Best movies like The King's Case Note
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Plot Summary:
A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective, period piece
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Kisaragi (2007)
Plot Summary:
The fanclub of a deceased Japanese idol gather together for the one year anniversary of her death. By combining forces they try to unearth the true circumstances surrounding her supposed suicide.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, minimal cast, dorama, surprise ending
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Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1782, King Jeong-jo of Joseon asks detective K to investigate a series of murders related to a case of corruption within the government.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, History, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, exciting, suspense, intense, twisted, detective
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The Massively Mixed-Up Middle School Mystery (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the ultimate prank sends their principal under water, it's up to Everett, Alyssa and Riley to put their super detective skills to the test, catch the perp, and save their school's first dance in 40 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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School of Youth: The Corruption of Morals (2014)
Plot Summary:
Troublemakers Mok-won, Ryu and Hak-moon are far from passing the state examinations. Three female students enter the school during a new spring term and the atmosphere changes. Then one day, Mok-won and Ryu are taken to around the back of the school and molested by an unknown woman. The three of them start an investigation.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, period piece
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An Inspector Calls (2015)
Plot Summary:
An unexpected inspector drops by a lavish party of a notable family in order to investigate the suicide of a pregnant girl. This breaks the joy and peace of the party which is meant to celebrate a couple's engagement. Everyone claims that they do not know the girl. However, the inspector does find something suspicious there with the help of a diary and a photo. An astonishing truth is gradually revealed: six of the noble family members are closely related to the girl's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Two Cops in Trouble (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two crazy Dominican cops and a disciplined FBI agent join forces to investigate an international criminal network.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Duelist (2005)
Plot Summary:
Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each other in a series of duels and become confused between love and obligation to duty.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, weird, period drama
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, fun
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Wild Girls Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the Spring Break capital of White Sands, Florida, Sheriff Terry Moran outlaws the town's world famous ass contests to win the elderly vote in his campaign for Mayor - even though he is married to the town's former Ass Contest Queen, Doreen. Unhappy with how her husband is changing, Doreen breaks out of her bored drunk housewife existence to recapture her youth and to subvert her husband's campaign.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, alternative comedy
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My name is Intiqam 2: Moldova (2015)
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy
Country: Azerbaijan, Moldova
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, ironic
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The Sheriff In Town (2017)
Plot Summary:
After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, crime drama
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Natasha (2001)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen year old Natasha, a daughter of a murdered police inspector, tries to discover her father's killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)
Plot Summary:
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa, Tranchant goes in search of the best agent for the investigation. In the middle of this hot summer, only the arrogant and incompetent agent Boullin is available... To catch the suspect and solve the mystery, he will have no choice but to impersonate a newly hired butler and will turn everyone’s vacation into a hilarious game of ‘Cluedo’!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island (2015)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigates a forgery ring in historical Korea. In the 19th year of Jeonjo’s reign, Kim Min, Joseon’s top detective, who used to be a King’s secret messenger, has been banished to a remote island for some unclear reasons. The only visitors are his old partner, Seo-pil and a young girl, who comes every day to ask him to find her younger sibling. In the meantime, Kim Min happens to hear a rumor that bogus silver bars have been being distributed, which awakens his dormant traits as a detective. Hisako, a beautiful, mysterious woman with her identity unknown, continuously interferes the investigation conducted by this excellent pair of detectives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, detective, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Mischievous Detectives (2017)
Plot Summary:
A comedic mystery that follows two genius high schoolers and a female police detective as they solve cases that arise while following the disappearances of the boys’ parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 9 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Busty Cops 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Busty cops 2 was a complex work that conjoined beautiful women, wild animals and awe inspiring CGI in a brilliant display of cinematic excellence.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sex comedy
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Bitter Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, detective
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Murder, Take One (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, twisted
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The Advocate: A Missing Body (2015)
Plot Summary:
When his client suddenly confesses to murder in open court, a hotshot attorney embarks on a search for truth to redeem his ruined reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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64: Part I (2016)
Plot Summary:
1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Zombie Detective (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kim Moo-Young has been a zombie for the past 2 years. To survive, he has mimicked the mannerisms of humans in a village. He then leaves for the city. There, Kim Moo-Young opens an office to work as a private detective. He does not remember anything before he became a zombie. He struggles to live with humans and to regain his past memory. Meanwhile, Kong Sun-Ji used to be a writer of a current affairs complaint program. A witness in a case, she was working on, was attacked by an unknown man. Due to that, she quit her job. She becomes involved with Kim Moo-Young and takes a part-time position at his private detective office.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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The Weather Girl Knows (2013)
Plot Summary:
Haruko Abe (Emi Takei) received her meteorologist license at the age of 11. She is a genius weatherwoman. Haruko now works as a meteorologist on a morning information program. Due to her incredibly blunt personality, a lot of people at her workplace dislikes her. Meanwhile, Haruko tries to solve cases with Detective Gota Aoki (Tadayoshi Okura), using her extensive knowledge of the weather.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, detective
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The Accidental Detective 2: In Action (2018)
Plot Summary:
A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Murderville (2022)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric detective Terry Seattle teams up with clueless celebrity guest stars to investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min
Plot tags: funny, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, detective, satirical, offbeat
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Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)
Plot Summary:
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren (by Wang Baoqiang) tricked Qin Feng (by Liu Haoran) to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest,. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this contest.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Detective Chinatown (2015)
Plot Summary:
After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective
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The State Counsellor (2005)
Plot Summary:
Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but Erast Petrovich is under suspicion because the killer pretended to be Fandorin. There are initials BG on the handle of the knife Khrapov was stabbed with, the initials belong to a terrorist organization which keeps both capital cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) in fear. This time Fandorin is not the only one trying to solve the crime, general Pozharski, a famous detective takes over the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, thought provoking, captivating, rough, realistic, serious
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Welcome Mr. President (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, satirical, funny, realistic
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I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban legends so much so that she believes all crimes are somehow linked to these legends. She even conducts her investigations in such a way as to prove them to be true. Tsukiko also likes to make use of whatever she can. She especially likes to enlist the help of crime lab officer Hitoro Katsuura, who happens to have a crush on her. Many other unique characters will make appearances as she investigates the crimes related to urban legends, using odd and exquisite techniques.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, detective, sad