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Blackwater (2023)
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Original name: Händelser vid vatten
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1970s, Blackwater tells the story of how four random people's lives converge after two tourists are found murdered in a tent near the Swedish mountain town of Blackwater.
Style:
psychological, captivating, period drama
Plot:
murder, double murder, whodunit, police, commune, cold case, wilderness, tourist, murder investigation, murder mystery, problem, female nudity, violence, summer, countryside, trauma, nordic, skinny dipping, female full frontal nudity, doctors
Time:
year 1991, year 1973, 90s, 70s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to Blackwater
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, captivating, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about murder, murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, police, crime investigation and uncover truth mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Blackwater: The Breakthrough (2025), The Chestnut Man (2021), The Man Who Smiled (2003), The Dying Detective (2018), The Investigation (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
When a shocking double homicide goes unsolved for 16 years, a detective teams up with a genealogist to catch the killer before it becomes a cold case.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, emotional, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unsolved crime, true crime, genealogy, cold case, murder mystery, evidence, investigation, ancestry, police procedural, collaboration, ethical dilemma, time jump ...
Time:
2020s, year 2004, 2000s
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Rebecka Martinsson from Kiruna has not really found herself despite her big successes at a law firm in Stockholm. When a friend from her childhood passes away, Rebecka returns to Kiruna where she's drawn into a thrilling hunt for a killer.
Style:
crime drama, tense, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lawyer, small town, police, homecoming, manhunt, murder, law enforcement, workplace situations, society, investigation, prosecutor ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style:
brutal, enigmatic, tense, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 130 min.
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Story:
An old friend of Kurt Wallander, solicitor Sten Torstensson, visits him one day to tell him that his father has passed away close to Brösarp under peculiar circumstances. Kurt does not take his friend's worry seriously. Shortly after, the ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, detective
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, investigation, conspiracy, crime investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, forensics, crime solving, cold case, unsolved crime, sleuth ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 176 min.
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Story:
After a mild stroke leaving his right side paralyzed, the doctor telling him a total change of lifestyle is required to escape a massive heart attack. Being Sweden's most successful detective, the doctor tells him her father, a priest, now ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold case, crime investigation, investigation, pedophile, child murder investigation, child murder, rape, rapist, unsolved crime, rape and revenge, retired cop, murder ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story:
Arne Dahl - Misterioso A failed robbery attempt at Sydbanken outside Avesta leaves one robber lying dead with a dart through his eye, but there are no witnesses to the incident and no perpetrator is ever identified. In Stockholm, three high-profile ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, assassination, murder investigation, nordic, swedish, multiple suspects, computer genius ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, estonia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Paul Copeland is looking to solve the murder of his sister back in 1994.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder mystery, prosecutor, homicide detective, murder investigation, murder, depression, uncover truth, police investigation, police detective, child murder, brutal murder, past coming back to haunt ...
Place:
warsaw poland, poland
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
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Story:
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, whodunit, law enforcement, police detective, who done it, british police, partner, chief of police, partners against crime, murder, police procedural ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, future
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Atop a Polish mountain, a gruff detective with unusual methods investigates the bizarre murder of an unpopular professor.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
mountain, murder, investigation, killing, crime investigation, murder mystery, murderer, uncover truth, police investigation, crime solving, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.
Style:
tense, disturbing, enigmatic, period piece, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, alibi, suspect, country house, homicide detective, adopted son, housekeeper, adoptive mother, crime investigation, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1954, 1950s, 50s
Place:
england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Style:
detective, captivating, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold case, police, murder investigation, police procedural, investigation, partner, law enforcement, society, vengeance, chase, youth, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Germany, Finland, UK
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Swedish murder investigator Sven Hjerson forms an unexpected detective duo with stubborn TV producer Klara after several years of isolation. Will she also manage to recruit him for her new TV show?
