Best tv shows like Less than Evil
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Plot Summary:
Woo Tae Suk is an experienced and well-established detective with a long professional career, but in spite of everything he is a lonely and bitter human being. It all has to do with him only focusing on solving cases, while his actions are completely controversial because it crosses the line between good and evil. Woo Tae Suk crosses paths with a psychopath, but he cannot arrest her because of lack of evidence. The woman eventually decides to help Woo Tae Suk solve other cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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The 12th Suspect (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in a teahouse in Myeong-dong, Seoul right after the end of the Korean War, The 12th Suspect follows the suffocating psychological showdown that takes place between a detective and the 11 suspects who find themselves caught up in a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, detective
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Watcher (2019)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller that delves into the reality of power. It follows the story of three men and women whose lives are destroyed by a tragic accident as they become a team that uncovers corruption and fights against people with power.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective, psychological, political, twisted
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The Running Mates: Human Rights (2019)
Plot Summary:
The ‘Human RIghts Promotion’ team helps out people who are in need to protect and secure their human rights.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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
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Black & White (2009)
Plot Summary:
Pi Zi and Ying Xiong are two cops who are as different as day and night. One lives a luxurious lifestyle and does nothing but drink coffee and wait for information from dubious sources to crack his cases. Another believes law and justice are the pillars of society and is constantly on the street catching criminals. When a case brings these two top crime solvers together, sparks fly and light begins to creep into the dark corners of Taipei.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Crime
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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The Strip (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Strip is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network. The series premiered on the Nine Network at 8:30pm on 4 September 2008 but was moved to a later 10:30pm timeslot from 13 November 2008. The show did not return for a second season, due to disappointing ratings. The Strip was released on DVD on 4 July 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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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
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Death of a Girl (2015)
Plot Summary:
Police officer Hella Christensen is on her way to her new job in Kiel. But she doesn't get far because a dead girl was found at the pier in her hometown. Hella's new superior, Simon Kessler, has already arrived from Kiel and is awaiting her on the bridge. Hella recognizes the dead person immediately: it is 14-year-old Jenni, daughter of her neighboring family. Kessler orders the recently defunct local office to be used to investigate the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Lucky Seven (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lucky Seven Rakkīsebun is a 2012 Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji Television from January 16 to March 19, 2012. It stars Jun Matsumoto and Eita.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Murder Investigation Team (2003)
Plot Summary:
Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun Hill borough of London, as featured in The Bill.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
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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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Never Too Late for Justice (2016)
Plot Summary:
A special team of the LKA Berlin rolls up unresolved criminal cases from the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Little Giants (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shinichiro Kosaka is a detective of the major cases unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and on the path to become captain of the unit when he makes a mistake during an investigation. Kosaka was subsequently demoted to precinct duty, where he finds his new colleagues taking on small cases tirelessly with a sense of justice untinged by workplace politics and internal disputes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Taken Down (2018)
Plot Summary:
Taken Down is a crime drama series set in Dublin. The first series investigates the violent death of a young Nigerian migrant found abandoned close to a Direct Provision Centre, where refugees await the hope of asylum. The investigation brings us into a twilight world of the new Ireland where slum landlords and criminals prey on the vulnerable.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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White Collar Blue (2002)
Plot Summary:
White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003. Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and professional tensions affecting their work and lives. In the pilot episode, Harriet is introduced as the new face to Kingsway station, transferring from the "White Collar" federal police to the "Blue Collar" New South Wales Police. Throughout the series Harriet must deal not only with her husband's brutal murder and the revelation of his adultery, but with learning to adjust and fit into her new surroundings. Joe is Harriet's new partner, and isn't exactly welcoming to her as an addition to the team. With two daughters from previous marriages, Joe needs to juggle his homelife, his dedication to the job and his relationship with Nicole Brown, played by Jodie Dry. The other cops at the station are Ted Hudson, played by Richard Carter, Sophia Marinkovitch and Theo Rahme, and each have their own secrets and problems to deal with. The series was axed after two seasons, however it can be found on cable TV both in Australia and overseas.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Paradox (2012)
Plot Summary:
A bright, young officer joins General Police Headquarters to investigate one of its lead inspectors and the criminal cases he's working on.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Forensic Heroes II (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bomb disposal expert Ivan Yeung returns from England and happens to come across a grenade case by accident. Ivan's skills are highly appreciated by senior chemist Ko Yin-Bok and he is invited to join the Forensic Division. Meanwhile, other members of the team are caught in an explosive incident that ends up changing team dynamics.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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
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The Traveller (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hunting down killers to help bereaved families get justice is more than just a job; it’s a duty for Thomas Bareski, a retired, hotshot police detective eager to reopen unsolved murder cases in a mission to find the culprits.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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
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Murder by the Lake (2014)
Plot Summary:
With Germany, Switzerland and Austria sharing its shores, Lake Constance has stories to tell. German homicide inspector Micha Oberländer and his Austrian partner Hannah Zeiler try to discover its secrets and have a few of their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Tokyo Dogs (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective. Maruo Kudo is a former motorcycle gang member now special detective with the Japanese police department. These two opposite characters team up on a case in which secrets are held by a young lady named Yuki Matsunada.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dorama, detective
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Duval and Moretti (2008)
Plot Summary:
Inspectors Duval and Moretti, inseparable cops and friends, work under the leadership of Paloma Ruiz, a commissioner with the iron hand, with the help of their favorite informer, Caesar.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008)
Plot Summary:
Istanbul police commissioner Mehmet Özakin is in charge of serious crime, mainly murder investigations, mostly in the Turkish metropolis. A very modern Turk, he uses up to date Western methods, without prejudice, assisted by bachelor Mustafa Tombul. Even his private life is progressive, his wife Sevim being on the former imperial capital's university staff.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Perfect Murders (2017)
Plot Summary:
Murderers think they have committed the perfect crime. But the investigators will do everything to find the flaw in the Machiavellian plan devised by each killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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New Blood (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two junior investigators come together against a new breed of criminal, the uber rich and powerful corporations, individuals and governments who hide behind legitimate facades.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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
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Under Suspicion (2002)
Plot Summary:
Detective Dr. Eva Maria Prohacek and her colleague Langner investigate cases of civil servant crime and internal disciplinary matters. From the little patrol officer in uniform to the public prosecutor or the government director - anyone can become a suspect.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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55 Degrees North (2004)
Plot Summary:
Armed with a self-effacing manner and a lively sense of humour, Nicky quickly discovers that being a good cop doesn't always win you friends. Stuck away from the land of the living as a night detective, he learns that new friends are in short supply”the other detectives look upon him with suspicion and his boss DI Carter doesn't do much to make his new recruit welcome. Although his methods can, at times, be unorthodox, Nicky always tries to do the right thing, even if it does make him unpopular with his new colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
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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