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Murder Without Conviction (2004)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Recently released from her vows as a nun, Christine Bennett is discovering "life on the outside." After a visit to her mentally-handicapped cousin Gene, Christine becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder mystery surrounding James and Edward Talley, twin savant brothers accused of killing their mother on Good Friday.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
murder, twins, uncover truth, family relations, mental illness, injustice, society, who done it, police investigation, dishonesty, mental institution, mental retardation, police detective, law enforcement, suburbs, strong female presence, siblings relations, forceful separation, chess, lawyer, police officer, scientist, hostage, death, nun ...
Time:
year 1973, year 1960, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Murder Without Conviction
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, dishonesty, uncover truth, investigation, law enforcement and police investigation mostly in Drama, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Murder Without Conviction: Agnes of God (1985), At the Gate of the Ghost (2011), Small Town Conspiracy (2002), The Robber Bride (2007), Deadline (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough ...
Style:
atmospheric, intense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
nun, sexualized violence, mental illness, investigation, murder, trial, convent, clergy, religion, life is a bitch, catholic, psychiatry ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
montreal, quebec, canada, israel
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Adapted from Japanese film called Rashomon, U Mong Pa Meung (The Outrage) takes place in a wood during Thai’s Lanna period where a mysterious murder happens. The story is told through three witnesses: a young monk, woodcutter and undertaker.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, medieval, society, investigation, life is a bitch, who done it, dishonesty, injustice, under the surface, tunnel, murder mystery ...
Place:
thailand, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, who done it, wartime life, frame up, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario next to her blood-soaked car, the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, friendship, twists and turns, murder, obsession, police, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
89%
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479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A community in Zion Creek, Utah, is turned upside down when a popular high school girl disappears in the midst of her father's political campaign.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
murder mystery, lgbt, corpse, addiction, suicide, politics, mormon, murder, police detective, law enforcer, suspicion, police officer ...
Place:
usa, utah
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hoping to leave behind troubled days in the Baltimore city police department, Nate Burns (Eddie Cibrian) journeys to Alaska, where he takes up a quiet life as a small-town sheriff and begins a romance with spirited bush pilot Meg Galligan (LeAnn ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, mind bending, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, danger, law enforcement, curses spells and rituals, small town life, love affair, winter, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, police investigation, love and romance, city life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska, baltimore
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
native american reservation, native american, murder, desert, navajo indian, arizona desert, airplane crash, police, federal agent, drug smuggling, airplane accident, american indian ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As a favor to a friend, defense attorney McBride takes on a client accused of murdering a woman. When McBride and his partner Phil investigate the deceased, they discover she had many identities and with each new life she was leading the list of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
false accusation, courtroom drama, legal investigation, cons and scams, rivalry, wrong place wrong time, legal, murder, uncover truth, twists and turns, forensic, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a body is found floating in an upstate New York river, hard-drinking cop Joe Weldon is left with few clues. After uncovering the man's identity - an enigmatic simpleton named Hap - Weldon is led to the crooked hustler who took advantage of ...
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, life is a bitch, introspection, murder, law enforcement, misfit, small town life, redemption, mysterious character, small town, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
private detective, haunted by the past, investigation, uncover truth, murder, sister, suicide, private investigator, sexual content, life is a bitch, strong female presence, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, enigmatic
Plot:
amateur detective, who done it, private detective, uncover truth, riddles and clues, false accusation, frame up, elderly, danger, murder, dishonesty, intelligence agency ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
virginia, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder suspect, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, who done it, false accusation, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, price of justice, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, uncover truth, haunted by the past, pedophile, unsolved crime, rivalry, danger, killer, serial killer, pedophilia ...
Time:
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Similarity:
65%
460
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, danger, hidden identity, dishonesty, estate, stranger, mysterious past, paranoia, disorder, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, saint tropez, provence
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, manipulation, legal, dishonesty, danger, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a twin sibling.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, whistleblower, twins, siblings relations, investigation, power relations, murder, who done it, dishonesty, law enforcement, boss and employee, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interracial relations, social relations, dishonesty, society, law enforcement, lifestyle, murder, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
death penalty, lethal injection, mental institution, death sentence, chainsaw, uncover truth, crime gone awry, rehabilitation, psychiatrist, desperation, husband wife relationship, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, memory loss, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, deep south, media, journalism, television reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A retiring detective tries to discover the identity of a half charred woman found in front of a District Attorney's boat who is pursuing a child serial killer.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, boat, who done it, murder investigation, police officer, heroes, brutality, child murder, death, murder mystery, child murderess, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
909
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, uncover truth, father son relationship, law, court case, couple relations, adaptation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, false accusation, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal action, life is a bitch, legal, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
51%
519
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, family relations, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, child killer, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she arrested James Lampton for murder. He was subsequently sentenced ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, who done it, manipulation, law enforcement, dishonesty, police, big breasts, nypd, strong female presence, strangulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, brighton
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
homecoming, murder, family relations, vengeance, workplace, dishonesty, betrayal, parents and children, family business, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
46%
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