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Damini - Lightning (1993)
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Damini - Lightning (1993)
Original name: Damini
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The theme revolves around the character Damini who represents truth and innocence. After her marriage in renowned wealthy family, Damini happens to see a cruel act done by her brother-in-law. She wants the victim to get justice, but the family including her husband oppose her, which leads her to leave the house. Soon she is helped by a drunkard, an ex-advocate, who helps her in all respect to reach to her aim and therefore justice
Style: cult classic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: courtroom drama, sexual abuse, lawyer, trial, rape, women, oppression, female empowerment, mental institution, fight for justice, hospital, alcohol abuse, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, fall in love, injustice, isolation, legal, rivalry, society, down on your luck, redemption, testimony ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about courtroom drama, legal, lawyer, deadly, murder, rivalry and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Damini - Lightning: The Shame (2001), Grahan (2001), Chandni Bar (2001), The Verdict (2013), Pink (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Shame (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 202 min.
Story: Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, new york
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Grahan (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The widowed Chief Minister Jagdish Acharya lives an opulent lifestyle along with his daughter, Sunita and son, Sanjay. One day he gets a phone call from the Police Commissioner informing him that a woman has filed a FIR of rape against Sanjay
Style: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, serious
Plot: rape, trial, courtroom drama, redemption, injustice, justice, lawyer, abuse of power, court, death, rape victim
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A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style: serious, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, courtroom drama, injustice, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, society, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, rivalry, bounty hunter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
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Chandni Bar (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Chandni Bar, a film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar depicts the gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, rape, gangster, political unrest, vengeance, rich and poor, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prostitute, family relations, dancer's life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india
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Shaurya: It Takes Courage to Make Right... Right (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Shaurya, revolves around the lives of two close friends, both lawyers in the Indian army.Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary and Maj. Akash Kapoor.Siddhant is defending and Aakash is prosecuting a soldier,convicted for killing his commanding officer.An ...
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The Verdict (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
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Time: year 2013, 21st century
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Duration: 136 min.
Story: Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak ...
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56 So Far (2004)
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Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Sadhu Agashe, a police officer in Mumbai, makes a name for himself by killing criminals in sting operations instead of locking them up in prison. The film follows his method of working, gives an insight into the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, and ...
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Duration: 108 min.
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Bloodlines (2005)
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