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Darrow (1991)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A film about Clarence Darrow - based on a true story.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, law, legal action, life is a bitch, rebellion, legal, rivalry, hotshot lawyer, power relations, biopic, murder trial, change of heart, defense attorney, labor leader, trial, libertarian, criminal trial, court, freedom fighter
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 1890s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, thought provoking and captivating films with plots about life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, lawyer, society, court and courtroom drama mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like Darrow: A Man for All Seasons (1988), Gideon's Trumpet (1980), Inherit the Wind (1999), Jump (2007), Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Style:
gothic, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, talky ...
Plot:
religion versus science, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, religion, atheism, small town, courtroom, legal, teachers and students, school, against the odds ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, contemplative, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, murder, injustice, dishonesty, state affairs, discrimination, false accusation, righting the wronged, power relations, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
austria, alps
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the ...
Style:
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Plot:
courtroom, supreme court, boxing, injustice, righting the wronged, ambition, legal action, against the odds, political unrest, justice, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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37%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
celebrity culture, prodigy, ambition, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, lifestyle, filmmaking, biopic, scandal, controversy, celebrity, fame ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, emotional, touching, independent film, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, rebellion, human spirit, self discovery, against the odds, student life, social relations, society, hopes, clergy, life is a bitch, discrimination ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, palestine, maghreb, middle east
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
29%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, Japan, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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