Unsolved crime movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant unsolved crime movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, tense, detective, suspenseful, captivating and disturbing films and TV shows about / with unsolved crime, investigation, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, police investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, cold case and police plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as unsolved crime: Cold Case (2003), Unsolved Mysteries (1987), Memories of Murder (2003), The Girl in the Fog (2017), The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017), The Killing (2007), A French Case (2021), The Outsider (2020), Dublin Murders (2019), The Chestnut Man (2021).
Best films
New films
| Based on a True Story (2023) | 7.2 | |
| From The Dust. (2024) | 4.8 | |
| Parot (2021) | 5.6 | |
| The Stranger (2022) | 6.6 | |
| Adamas (2022) | 7.0 |
List of unsolved crime movies
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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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Genre: Documentary, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 until 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008. In addition, TV presenter Keely Shaye Smith and actress Virginia Madsen contributed greatly to its ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
unsolved crime, ufo, unsolved mystery, jack the ripper, paranormal activity, alien, true crime, supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, supernatural ability, who done it ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder mystery, rape, police investigation, twists and turns, unsolved crime, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, year 1986, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Based on the bestselling novel by Donato Carrisi, THE GIRL IN THE FOG is a gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where enigmatic Detective Vogel is investigating on the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old Anna ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, disappearance, clue, unsolved crime, schoolgirl, community, girl, vanity, reporter, teacher, psychiatrist ...
Place:
alps, italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes.
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, serious, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
disappearance, unsolved crime, jealous husband, missing wife, domestic violence, murder, schizophrenia, husband wife relationship, family business, missing person, suspicion, true crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
October 16th 1984: Grégory, a 4-year-old boy goes missing. Hours later, he's found dead in the Vologne River, wrists and ankles bound. For years preceding the murder of little Grégory, the family Villemin was persecuted with phone calls and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, murder mystery, cold case, child murder, murder, jealousy, envy, true crime, family tragedy, mourning, grief, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
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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: 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
Country: Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
14-year old Erik gets sent to live with his older brother, Henry, during the summer as his mother is dying in cancer. Henry starts dating Ewa, who is married to Berra. A few days after Ewa shows up battered and bruised from an altercation with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinny dipping, unsolved crime, friendship, power relations, family problems, who done it, youth, coming of age, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, vacation, teenager ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, criminal, investigation, cold case, friendship, killer, undercover cop, friend, police, police operation, undercover, murder ...
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt for Justice tells the story of Mari Gilbert’s search for the truth behind what happened to her daughter Shannan, a sometime escort who disappeared after a ‘date’ on Long Island. After Shannan ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial murder, missing person, missing child, unsolved crime, mysterious disappearance, evidence, serial killer, who done it, sex worker, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, long island
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
He Fei's wife, Li Muzi, disappears during their anniversary trip. When she reappears, he insists that she is not his wife. As Chen Mai, a top lawyer gets involved in this bizarre case, more mysteries start to emerge.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, husband and wife, missing woman, identity, mysterious disappearance, husband wife relationship, missing wife, wife, vanished man, woman, male female relationship, investigation ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style:
sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
murder, missing person, disappearance, childhood trauma, dysfunctional marriage, abusive husband, mentally unstable, overbearing parent, divorce, twists and turns, investigation, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 2000, year 1982, future, year 2010 ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, vermont, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, female nudity, murder, unsolved crime, female pubic hair, lesbian, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, motel, violence ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Daniel and Alice take their two young children to Alice's mother's house after the tragic and mysterious death of her father. Once there, Daniel learns about several unresolved murder and missing people cases. Daniel and his family also ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, serious, enigmatic ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, supernatural, revenge, child, ghost, missing person, death, la llorona, ghost story, death by drowning, handicapped, family tragedy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.
Style:
neo noir, bleak, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
death, serial killer, police investigation, winter, unsolved crime, murder, violence, femme fatale, law enforcement, crazy love, love interest, police detective ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1999, future, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
china, east asia, asia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An industrial tow truck driver suffering from insomnia returns to his childhood home after the untimely death of his father, to discover that a paranormal presence has been living in the house and haunting the sacred land it was built on.
Style:
bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, haunted house, homicide detective, supernatural, paranormal activity, supernatural being, murder investigation, murder, paranormal phenomena, secret, death, crime investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, an investigator tries to unravel the mysterious murder of a prominent attorney's wife.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic
Plot:
unsolved crime, investigation, jewish woman, homicide detective, world war two, murder investigation, nazi occupation, sleuth, detective inspector, cold case, forensics, police detective ...
Place:
warsaw poland, poland
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Genre: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective works to solve a string of cases involving missing girls.
Style:
detective, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
unsolved crime, serial killer, female victim, murder mystery, homicidal maniac, investigation, crime solving, who done it, murder investigation, killing, forensics, sleuth ...
Place:
flanders
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the person murdered this way? The next day, the investigation task force receives a phone call from the ...
Style:
enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, murder, mysterious villain, investigation, police inspector, female detective, killing, fighting crime, serial killer, entrapment, police investigation, killing spree ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman named Katherine Alden becomes the unwanted victim of her new handsome next door neighbor Caleb, after her and her husband and son moves to a new town for a fresh start from a robbery.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
unsolved crime, tragic past, threat, investigation, life is a bitch, crime investigation, home invasion, neighbor, secret identity, neighbor neighbor relationship, confronting the past, sleuth ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
L'ispettore Coliandro is a series of Italian tongue-in-cheek television movies directed by Marco Manetti and Antonio Manetti, and written by the crime writer Carlo Lucarelli and starring Giampaolo Morelli in the title role of the Inspector ...
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unsolved crime, investigation, crime solving, inspector, fighting crime, police, secret revealed, police detective, cold case, police investigation, sleuth, detective inspector ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries ...
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
detective inspector, unsolved crime, british police, police detective, police partner, sleuth, forensics, police inspector, fighting crime, cold case, crime solving, crime investigation ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, inspirational, touching, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, fighting the system, trial, prison, injustice, false accusation, hopes, court, strong female character, freedom ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2001, year 1989, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
massachusetts, rhode island, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.
Style:
captivating, enigmatic, tense, slasher, spooky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
investigation, amateur detective, supernatural, danger, unsolved crime, crime investigation, friendship, teenager, murder, private detective, homicide detective, interracial ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Forgotten is a television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes. The final two episodes of The ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
investigation, amateur detective, missing person, murder, murder investigation, race against time, chases and races, unsolved crime, female detective, victim, police, ex law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A police inspector tries to find out who has murdered numerous inmates who could have been released from prison thanks to the cancellation of the controversial Parot doctrine.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
unsolved crime, detective inspector, serial killer, crime spree, police inspector, criminal's revenge, serial murder, police, ex convict, killing, cold case, fighting crime ...
Time:
year 2013
Place:
spain
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