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Fatal Vision (1984)
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Fatal Vision (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
TV show
Story: A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two children
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: true crime, murder, child abuse, serial killer, infidelity, courtroom drama, vietnam war, woman killed, pregnancy, gang, investigation, life is a bitch, journalism, fighting the system, legal, society, who done it, law enforcement, legal investigation, false accusation, police investigation, amateur detective, death row, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: usa, north carolina

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Most similar movies to Fatal Vision

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about deadly, murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, investigation, life is a bitch and legal mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Fatal Vision: Murder in Greenwich (2002), The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988), Helter Skelter (1976), The Deliberate Stranger (1986), Without Evidence (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Murder in Greenwich (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot: amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, murder suspect, who done it, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, teenage life ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, connecticut
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The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 251 min.
TV show
Story: The Murder of Mary Phagan, a 1987 two-part TV miniseries made by Orion Pictures Corporation and distributed by National Broadcasting Company (NBC), is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager charged and convicted with murdering ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, tense, bleak
Plot: fighting the system, murder, factory, courtroom drama, law, serial killer, false accusation, anti semitism, murder trial, legal, society, dishonesty ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era
Place: georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
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100%
Helter Skelter (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
TV show
Story: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
Style: disturbing, spooky, slasher horror, serious, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, courtroom drama, true crime, hippie, charles manson, psychopath, killer, commune, murder, lawyer, counterculture, mental disorder ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: husband murders wife, murder, pregnancy, false accusation, missing person, courtroom drama, investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, infidelity, amateur detective, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style: psychotronic, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, killer, psychopath, murder, manhunt, ted bundy, murderer, politics, criminal, woman in danger, mental illness ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: seattle, utah, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Without Evidence (1995)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style: spectacular, independent film, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, prison, conspiracy, murder, law enforcement, political conspiracy, rivalry, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, legal, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Reversible Errors (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story: A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style: serious, psychological, bleak, tense, realistic ...
Plot: legal, false accusation, investigation, frame up, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, lovers reunited, dedicated lawyer, police detective, law enforcement, fighting the system ...
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38%
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Des (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
TV show
Story: The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style: detective, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: true crime, serial killer, detective inspector, police, murder, gay interest, murderer, death, chase, police investigation, murder investigation, who done it ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, abuse, activist, girlfriend, disappearance, manipulation, liberal, psychopath, poet, investigation, fighting the system ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996)
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: True crime story of a Wisconsin teacher's aide who hired teenaged students to murder her estranged husband.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, sexual ...
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, murder, suburban life, suburbs, teachers and students, infidelity, teenage life, power relations, couples, family problems, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Small Sacrifices (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 159 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule, the film is about Diane Downs and the attempted murder of her three children.
Style: detective, tense, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, courtroom drama, murder, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, crime investigation, femme fatale, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, murder investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, shooting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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35%
Love, Lies and Murder (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: This movie, based on the true story, begins with the murder of a housewife. When troubled teenage daughter confesses the crime, it looks like a solved case. But, the investigators are suspicious because of the lack of motive and spend years trying ...
Style: detective, mind bending, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: legal, murder, older man younger woman relationship, rape, true crime, sexual abuse, violent, woman killed, serial killer, psychopath, manipulation, family relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa
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34%
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: true crime, murder, child murder, police investigation, who done it, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, small town, parents and children, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
In Cold Blood (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified the nation. This film is based on Truman Capote's hauntingly detailed, psychologically penetrating nonfiction novel. While in ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, killer, biopic, true crime, death sentence, psychopath, law enforcement, mind game, obsessive quest, fugitives, chases and races ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Injustice (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough, captivating ...
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, murder, lawsuit, courtroom, police investigation, legal system, law enforcement, police detective, police brutality, injustice, vicious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Crime of the Century (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindberg was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, serial killer, trial, kidnapping, confined, babies and infants, rebellion, life is a bitch, dishonesty, rivalry, uncover truth ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Bound by Lies (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, police investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
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Word of Honor (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot: vietnam war, courtroom drama, army investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, rebellion, military, dedicated lawyer, legal, law enforcement, society, dishonesty ...
Place: vietnam, asia
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Five Daughters (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, police investigation, drug abuse, woman in danger, addiction, prostitute, life is a bitch, small town, murderer, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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32%
See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, investigation, death of child, rivalry, life is a bitch, true crime, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, killer ...
Time: 60s, year 1964, year 1966, year 1963, year 1965
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S back in the early 80s. Known as the BBC, the story involves a couple of guys recruited into Hunt's company on the promise of ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense
Plot: murder, trading, corporate crime, legal, rise to the top, betrayal, buddies, blind ambition, dishonesty, life is a bitch, ambition, rise and fall ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Quincy M.E. (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner. Inspired by the book Where Death ...
Style: detective, medical drama, retro, serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: medical, police detective, legal, medical examiner, amateur detective, forensic evidence, police, coroner, murder, murder mystery, law enforcement, supernatural ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
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32%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
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31%
One Angry Juror (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, investigation, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, trial, prosecutor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
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31%
Resurrection Man (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, brutality, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence, anglo irish relations ...
Time: 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Style: detective, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, amateur detective, intelligence agency, lawyer, advocate, law, courtroom drama, false accusation, who done it, legal, private detective ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, journalism, investigation, murder, uncover truth, psychopath, who done it, legal, law enforcement, manhunt, child murder investigation, true crime ...
Time: 80s
Place: georgia, atlanta georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Excellent Cadavers (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, italian mafia, law, organized crime, sicilian mafia, italian history, historical figure, society, idealism, law enforcement, politics ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: sicily, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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