Best movies like The Hunters
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Plot Summary:
A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark, detective, action thriller, thrilling, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like The Hunters (1996):
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The Police Murderer (1994)
Plot Summary:
A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be innocent.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Stockholm Marathon (1994)
Plot Summary:
A gardener decides to exact revenge on the men he believes to be responsible for the death of his mentally disturbed wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
The White Lioness (1996)
Plot Summary:
In Cape Town, a police inspector named September color discovers that the dreaded Mabasha, hired murderer, is in talks with a right-wing organization. In Skåne, southwest of Sweden, is given to the real estate agent Louise Åkerblom by missing and the case is assigned to Inspector Wallander. Just start research supposedly empty building explodes. An unusual weapon, a transmitter Russian and index finger of a man of color are found in the wreckage of the building.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Last Contract (1998)
Plot Summary:
Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway, Finland
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: detective, action thriller, serious, realistic
Similar in 87%
White Rush (2003)
Plot Summary:
A group of young tourist couples comes across a drug deal gone bad while on vacation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, cliffhanger, gloomy
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Deathly Compulsion (1999)
Plot Summary:
A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill. When he finally commits a murder there is a witness, who is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Zero Tolerance (1999)
Plot Summary:
Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Executive Protection (2001)
Plot Summary:
After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven, purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retained the services of Nikolaus Lehmann, a burly private eye, to throw them off his trail. However, Lehmann does his job all too well, murdering the racketeers, and then threatening Sven and his family. With no where else to turn, Sven asks Falk to help him deal with the crazed Lehmann; Falk agrees, but soon realizes he's dealing with a more dangerous man than he imagined when Lehmann kidnaps Falk's wife Jeanette, and then releases her with a time bomb locked around her neck, demanding that Falk hand over ownership of his detective agency to Lehmann.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Roseanna (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely suspect and together with a police woman they begin a cat and mouse game to catch him. Plot by Mattias Pettersson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Fire Engine That Disappeared (1993)
Plot Summary:
A routine mission ends up in a flaming inferno when a house suddenly explodes. It looks like a spectacular suicide attempt but the technical investigation reveals unexpected evidence. Beck and his men are soon on the tracks of a narcotic syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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False Trail (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Interrogator Erik Backstrom (Rolf Lassgård) is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the local police Torsten (Peter Stormare). Torsten does not support Erik very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, noir, neo noir, dark, action thriller, powerful
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Case G (2006)
Plot Summary:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van Veeteren has personal reasons for wanting him caught.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective
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Black's Game (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the mid to late 90's, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, rough, bleak, stylized, neo noir
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Murder at the Savoy (1993)
Plot Summary:
A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case. The suspects lead to people involved in illegal arms deals. But who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Reflections (2008)
Plot Summary:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, convinced that he has his man. Marco has an airtight alibi though and further investigation of the suspect leads Agent Brindle to a shocking discovery.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, rough, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Plot Summary:
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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The Third Wave (2003)
Plot Summary:
Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Plot Summary:
Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an investigation to locate and eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Chacón a judge in charge of investigating the triple murder, meticulously advances in the search for the murderer. Santos and Chacon soon discover that what seemed a simple case of drug trafficking is actually something far more dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, bleak, realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
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24 Hours in London (2000)
Plot Summary:
London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
Similar in 76%
Officer Down (2005)
Plot Summary:
A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film, detective
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir, surprise ending, slasher, independent film, detective
Similar in 76%
Sebastian Bergman (2010)
Plot Summary:
Swedish crime drama series about forensic psychologist Sebastian Bergmann.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, detective, gloomy
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Moreno and the Silence (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, tongues begin to loosen.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
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Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty (2008)
Plot Summary:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, neo noir, detective, crime drama
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Essex Boys (2000)
Plot Summary:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know that Billy has his eyes on Jason's own wife, Lisa. When an ecstasy deal goes bad, Jason vows revenge on the boss, while Billy looks to take out Jason. Before long, bodies start turning up.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychological, realistic, neo noir, crime drama, crime thriller, independent film
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Dirty (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, hood, crime drama, grim, bleak, hispanic
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100 Code (2015)
Plot Summary:
New York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow. New York Detective Tommy Conley gets a special dispensation from the NYPD to go observe and act as an adviser to the Stockholm Police Department in order to help solve these crimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, psychological, detective, bleak, neo noir
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Caught in the Crossfire (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, hood, tense, captivating, rough, realistic, independent film, non-linear
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Insomnia (1997)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, neo noir, detective, tense, suspense, enigmatic, bleak, dark, cynical, grim
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The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective, psychological, rough, sexy, enigmatic, atmospheric