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In the picture “Mystery” Homicide detective Karl Merck is transferred to a department that only investigates very complicated and almost hopeless criminal cases.
Together with his partner, he takes on the case of the disappearance of Mereta Ljunggor, who disappeared 5 years ago. According to law enforcement agencies, she committed suicide by jumping overboard the ferry.
However, during the investigation, new facts of this case “emerge”, which, as a result, lead the detectives to the trail of a cruel serial maniac. Who else can become its victim?
For fans of detective thrillers, here are the top 10 films similar to The Mysterium.
10 Oldboy (2003)
In the picture “Oldboy“When returning home, the man decides to have a drink or two. In addition, he has a great reason: he had a daughter!
Perky hooligan mood ends with police detention. A friend takes the guy from the station, but does not have time to return him home: a harmless drunkard is kidnapped.
Oh Dae-soo wakes up in a small room that is destined to be his dungeon for years to come.
The whole complexity of the situation lies in the fact that the prisoner cannot figure out who and why did this to him?
9. Secret Child (2013)
The events of the moviesecret child” unfold in the town of Fjellbakka. At first glance, this is truly a paradise.
Erica thought that this place is suitable for her both for life and for work, so she decides to move there.
However, such a measured town, in fact, turns out to be completely different, especially when you find out about the crime that has happened, terrifying in its cruelty …
8. Yellow Sea (2010)
Action picture “Yellow Seatakes place on the border of Russia, China and North Korea.
Once Gu-nam came here to earn money, but now he cannot get out of the debt hole. He lives in poverty and constantly remembers his wife.
Suddenly, he has an opportunity to earn big money, but for this he must kill a man.
This is his last chance to return to his wife. Will the hero take advantage of this opportunity?
7. Miniature Island (2014)
Film “miniature islandis the Spanish remake of True Detective.
Autumn 1980. Pedro and Juan, homicide detectives in Madrid, are heading to Andalusia to help village law enforcement solve a complex crime.
In a remote settlement, two high school girls, the daughters of a ferryman, disappeared three days ago.
The girls were driven away the night after the fair by a white Citroen that does not belong to any of the villagers, and the local police suspect murder.
However, some locals believe that the beauties simply ran away to the city away from parental care and local boredom.
But everything changes when Pedro and Juan find the bodies of the sisters with stab wounds. Now it becomes clear that the girls were brutally killed, and the police will now face a smart and cruel maniac who kidnaps teenage girls…
6. Wallander (2005)
The plot of the crime thrillerWallander” develops around an experienced police commissioner.
Kurt Wallander is impressionable and stubborn. With all responsibility, this character can be called a misanthrope who eats irregularly, sleeps little, but loves to drink and opera.
He does not go into his pocket for a word and uses the most non-standard methods of investigating crimes.
Wallander relies on his internal resources and experience, and he does not disdain illegal ways of doing business.
And even his own daughter Linda, who works with her father, cannot always understand his intentions.
5. Mysterium. Pheasant Killers (2014)
According to the plot of the movieMysterium. Pheasant killers“, in 1994, the police found the bodies of murdered children in a country house.
Among the main suspects was a group of young students who were vacationing near the crime scene.
Detectives were looking for motives and checking the students’ alibis when an elderly hermit came to the police station and confessed to the crime.
The case was closed, the students were released, and the old man received a long prison term.
Since then, 20 years have passed and detective Karls Merk again became interested in the case of the murdered twins. He checks all the data and comes to the conclusion that something is wrong with him …
4. Mysterium. Darkness in a Bottle (2016)
The main events of the picture “Mysterium. Darkness in a bottleare unfolding in Denmark. The heroes of the film are police inspector Assad and his friend Karl Merck, who returned to the police service after a psychological trauma.
One day, a bottle is taken out of the sea, which contains a message written 8 years ago. And there are obvious drops of blood on it.
Detectives managed to find out that this text was written by a kidnapped child. Later, they discovered the religious sect “Disciples of Jesus”, from which children systematically disappear.
It becomes clear that a serial killer has wound up there, who kidnaps exclusively children. Karl and Assad are determined to find the villain by all means.
3. Sleuth (2007)
In film “Detective” on the one hand, Andrew Wike, an eccentric writer, crime novelist, heartthrob and millionaire; on the other hand, his wife’s self-confident, impudent and very intelligent lover, Milo Tindle.
What can unite two terrible egoists? What can force a man to step on the throat of his conscience and make a deal with the one who stole his wife from him?
The answer is obvious – human vice! The men come to a nasty agreement, and each of them expects to get out of the water dry.
But, is it possible, having sunk deep in mud, deceit and hypocrisy, to win and stay clean?
2. Snowman (2017)
The events of the movieSnowman” unfold in 2004. Detective Harry Hole investigates a series of mysterious murders in Oslo.
All crimes are linked by the presence of a snowman next to the dead, as well as the fact that only married women who had children became victims of the maniac.
Having carefully studied the archives, the detective finds other similar cases. The killer deliberately commits crimes using the same handwriting – all in order to make fun of the police.
Without a doubt, Harry Hole is on the trail of the first serial killer in Norway, and he will do everything to prevent further atrocities.
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
The main character of the pictureGirl with the Dragon Tattoo”- a successful journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who, honestly fulfilling his professional duty, suddenly finds himself embroiled in a very unpleasant story, for which he will now have to spend some time in prison.
At the same time, he is assigned a task by a powerful man named Henrik Vanger. He wants the journalist to find a young girl, his niece, who somehow disappeared from the estate.
The journalist starts searching and in the course of the investigation he becomes aware of many interesting details from the life of the Vanger family.
And he is helped in his search by an informal girl who has a tattoo in the form of a dragon. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. She has an out-of-the-box thinking and is a very talented hacker. It is with her that Blomkvist will have to fulfill his mission.