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The Residence (2025)
60K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, anthology, compassionate, complex, earnest
Plot:
female detective, chef, female protagonist, secret, scandal, multiple suspects, congressional hearing, whodunit, murder mystery, thoughtful, strong female lead, police, investigation, blonde, court, white house, president, bird, job, mansion, usa president, slacker, drunkenness, old woman, blond ...
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Most similar movies to The Residence
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, captivating, suspenseful and realistic films and TV series with plots about investigation, female detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, crime solving and crime investigation mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Residence: Poker Face (2023), Agatha Christie's Marple (2004), Only Murders in the Building (2021), Murder, She Wrote (1984), The Spencer Sisters (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
This mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, psychological, crime thriller ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
female protagonist, crime investigation, private investigation, road trip, whodunit, lie detector, who done it, fighting crime, uncover truth, investigation, murder investigation, con trick ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
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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:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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The show follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, who done it, female detective, whodunit, riddles and clues, murder investigation, female protagonist, uncover truth, amateur detective, twists and turns, murder, sleuth ...
Time:
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Place:
england, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of ...
Style:
detective, satirical, captivating, psychological, laugh out loud ...
Plot:
criminal, murder mystery, bisexual woman, murder investigation, murder, secret, stranger, investigation, crime solving, satire, who done it, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Place:
new york
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
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Story:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Style:
detective, clever, witty, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, who done it, writers, female detective, amateur detective, riddles and clues, elderly, sherlock holmes, women, doctor, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
maine, usa, new york, arizona
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Mystery novelist Victoria Spencer and her daughter Darby Spencer are mistaken as sisters as they tackle puzzling cases in Alder Bluffs.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
female detective, investigation, mother daughter relationship, sleuth, female protagonist, amateur sleuth, crime investigation, forensics, police detective, uncover truth, women, satire ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
female detective, coroner, police, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, partners against crime, talented, law enforcement, justice, serial killer, danger ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire, and his son, Peter, who is a detective under his ...
Style:
detective, thrilling, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, police, police investigation, parent child relationship, lapd, law enforcement, multiple suspects, murder, murder suspect, millionaire, chief of police, widower ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior - Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, police, law enforcement, policewoman, sarcasm, disorder, chase, workplace, women, organized crime, female partner ...
Similarity:
19%
185K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style:
witty, realistic, thrilling, entertaining, detective ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, homicide detective, crime investigation, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, law enforcement, who done it, murder ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
North Mission Road is a documentary style show on truTV that details "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner Department. The name of the show is based on the road on which the office of the Los Angeles County ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective, psychological
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder mystery, forensics, workplace situations, crime investigation, uncover truth, police investigation, crime solving, secret, sleuth, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
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In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot:
investigation, female detective, homicide detective, crime investigation, fighting crime, job, colleague, female protagonist, police, office, law enforcement, coworker ...
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, crime drama, detective
Plot:
police officer, police procedural, homicide detective, crime investigation, female detective, police department, chief of police, police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, coworker, fighting crime ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
Style:
feel good, ironic, detective, witty, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, eccentricity, female detective, female police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, british police, police investigation, unsolved crime, unconventional method, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
photographic memory, female detective, partners against crime, police, policewoman, police detective, fighting crime, prodigy, police investigation, law enforcement, haunted by the past, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
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Style:
detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
whodunit, family relations, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, single mother, female detective, investigation, nypd, single parent, strong female presence, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, manchester
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 52 min.
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When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
amateur detective, whodunit, murder, female detective, amateur sleuth, murder mystery, investigation, family secret, poisoning, strangulation, small village, social satire ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human ...
Style:
confusing, light, non-linear, detective, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
murder investigation, crime investigation, private investigation, female detective, investigation, uncover truth, friends, investigator, murder mystery, secrets, unsolved crime, escapades ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand, oceania
Similarity:
17%
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133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
serious, psychological, crime drama, gloomy, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, female detective, murder, female protagonist, multiple suspects, who done it, police investigation, crime investigation, strong female lead, street kid ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
TV show
Story:
Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his shore.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, twisted, detective, moody
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, intrigue, isolation, isolated community, plot twist, psychological trauma, forensic, slow burn, moral ambiguity, psychological drama
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
female detective, police station, homicide detective, mischievous children, female protagonist, policewoman, police detective, ex husband, police investigation, murder investigation, single parent, partner ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, clever, crime drama ...
Plot:
forensics, medical, investigation, female detective, police detective, murder investigation, police, female protagonist, fighting crime, uncover truth, murder, who done it ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
17%
79K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, suspenseful, detective, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, female protagonist, supernatural ability, supernatural, murder mystery, law enforcement, murder, police investigation, morgue, fighting crime, partners against crime, hidden identity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Chen Si is a righteous detective who got partnered up with Yuan Bu Jie, a dream reader with unrivaled interpreting skills as well as a dark past. They work together to find the truth behind a series of serial murders.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, female detective, murder, murder mystery, crime investigation, crime solving, female police detective, murder investigation, homicide detective, sleuth, who done it, police investigation ...
Similarity:
17%
307
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Snoops is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC. The series, which aired from September 26, 1999 to December 19, 1999, was created by David E. Kelley. Snoops came about during the height of Kelley's fame, with both The ...
Style:
detective, realistic, comedy drama, suspense, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
legal, private detective, investigation, private investigator, danger, female empowerment, female detective, nypd, streetwise, undercover, satire, corporate crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, santa monica california
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective goes undercover to investigate the murder of her best friend.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, soap opera ...
Plot:
female detective, wealthy family, police detective, murder investigation, heir, murder mystery, death of friend, uncover truth, lifestyle, working undercover, high society, estate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Mrs. Sidhu is a high-end caterer with a taste for crime. Recently widowed, she juggles her new catering business with encouraging her wayward son Tez to find his passion, all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law. Her ...
Style:
detective, captivating, semi serious, witty, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
amateur sleuth, female detective, crime solving, investigation, british police, crime investigation, female protagonist, sleuth, private investigation, uncover truth, police investigation, private detective ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style:
suspense, captivating, deep, twisted, thrilling ...
Plot:
small town, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, murder, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, therapist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
Style:
captivating, detective, semi serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
investigation, male female relationship, private detective, private investigator, murder mystery, partners against crime, twists and turns, fighting crime, murder investigation, partner, uncover truth, whodunit ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
ontario canada, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
When a high school reunion’s afterparty ends in a stunning death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story—culminating in the shocking truth.
Style:
funny, captivating, suspense, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
murder mystery, suspect, classmate classmate relationship, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, uncover truth, investigation, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, sleuth, classmate, suspicion of murder ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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