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Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
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Original name: Thorne
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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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, psychological, serious, suspenseful, 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 realistic, serious, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about police investigation, murder, law enforcement, investigation, deadly, police detective and serial killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Thorne: Sleepyhead: DCI Banks (2010), Thorne: Scaredycat (2010), The Silence (2010), Those Who Kill (2011), Quirke (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
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Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
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A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Style:
detective, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, partners in crime, police corruption, psychopath, psycho killer, sadist, uncover truth ...
Time:
future
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
30K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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50%
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131K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, law enforcement, victim, murder mystery, crime investigation, violence against women, evidence ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, belfast
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
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tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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Time:
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100%
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
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Country: UK
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Plot:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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