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The Investigation (2020)

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • 42 min episodes
  • 1 seasons
  • 16 age guide
  • ★ 7.1/10 from 102 ratings

Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

Created byTobias Lindholm

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    Dicte

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    2013 · 43 min · Crime · Drama

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    Newly divorced journalist returns to her hometown to restart her life and work through her past.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: journalist
    • shared network: TV 2
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    Those Who Kill

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    2011 · 44 min · Crime · Drama

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    Based on an original idea by best-selling Danish novelist Elsebeth Egholm, the series follows the inquiries of a special unit at Copenhagen's police force, consisting of detective inspector Katrina Ries Jensen and forensic psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer. The pair specialise in serial killers that do not fit within traditional behavioural patterns.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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    White Sands

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    2021 · 42 min · Crime · Drama

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • shared network: TV 2
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    The Killing

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    2007 · 60 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

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    • a principal cast member
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    The Chestnut Man

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    2021 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Secrets We Keep

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    2025 · Crime · Drama

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    When a neighbor's au pair vanishes from her wealthy suburb, Cecilie seeks answers — and unravels secrets that shatter her seemingly perfect world.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: copenhagen, denmark and murder
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    Trom

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    2022 · 40 min · Crime · Drama

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    The six-part series follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis' daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to the Faroes to investigate, Hannis discovers Sonja's body in the bloody waters of a whale hunt. His search for answers soon brings him into conflict with the local detective chief inspector, Karla Mohr (Maria Rich; `Follow the Money') as he uncovers a web of secrets in the close-knit community - but how far is he willing to go to learn the truth

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: journalist and murder
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Anna Pihl

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    2006 · 50 min · Crime · Drama

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    A policewoman is doing her best at the job, but struggles to be there for her son.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • principal cast overlap
    • shared network: TV 2
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    The Valhalla Murders

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    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 genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: murder
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