Best tv shows like This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
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Plot Summary:
This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000):
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Shipman (2002)
Plot Summary:
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014)
Plot Summary:
This drama tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies who was initially questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Jo Yeates who rented a flat from him. He was vilified by the press, partly on account of his eccentric appearance and long flowing hair, even after he had been released on bail by the police. It was only when the real suspect, a neighbour of Jo Yeates, was arrested and later convicted of the murder that the destructive media attention in Jefferies subsided. He later sued several newspapers for libel and received an official apology from the police.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, tense, costume drama, biting, suspense
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Arne Dahl: Bad Blood (2012)
Plot Summary:
An American serial killer is on board a plane from New York to Stockholm. Without a proper identification and with great urgency A-group try to locate this passenger before Sweden inadvertently imports it's first American serial killer. The serial killer enters Sweden, and very soon he begins his killing spree. His methods are blood thirsty and can be traced back to the Vietnam War. A collaboration with the FBI begins in an desperate attempt to catch him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, detective, gloomy
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MosGaz. Delo N1 (2012)
Plot Summary:
1962. Moscow. Vladimir Ionesyan, nicknamed "Mosgaz," became he first officially recognized serial killer in the Soviet Union. His bloody deeds and his moniker are still used by Russian mothers to frighten their children.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological, bleak
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The Serpent (2021)
Plot Summary:
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 458 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, rough, independent film, anime, powerful, thrilling, neo noir, historical drama
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Jack (2015)
Plot Summary:
Delving deep into the soul of one of Austria’s most infamous real-life convicts, Jack is a fascinating, unprejudiced look at the path to redemption and the obstacles that bar the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and disappeared. Chief Richland is disgusted by the murder and starts an intensive investigation. In flashbacks we learn about the history of the disaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Appropriate Adult (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, controversial, detective
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Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arne Dahl - Misterioso A failed robbery attempt at Sydbanken outside Avesta leaves one robber lying dead with a dart through his eye, but there are no witnesses to the incident and no perpetrator is ever identified. In Stockholm, three high-profile businessmen are assassinated in a short period of time, and Jenny Hultin of National CID is assigned the task of putting together a special team to solve the case before the assassin strikes again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, detective, gloomy
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The Widower (2014)
Plot Summary:
Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, detective, serious, realistic
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Helter Skelter (1976)
Plot Summary:
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min
Plot tags: disturbing, slasher horror, spooky, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' families, and was based on two years research, including interviews with detectives, relatives of the murdered children, and Hindley's brother-in-law David Smith.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, detective, rough
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)
Plot Summary:
About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, talky, sad, mind bending, adaptation directed by original author
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Code of a Killer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys at the time was an ambitious scientist who uncovered a remarkable method to read each individual's unique DNA finger print. Convinced the murderer was local, Baker approached Jeffreys to utilise his newly discovered scientific technique as a way to solve the murders. The first ever DNA manhunt and blood testing of many men followed - all in the aid of catching the killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, exciting, thought provoking, disturbing, detective, crime drama, realistic, suspenseful
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Four Lives (2022)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the courageous families of four young gay men who lost their lives to killer Stephen Port. Facing police failings, they fought for justice for their loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, detective
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Waking the Dead (2000)
Plot Summary:
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case unit composed of CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000, and there have been a total of nine series since. Each story is split into two hour-long episodes, shown on consecutive nights on BBC One. A third series episode won an International Emmy Award in 2004. The programme was also shown on BBC America in the United States, though these screenings are edited to allow for advertising breaks, as well as UKTV in Australia and New Zealand and ABC1 in Australia. The show aired its final episode on 11 April 2011. A spin-off from the series, titled The Body Farm, revolving around forensic scientist Eve Lockhart, was announced by the BBC in January 2011 and ran for just one series.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, detective, crime drama, rough, serious, gloomy
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The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)
Plot Summary:
Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological, detective
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The Thing About Pam (2022)
Plot Summary:
Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. His conviction later was overturned, but the brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 258 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Five Daughters (2010)
Plot Summary:
Factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, realistic
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Wicked City (2015)
Plot Summary:
“Wicked City” follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed to solve a serial murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic, detective, period drama
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DCI Banks (2010)
Plot Summary:
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, realistic, crime drama, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark, gloomy
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We Hunt Together (2020)
Plot Summary:
Explore the intoxication of sexual attraction, the dangerous power of emotional manipulation, and how finding a volatile form of solace in another can have dire consequences as two conflicted coppers track down a pair of deadly killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, detective, psychological thriller, hardboiled detective, crime thriller, detective series
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Dark Angel (2016)
Plot Summary:
Drama about the real-life Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: costume drama, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, period piece, historical drama, period drama
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Rillington Place (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his baby daughter Geraldine. The police also believed that he had killed his wife Beryl. But to his final moments Evans protested his innocence. Three years later, a gruesome discovery at 10 Rillington Place revealed that his neighbour - star prosecution witness John Reginald Christie knew much more about the sinister goings on in the house. Set in the dark confines of Christie's home, this powerful drama imagines the relationships between Christie, his wife Ethel and the innocent young Evans couple. What twisted influence did Christie hold over the young newly-weds Timothy and Beryl? And how was he able to trick both judge and jury into sending an innocent man to the executioner?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bleak, dark, melancholic, realistic, detective, costume drama, historical drama
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The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
Plot Summary:
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. Based on actual events.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 245 min
Plot tags:
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In Plain Sight (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: detective, captivating, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, historical drama, contemplative
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The Hunt for a Killer (2020)
Plot Summary:
Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved for 15 years. On the March 1989 night when Helen disappeared, there were around 20 suspected paedophiles living in Hörby.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, tense
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Des (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: tense, detective, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, thrilling, contemplative, moody
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The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, cult film
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The Fall (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, serious, tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, atmospheric, noir