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Plot Summary:
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective
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Fritz Lang (2016)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, sincere, disturbing, detective, black and white, exciting
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The Ground (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two men living in a criminal-ran city have two choices: Either fight back or join the corruption. Chaos just always seems to find them.
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Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Beyond the Law (1968)
Plot Summary:
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, cinema verite, fake documentary
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Crosscurrent (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shipping tycoon. The trail leads to a drug dealer, a shady physician and a nervous police captain.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980)
Plot Summary:
14 year police veteran, looking to make it to retirement, experiences the highs and lows of police work as a police woman in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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One Police Plaza (1986)
Plot Summary:
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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Helsinki Crimes (2022)
Plot Summary:
Helsinki in the summer is shown differently through the eyes of the homicide unit detectives, Timo Harjunpää and Onerva Nykänen; painting a picture of the city where people are not safe in the streets or not even in their own homes. In the midst of the hard crimes it is impossible not to feel the constant worry about your own family while being afraid of losing touch with your children.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags:
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In Defense of a Married Man (1990)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes charge of his defense, but can she place his betrayal behind or aside to be able provide him with the best possible defense?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crime drama, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Keys (1994)
Plot Summary:
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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City Under Siege (1974)
Plot Summary:
A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Angels of the Street (1969)
Plot Summary:
Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, poliziottesco
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Payback (2022)
Plot Summary:
A true crime documentary series that profiles stories of revenge, told through gripping interviews with the family members, community members, and law enforcement who experienced the events firsthand.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Beauty Betrayed (2002)
Plot Summary:
Clark (Brad Bartram), a classic experienced detective and his girlfriend, and new part-time colleague coroner, Allie (Samm Croft) investigate the murder of a well-known model, Lily (Renee Rea). Through their research, there are all kinds of erotic secrets over the table. They discover a videotape on which Lily can be seen in bondage games with a famous photographer, Fabrice (Justin Carroll). They dive into Lily's perverse double life and soon feel attracted to it.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, erotic, sexploitation film
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Hunter: Return to Justice (2002)
Plot Summary:
On enforced leave following a failed drug bust, LAPD Lieutenant Rick Hunter heads to San Diego, where he catches up with former partner Dee Dee McCall. But upon their reunion, Hunter and McCall become embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse that has its roots in Russia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Varg Veum - Fallen Angels (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca rekindle their former love. Meanwhile a serial killer is targeting members of Jacob's band and their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, detective
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Dark Figure of Crime (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, twisted, detective
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
Plot Summary:
Once a Los Angeles homicide detective, Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises, unlikely suspects and grave danger. Though it's widely believed the murder was committed by an incarcerated serial killer, Jesse suspects another killer is at large and is hell-bent on bringing him to justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Happy Face Killer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Thirty Cases of Major Zema (1975)
Plot Summary:
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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Major Case Squad (2014)
Plot Summary:
A criminal series set in Czech Republic, where a group of top class detectives are solving cases based on a true stories.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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Grudge (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, confusing, suspenseful
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My Husband, My Killer (2001)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of an Australian woman that was murdered in bed next to her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Twisted Justice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Taking his inspiration from the biggest scandal in Japan’s police history, Kazuya Shiraishi has created a massive and sinister crime epic about the grand forces of corruption that brings to mind the best of Kinji Fukasaku’s yakuza movies (Cops vs. Thugs among others). Starting in 1970s Hokkaido like a nervous Japanese Starsky & Hutch–chan, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi (Go Ayano) over three decades. Green in years but already hard‐grained and ready to play rough, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai (Pierre Taki) teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza. Burning with the same blaze as the hard‐boiled classics of yore, Twisted Justice scorches away the sleekness and macho self‐congratulation of the genre. .
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Shattered (2010)
Plot Summary:
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 is played by Molly Parker. In the first moments of the series, Ben is bonded in blood to his determined, beautiful partner Amy Lynch. While they work to solve the murder cases that cross their desk daily, Ben copes with the fascinating complexities of his secret disorder, and the uncertainty of never knowing which alternate personality will surface, or when. Other regular characters of the series are Sergeant Pam ‘TC’ Garrett, John ‘Hall’ Holland a young, handsome and ambitious detective, and Terry Rhodes, Ben’s best friend and ex-partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective, offbeat
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Roba (2012)
Plot Summary:
A new captain comes to take over the police station. Old behaviors and installed management will be questioned and put into debate. Police drama that tells the life of the policemen of the station of Roba, in the south of Helsinki. Winner of the Venla award for the best drama series in 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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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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Blue Murder (2001)
Plot Summary:
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some of the city's most complicated and riveting crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating
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Golden Boy (2013)
Plot Summary:
Golden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by Berlanti Television and Warner Bros. Television. CBS placed a series order on May 13, 2012. The series ran on CBS from February 26 to May 14, 2013 and aired Tuesdays at 10:00 pm ET. On May 10, 2013, CBS canceled the series after one season.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, touching, disturbing, detective, tense
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Mongeville (2013)
Plot Summary:
Former judge, new investigator! Bordeaux, France. Antoine Mongeville, a former investigating judge, meets a Criminal Police's detective who he will have to work with. Despite their tense relationship and their opposed characters, they will realise that they are not so different.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective