Best tv shows like Bangkok Breaking
Last updated March 2024
Looking for tv shows similar to Bangkok Breaking? Contribute your insights to help others to movies and tv series you've already watched that might appeal to them too. Facilitate broadening the circle of people putting forward videos familiarity one another. We encourage your involvement!
Plot Summary:
The six-episode series is centered around the wild world of Bangkok's road rescue services and Wanchai who is newly arrived in Bangkok and must unravel a city-wide conspiracy alongside a young, upstart journalist.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, road movie, dark
Best tv shows and movies like Bangkok Breaking (2021):
Similar in 81%
Inspector Winter (2010)
Plot Summary:
Scandi noir featuring Inspector Erik Winter, a dedicated, yet tormented Gothenburg police detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 87%
The Leakers (2018)
Plot Summary:
The film centers around a Malaysian pharmaceutical company using a new virus to generate an epidemic. A secret organization, known as "The Leaker", discloses this information. After the suicide of the pharmaceutical company's son and a local reporter, the wife of the pharmaceutical company's owner leaves for Hong Kong. A Malaysian police chief , Hong Kong police officer, and journalist work together to locate her whereabouts.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 81%
Lost Without Trace (2020)
Plot Summary:
Anna and Victoria left their homes at 8 a.m. And never came back. An investigator from Saint Petersburg arrived to a small Latvian town in an attempt to find the connection between the two missing women.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Latvia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 88%
Hassel (2017)
Plot Summary:
Detective Roland Hassel's father figure and mentor, Yngve Ruda, is brutally murdered in the middle of the street. Devastated, Hassel decides to undertake his own covert investigation to find Ruda's killer and avenge him with the support of 'Triton', a special task force consisting of Hassel's most devoted co-workers. But Hassel's obsession with the case affects his family as well. As Hassel, his girlfriend Daniela and his 14-year-old stepdaughter Vida struggle to stay together as a real family they find themselves in a downward spiral taking them further and further into an abyss. Meanwhile, the evidence on Ruda's killer leads away from the street and up the corridors of power in Stockholm and Brussels. But Hassel's battle against crime and corruption knows no boundaries and he will stop at nothing.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, hardboiled detective, detective series
Similar in 80%
Small World (2021)
Plot Summary:
After disappearing from a small Polish town, a mother discovers her 4-year old daughter, Ola, has been abducted by the Russian Mafia. In pursuit of her daughter, she is stopped for speeding by a police officer, Robert Goc. His intervention results in the escape of the kidnappers across the Eastern border. Feeling guilt for failing to prevent the abduction, Robert becomes engaged in an international investigation to find the missing girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 80%
Breathe: Into the Shadows (2020)
Plot Summary:
A 6-year old girl is kidnapped by a mysterious masked man, who demands an unusual ransom. To save his daughter, Dr. Avinash Sabharwal must kill someone! Meanwhile, Kabir Sawant's journey continues in the hostile environment of the Delhi Crime branch. Lies, deceit and mind games begin when Kabir is given charge of the investigation, and meets Avinash.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime thriller
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 88%
Detective Chinatown (2020)
Plot Summary:
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, detective, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 77%
Ragdoll (2021)
Plot Summary:
Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 86%
Missing Noir M (2015)
Plot Summary:
Gil Soo-Hyun is extremely intelligent. At the age of 10, he attended Harvard University. After graduating there, he decided to work at the FBI and worked there for 10 years. Afterwards, he decided to come back to South Korea. He now works as the leader of the Special Missing Persons Unit. The unit deals with about 1% of special missing cases involving violent crimes. His appearance borders on perfection, but he holds a secret. Detective Oh Dae-Young joins the Special Missing Persons Unit. He has worked as a detective for 20 years and he has an obsession in observing the law. He is known as a master of missing person cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
Similar in 88%
Estocolmo (2016)
Plot Summary:
"Stockholm: Lost Identity" narrates over 13 chapters with almost surgical detail the criminal, judicial and media research about the disappearance of a young woman by a network of trafficking. An attorney general, an undercover agent and a journalist will be immersed in a police plot that mixes suspense, drama and action where law and justice are two different sides of the same coin.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 77%
The Witnesses (2021)
Plot Summary:
When 10 year old girl is kidnapped from the natural history museum, the police questions eight key witnesses to uncover the truth and find the child before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 76%
Fabio Montale (2001)
Plot Summary:
Fabio Montale, a crime squad superintendent who knows Marseille like the back of his hand. The city crawls with gangs, corrupt policemen, shady politicians and the mafia – all standing in the way of justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 78%
Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Survivor (2018)
Plot Summary:
龙番市发生连环杀人案,死者均为女性,尸体无一例外的丢失了身体的某一部位。警法五人组不断穿梭于各大案发现场和解剖室中,寻找背后真相。暗黑的屋子,诡异的灯光,整齐摆放的透明玻璃罐里装的竟然是丢失的心脏!接二连三的命案,迷雾重重的案情,秦明将如何为逝者代言,讲述真相?面对不断杀人的凶手,最后的幸存者到底是谁?让秦明自责没有抓到的凶手和本案是否有关联?隐藏在死者身上的十字架和最后那句“十年前那个人回来了”究竟代表了什么?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
Similar in 80%
Detective Inspector Irene Huss (2007)
Plot Summary:
Police investigator Irene Huss lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, and tries to balance between murder investigations and family life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 79%
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
Similar in 88%
Legacy, a Kate McDougal Investigation (2016)
Plot Summary:
A dead body is discovered in the Eastern Townships Lake (in province of Quebec, Canada). Then a second one is discovered. A hunt is launched to catch a serial killer in the region.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 84%
