| Gone Baby Gone (2007) | 7.6 | |
| Marshland (2014) | 7.2 | |
| Memories of Murder (2003) | 8.1 | |
| Fargo (2014) | 8.8 | |
| Prime Suspect (1991) | 8.3 |
Police investigation movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Prime Suspect is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. It stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney. The series is a "re-imagining" of the original British series Prime ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot:
police detective, policewoman, homicide detective, police investigation, investigator, law enforcement, female detective, sexism, police station, tough law enforcer, ambition, boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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131K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, belfast
Is relevant?
221K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style:
exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, police, law enforcement, danger, talented, outsmarting, justice ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, rough, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, heroin, sex, police investigation, drug addiction, murder, serial killer, drug, junkie, true crime, drug addict, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, y2k, year 2003, 80s ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california, usa, sacramento california, california
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163K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, imaginary friend, macabre, murder mystery, psycho killer, maniac, schizophrenia, twists and turns, secret ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, palo alto california, portland oregon
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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 ...
Style:
detective, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, murder, danger, law enforcement, serial killer, dirty cop, detective inspector, police procedural, investigation, meme, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Collision is a five-part television drama miniseries, which debuted on ITV & UTV in November 2009. In the same month, it was also on PBS as a series in two parts. It tells the story of a group of strangers whose lives intertwine following a ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, police, road accident, traffic accident, smuggling, life is a bitch, uncover truth, stranger, twists and turns, car accident, car crash ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
europe, england
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story:
Murderland poses the question of tragedy and curiosity - can one move on from horrible and unexplained events that one experiences as a child, and grow up to make a new life? Or will peace come only once the truth is known? Murderland tells of the ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, who done it, murder, police investigation, haunted by the past, uncover truth, life is a bitch, british police, death of mother, murder suspect, mother daughter relationship, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, psychological thriller, cult classic ...
Plot:
hitman, police investigation, murder, memory loss, assassin, one last job, law enforcement, unlikely partners, twists and turns, chess, serial killer, professional killer ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe, brussels, netherlands ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 841 min.
TV show
Story:
Single-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007. Set and filmed in the west of Ireland, it focuses on the life of a member of the Garda Síochána, Sergeant Jack Driscoll. Three two-episode, single-story ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
police investigation, fighting crime, who done it, social relations, workplace, police officer, murder, uncover truth, rivalry, danger, nypd, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Style:
intense, bleak, factual, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
police investigation, satanism, courtroom drama, murder investigation, courtroom, jury, legal, court, murder, twists and turns, brutality, police interrogation ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, memphis, southern usa, arkansas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
police investigation, kidnapping, missing child, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, investigation, missing person, missing girl ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a young child goes missing. Five years later, DCI Maggie Brand leads a new investigation and puts at risk her own happy family life.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Plot:
missing child, police investigation, dead child, law enforcement, life turned upside down, investigation, police procedural, cold case, family drama, secrets, grief, guilt ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, who done it, police investigation, multiple suspects, life is a bitch, loner, uncover truth, danger, one last case, social relations, investigation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Alcatraz is an American television series created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and produced by J. J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on Fox on January 16, 2012, as a mid-season replacement. ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, cliffhanger, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
prison, twists and turns, investigation, police investigation, murderer, uncover truth, time travel, law enforcement, warden, police detective, partner, secret agenda ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, bay area
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, erotic, psychosexual thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, police detective, lust, sex, voyeurism, sexual relations, female nudity, voyeur, female masturbation, police investigation, eroticism, seduction ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon ...
Style:
detective, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, police investigation, female detective, murder, ex cop, restaurant, police detective, police inspector, seaside, detective agency, murder investigation, single parent ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
britain, united kingdom, england
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114K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
Style:
mysterious, scary, detective, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
stephen king, murder, supernatural, mysticism, police investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, murder mystery, investigation, mysterious event, falsely accused, small town ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This Crime series follows Matt Passmore as Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small ...
Style:
detective, cliffhanger, stylized, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, multiple suspects, outsmarting, outside help, murder, team, murder investigation, police investigation, coworker, ex husband, starting over ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, everglades, miami
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
murder, who done it, female detective, police investigation, law enforcement, british police, crime investigation, police detective, murder mystery, criminal, right hand man, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, northern england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bill is a police procedural television series that was broadcast on the ITV network from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop, which was broadcast in August 1983. In its final ...
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, detective, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, inspector, fighting crime, partner, investigation, law enforcement, police station, society, workplace situations, police, british police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
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Genre: Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
After the success of 2014’s TV movie The Killing Field, Rebecca Gibney returns to the screen as Detective Sergeant Eve Winter in Seven’s new series Winter. Peter O’Brien will reprise his role as Detective Inspector Lachlan McKenzie. The series ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, detective ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, danger, riddles and clues, partner, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder, strong female presence, reluctant partners, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, life turned upside down, workplace situations, machismo, rock, traditional versus modern, society, workplace, police station, police detective, homicide detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK, and on Network ...
Style:
detective, serious, psychological, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot:
police investigation, hallucination, therapist, afterlife, investigation, mentally unstable, supernatural, law enforcement, therapy, haunted by the past, murder, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
New York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow. New York Detective Tommy Conley gets a special dispensation from the NYPD to go observe and ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, psychopath, forensics, law enforcement, father daughter relationship, uncover truth, victim, multiple suspects, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, homicide detective, policewoman, profiler, police investigation, forensics, female protagonist, crime investigation, police, police protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, multiple suspects, murder, murder investigation, cop, police detective, twists and turns, partners against crime, mind game, riddles and clues, heroine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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