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Dancing in the Dark (1995)
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Original name: Dancing In The Dark
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Anna Forbes suffers an attack and sexual abuse by her father-in-law. But when she overcomes her fear and tells her husband Mark what happened he does not believe her, choosing instead to believe his father who denies everything. As Anna becomes increasingly desperate to be believed and her actions become more erratic, Mark has her committed to a mental institution for psychiatric treatment.
Style:
psychological, tense, thought provoking, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, talky ...
Plot:
abuse, legal action, rape, sexual abuse, rape victim, mental institution, false accusation, hospital, life is a bitch, mental illness, injustice, dysfunctional family, legal, rivalry, danger, family problems, sexual content, legal investigation, rehabilitation, family in crisis, family in danger, woman in danger, dishonesty, hopes, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, society, courtroom drama, family problems and injustice mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Dancing in the Dark: Just Ask My Children (2001), Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001), Over the Mountains (2005), Color of Justice (1997), Citizen Verdict (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
child abuse, abuse, false accusation, fighting the system, courtroom drama, family problems, injustice, legal action, legal, life is a bitch, dishonesty, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Style:
sexy, serious, talky, psychological, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, injustice, vengeance, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, introspection, danger, false accusation, politics ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four young black men kill a white woman, the D.A. is very cautious in how to proceed...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, dishonesty, law enforcement, lawyer, nypd, interracial relations, racism, injustice, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, confined, danger, politics, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marty Rockman, the notorious producer of the hit reality-TV show "So Sue Me", has a brand new concept: "Citizen Verdict". Each week a real criminal case will be tried before the American people, but this time they're also ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, media, rebellion, state affairs, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
abusive relationship, murder, danger, starting over, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance, hopes, family relations, injustice, family problems, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
prison, confined, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, legal, legal action, prison life, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rookie lawyer Alec Brno has just been assigned the case of his career: exposing a billion-dollar oil scam led by a ruthless mafia boss. When he reluctantly falls for the gangster's beautiful but drug-addicted wife - also his key witness - Alec ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
gangster, courtroom, fall in love, dangerous attraction, criminal's revenge, legal investigation, hitman, addiction, drug abuse, courtroom drama, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
730
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aviation, hopes, politics, state affairs, heroes, law enforcement, righting the wronged, danger, uncover truth, military, rivalry, investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, man boy relationship, coming of age, courtroom, sexual abuse, pedophilia, life is a bitch, redemption, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody ...
Similarity:
100%
202
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Teacher Rob Dekoster is a good man, albeit a bit too frivolous and liberal with funds the local arts center's interim director. His wife Nelle, who sometimes abuses drugs, spoils his ingrate teenage stepdaughter Sandy, who is kind only to her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
legal, false accusation, family relations, manipulation, dishonesty, vengeance, couple relations, life is a bitch, youth, rivalry, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, tension ...
Plot:
custody, false accusation, courtroom, courtroom drama, righting the wronged, family relations, injustice, parents and children, legal, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapped, hostage, marital abuse, abuse, battered wife, abusive husband, obsession, hostage situation, abusive relationship, family relations, family problems, starting over ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rape, female nudity, introspection, family problems, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, couple relations, haunted by the past, family in crisis, flashback ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hidden camera, mysterious character, obsession, surveillance, family problems, society, dishonesty, espionage, trust, neighbor, legislation, legal action ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, thought provoking, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes) dies while at ...
Style:
talky, tense, thought provoking, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, lawyer, aging, small town, legal action, power relations, prison, friendship, anti semitism, captivity, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
722
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, youth, human spirit, teenage life, custody, family problems, society, hopes, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, family in crisis, sexual abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy, disturbing
Plot:
children, youth, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, teenage life, family in crisis, unfulfillment, misfit, mute or deaf, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
public health, idealism, uncover truth, rebellion, ambition, fighting the system, against the odds, couples, negligence, family problems, injustice, society ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mockumentary
Plot:
rebellion, death row, false accusation, racism, injustice, courtroom drama, society, hopes, life is a bitch, confined, legal, prison life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Matthew Cameron (Jay Richardson) is a lawyer undergoing a midlife crisis despite having a seemingly perfect life with his wife, advertising executive Jessica (Candy Clark), and his young son. When he champions a homeless shelter facing eviction, his ...
Style:
independent film, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, injustice, power relations, couples, heroic mission, courtroom drama, family life, against the odds, midlife crisis, life is a bitch, legal, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
child molester, autism, mentally challenged, teacher student relationship, testimony, courtroom, victim, teacher, mental illness, sexual cruelty, children, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Caden Welles is living life as large as any 20-year-old could dream … until his eyes are opened to a world few Americans know still exists: a thriving human-trafficking trade. Spurred by a true purpose, an unlikely new friendship, and the prayers ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, sentimental, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, hopes, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, human spirit, family problems, injustice, prostitute, society, escapades, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, trial, uncover truth, investigation, courtroom drama, false accusation, life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two brothers are forced to confront a terrible crime that was hidden in their past.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, rough, serious, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, false accusation, haunted by the past, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, legal, injustice, life is a bitch, family relations, dedicated lawyer, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she decides to file a lawsuit.
Style:
grindhouse, serious, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
anal rape, gang rape, male orgasm, female pubic hair, violence against women, female nudity, blaxploitation, hospital, crime investigation, engagement, nudity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In August 1996, bus drivers Marcel Van Loock and Wim Moreels are apprehended by the Moroccan Customs for drug trafficking. Inside their bus, hidden behind a false compartment, they have discovered 700 pounds of hashish. Although the owner of the bus ...
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, smuggling, survival, danger, prison life, life is a bitch, dishonesty, false accusation, injustice, violent content, warden, confined ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
antwerp, tangier morocco, morocco, africa
Similarity:
100%
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