| The Closer (2005) | 7.8 | |
| Broadchurch (2013) | 8.3 | |
| The Fall (2013) | 8.1 | |
| The Killing (2011) | 8.3 | |
| Memories of Murder (2003) | 8.1 |
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he ...
Style:
detective, witty, humorous, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, private detective, mental illness, prodigy, talented, police investigation, riddles and clues, unconventional method, mastermind, obsessive compulsive disorder, mental disorder ...
Time:
2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style:
intense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, police investigation, corruption, organized crime, murder, investigation, conspiracy, cop, moral dilemma, american football, nypd ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, both starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
texas ranger, partners against crime, heroes, vigilante, police investigation, law enforcement, violence, martial artist, hand to hand combat, ex soldier, machismo, interracial friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
Style:
surreal, serious, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, manic, mental illness, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, serial killer, twists and turns, imagination, surveillance, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telekinesis. Things start to spiral out of control as their classmates die in twisted and bizarre ways. Jealousy begins to divide them and soon they can no longer trust each other, leading up to a ...
Style:
scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twin brother, police investigation, police detective, russian roulette, supernatural, murder, brother brother relationship, supernatural ability, sibling relationship, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
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139K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, fairy tale, detective, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, werewolf, legends and myths, creature, monster, supernatural ability, police detective, partners against crime, good versus evil, peril, protector, hunt down ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Rebecca and Sam's lives are turned upside down when two teenagers break into their coast home.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological
Plot:
police investigation, corpse, female journalist, seaside town, husband wife relationship, police officer, newspaper reporter, journalist, grieving father, radio announcer, drug dealer, police detective ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is no record her being admitted, and he soon learns that her room mate also vanished after being picked ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, detective, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, conspiracy, obsession, police detective, ambulance, police investigation, hospital, psychopath, missing woman, abduction, investigation, amateur detective ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
investigation, world war two, police detective, police investigation, detective inspector, police, investigator, whodunit, war crime, nazism, british police, murder investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, new mexico, london
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35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, contemplative, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, female detective, policewoman, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, strong female lead, unsolved crime, mentor, homicide detective, murderer, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 90s, 70s, 1920s ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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22K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, detective, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
alternate reality, police investigation, car accident, grief, family problems, loss, therapy, police protagonist, sanity, loss of son, loss of family member, loss of loved one ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A man who finds the body of a young boy quickly becomes the prime murder suspect, putting his life and his family at risk.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, protagonist as suspect, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, family problems, disorder, loss of child, family in crisis, child killer, murder mystery, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A major police operation to take down a notorious gang of bank robbers goes horribly wrong when a rooftop sniper opens fire, killing several police officers and causing an explosive distraction in which the robbers make their getaway. Commissioner ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, rivalry, chase, sniper, escapades, nypd, violent, violent content, chases and races, law enforcement, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner ...
Style:
detective, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, reluctant partners, heroin, police investigation, buddy cop, killing spree, evil alien, humanoid alien, tough cop, investigation, good versus evil, space and aliens ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
houston texas, austin texas, texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, police detective, forest, unsolved crime, mass child killing, forensics, hidden identity, psychological trauma, corpse, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, missing person, homicide detective, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, serial murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Female detective Hannah Maes leads a police squad, specialized in sexual offenses. A smaller, but important part of the story is about the private quest of Hannah. She investigates a past robbery at her home and the subsequent brutal rape of her ...
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex crime, police investigation, police, law enforcement, murder, robbery, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, european, violent content, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, ghent
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, policewoman, female detective, police investigation, female partner, friends, relationship vs career, partners against crime, law enforcement, police procedural, female protagonist, best friend ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An old note is found in a bottle in Jutland which has travelled across the ocean for a long time. The note is hard to decipher, but when the Danish investigators from Section Q receive it, the odd personalities within the section find a new angle on ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic ...
Plot:
cold case, religion, child abduction, missing child, police protagonist, serial killer, cop, hardcore, message in a bottle, letter, farm, secretary ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
denmark
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96K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, detective, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, coworker, determination, police detective, homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, police investigation, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, period piece, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, lesbian, obsession, lesbian sex, police corruption, death, danger, greed, voyeur ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, year 1946, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers ...
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, police investigation, homicide detective, investigation, female detective, elderly, law enforcement, unconventional method, crime investigation, british police, old age ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
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
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, nypd, car chase, investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story takes place in 1957. In the center of the plot - taking place in the small town of mysterious crimes, the investigation of which involved a policeman Balakhnin and KGB agent Mitin.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, showdown, danger, police investigation, murder, death, kgb, fighting crime, partners against crime, private investigator, teamwork, private detective ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
abduction, police investigation, serial killer, psychopath, police procedural, hostage, murder investigation, evidence, police detective, instructor, danger, murderer ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, femme fatale, police, police investigation, police detective, investigation, strong sexual content, fatal attraction, sexual content, murder, passionate sex, erotic scene ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, cop as target, murder, uncover truth, woman in danger, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, false accusation, police investigation, strong violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
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