Mad Dog (2017)
Plot Summary:
Choi Kang-Woo is a former detective, but he now works as a veteran insurance investigator. He leads a team that attempts to reveal insurance fraud cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
Similar in 76%
Reborn (2020)
Plot Summary:
Qin Chi was a police officer who survived alone from a terrible gun fight. He was badly injured and lost some of his memories. He must find his memories back so he could discover the final truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 89%
Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2016)
Plot Summary:
Medical examiner Qin Ming, together with his assistant and a police detective, solves crimes with his expertise.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 33 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dorama
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 83%
The Level (2016)
Plot Summary:
A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police and the killer are searching for.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense
Similar in 77%
The Promise (2020)
Plot Summary:
What's the worst that can happen to a police officer? Definitely an unresolved investigation. This is what happens on Boxing Day 1999. Charlotte Meyer, an 11-year-old girl, disappears without a trace. Captain Pierre Castaing, in charge of the investigation, fails to find her. Where did she go? The mystery remains intact ... A few hundred kilometers away, a young investigator finds herself confronted with a similar disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 76%
Hammarvik (2020)
Plot Summary:
When police officer Johanna Strand returns to her hometown Hammarvik to attend her mother's funeral, she expects to stay only for a few nights but the body of a young woman is found and she decides to stay and investigate what happened.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, soap opera
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 81%
Pacific Criminal (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jackson Bellerose, a police investigator from Martinique, transfers to Nouméa, New Caledonia after working for some time in metropolitan France. His rigid personality clashes immediately with the relaxed tropical attitudes of his new colleagues, particularly Gaspard Watson, an ethnic European in his mid-fifties going through a messy divorce. His other colleague Clarissa Huarau is more understanding but is having her own problems with her rebellious teenage daughter. Jackson has considerable problems adjusting to the New Caledonian way of life and certain aspects of Melanesian culture. Anybody familiar with the BBC series "Death in Paradise" will have no problem understand the setting. In spite of their differences, the team solve a number of cases, gradually learning to appreciate each other and also helping in personal affairs.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
Similar in 80%
Contact (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Adam has an unbelievable and strange gift: when he touches an object, he can read the memories others have left behind… including their secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 80%
Trident (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three aging police officers working in support positions are drawn back to front line operations when their best friend, Xia, is killed on the day of his retirement after asking to tag along on one last drug raid. In the ensuing investigations, the three friends, Pan, Cui and Xu, uncover various criminal enterprises while also dealing with old grudges and grievances. The stories are told with flashbacks to their early days on the force when they solved cases together while Xia covered for them and kept them unified. The show also depicts the toll policing takes on the individual characters and their families, combined with doses of humor, suspense and lessons on duty, honor and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 84%
Strike Force (2014)
Plot Summary:
A boisterous homicide detective is partnered with a neurotic narc to fight organized crime in the Dutch city of Tilburg.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 81%
Shoot the Messenger (2016)
Plot Summary:
The series follows Daisy Channing, a young reporter trying to balance a messy personal life with a burgeoning career. Things begin to go sideways for Daisy when she witnesses a murder she thinks is gang-related, only to find herself slowly drawn into an interconnected web of criminal and illicit sexual activity that reaches into the corridors of corporate and political power. It's the kind of story that will destroy lives, including those of her own family. With help from lead homicide detective Kevin Lutz, her editor Mary Foster and co-worker Simon Olenski, Daisy uncovers a cover-up so scandalous it could bring down the government.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 79%
The Return of the Dancing Master (2004)
Plot Summary:
Former policeman is tortured and murdered and his friend and former colleauge investigates the case.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 75%
The Man Who Smiled (2003)
Plot Summary:
An old friend of Kurt Wallander, solicitor Sten Torstensson, visits him one day to tell him that his father has passed away close to Brösarp under peculiar circumstances. Kurt does not take his friend's worry seriously. Shortly after, the friend is found brutally murdered and Wallander realises too late that he was wrong. In the hunt for the killer Wallander finds a conspiracy of crimes that leads him to a company that handles transplantations of human organs. Behind the company he finds the image of a man. An elegant and self-confident man who writes his own rules. But who is he? Who gives himself the right to judge over other people? Whose morals decide what is right and wrong? Kurt Wallander is not one of them. In "The man who smiled" he gets himself into crossfire of immorality, betrayal, lies and everything else a man will do to be loved.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 80%
Sea of Plastic (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional town of Campoamargo, set in an area of the province of Almería known as the "sea of plastic" due to the numerous greenhouses that cover it, and the interracial conflicts that arise in the greenhouses. The pilot episode aired on 22 September 2015 on simulcast in Antena 3, Neox, Nova and Mega.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, multicultural, detective