detective, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
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india
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81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 50 min.
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Pip Fitz-Amobi, a brilliant woman, is unsure whether schoolgirl Andie Bell was killed by her lover Sal Singh five years ago. How far will they go to protect Pip from learning the truth if Sal Singh turns out not to be the murderer?
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suspenseful, detective, psychological, captivating, dark ...
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murder mystery, cold case, murder investigation, murderer, homicide detective, sleuth, secret, murder, investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
england
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80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland
Duration: 171 min.
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Former policeman is tortured and murdered and his friend and former colleauge investigates the case.
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suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
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78%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, USA
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Inspector Cetin Ikmen, his partner Mehmet Suleyman and Detective Ayse Farsakoglu, solve crimes and experiencing euphoric highs and tragic lows. Each crime story is heavily rooted in the rich and varied culture and history of Istanbul and set against ...
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police detective, uncover truth, police investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, forensics, secret, who done it, crime solving, homicide detective, crime investigation, investigation ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 52 min.
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78%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 105 min.
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Police Commissioner Önem leads a special investigations unit that solves tough cases involving violence against women.
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tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
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murder, homicide detective, female detective, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, murderer, killing, police detective, murder mystery, crime solving, detective inspector ...
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72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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A gifted woman's intellect brings chance to lead covert European police force. But it backfires, costing her everything. Following murder at her home and kidnapped heiress, her ex-supervisor enlists a policeman's aid to reinstate her.
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crime thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, female detective, female protagonist, uncover truth, murder investigation, homicide detective, female police detective, police investigation, crime solving, forensics, crime investigation, sleuth ...
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71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Lea Brandstätter witnesses the death of her boyfriend. The investigation leads to Jean Leco, the president of the World Football Association. Their paths cross with that of Marcel, whose best friend has just been stabbed.
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suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left ...
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psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, detective
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murderer, sleuth, investigation, murder mystery, murder, uncover truth, who done it, crime solving, murder investigation, homicide detective, crime investigation, female nudity ...
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washington d.c.
Similarity:
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117
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Self proclaimed serial killer Max Rapp is in prison for the murder of 23 people. Detectives Tara Scholl and Henry Kloss suspect he is innocent of these crimes. However, if Rapp isn't a serial killer how is he able to slip into the minds of ...
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psychological, detective, captivating, thrilling
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67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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An unsolved murder case of a young girl repeats itself twenty years later and awakens the memories of a peaceful town. Shan Feng, who was once a witness to the murder case, now returns to the town as a policeman, unable to forget the painful ...
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Place:
china
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tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective ...
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britain
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56%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Time:
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54%
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Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
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detective, captivating, thrilling, psychological
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japan
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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A journalist and her son's pregnant girlfriend attempt to track down those responsible for the murder of her estranged son. Together, they confront a world of drugs and corruption in the underbelly of their small city in upstate New York, where ...
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captivating, psychological, suspenseful
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49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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A woman wakes up next to a dead body and proceeds to try to figure out what happened the previous night.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
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228
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 45 min.
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After her friend is found murdered in a small fisher village in Northern Finland and the collective suspicion points toward her, bullied outcast Johanna must prove her innocence.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
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47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
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Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.
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investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, murder investigation, secret, homicide detective, murder, who done it, sleuth, lost love, spy thriller ...
Time:
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Place:
south of france, france, algeria
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45%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective, psychological
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Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 52 min.
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detective, captivating, tense
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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detective, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 43 min.
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Detective Roland Hassel's father figure and mentor, Yngve Ruda, is brutally murdered in the middle of the street. Devastated, Hassel decides to undertake his own covert investigation to find Ruda's killer and avenge him with the support of ...
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tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
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Police investigator Irene Huss lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, and tries to balance between murder investigations and family life.
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disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, detective
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Style:
psychological, detective, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
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