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Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
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Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
Original name: Thorne
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear and feel, she is aware of everything going on around her, but she is unable to move or communicate. In leaving Alison alive, the police believe the killer's made his first mistake.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, suspense, dark, detective, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, society, danger, conspiracy, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, british, male protagonist, deadly, crime, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, detective, realistic and serious films and TV series with plots about murder, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, deadly, investigation and serial killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Thorne: Sleepyhead: DCI Banks (2010), Above Suspicion (2009), Thorne: Scaredycat (2010), River (2015), Cardinal (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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DCI Banks (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC ...
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Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)
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: rough, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, murderous pair, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, surprise ending ...
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Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
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Duration: 42 min.
TV show
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Duration: 136 min.
TV show
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Duration: 178 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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TV show
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