Series like The Darkness

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   Trapped

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · 50 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   The body of a murder victim turns up in a small Icelandic village just as a major snowstorm cuts the region off from the rest of the world.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared crime investigation series style

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   Black Sands

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · Crime · Drama

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   A troubled police officer is forced back to her hometown. Confronting her abusive mother is inescapable but the discovery of a body changes everything. She's forced to search for a dangerous serial killer while stuck in a dark pit.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: nordic noir
   • a closely matched era

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   Agatha Christie's Hjerson

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   2021 · 44 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Swedish murder investigator Sven Hjerson forms an unexpected detective duo with stubborn TV producer Klara after several years of isolation. Will she also manage to recruit him for her new TV show?

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared crime investigation series style
   • a closely matched era

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   The Valhalla Murders

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 45 min · Crime · Drama

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   An Oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native Iceland to help a dedicated cop hunt a serial killer with a link to a mysterious photo.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: nordic noir

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   Bäckström

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   2020 · Crime · Drama

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   Murder investigator Evert Bäckström is convinced that crimes have been committed when a women's cranium is found on an island in the archipelago. But his investigation is countered by the police chief and when the woman's identity is clarified, the entire investigation is turned upside down.

   Why it connects

   • shared crime investigation series style
   • shared theme: nordic noir
   • a closely matched era

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   The Bridge

   Similar atmosphere

   2011 · 60 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared crime investigation series style

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   The Woods

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   2020 · Drama · Mystery

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   Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive.

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   • shared crime investigation series style
   • a closely matched era

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   The Lava Field

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 45 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   When Reykjavik crime detective Helgi Marvin Runarsson is called in to investigate a suicide case on Snaefellsnes Peninsula, the case turns out to be far from simple. Pulled into a sinister trail of evidence, Helgi's own deeply hidden secrets are unearthed. Will Helgi turn a blind eye to murder in order to save the life of his daughter.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: nordic noir

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   Bordertown

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   2016 · 60 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   The story of DI Kari Sorjonen of the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, his family, and his investigations into a variety of harrowing homicides around the border area.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: nordic noir

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    Young Wallander

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    2020 · 50 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    An incendiary hate crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: nordic noir
    • a closely matched era

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