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Petra (2020)
963
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
The unconventional Petra Delicato is tasked with solving violent crimes alongside an old-school policeman. The two couldn’t be more different - but their shared determination to uncover the truth leads to a successful partnership.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, detective
Plot:
policewoman, female police officer, police officer, murder investigation, female protagonist, investigation, violence, death, murder, investigator, chase, murder mystery, chases and races, who done it, danger, victim, law enforcement, partner, police investigation, police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, sex scene, police protagonist, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Most similar movies to Petra
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and contemplative films and TV series with plots about murder mystery, police investigation, murder, who done it, murder investigation, violence and police detective mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Petra: The Other Me (2019), The Investigation (2020), The Long Night (2020), Viso d'angelo (2011), One Deadly Mistake (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, masked killer, police, investigation, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, partner, dishonesty, law enforcement, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, murder mystery, true crime, law enforcement, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, forensic, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time:
2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the case was ready for court, the prosecutor discovered that the case was not as ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
death, murder, sexual assault, who done it, investigation, police detective, youth, law enforcement, murder investigation, murderer, murder mystery, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story:
TV miniseries in four parts. A serial killer mysteriously leaves a signature species, a rosary in the hands of his victims. Inspector Roberto Parisi, a specialist in this type of crime, but that hides a dark past, will be responsible for conducting ...
Style:
contemplative, tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, murder investigation, police detective, murder, vengeance, law enforcer, evidence, violence, chase, escapades, police officer ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Each episode of “One Deadly Mistake” follows a homicide investigation where police work tirelessly against the clock to solve a complex case, until they discover an unlikely piece of evidence that exposes the identity of the killer.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
violence, murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, partners against crime, murder, police investigation, police detective, who done it, law enforcement, uncover truth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A young French woman living in Israel is accused of the murder of her husband on the day of their wedding. As the bride struggles to prove her innocence, mysterious happenings surround her. Is she guilty or could she be the victim?
Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
murder investigation, who done it, murder, police detective, danger, murder mystery, youth, society, uncover truth, murderer, police investigation, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Sex, drugs and a gruesome murder. An edgy one night stand turns into a nightmare for Aditya, when he wakes up with blood on his hands. The evidence is stacked against him, but he doesn't remember the grisly crime. Is he guilty or not ?
Style:
tense, suspenseful, contemplative, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, youth, who done it, violence, evidence, police detective, partner, vengeance, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The main hero of "Archivist" is Henryk Mikos (Henryk Talar), an employee of the police archives who is above average memory and intelligence, who is trying to solve unexplained criminal cases from years ago. He is partnering with a young, ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, contemplative
Plot:
partner, who done it, partners against crime, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, chases and races, coworker, uncover truth, friends, law enforcer, mysterious man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, female detective, police protagonist, small town, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, female protagonist, police, who done it, uncover truth, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police woman Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer who comes from the metropolitan ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, police, investigation, murder investigation, murder, who done it, uncover truth, vengeance, danger, violence, society ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Freya Becker is a typist with the homicide division of the Berlin police. Freya’s daughter, Marie, disappeared 11 years ago without a trace, and Freya is determined to uncover the truth, whatever the cost.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
burnout, murder investigation, dark secret, police, love interest, missing friend, female protagonist, partner, investigator, chase, death, policewoman ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective, and has doubts about Tamotsu’s death, but the case is covered up by powerful ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
private detective, murder, murder mystery, murder suspect, partners against crime, family relations, law enforcer, escapades, who done it, name calling, chase, victim ...
Time:
50s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1993, a large number of Chinese businessmen poured into Russia's gold rush. Among them, there were a few distinctive faces. They snoop on the small traders, seek help between gangland and police. They are a secret group dispatched by the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, partners against crime, friends, escapades, uncover truth, who done it, law enforcer, law enforcement, victim, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman’s dead body is found in an apartment in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The decayed body seems like a half year has passed since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats that ate the body. The woman's death is thought to be a "lonely ...
Style:
suspense, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
Plot:
investigation, who done it, murder, murder investigation, escapades, uncover truth, partners against crime, violence, death, murder mystery, partner, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
When a gruesomely staged body is found, propped up on a mountain pass in the Alps close to the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate. For German detective Ellie, this is the first real challenge of her career; her Austrian ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, detective, tense, slasher ...
