Movies like A Case for Murder

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A Case for Murder (1993)
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A Case for Murder (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren Gaines, is murdered and Gaines' wife is charged, Hammett is assigned as her attorney. Hammett asks Kate Weldon, a recently hired lawyer, to assist him. Together they discover some inconsistencies in the case as well as a possible connection to the recent murder of a judge.
Plot: lawyer, law, murder, suicide, adultery, infidelity, trial, court, sex, party, city, murder mystery, female judge, female lawyer, marriage proposal, false accusation, law firm, coworker, flashback, courtroom, evidence, suspicion, abusive boyfriend, job promotion, legal ...

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Most similar movies to A Case for Murder

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, lawyer, courtroom, law, trial, infidelity and legal mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Case for Murder: Double Cross (1994), Guilty as Sin (1993), The Blue Room (2014), The Last Seduction (1994), Trade-Off (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Double Cross (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a blonde in a sports car causes a man to give chase in his souped up mustang.
Style: independent film
Plot: corruption, horse ranch, fraud, insurance investigator, tomboy, female judge, femme fatale, drag racing, video store, road accident, villainess, airport ...
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Guilty as Sin (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style: tense, suspenseful, erotic, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, womanizer, psychopath, courtroom drama, uncover truth, woman in danger, guilt ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: chicago
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42%
The Blue Room (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, sensual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, neglected wife, extramarital affair, sexual content, police interrogation, murder trial, infidelity, couple relations, couples, lawyer, interrogation, murder suspect ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, small town, couples, fatal attraction, betrayal, private detective, murder, infidelity, greed, love triangle, dishonesty, sex ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, miami, boston, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Trade-Off (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man has an affair with a mysterious woman and shares with her his desire to end his troubled marriage. When his wife is found dead, his lover admits to the killing and persuades him to kill her husband in return.
Plot: unfaithful husband, accident, faked death, murder, affair, adultery, hotel room, sex, infidelity, beach, falling from height, jealousy ...
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Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
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Jagged Edge (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, legal, murder, twists and turns, surveillance, danger, women, murder mystery, trial ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, san francisco
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32%
Double Jeopardy (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.
Plot: young love, age difference, trial, pregnancy, city, infidelity, sex in car, murder, adultery, police officer, older man younger woman relationship, young
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32%
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: adultery, obsession, sex, infidelity, femme fatale, unfaithful wife, murder, love affair, sexual content, female orgasm, drifter, relationships ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1981
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
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31%
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling ...
Style: suspense, inspirational, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, african american, civil rights, black, trial, moral dilemma, idealist, execution, courtroom drama ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: los angeles
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30%
The Whole Truth (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: lawyer, defense attorney, mother son relationship, murder, legal action, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, death of father, trial, widow, lie ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Body Heat (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style: neo noir, sexy, sexual, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, murder, adultery, lawyer, husband wife relationship, female nudity, passion, fatal attraction, greed, adulteress, lust ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: florida, usa, miami
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30%
Deviant Obsession (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Joan Alton is a lawyer who goes undercover at a strip club to gather clues that might exonerate her lover who has been accused of murder. While the defendant's secrets unveil, she will stop at nothing to catch the real killer.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexual, sexploitation film
Audience: adult
Plot: strip club, dangerous attraction, amateur detective, woman in danger, false accusation, undercover, lawyer, life is a bitch, obsession, law enforcement, frame up, murder ...
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29%
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In Her Defense (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In Her Defense is a 1998 thriller directed by Sidney J. Furie. Lawyer Andrew Garfield begins having an affair with a deaf woman, played by Marlee Matlin, when one day her husband catches them. Andrew Garfield then kills him. From then on in the ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, sexual, suspenseful
Plot: deaf, lawyer, love, hitman, law, murder, infidelity, frame up, couples, power relations, legal action, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada
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Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
Style: detective, neo noir, visually stunning, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, adultery, love triangle, infidelity, witness protection, hostage, hitman, witness, husband wife relationship, home invasion, psychopath, death threat ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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In Defense of a Married Man (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes charge of his defense, but can she place his betrayal behind ...
Style: crime drama, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious
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Time: 80s, 20th century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Young Lukasz, who was persuaded by his father to study law, listens to the story of experienced lawyer Wilczek about a memorable murder case from his past.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, exciting
Plot: lawyer, court, trial, prison sentence, falsely accused, truth, murder investigation, false accusation, murder, judge, witness, legal ...
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27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style: suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, fighting the system, legal, court, justice, corruption, rape, trial, hotshot lawyer, law ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, baltimore, maryland
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27%
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Fracture (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style: suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot: twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, adultery, manipulation, investigation, murder mystery, mind game, obsession, perfect crime, police investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, usa, california
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27%
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
Style: psychological thriller
Plot: courtroom drama, law, snow, boy dog relationship, bisexual woman, trial, lawyer, autopsy, mother son relationship, winter, female protagonist, depression ...
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Last Time Forever (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story: A small-time divorce lawyer gets involved with an alluring married woman, and together they draw her rich husband into a blackmail scheme.
Style: surprise ending, neo noir, detective, independent film
Plot: married, law, spouse, scam, femme fatale, mirror, private detective, cynicism, accidental death, seduction, lawyer, motel ...
Place: miami, florida
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Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: True story based on Jodi Arias, a seductive 28-year-old aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover, Travis Alexander, who was found nude in his home shower with a slit throat, 27 additional stab wounds and a bullet to the head. ...
Style: disturbing, tense, serious, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: true crime, murder, stalker, unrequited love, mind game, obsession, trial, party, romantic obsession, relationship problems, friendship between men, female assassin ...
Place: arizona
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style: clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal, twists and turns, trial, murder, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, mind game, jury ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, peru, beverly hills ...
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25%
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The People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: A re-enactment of the trial of the mistress of the Scarsdale Diet doctor for his March 1980 murder, with excerpts from the transcript of the proceedings serving as the script.
Plot: serial killer, murder trial, trial, murder, courtroom, doctor, lawyer, crimes of passion, director
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24%
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Legalese (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a sexy actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her against the press as well as the prosecution
Style: realistic, semi serious, talky, biting, clever ...
Plot: lawyer, neighbor, infidelity, satire, media satire, false accusation, murder, courtroom drama, who done it, celebrity culture, dedicated lawyer, media ...
Time: 90s
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24%
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A Few Good Men (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style: suspense, tense, serious, realistic, tricky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, military, trial, army investigation, justice, u.s. navy, court martial, suicide, marines, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., cuba, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Style: suspense, talky, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: courtroom drama, police, police corruption, corruption, police investigation, nypd, district attorney, courtroom, lawyer, murder, legal action, jury ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Jade (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he ...
Style: erotic, suspense, sexy, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, murder, femme fatale, adultery, investigation, nudity, murder mystery, manipulation, sex, femdom, prostitution, seduction ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Murder or Memory: A Moment of Truth Movie (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mother fights to prove her 14-year-old son is innocent of a murder he confessed to under hypnosis.
Style: factual
Plot: teenage boy, murder, courtroom, hypnosis, false confession, trial, law, true crime
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Flag in the Mist (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately ...
Plot: courtroom, trial, murder, revenge, evidence, retribution, class differences, baseball player, witness, lawyer, flashback, french restaurant ...
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23%
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