Movies like Last Dance
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Last Dance (1996)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep friendship, while all the while the date for her execution draws nearer.
Style:
emotional, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense, talky, realistic, tear jerker, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
prison, murder, lethal injection, lawyer, death row, courtroom drama, legal action, prison life, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, confined, false accusation, deadly, power relations, death, politics, brother sister relationship, death sentence, death penalty, tattoo, countryside, golf club, justice, love story, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, taj mahal, australia, texas, new jersey, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about crimes, murder, legal, life is a bitch, courtroom drama, deadly and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Last Dance: Disclosure (1994), The Chamber (1996), Gloria (1999), Return to Sender (2004), Murder in the First (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Style:
tense, twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sexual harassment, obsession, workplace, manipulation, promotion, false accusation, boss and employee, vengeance, power relations, rivalry, dishonesty, manipulations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
seattle, seattle washington, san francisco
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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:
thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
death sentence, murder, racism, courtroom drama, prison, politics, legal, anti semitism, haunted by the past, crimes, legal action, power relations ...
Time:
90s, 1960s, 1990s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sharon Stone plays a street-wise, middle-aged moll standing up against the mobs, all of which is complicated by a 6 year old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, touching, twists and turns, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
asthma, inhaler, murder, crimes, crime, introspection, down on your luck, woman in danger, gangsters, on the run, orphan, prison ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, sincere, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, false accusation, death sentence, deadly, confined, redemption, prison life, courtroom drama, legal, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in ...
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
prison, murder, lawyer, courtroom, warden, theft, solitary, prisoner, fighting the system, crimes, graphic violence, nudity (full frontal - brief) ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 30s, year 1938 ...
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
prison, weekend, friendship, false accusation, smuggling, escape attempt, injustice, heroin, drug dealing, women's prison, prison life, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
thailand, hong kong, china, asia, bangkok thailand ...
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100%
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, suspenseful, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, confined, fighting the system, false accusation, uncover truth, courtroom drama, legal action, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, legal, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
tense, earnest, twists and turns, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, army investigation, navy, courtroom, u.s. navy, lawyer, marines, hotshot lawyer, trial, suicide, court, military ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
cuba, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, frame up, legal, false accusation, legal action, fighting the system, political corruption, death penalty, death sentence, justice, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! Honey, you give love a bad name. (The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.)
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
murder, death row, prison, courtroom drama, prison life, dysfunctional family, tragic hero, parents and children, mormon, life is a bitch, legal, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
70s
Place:
utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Movies similar to A Few Good Men
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
death row, death sentence, race against time, investigation, false accusation, journalism, death penalty, crime, crimes, uncover truth, lethal injection, journal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, oakland california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style:
twists and turns, suspenseful, tense, talky, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal investigation, murder, false accusation, mystery, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, political conspiracy, murder mystery, mute or deaf, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, legal, frame up, false accusation, uncover truth, testimony, lovers reunited, police investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, confined, murder ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
662
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, hostage, injustice, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, law enforcement, legal investigation, crimes, murder, rivalry, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, crime, legal action, organized crime, mob boss, murder, gangsters, false accusation, idealism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Movies like The Lincoln Lawyer
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, serious, realistic, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, father daughter conflict, parents and children, uncover truth, hopes, father daughter relationship, fighting the system, life is a bitch, dishonesty, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal action, murder, justice, injustice, small town, rape, court, legal, trial, punishment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, mississippi river, united states, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
hit and run, murder, obsession, haunted by the past, revenge, vengeance, redemption, tragedy, crimes, hopes, deadly, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything -- even put his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, psychologist, prison, estrangement, gorilla, doctors and patients, redemption, crimes, treatment, research, violence, insanity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, florida, africa, rwanda, cuba
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46%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, investigation, deadly, police investigation, courtroom, who done it, dedicated lawyer, political conspiracy, dishonesty, computers and web, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Movies similar to A Time to Kill
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:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, based on true events
Plot:
false accusation, racism, injustice, fighting the system, human spirit, courtroom drama, deadly, legal, rebellion, hopes, life is a bitch, society ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
murder, catholic, mystery, investigation, courtroom drama, false accusation, moral dilemma, dishonesty, legal, deadly, crimes, clergy ...
Time:
contemporary
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42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
false accusation, prison riot, prison, criminal heroes, prison life, redemption, confined, life is a bitch, murder, rivalry, gang, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A prosecutor leaks a false story that liquor warehouse owner Michael Gallagher is involved in the murder of a union head, and as newspaper reporter Megan Carter picks up the story and attempts to find the real truth, Gallagher's life begins to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, talky, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, newspaper reporter, investigation, crimes, politics, rivalry, dishonesty, legal, manipulation, media, legal action ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 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:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
legal, terrorism, lawyer, professor, court, trial, terrorist, rebellion, deadly, state affairs, law enforcement, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style:
twists and turns, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, lawyer, courtroom, mystery, crime, crimes, danger, legal, court, courtroom drama, heiress, beach house ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, san francisco
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42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
Style:
erotic, rough, suspenseful, serious, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, crime, infidelity, seduction, femme fatale, dedicated lawyer, crimes, manipulation, dishonesty, manipulations, legal investigation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
portland oregon
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41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, talky, bleak ...
Plot:
police corruption, district attorney, corruption, courtroom drama, legal action, snitch, jury, police, police investigation, crime, crimes, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, harlem manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem
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41%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to be the perfect life. But life as he knows it is turned upside down when he arrives home from work late one night to find his wife brutally murdered ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, legal, dishonesty, crimes, deadly, law enforcement, legal action, murder investigation, false accusation, husband wife relationship, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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40%
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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serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder, courtroom, false accusation, disobey, courtroom drama, military, dishonesty, military life, bollywood, friendship, deadly, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
india, asia
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