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Plot Summary:
The story of the determined Scotland Yard Officers who worked to prove who was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: detective
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Legacy (2022)
Plot Summary:
Set in the late 1920s, it follows the three daughters of Shanghai department store giant Xinghua as they go head to head against each other to determine the true heir who will ensure the family’s continued prosperity.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Daughter's Back (2013)
Plot Summary:
The drama tells the story of a simple and kind girl, that has experienced family tragedies and gradually grows into a mature and self-reliant women. Breaking obstacles to achieve her grandfather's wish, and harvesting a love story. In Shen Shen's enterprise, ChangQing is the heir. Since her mother died young, the business was handed to Pan WeiSen, her mother's husband also her father, until ChangQing was old enough to receive it. Meanwhile the stepmother Ding YaQin and her daughter Ding JiaHui make things difficult for ChangQing. She finds comfort and help from LinHao, but becomes afraid of his safety by being with her. After much disputing, ChangQing is sent away by her father to live and work somewhere else. But through overcoming many obstacles, ChangQing returns for the company that belongs to her grandfather, hiding her true intentions from her evil father, step-mother, and step-sister. Sun JinRui assist her in her vengeance, but has questionable motives. LinHao and JinRui soon become love rivals, while ChangQing wants to walk alone on this road.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Terra Brava (2019)
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To avenge his dead parents, Diogo will have to destroy his lover's mom and face his younger brother. Diogo, a decorated military officer, finds out that Eduarda is responsible for the destruction of his family. He returns to his homeland to take revenge, but falls in love with her daughter, Beatriz, who is married to Tiago, his biological brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration:
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Bed of Roses (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bed of Roses is an Australian comedy / drama television series which first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 10 May 2008. It stars Kerry Armstrong and was created by Jutta Goetze and Elizabeth Coleman; produced by Mark Ruse and Stephen Luby.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min
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Ancient Detective (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the amnesiac detective Jian Buzhi who starts on a quest to finding the truth and unmasking his father's killer. Along the way, he finds a love interest and a good friend who work hand in hand with him to solve mysterious cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, costume drama
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The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jean White is an antiques dealer who runs a successful business with her husband, Rory. But when he suddenly dies and leaves her nearly penniless, Jean relocates to their one remaining asset - a cottage in French antiques hub Saint Victoire - and begins investigating Rory's mysterious death.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Malta, Ireland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective
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Missing (2009)
Plot Summary:
DS Mary Jane Croft runs the under-resourced Missing Persons Unit.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective
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Control - Hanzai Shinri Sousa (2011)
Plot Summary:
Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whose skills at behavioral analysis are the key to tracking down the criminals. There's also Teranishi Kei, a shy young detective who's had a crush on Segawa since their days at the academy.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Silent Court (2017)
Plot Summary:
In Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. Detectives from the Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto. She does housework for her customers. The detectives from Police Station visit Miki’s house. What is the truth behind the cases?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Silent Voice (2018)
Plot Summary:
People tell lies with words through their cerebral neocortex. However, the moment before a person speaks, the mental reflexes of the limbic system will be apparent.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Mind Games (2001)
Plot Summary:
A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her sceptical colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective
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Hope Street (2020)
Plot Summary:
The arrival of DC Leila Hussain sets tongues wagging – what brings this big city girl to a sleepy Northern Irish seaside town? Warm-hearted detective drama in a stunning setting.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: detective
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Double Trouble (2018)
Plot Summary:
Muhtesem Ikili is an adaption of the famous American movie, Tango and Cash. A story of two police officer Mert Barca and Mustafa Kerim Can / MKC. Barca and MKC, are forced to come together for a drug operation. They are known for their rivalry and made a common enemy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective
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Blanca (2021)
Plot Summary:
Blanca Ferrando is a young woman who became blind at the age of twelve, due to a dramatic fire in which her older sister Beatrice died and which was caused by her violent boyfriend, Sebastian. This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of justice to the point of pushing her to join the police. Blanca is helped by her most trusted friends: her guide dog Linneo, a female bulldog who protects and comforts her in the most difficult moments, and her beautician friend, Stella. After overcoming her work challenges, she finds herself facing sentimental ones: torn between two men, Inspector Michele Liguori, a man of many secrets, and Nanni, a young cook.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective
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Byomkesh (2014)
Plot Summary:
Byomkesh was a 2014 Indian Bengali crime fiction television series based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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And Then There Were None (2017)
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Hotel “Shizen no Shima” is located on an small, remote island. The owner of the hotel invites 10 people to the island, but when they arrive they learn that the owner is not there. These 10 people do not know why they are there or what will happen to them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 215 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Snake Bearer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Norwegian Miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel by the same title.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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For Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Viewpoint (2021)
Plot Summary:
A gripping drama following a tense police surveillance investigation into a tight knit Manchester community and explores whether it is ever possible to observe the lives of others with true objectivity and zero effect.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 230 min
Plot tags: detective
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Helen West (2002)
Plot Summary:
Helen West is crusading senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. Her life is complicated by her ongoing affair with a senior police officer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 289 min
Plot tags: detective
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White Lab (2014)
Plot Summary:
Due to violent crimes becoming more and more complicated, it is crucial to make arrests with concrete evidence. The White Lab is the formed within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Departments First Investigative Division. The lab uses scientific investigation methods involving physics, chemistry, biology and medical science to solve cases. Members of the White Lab have knowledge of these scientific areas and have the authority to investigate cases. At the White Lab, Satoshi (Kazuki Kitamura) is a detective. He solves cases with his excellent scientific methods as well as his own unique methods.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective
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Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
Plot Summary:
British TV mini series.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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Cover Her Face (1985)
Plot Summary:
Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of Alice Liddell who ran a home for unwed mothers. One of those residents is Sally Jupp who was a witness in a drugs smuggling and murder investigation in London. Sally works at the local manor house for the Maxies and it is apparent that eldest son Stephen has more than just a passing interest in her. The night after they announce their engagement, Sally is found strangled in her bed. The question is whether her death is related to the London investigation or a completely different reason altogether. Her engagement created a good deal of ill feeling among the Maxies and several guests in the house with any one of them having a motive to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 291 min
Plot tags: detective
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Rosa Roth (1994)
Plot Summary:
Rosa Roth is a no-nonsense police commissioner stationed in Berlin, who has a small team of operatives she trusts with her life. Whatever happens on the field, takes a toll on them personally as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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The Cops (1998)
Plot Summary:
Set in and around Stanton, a faceless and grim Northern enclave, The Cops depicts the daily grind for a group of policemen and women out on the beat as they interact, and sometimes clash, with the local community.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Secret (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Secret is the story of a real-life double murder. James Nesbitt plays Colin Howell, a respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher, Hazel Buchanan, played by Genevieve O'Reilly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective, sexy
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Deceit (2021)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, Deceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, 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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Trotsky (2017)
Plot Summary:
The life pages of a man who changed the world but paid back everything he had. Leon Trotsky is being interviewed in Mexico city of the year 1940 by Canadian journalist Frank Jackson. During eight days they have eight interview sessions revealing the true face of Comrade Trotsky.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, tragic ending, thought provoking, intellectual, surprise ending
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Wolf Hall (2015)
Plot Summary:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impass steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: historical drama, serious, captivating, period piece, costume drama, stylized, suspense, factual, political, educational