Detective Mystery Crime movies

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Realistic Claustrophobic Brutal Bleak Intense

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Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.

Themes

Identity pursuit, Care under pressure, Duty vs guilt, Surveillance and doubt, Responsibility and accountability

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Playful Dry Fast-paced Witty Gritty

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A dead porn star, a missing actress, one simple question: who’s lying? The private eye starts digging, the hired thug won’t back off, and every clue drags them deeper into L.A.’s sleaziest secrets—until finding this woman stops being a job and starts becoming the one thing that might ruin them both.

Themes

Media spectacle, Corporate influence, Bureaucratic protection, Family loyalty vs duty, Private eye vs enforcer, Investigation-led conspiracy

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Realistic Tense Atmospheric Bleak Procedural

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Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.

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Faith vs atheism, Secrecy within insular communities, Unreported disappearances, Insular religious networks, Cold case investigation, Ethical strain on investigators

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Tense Bleak Dry Stylish Pulsing

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

Themes

Deception via doubles, Appearance via staged identity, Secrecy via conspiratorial group, Memory manipulation mind palace, Power via hidden network, Murder via bride persona

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry

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A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

Themes

Duty versus family, Loyalty under professional pressure, Deception within investigation, Grief shaping judgment, Betrayal through patsy setup, Power and accountability pressure

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Measured

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Northern England, 1912. The dinner of a wealthy family is interrupted by Inspector Goole, who only announces that a young woman has committed suicide. Then, he simply asks everyone present, one by one, if they knew her.

Themes

Class inequality, Economic precarity, Social responsibility, Gender roles, Deception by authority, Collective guilt

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Realistic Raw Deliberate Intense Measured

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In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.

Themes

Memory loss, Loneliness and isolation, Detective role, Based on novel, Memory vs narrative construction, Domestic duty and care

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Realistic Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Intense

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When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.

Themes

Iraq war veteran trauma, New york city pressure, Faith vs occult, Moral injury and confession, Investigation under supernatural pressure, Human evil vs demon influence

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Stylish

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After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Police corruption, Deception under pressure, Moral compromise under pressure, Bureaucratic coverups, Greed and collateral damage

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Procedural Intense

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One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called in to investigate the mystery in a community where everyone seems to have a secret.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Race and lineage tensions, Community secrets and scrutiny, Parental guilt and ambition, Media influence and public perception, Juvenile confinement impact

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