Homicide detective movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant homicide detective movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out detective, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful and realistic films and TV shows about / with homicide detective, investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, crime investigation, police officer, police and murder mystery plots mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as homicide detective: Cardinal (2017), The Closer (2005), The Mysteries of Laura (2014), Life (2007), Mare of Easttown (2021), Grimm (2011), Deadwind (2018), Chasing Shadows (2014), Castle (2009), Homicides (2011).

List of homicide detective movies

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 7.8
 12K
Cardinal (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise ...
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, psychopath, murder mystery, murder investigation, police corruption, police detective, police investigation, partners in crime, psycho killer, sadist, uncover truth ...
Time: future
Place: canada, ontario canada
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 7.8
 29K
The Closer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder, female detective, workplace romance, homicide detective, couples, twists and turns, strong female character, police detective ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
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, mischievous children, female protagonist, female police detective, ex husband, police investigation, policewoman, homicide detective, crime solving, murder investigation, single parent, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 8.3
 35K
Life (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude ...
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ex convict, investigation, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, who done it, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, homicide detective, uncover truth, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Mare of Easttown (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 418 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: detective, suspense, captivating, anthology, spectacular ...
Plot: small town, murder, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, mother daughter relationship, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, drug abuse, incest ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania
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 7.9
 130K
Grimm (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
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: fairy tale, captivating, exciting, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, werewolf, legends and myths, monster, creature, supernatural ability, police detective, partners against crime, good versus evil, peril, hunt down, protector ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: portland oregon, oregon, usa
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 7.3
 13K
Deadwind (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense, dark ...
Plot: murder, homicide detective, family relations, danger, friendship, vengeance, female detective, ship, criminal, grief, nordic, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: helsinki finland, finland
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Chasing Shadows (2014)
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, homicide detective, missing person, murder, crime solving, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
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 8.1
 173K
Castle (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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, detective, thrilling, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, police, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.2
 142
Homicides (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: Spain
TV show
Story: Psychologist Tomás Sóller and chief inspector Eva Hernández join forces to lead the investigation of a series of crimes that link to the same murderer. The team that carries out the investigation is formed by cunning Narcotic Brigade inspector ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: homicide detective, investigation, police, criminal psychologist, murder investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, murder mystery, crime solving, crime investigation, forensics, police investigation ...
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 6.3
 374
Shattered (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. His wife Ella ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police detective, homicide detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, exodus, criminal, mental disorder, murder investigation, split personality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, vancouver, canada
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The Hunt for a Killer (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved ...
Style: detective, psychological, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: murder investigation, child murder, true crime, homicide detective, sex crime, serial killer, murder, police procedural, interrogation, rapist, crime investigation, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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 7.8
 16K
Major Crimes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Plot: female detective, female protagonist, homicide detective, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, lapd, murder, fighting crime, investigator, interrogation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Women's Murder Club (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, witty, detective ...
Plot: female detective, policewoman, homicide detective, forensics, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace situations, legal, legal investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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 5.2
 19K
Hangman (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot: serial killer, game of death, homicide detective, psycho killer, clue, police partner, revenge, violence, forensics, police investigation, police protagonist, retirement ...
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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, true crime, abduction, child abduction, kidnapped, rape, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicidal maniac, homicide detective ...
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 7.8
 533
Crystal City (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: homicide detective, serial murder, unsolved crime, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, killing spree, forensics, crime solving, murder mystery, murder, tragic past ...
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 3.8
 245
Murder Eleven (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, law enforcement, amateur detective, murder, who done it, tough heroes, partners against crime, police officer, prostitute ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded ...
Style: tense, realistic, detective, talky, serious ...
Plot: police detective, police, murder, justice, homicide detective, cop, police protagonist, team, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, usa
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Murderous Fervour (2021)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: True case. True murders. Real injustice. This is an incredibly tense criminal drama about one of the most scandalous serial killer cases in USSR. Filmed with great attention to details and played by top actors, the series has a great narrative with ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: homicide detective, unsolved crime, crime solving, murder investigation, investigation, police, killings, forensics, serial killer, police investigation, sleuth, fighting crime ...
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 7.0
 7K
Gracepoint (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style: tense, realistic, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder investigation, small town, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, small town life, homicide detective, missing child, social relations, investigation, law enforcement, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Those Who Kill (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, policewoman, female detective, profiler, forensics, criminal psychologist, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, police detective, missing person, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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 5.8
 12K
The Factory (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, scary, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, police detective, investigation, homicide detective, held captive, vigilantism, confined, chases and races, obsession, violent content, manhunt ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.8
 684
The Cliff (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The Cliff is a dramatic mystery about a Crime Detective who is sent to a small community in Iceland to help a local policewoman investigate a suspicious accident. Together they unravel a mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths.
Style: detective, captivating, tense, suspense, noir ...
Plot: investigation, police, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, partners against crime, partner, secret, policewoman, police investigation, police detective ...
Place: iceland
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Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, female protagonist, policewoman, coworker, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
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The Frozen Ground (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, factual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, winter, police investigation, kidnapping, murder investigation, investigation, manhunt, sexual predator, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: alaska, usa
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 6.8
 2K
The Thaw (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Poland
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice. It asks ‘Who was she? Why did she die? Who did she leave behind?
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, forensics, homicide detective, crime investigation, life is a bitch, confronting the past, problem, uncover truth, policewoman, female protagonist, loss of child, female police detective ...
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 6.8
 3K
London Kills (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: homicide detective, police, murder, murder investigation, disappearance, partners against crime, investigation, death, suicide, murder mystery, assistant, partner ...
Place: london, england
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 6.7
 11K
Nancy Drew (2019)
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, spooky, slasher ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, investigation, amateur detective, danger, teenager, friendship, murder, crime investigation, interracial, love and romance, homicide detective, paranormal ...
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 8.5
 83K
Bosch (2014)
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, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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