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Plot Summary:
Wolffs Revier is a German television series.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Leipzig Homicide (2001)
Plot Summary:
SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, exciting, intellectual, suspenseful
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Original Sin (1997)
Plot Summary:
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary heroes when Peverell Press staff fall victim to a rash of hate mail. When the body of an editor is discovered and another member of the venerable firm is found dead soon after, Dalgliesh and his team -- Detective Inspectors Kate Miskin and Daniel Aron -- turn to the past to track down a murderer who seems prepared to kill and kill again.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Cologne P.D. (2003)
Plot Summary:
The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Taste for Death (1988)
Plot Summary:
Sir Paul Berowne (Bosco Hogan) - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Inspector Rex (1994)
Plot Summary:
Kommissar Rex is a police procedural drama originally made in Austria and aired from 1994 to 2004. In 2008 the series was revived under Austrian-Italian production, and has since 2009 been made fully in Italy, with occasional episodes set in Austria. The show follows the German Shepherd police dog Rex, his partners and the rest of the team at the Vienna Kriminalpolizei homicide unit, as they work together to solve crimes. Since 2008, the show has been set in Rome.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, detective, retro
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Blue Heelers (1994)
Plot Summary:
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Arne Dahl: A Midsummer Night Dream (2015)
Plot Summary:
A series of brutal murders of Polish women who secretly hiding in Sweden becomes the new A - team first case. The victims prove to be key witnesses in a major lawsuit against the Polish mafia . Three of them have been found murdered in the space of a few days , two missing and the hope is that they are still alive. Detective Kerstin Holm get command when the hunt for a ruthless killer and his shady victim begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective, gloomy
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Hamburg Dockland (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
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The Black Tower (1985)
Plot Summary:
Frustrated with his career, Commander Dalgliesh is invited to Toynton Grange, a home for the disabled, by his old teacher, Father Baddeley, who is resident there. But unbeknown to Dalgliesh, something happening at the Grange is making the Father uneasy, and Dalgliesh quickly finds himself investigating a series of mysterious deaths.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Arne Dahl: Bad Blood (2012)
Plot Summary:
An American serial killer is on board a plane from New York to Stockholm. Without a proper identification and with great urgency A-group try to locate this passenger before Sweden inadvertently imports it's first American serial killer. The serial killer enters Sweden, and very soon he begins his killing spree. His methods are blood thirsty and can be traced back to the Vietnam War. A collaboration with the FBI begins in an desperate attempt to catch him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, detective, gloomy
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Flikken Maastricht (2007)
Plot Summary:
Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Derrick (1974)
Plot Summary:
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Downtown Precinct (2011)
Plot Summary:
An Israeli Detective investigating a Russian mob in Israel, falls into trouble.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, detective, rough, serious, suspenseful
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No Limit (2012)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill French secret service agent is hired by Hydra, a mysterious black ops organization set up by the government, to fight crime by any means necessary and receive experimental treatment in return. Also, his daughter hates him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, realistic
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UC: Undercover (2001)
Plot Summary:
UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department crime-fighting unit that confronts the country’s deadliest, most untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover to bust them. The series was broadcast from 2001 to 2002. The stories were written by Shane Salerno. James Bond composer David Arnold wrote the main title theme and scored the pilot episode. Salerno said the show would be a "very music driven series." UC: Undercover was a production of NBC Studios in association with Jersey Films, Chasing Time Pictures, Regency Television, and 20th Century Fox Television. Its short but popular run ended when it was canceled by the network. The show developed a passionate following overseas and continues to run on FX International.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, fast, suspense
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Marshal (1995)
Plot Summary:
The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the episode "Hitwoman" was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Falcón (2012)
Plot Summary:
Falcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, atmospheric, gloomy, hardboiled detective, detective series
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
Plot Summary:
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia. The series has been broadcast in countries worldwide. Ihr Revier ist die Autobahn (Their precinct is the autobahn) Ihr Tempo ist mörderisch (They work at break-neck speed) Ihre Gegner: Autoschieber, Mörder und Erpresser (They're up against car thieves, burglars, and extortionists) Einsatz rund um die Uhr für die Männer von Cobra 11 (They're on call around the clock: the men of Cobra 11) Unsere Sicherheit ist ihr Job (Our safety is their job).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, detective, suspenseful, retro
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Jo (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the Belgian Stromboli Pictures companies in association with broadcast partners TF1, RTBF, Sat.1, ORF and RTS.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Scene of the Crime (1970)
Plot Summary:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland. The first episode was broadcast on November 29, 1970. The opening sequence for the series has remained the same throughout the decades, which remains highly unusual for any such long-running TV series up to date. Each of the regional TV channels which together form ARD, plus ORF and SF, produces its own episodes, starring its own police inspector, some of which, like the discontinued Schimanski, have become cultural icons. The show appears on DasErste and ORF 2 on Sundays at 8:15 p.m. and currently about 30 episodes are made per year. As of March 2013, 865 episodes in total have been produced. Tatort is currently being broadcast in the United States on the MHz Worldview channel under the name Scene of the Crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, witty, realistic, anthology, detective
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Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young woman found in an abandoned car. There are several suspects: Lorrimer's subordinate, Clifford Bradley, who despises him; the new head of the laboratory, Maxim Howarth, who is jealous of his sister's relationship with him; a colleague, Paul Middlemass, who had a fight with Lorrimer. There is also a gruff and likely unethical policeman who was on the grounds of the laboratory at the time of the killing and a local pathologist who is raising his two young children after his wife leaves him for another man. When one of the suspects is also murdered, Dalgliesh learns a key piece of information.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bloodlines (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just released. After the autopsy concludes asphyxiation, she comprises friendly DC Jake Bannerman's official investigation by rash actions against procedure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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To Serve and Protect (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, exciting, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Inspector Rex (2008)
Plot Summary:
A spin off from the Austrian series Kommissar (Inspector) Rex. Rex the Police Dog moves from Vienna to Rome to continue his career.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aspe (2004)
Plot Summary:
In each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his team.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Murder City (2004)
Plot Summary:
British police drama that revolves around two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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In Face of the Crime (2010)
Plot Summary:
Im Angesicht des Verbrechens is a German television series about the Russian mafia in Berlin. It received high critical acclaim, but the viewer figures were disappointing. It was broadcast by ARTE and Das Erste.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 479 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, serious, captivating, detective, suspenseful, interesting
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Against the Wall (2011)
Plot Summary:
Against the Wall is an American police drama television series created by Annie Brunner. The series starred Rachael Carpani as Abby Kowalski, a police detective who recently joined the Internal Affairs division of the Chicago Police Department. The series was broadcast in the United States on the cable channel Lifetime, and is a production of Universal Cable Productions. It premiered on July 31, 2011, following Drop Dead Diva. Lifetime opted not to renew the show for a second season.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, touching, detective, serious
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Life of Crime (2013)
Plot Summary:
A female cop becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, and hunts him over the course of her 28 year career in the force.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, detective, period piece, rough, serious
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Bosch (2014)
Plot Summary:
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 remain loyal to his personal code: “Everybody counts or nobody counts.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir, tense, crime drama, mind blowing, crime thriller, gloomy