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Plot Summary:
The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: dark, detective, tense, captivating, suspense, noir, crime thriller, hardboiled detective, interesting, detective series
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Stockholm Requiem (2018)
Plot Summary:
A series of violent murders paralyze Stockholm. Private investigator Fredrika Bergman and her colleagues seek out to solve these crimes, but soon their existence is put under threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Bordertown (2016)
Plot Summary:
Peculiar detective Kari Sorjonen escapes the hustle and bustle of big city to a small border town.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, France
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, noir, captivating, enigmatic, suspense, atmospheric, dark, crime drama, gloomy
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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
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Wallander (2005)
Plot Summary:
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, bleak, gloomy
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Barcelona Crime (2017)
Plot Summary:
With its expert and attractive crime squad run by these two, Barcelona can be proud of its homicide team: Xavi, independent, impulsive, enigmatic, with a well-functioning network of contacts on the city‘s dark side; and his charming partner Fina, a single mother and self-confident beauty. They‘re never far behind the plotters and schemers who prefer to do their dark dealings after sunset. Their cases take them throughout the Catalan metropolis – out to its suburbs and deep into the heart of the medieval city. With puzzling mysteries waiting to be solved, Xavi and Fina have lots to do before crimes are mercilessly stopped.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Unit 1 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite mobile police task force called "Unit One" that travels around Denmark helping local police solve crimes. Cases portrayed in the show were loosely based upon actual incidents of sensational crimes such as murders, kidnappings, cross-border sex traffic and child pornography. Rejseholdet won the 2002 International Emmy Award for best drama series.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, noir, detective, realistic
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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
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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
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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
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Dead Lucky (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two feuding detectives hunt down a cop-killer who leaves a trail of broken lives across Sydney.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Research Unit (2006)
Plot Summary:
The police work of a special Gendarmerie unit that operates in Bordeaux, their complicated cases and the interpersonal relationships established among the team members.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Fast Forward (2009)
Plot Summary:
Schnell ermittelt is an Austrian television series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Circle (2017)
Plot Summary:
A special team of four is established by the Istanbul Police Department. The team has all kinds of different talents. These four people, who have experienced many things in their past, start working together to solve grisly murders.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Homicides (2011)
Plot Summary:
Psychologist Tomás Sóller and chief inspector Eva Hernández join forces to lead the investigation of a series of crimes that link to the same murderer. The team that carries out the investigation is formed by cunning Narcotic Brigade inspector Alonso Izquierdo, disciplined Homicide Brigade inspector Pablo Montero, rookie sub-inspector María Losada, and sarcastic forensic Susana Rota. The team will be supervised by commissioner Andrés Ramos.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Crime
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Motive (2013)
Plot Summary:
A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an unconventional way to watch a crime unfold. Each episode begins by revealing to the audience, not only the victim, but the killer as well. The homicide detective then begins to piece together clues. How did they do it? How are the victim and killer connected? What's the motive? As the mystery unfolds, the audience navigates the twisted and complicated maze of each murder and solves the puzzle alongside Det. Flynn and her team.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
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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
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Wanted (2005)
Plot Summary:
Wanted was a 2005 American primetime police drama television series broadcast on the TNT network. The series was created by Louis St. Clair and Jorge Zamacona, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent and Jorge Zamacona.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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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
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Steppe (2018)
Plot Summary:
Experienced chief of police Seyfi and newbie officer Nuri Pamir start to investigate the case of a child murder taking place in the city. The case brings them to Mr. Abbas and his daughter Dilara, who are well-known individuals in their circles.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, detective
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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
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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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The Mallorca Files (2019)
Plot Summary:
Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different approaches, the sleuths form a perfect complementary partnership as they seek to solve a new crime on the island each week.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama
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Blutige Anfänger (2020)
Plot Summary:
Praxissemester an der Polizeifachhochschule Halle/Saale: Endlich raus aus den Seminarräumen und rein in's echte Leben - was für die Studenten bedeutetet: echte Mordfälle. Mit Unterstützung ihrer Ausbilder in der Mordkommission werden sie diese lösen müssen. Dabei schießen die Anfänger manches Mal über das Ziel hinaus, machen Fehler und müssen neu dazulernen auf ihrem Weg zu fertigen Kriminalbeamten. In jeder Folge wird zwischen Hochschule und wahrem Leben ein Fall seziert, diskutiert und gelöst, während auch private Verwicklungen der Studenten, Dozenten und Ausbilder nicht zu kurz kommen.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Serve and Protect (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fresh off the Academy, talented rookie officer Alicia joins the police station in Distrito Sur. While she learns the ropes from veteran detective Miralles and streetwise agent Batista, she will try to find out the truth about her mother's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, telenovela
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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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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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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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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
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Dublin Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Hinterland (2013)
Plot Summary:
Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look. From the windswept sand dunes of the coastline to the badlands of the hinterland, Y Gwyll is a series of four two-hour stories that are original and local, yet timeless and universal.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, serious, tense, bleak, crime drama, dark, suspense, noir, grindhouse