Plot:
murder, danger, violence, police investigation, death, society, abduction, folk horror, murderer, brutality, life philosophy, blood ...
Place:
germany, alps, austria, central europe, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of a teenage girl is found in the forest near the rural village of Manscheid, deep in the North of Luxembourg. Luc Capitani, a gruff detective from the South of the country, is put in charge of the case. Having trouble navigating the ...
Style:
suspense, contemplative, psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
schoolgirl, murder investigation, who done it, partner, friendship, death, revenge, coworker, serial killer, psychopath, escapades, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story:
It’s a drama about conflicts in a big family, involving murder and a police investigation. The title is a twist on the idiom, blood is thicker than water. Because of the conflicts, their family bonds aren’t strong. When one relative mysteriously ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
murder, family relations, murder investigation, police investigation, partner, uncover truth, partners against crime, who done it, clue, interrogation, violence, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
29%
119
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Choi Ja-Hye is a lawyer and Dokgo Young is a detective with a hot temper. They work together on a murder case where the suspects are children from the elite class.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, who done it, partner, investigation, evidence, police officer, death, youth, interrogation, police detective, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Police captains Emma and Adrien look for a killer who would use a silver bullet… on multiple victims.
Style:
contemplative, tense, unusual plot structure, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, who done it, evidence, death, police officer, chase, murder, violence, investigator, vengeance, youth, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The protagonist of the story, Ercüment Çözer rebels against disrespect and rudeness that we tend to avoid, ignore and eventually forget. Ercüment Çözer is a sociopath obsessed with the idea of respect. However, this time, he is not alone on ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense
Plot:
vigilante, violence, murder, businessman, corruption, serial killer, revenge, who done it, police investigation, danger, partner, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
29%
156
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story:
A parody on the 'true crime' genre, in which the investigation into the murder of musician and celebrity Bent Van Looy is examined in closer detail.
Style:
unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, murderer, murder investigation, revenge, death, investigation, evidence, weirdo, musician, society, uncover truth, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
29%
525
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
An earthquake in the north uncovers a large hole in a nature reserve. Inside the hole, three human skeletons are found. The plot thickens when DNA tests reveal that the DNA belongs to three living people...
Style:
contemplative, unusual plot structure, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
partners against crime, crime investigation, dna, investigation, father son relationship, murder mystery, murder investigation, evidence, partner, violence, suspicion, investigator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
28%
180
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
TV show
Story:
It's a horrific crime scene. A couple and their baby are found savagely murdered in their living room. The bodies are covered in blood, but bear no wounds. The couple's 7-year-old daughter, Madeleine, is miraculously unhurt. But the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot:
husband wife relationship, child murder, police detective, family relations, police officer, murderer, love, police investigation, name calling, escapades, murder, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Eva, a police inspector returns to the quiet village where she grew up to be next to her sister Rachele, a single mother. She finds herself investigating the mysterious disappearance of Gioia, an aspiring showgirl.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police, partners against crime, heroes, uncover truth, who done it, murder mystery, evidence, partner, chase, death, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, detective, suspenseful
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, investigation, murderer, violence, partner, escapades, evidence, society, law enforcement, vengeance, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
TV show
Story:
There is a party atmosphere in Provence: Sandra, the daughter of a couple of renowned local restaurant owners, is getting married, and her sister Alice comes home for the occasion. The family reunion is initially a carefree affair… but then ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, partner, corpse, police officer, revenge, police detective, law enforcement, uncover truth, chase, family relations, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Gritty police thriller about a German father-daughter team working with French colleagues to battle organized crime in the German border town of Kehl.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
police, police investigation, police detective, evidence, name calling, violence, partners against crime, revenge, youth, society, who done it, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
27%
44
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Shogo Higuchi (Toshiaki Karasawa) is a detective whose wife was murdered by a serial killer. Hikari Tachibana (Yoko Maki) is a voice profiler whose father was murdered. She has a special hearing ability which allows her to hear minutiae sounds that ...
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, tense, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
japanese woman, japanese police, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, graphic violence, law enforcement, who done it, hearing, supernatural ability, society, partners against crime ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, who done it, police detective, investigation, terrorist, policewoman, investigator, female terrorist, cold case, uncover truth, murder investigation, danger ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
northern ireland, europe, ireland, united kingdom
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, police, crime investigation, investigator, police investigation, partner, who done it, murder investigation, friends, uncover truth, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
27%
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