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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, detective
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Bergerac (1981)
Plot Summary:
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama
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Agatha Raisin (2014)
Plot Summary:
Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, captivating, feel good, emotional, witty, entertaining, ironic, light hearted
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The Tower (2021)
Plot Summary:
A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, crime thriller
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Murders in... (2013)
Plot Summary:
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Maigrets Night at the Crossroads (2017)
Plot Summary:
A complex tale of murder, deceit and greed set in an isolated country community.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, detective, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, retro, multicultural
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Murder in the First (2014)
Plot Summary:
Murder in the First follows homicide detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan as they investigate a multitude of tragedies in San Francisco.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, detective, tense, suspense, suspenseful, sexy
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Suspects (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as the search for a soldier with PTSD, a murder that has been made to look like an assisted suicide and the gang rape of a young teenager.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Lynley TV Series.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark, sincere
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Vera (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 courage.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, captivating, costume drama, hardboiled detective, suspenseful, stylized, tense
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Nobody Knows (2020)
Plot Summary:
Choi Su Jung, a 16-year-old high school student, is brutally murdered by a serial killer. Her friend Young Jin gets to take a phone call from the killer and says that she’ll find and kill him. Over two decades later, Young Jin has become a police officer and still desperately tries to find the serial killer. She has a young, middle-school-student neighbor Eun Ho. He gets shocked by what’s inside Young Jin’s room when he comes over to her place.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending
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New Tricks (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Unforgotten (2015)
Plot Summary:
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the secrets will also affect the personal lives of both Sunny and Cassie.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, tense, suspenseful, clever, captivating, disturbing, atmospheric
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Murder in Suburbia (2004)
Plot Summary:
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, rough, detective, tense, crime drama, captivating, suspense, mind bending, serious
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Marnow Murders (2021)
Plot Summary:
The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently made some powerful enemies that will do everything in their power to keep the truth from coming to light. The further along with their investigation Frank Elling, a devoted husband and father, and the aloof Lona Mendt get, the bigger the obstacles become.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Break (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: dark, detective, tense, captivating, suspense, noir, crime thriller, hardboiled detective, interesting, detective series
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The Cliff (2009)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, noir, dark
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Circle (2017)
Plot Summary:
A special team of four is established by the Istanbul Police Department. The team has all kinds of different talents. These four people, who have experienced many things in their past, start working together to solve grisly murders.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Homicides (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 Alonso Izquierdo, disciplined Homicide Brigade inspector Pablo Montero, rookie sub-inspector María Losada, and sarcastic forensic Susana Rota. The team will be supervised by commissioner Andrés Ramos.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Crime
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Grace (2021)
Plot Summary:
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 into long forgotten cold cases with little prospect of success. Following another reprimand for his unorthodox police methods, Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, contemplative
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Beautiful to Die For (2020)
Plot Summary:
Eva, a police inspector returns to the quiet village where she grew up to be next to her sister Rachele, a single mother. She finds herself investigating the mysterious disappearance of Gioia, an aspiring showgirl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Steppe (2018)
Plot Summary:
Experienced chief of police Seyfi and newbie officer Nuri Pamir start to investigate the case of a child murder taking place in the city. The case brings them to Mr. Abbas and his daughter Dilara, who are well-known individuals in their circles.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, detective
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Murder Investigation Team (2003)
Plot Summary:
Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun Hill borough of London, as featured in The Bill.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
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The Mallorca Files (2019)
Plot Summary:
Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different approaches, the sleuths form a perfect complementary partnership as they seek to solve a new crime on the island each week.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama
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Serve and Protect (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fresh off the Academy, talented rookie officer Alicia joins the police station in Distrito Sur. While she learns the ropes from veteran detective Miralles and streetwise agent Batista, she will try to find out the truth about her mother's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, telenovela
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New Blood (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two junior investigators come together against a new breed of criminal, the uber rich and powerful corporations, individuals and governments who hide behind legitimate facades.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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River (2015)
Plot Summary:
John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, surprise ending, melancholic, atmospheric, enigmatic, tense, captivating
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Hinterland (2013)
Plot Summary:
Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look. From the windswept sand dunes of the coastline to the badlands of the hinterland, Y Gwyll is a series of four two-hour stories that are original and local, yet timeless and universal.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, serious, tense, bleak, crime drama, dark, suspense, noir, grindhouse
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Chasing Shadows (2014)
Plot Summary:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, captivating, suspense
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The Hunt for a Killer (2020)
Plot Summary:
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 for 15 years. On the March 1989 night when Helen disappeared, there were around 20 suspected paedophiles living in Hörby.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, tense