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Dead Man Walking (1995)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, emotional, sad, depressing, christian film, philosophical, atmospheric, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
death row, prison, rape, death sentence, nun, death penalty, violence, prison life, court, murder, redemption, catholic, confession, death, lethal injection, warden, lawyer, justice, investigation, forgiveness, morality, character study, faith, rape and revenge, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa, american
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Most similar movies to Dead Man Walking
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, thought provoking and dramatic films with plots about murder, lawyer, justice, court, courtroom, brutality and greed mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Dead Man Walking: Too Young to Die? (1990), Conviction (2010), The Green Mile (1999), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), A Time to Kill (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Style:
emotional, sad, neo noir, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death row, death penalty, teenage prostitute, murder, revenge, attorney, teenage prostitution, lawyer, teenager, teenage girl, prison, death sentence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
oklahoma
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, inspirational, touching, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, fighting the system, trial, prison, injustice, false accusation, hopes, court, strong female character, freedom ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2001, year 1989, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
massachusetts, rhode island, usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
death penalty, prison, stephen king, death row, death sentence, convict, supernatural, false accusation, prison life, life philosophy, electric chair, execution ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, year 1935
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana, america, persia
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, gothic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, racism, small town, legal, single father, coming of age, rape, justice, childhood ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa, america, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courtroom, death penalty, injustice, lawyer, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, perjury, african american, murder, prison, innocence, convict ...
Time:
year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place:
alabama
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal, death sentence, courtroom, ku klux klan, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, politics, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1967, year 1996
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, bleak, crime drama ...
Plot:
redemption, death row, prison, gang, gangster, brutality, justice, adaptation, human spirit, hopes, journalism, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, future, 80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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21K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Style:
realistic, factual, suspense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
prison, corruption, prison warden, abuse of power, undercover, prison escape, fighting the system, justice, abuse, liberal, murder, politics ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
arkansas, louisiana, columbus ohio, southern usa, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which ...
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, teenage boy, legal, police, true crime, death sentence, juvenile delinquency, vandalism, injustice, friendship, murder, jury ...
Time:
1940s, year 1991, post world war two, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an ...
Style:
rough, political, educational, intellectual, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
sex trafficking, un, rape, gender, corruption, politics, conspiracy, sex crime, teenage prostitution, investigation, civil war, slavery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2010, 70s ...
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, usa, nebraska ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
50%
250K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
courtroom drama, child abuse, vengeance, childhood, rape, pedophile, lawyer, pedophilia, murder trial, friendship, sexual abuse, sexualized violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, brutality, torture, injustice, lawyer, escape, prison life, prison escape, drug, drug smuggling, court, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970, year 1978, year 1975 ...
Place:
turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece, istanbul turkey, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, terrorism, politics, trial, biopic, male nudity, justice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, nepal, britain ...
Similarity:
34%
253K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style:
mind bending, clever, gloomy, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, tragedy, drug addiction, drug addict, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, grief, redemption, drug, loneliness, drug abuse, loss ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, persia
Similarity:
34%
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 ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Style:
tense, realistic, bleak, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, prison, violence, gang, murder, transvestite, prison gang, marijuana, survival, prison rape, drug, mentor protege relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, paris france, puerto rico ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, contemplative, social, psychological ...
Plot:
lawyer, murder, death, prison, execution, dialogue, renaissance, unrequited love, politics, legal, fighting the system, death row ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, year 1988
Place:
poland, eastern europe, warsaw poland, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
prison, bird, warden, life sentence, alcatraz, redemption, medical, pet bird, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, kansas, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an ...
Style:
bad ending, depressing, atmospheric, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
depression, tragedy, eviction, immigrant, life is a bitch, nude, american dream, justice, visceral, relationships, tragic event, real estate ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, persia, bay area, usa, california ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
Style:
realistic, serious, talky, tense, political ...
Plot:
prison, serial killer, lawyer, politician, cruelty, judge, family relations, trial, civil rights, friendship, social activist, notoriety ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, manchester, yorkshire
Similarity:
31%
149K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.
Style:
sexy, captivating, dark, dramatic, talky ...
Plot:
prison, writers, lgbtq, literature, biopic, murder, moral dilemma, murderer, journalism, investigation, manipulation, eccentricity ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place:
kansas, new york, new orleans, europe, spain ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their ...
Style:
neo noir, black and white, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, true crime, execution, serial killer, home invasion, trial, killer, death sentence, death row, u.s. mexico border, cell mate, murder of family ...
Time:
50s, year 1967, year 1965, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
kansas, kansas city, america, usa, las vegas ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
"The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, controversial, spiritual, brutal ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, adult
Plot:
jesus, christianity, jesus christ, redemption, religion, religious, bible, torture, suffering, betrayal, death, roman ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, 2000s, 1930s, 1st century ...
Place:
holy land, jerusalem, greece, ancient greece, middle east ...
Similarity:
30%
279K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, psychological, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, murder, courtroom drama, plot twist, trial, psychology, courtroom, court case, corruption, lawyer, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
29%
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