What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedThe Silence
Marjan Alčevski · Series · 2021
If you loved The Silence, start with The Silence (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) — a film from the same story. Below: 4 books, 4 films and 2 podcasts, each matched to The Silence across media.
What hooked you in The Silence was the way institutional corruption and missing persons cases create a suffocating, expansive atmosphere.
Start with the source
The source
The Silence
Ingmar Bergman · Film · 1963
Books on the same thread
The Snack Thief
Andrea Camilleri · Book · 2004
Shares 3 threads with The Silence: Organized Crime, Corruption, Missing Persons.
Like The Silence, this narrative exposes the rot of organized crime and social inequality, following a dedicated investigator who must peel back layers of corruption to find truth.
The Black Ice
Michael Connelly · Book · 2002
Explores: Police corruption, Cross-border crime, Lone wolf investigator.
This story mirrors the cross-border criminal investigations found in The Silence, focusing on a lone investigator who confronts institutional rot while tracking a dangerous, expansive web of crime.
The Searcher
Tana French · Book · 2021
Explores: isolation, small-town insularity, redemption.
If the somber, investigative pursuit of truth in The Silence resonated with you, this tale of an outsider uncovering hidden secrets in an insular community will hold your attention.
The Disappeared
Kristina Ohlsson · Book · 2014
Shares a thread with The Silence: Missing Persons.
The Silence masterfully links missing persons to broader societal decay, a structural similarity you will find here as a gruesome discovery leads to a deep investigation of hidden secrets.
Films on the same thread
The Dry
Robert Connolly · Film · 2021
Explores: Small Town Secrets, Guilt and Redemption, Drought and Despair.
Much like the atmosphere of The Silence, this film uses the weight of an unsolved tragedy to explore how past wounds and small-town secrets haunt the present-day investigation.
The Silencing
Robin Pront · Film · 2020
Shares a thread with The Silence: Missing Persons.
This film captures the same sense of urgent desperation found in The Silence, focusing on the intersection of missing persons and the difficult path toward finding elusive justice.
Silenced
Film · 2011
Shares a thread with The Silence: Corruption.
If the systemic corruption at the heart of The Silence was compelling, you will be moved by this investigation into institutional abuse and the struggle for justice against power.
The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad · Film · 2022
Explores: neglect, found family, rural life.
While more intimate in scale than The Silence, this story shares the underlying tension of a secret hidden within a domestic setting that eventually demands to be revealed.
Podcasts on the same thread
Up and Vanished
Tenderfoot TV · Podcast · 2026
Shares a thread with The Silence: missing persons.
This investigative journey mirrors the dogged reporting in The Silence, tracking mysterious disappearances to expose the dark realities that often hide beneath the surface of small, quiet communities.
CounterClock
Audiochuck · Podcast · 2025
Explores: unsolved homicide, seeking justice, historical mystery.
Similar to the investigative drive in The Silence, this series turns back the clock on cold cases, using meticulous research to confront the history of unsolved, systemic crimes.
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Common questions
Is The Silence (2021) TV series related to the 1963 movie or the 2021 book?
The 2021 TV series The Silence created by Marjan Alčevski is a distinct production. It is not an adaptation of the 1963 movie titled The Silence, nor is it based on the 2021 book of the same name.
Does The Silence TV series take place in one specific country?
The Silence does not take place in a single location. The plot follows dramatic events unfolding across two countries, Croatia and Ukraine, as characters investigate a series of mysterious deaths and a disappearance.
How does the plot of The Silence TV series begin?
The Silence begins with the deaths of two girls, one by drowning and one by drug overdose. While the initial suspect is identified, he is soon found dead, forcing detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor to investigate the murders further while a disappearance occurs in Kyiv.
Is the main suspect in The Silence TV series actually responsible for the crimes?
The main suspect in The Silence is not responsible for the deaths of the two girls. It is revealed that the suspect is innocent and is discovered to be dead, which complicates the investigation for the detective and the reporter.