Best tv shows like The Long Night
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Plot Summary:
It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the case was ready for court, the prosecutor discovered that the case was not as it appeared. The murder was but a cover for another more shocking injustice. He spent ten years trying to uncover the truth, toiling away his youth, his career, his reputation, his family, and even his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
Best tv shows and movies like The Long Night (2020):
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The Last Fashion Show (2011)
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Defected (2019)
Plot Summary:
A thrilling story revolving around a policeman who becomes embroiled in a conspiracy plaguing the high-ranking officials due to an incident that almost cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set during the 14th year of Chenghua Emperor's reign, Tang Fan, a sixth rank official and Sui Zhou, an embroidered uniform guard, join hands to crush a conspiracy to maintain peace and order for the people.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, talky
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Return (2018)
Plot Summary:
Choi Ja-Hye is a lawyer and Dokgo Young is a detective with a hot temper. They work together on a murder case where the suspects are children from the elite class.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Operation Moscow (2018)
Plot Summary:
In 1993, a large number of Chinese businessmen poured into Russia's gold rush. Among them, there were a few distinctive faces. They snoop on the small traders, seek help between gangland and police. They are a secret group dispatched by the Chinese police. Their goal in this trip is find out information clues that Chinese and Russian K3 train robberies which was shocking the word and arrest all the suspects secretly. Led by Chen Erli (Xia Yu) - the head of the Chinese police team, after the team overcame numerous obstacles and suffered many tribulations, launching a tortuous pursuit in a distant foreign land.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Crime Is Her Game (2019)
Plot Summary:
Captain Gaby Molina investigates with great seriousness and success on cases not always easy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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One Lane Bridge (2020)
Plot Summary:
During a murder investigation in Queenstown, an ambitious young detective reawakens a spiritual gift that endangers the case, his career and his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama, contemplative
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White Sands (2021)
Plot Summary:
To solve the brutal murder of a young German surfer, two officers are secretly sent to the tourist paradise Hvide Sande on Denmark's west coast. No one in the city trusts the police, so they go undercover as a happily married couple from the big city.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 333 min
Plot tags: tense, clever, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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The Archivist (2020)
Plot Summary:
The main hero of "Archivist" is Henryk Mikos (Henryk Talar), an employee of the police archives who is above average memory and intelligence, who is trying to solve unexplained criminal cases from years ago. He is partnering with a young, ambitious policeman Zuza (Paulina Galazka).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The Detail (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The Party (2014)
Plot Summary:
A huge party with guests who are hiding secrets and desires ends with a body floating in the pool: a murder where everyone is a suspect.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, novela
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MIU404 (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Mobile Investigative Unit (MIU) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Circle of Deception (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, contemplative
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The Tower (2021)
Plot Summary:
A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, crime thriller
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Murders in... (2013)
Plot Summary:
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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The Investigation (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Investigation explores the journey of a Mumbai Crime Branch ACP unravelling a murder mystery. Featuring Hiten Tejwani in the lead as the ACP and Leena Jumani as his wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Dark Woods (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the summer of 1989, the sister of Hamburg's LKA chief Thomas Bethge disappears without a trace. For almost three decades, he investigates the mysterious criminal case, before he gets on the trail of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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All the Sins (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lauri Räihä, a criminal investigator from Helsinki, is sent to investigate two murders that have occurred in the northern Finnish town where he grew up. The assignment offers Lauri a way out of confronting his own problems.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective, contemplative
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Murders in Rochefort (2019)
Plot Summary:
Police captains Emma and Adrien look for a killer who would use a silver bullet… on multiple victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Women Document Detectives (2018)
Plot Summary:
Detective Tomo Yashiro is ordered to transfer to the Sixth Special Investigations Unit. it is in charge of deciphering documents of unsolved cases she begins work in her new post along with a senior detective Risa Narum who is called the expert of document deciphering for her unusual ability to predict the personality and thoughts of a writer from writings.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative, detective
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Zekkyo (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman’s dead body is found in an apartment in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The decayed body seems like a half year has passed since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats that ate the body. The woman's death is thought to be a "lonely death" (someone died naturally without anyone noticing for a long period of time). Detective Ayano has doubts about that conclusion. The cats seemed like they were not house trained, which is odd for domestic cats. Detective Ayano wonders whether the cats were really owned by the dead woman. Detective Ayano then finds Suzuki Yoko’s bankbook in an empty fishbowl. It seems like the dead woman is 36-year-old Yoko.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Possessions (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young French woman living in Israel is accused of the murder of her husband on the day of their wedding. As the bride struggles to prove her innocence, mysterious happenings surround her. Is she guilty or could she be the victim?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Crimson Wedding (2018)
Plot Summary:
There is a party atmosphere in Provence: Sandra, the daughter of a couple of renowned local restaurant owners, is getting married, and her sister Alice comes home for the occasion. The family reunion is initially a carefree affair… but then tragedy strikes. A few hours after the ceremony, the bride is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. What at first looks like suicide could well be murder. When Vincent, a family friend, investigates, behind the veil of appearances, he stumbles on some very dark secrets….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Suspects (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as the search for a soldier with PTSD, a murder that has been made to look like an assisted suicide and the gang rape of a young teenager.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama
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The Thin Blue Line (2021)
Plot Summary:
Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, contemplative
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The Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, contemplative
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The Long Goodbye (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective, and has doubts about Tamotsu’s death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Hunting (2020)
Plot Summary:
The show focuses on the economic crimes and mainly talks about the police's investigation on a tycoon in Beijiang.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Eken Babu (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Bangali Babu of the detective world, Eken Babu travels to Shantiniketan. Will he smell a mystery in a murder?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 826
Genere: Mystery
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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The Other Me (2019)
Plot Summary:
A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, intellectual, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, detective, contemplative