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, whodunit, sleuth, murder investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, investigator, private investigation, forensics, homicide detective, crime investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
In 1988, criminal policeman Wei Guo Ping witnessed the deaths of his comrades during an operation around a serial murder case where the culprit escapes. This has left Wei Guo Ping scarred from the incident. Eight years later, the appalling corpse ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
criminal organization, serial killer, homicide detective, police detective, crime investigation, murderer, serial murder, police officer, murder mystery, intrigue, murder investigation, police investigation ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
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When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
murder mystery, racism, investigative journalism, investigative reporter, murder investigation, crime investigation, journalism, secret, female reporter, women, problem, undercover ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, year 1967, year 1966
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
A man is found dead, hung from a tree. Another body is found in Skansen's wolverine enclosure. Five girls attempt to flee from Sweden.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, police detective, police, rivalry, danger, escape, revenge, escapades, swedish, diary, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author. Based on the book of the same name, by Joël Dicker.
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, young girl, writers, murder mystery, uncover truth, mentor, evidence, seaside town, crime investigation, investigation, framed for murder ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on the ITV Network. There were two series of 13 fifty-minute episodes; the first aired in 1971, the second in 1973.
The ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, crime drama, dark fairy tale, detective ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, british police, whodunit, dialogue, gentleman, police, moral ambiguity, occult, murder, investigation, private detective, murder investigation ...
Time:
victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband and begins investigating a murder whilst coming to terms with his own traumatic past, having been excommunicated by his family and the church community ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
Plot:
murder, british police, gay, murder investigation, police detective, gay couple, lgbt, investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, getting home, forensics ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is about the murder of Venetia Aldridge, a QC (Queen's Council) in a London "Chambers" and a very ambitious barrister who has a track record of winning her cases. She doesn't necessarily prove that her clients are ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police procedural, british, justice, whodunit, motive, evidence, english countryside, alibi, ethical dilemma, interrogation, secret life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A late summer night in 1990 a young pregnant woman is brutally murdered by being buried in the sand, to slowly become submerged by the tide. 25 years later, the sadistic murder remains unsolved. Olivia Rönning receives the task of studying the case ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, noir, bleak, suspense
Plot:
cold case, gay friend, female protagonist, brutality, beach, homeless, murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, murder witness, island, ocean ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1930s France, Superintendent Larosière has a passion for beautiful women and solving cases, while hapless young inspector Lampion just tries to keep up. Later series, are set in the mid-'50s, where suave Commissioner Laurence unravels ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, who done it, odd couple, murder, partners against crime, partner, womanizer, law enforcement, red herring ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen and his team in the Violent Crimes Unit as they try to solve murders in a Finnish lakeside city of Tampere.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological
Plot:
murder investigation, middle aged man, police investigation, police detective, murder, police inspector, detective inspector, police partner, fighting crime, homicide detective, killing, teamwork ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
24%
376
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
When a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge Armando Acosta. Now the judge Madiani will defend his innocence.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
lawyer, judge, murder, legal, problem, intrigue, murder mystery, courtroom drama, secret, legal action, court, attorney ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, sleuth, forensics, investigation, murder, police protagonist, crime investigation, police investigation, life is a bitch, nordic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Faroe Islands, Iceland
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The six-part series follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis' daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, forensics, journalist, island, investigation, sleuth, investigative journalism, investigative reporter, journalism, family secret, corruption ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, detective, period drama
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, private investigation, murder, homicide detective, whodunit, murder investigation, uncover truth, unsolved crime, crime investigation, forensics ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime reporter, John Moore, meets with psychologist, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, gothic, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, murder mystery, murder investigation, police, crime investigation, psychologist, ritual, forensics, investigation, homicide detective, private detective ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era, 2010s
Place:
new york, america
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, detective
Plot:
murderer, sleuth, investigation, murder mystery, murder, uncover truth, who done it, crime solving, murder investigation, homicide detective, crime investigation, female nudity ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
24%
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