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Belén (2025)
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the conservative northwestern region of Argentina, Julieta finds herself accused of infanticide after a medical emergency. Facing a miscarriage of justice that lands her in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, her only hope is getting the chance to challenge her conviction in a courtroom battle with the help of Soledad, a fearless lawyer who risks everything to defend her. Their fight for justice will slowly begin to fuel a growing movement for solidarity and women’s rights.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, inspirational, historical drama
Plot:
abortion, female lawyer, women's rights, judiciary, social justice, pregnancy, feminist, human rights, activism, defense attorney, solidarity, criminal trial, wrongful accusation, moral ambiguity, character study, provincial, miscarriage of justice, courtroom drama
Time:
2010s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, thought provoking and emotional films with plots about investigation, courtroom drama, moral ambiguity, character study, courtroom, female protagonist and justice mostly in Drama, Crime and History genres. Some movies like Belén: Pada (2022), Rani (2025), The Goldman Case (2023), A Proper Scandal (1984), The Quare Fellow (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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406
Genre: Drama
Country: Sri Lanka
Story:
The film follows Dr. Manorani Saravanamuttu's relentless pursuit of justice after the tragic abduction and murder of her son, Richard de Zoysa, a journalist, writer, and human rights activist, in 1990.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.
Style:
thought provoking, intense, political drama
Plot:
courtroom drama, french history, political violence, moral ambiguity, investigation, civil unrest, evidence, interrogation, activism, armed robbery, murder trial, judiciary ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional, straightforward story is about a poorly-dressed man who is brought into the police station in Turin for stealing flower pots from the cemetery. He is rather ...
Style:
historical drama, surprise ending
Plot:
amnesia, courtroom drama, memory loss, character study, impostor, mistaken identity, identity crisis, media sensation, legal battle, mental health, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human ...
Style:
thought provoking, grim, tense, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
death sentence, prison, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, social justice, social realism, jail cell, humanism, wrongful conviction, character study, class conflict, slow burn ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, poignant, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, rape, injustice, sexual assault, rape victim, violence, gang rape, sexual abuse, violence against women, legal action, fraternity, legal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, washington d.c., washington state ...
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60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film is based on the true story of a maid who was either seduced or raped and made pregnant by her Chinese employer; the baby was either killed by the employer's wife or by her own hand, depending on who you talk to.
Style:
emotional, realistic, bleak, tense, period drama
Plot:
abuse of power, female protagonist, social commentary, victimization, domestic servant, classism, class conflict, social injustice, guilt, sexual assault, moral ambiguity, poverty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
the philippines
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58%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
illegal abortion, abortion, abortion rights, feminist, women's rights, pregnancy, male female relationship, social problems, female protagonist, social issues, women, social commentary ...
Time:
60s
Place:
chicago, midwest
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sophie Humbert - a famous criminal attorney who heads a prestigious law firm that does a good deal of work for the Police Commission - decides to take over the pro bono defense of Gabriel Etchegaray, a petty criminal who's just confessed to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
defense attorney, courtroom, murder, lawyer, court case, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, murder suspect, affair, society, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, thought provoking, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, courtroom, legal, parents and children, injustice, family relations, false accusation, lawyer, law, murder mystery, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
Army Sergeant Tim Hennis is wrongly convicted of killing the wife and children of an Air Force captain. Based on a true story.
Style:
tense, dramatic, emotional, bleak, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style:
depressing, period piece, compassionate, contemplative, grim ...
Plot:
abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, injustice, miscarriage, neighbor, rape, double life, character study, mission, understanding, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
234
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, intense, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, investigation, character study, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, mental illness, courtroom, psychological manipulation, obsession, revenge motive, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
46%
190
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
No Overview
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, road movie, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
41%
284
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, moody
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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80s
Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
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49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style:
f word
Plot:
journalism, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, abuse of power, film producer, women's rights, film industry, rape, investigation, sex crime, based on real people ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2017, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, manhattan new york city, ireland, new york, venice ...
Similarity:
39%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Style:
serious, emotional, crime drama, heartbreaking, inspirational ...
Plot:
missing child, family tragedy, child abduction, loss, bereavement, true crime, social issues, activism, biopic, investigation, justice, social justice ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
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Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, emotional, crime drama, tense, detective
Plot:
patriarchy, women's rights, female protagonist, female empowerment, feminism, activism, resilience, social justice, solidarity, female friendship, investigation, reform ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
justice, courtroom drama, murder, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, social commentary, social problems, problem, legal action, trial, murderer, criminal ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
37%
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233K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support. Will their ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, social ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money ...
Style:
serious, dark, emotional, tense, period drama
Plot:
women in prison, prison, corruption, abuse of power, oppression, justice, human rights, legal battle, maximum security prison, social justice, resistance, rape ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
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Country: Nepal
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, independent film, tragic
Plot:
oppression, caste system, injustice, social justice, empowerment, social commentary, solidarity, resistance, human rights, identity, activism, courage ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Su-kyung lives with her daughter Yi-jung. They don't quite get along, though. Su-kyung is too hot tempered, while Yi-jung is slow and passive. After having a fight one day, Su-kyung runs over Yi-jung, who thinks she did it on purpose. Their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, mother daughter conflict, family drama, guilty conscience, family relations, misadventure, female protagonist, relationship problems, family problems, family life, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Bolivia
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.
Style:
historical drama, tense, political thriller, political drama, tragic
Plot:
social injustice, protest, human rights, ethical dilemma, social realism, empathy, conspiracy, religious conflict, racism, radical, indigenous people, anthropology ...
Time:
60s
Place:
bolivia, andes mountains
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
Style:
emotional, dark, tense, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
incest, child abuse, true crime, patricide, abusive father, domestic abuse, family drama, trauma, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, grief, courtroom drama ...
Time:
80s
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, dark, psychological thriller
Plot:
jealousy, murder, true crime, betrayal, obsession, investigation, infidelity, love triangle, female victim, evidence, stalking, courtroom drama ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
34%
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