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Music Box (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Style:
emotional, political, heartbreaking, talky, sincere, realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, twists and turns, justice, court, court case, anti semitism, politics, courtroom, lawyer, legal, betrayal, communism, world war two, conspiracy, manipulation, family relations, parents and children, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, racism, power relations, holocaust, nazi, genocide, trial ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, budapest, hungary, chicago, germany, israel, poland ...
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Most similar movies to Music Box
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, murder, justice, courtroom and court mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Music Box: Class Action (1991), Red Corner (1997), A Time to Kill (1996), Jade (1995), A Few Good Men (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
suspense, serious, thought provoking, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, court, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, parents and children, uncover truth, hopes, family relations, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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:
suspense, suspenseful, political, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, death penalty, frame up, justice, political corruption, murder mystery, lawyer, male victim, court, conspiracy theory, false accusation ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia, california
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, sexy, psychosexual thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
murder mystery, femme fatale, adultery, prostitution, murder, nudity, oral sex, seduction, serial killer, manipulation, car chase, sexuality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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100%
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:
suspense, tense, intense, tricky, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, justice, army investigation, trial, military, suicide, u.s. navy, court martial, destiny, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, persia, caribbean, usa
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67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, crying, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
divorce, muslim, poverty, alzheimer's disease, marriage, court, marital problem, hospital, religion, islam, justice, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, persia, nebraska, maghreb, middle east ...
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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:
32%
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:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, twists and turns, legal, court, murder, surveillance, danger, women, murder mystery, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
31%
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13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, 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:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder mystery, twists and turns, lawyer, courtroom, justice, murder, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
Similarity:
30%
120K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, suspense, captivating, political, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, corruption, courtroom, trial, jury, legal, justice, twists and turns, manipulation, court case ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, cincinnati ohio, indiana, ohio, new orleans ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style:
suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, fighting the system, legal, rape, corruption, court, law, justice, trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, clever, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, lawyer, lawsuit, domestic violence, insurance company, self defense, justice, courtroom, legal investigation, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
caribbean, memphis, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert ...
Style:
psychological, political, suspenseful, twisted, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c., persia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, captivating, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, murder, twists and turns, trial, legal investigation, mind game, hotshot lawyer, arrest ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, peru, san francisco, las vegas ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, intercultural, suspense ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, racism, court case, hopes, murder, life is a bitch, family relations, teenage life, social differences, heroes, society ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, soviet union, chechnya, caucasus
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder mystery, legal, lawyer, murder, strong female character, fighting the system, who done it, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, frame up, danger ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI agent (Debra Winger) falls in love with a white supremacist (Tom Berenger) whose group she infiltrates.
Style:
political, erotic, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, terrorism, ku klux klan, murder, fbi, betrayal, hunting, extremism, female agent, women, fbi agent, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
arizona, chicago, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
greece, france, africa, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, intense, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, mafia, boy, court, suicide, brother brother relationship, witness protection, surveillance, child in peril, district attorney, lawyers and clients, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new orleans, tennessee, usa, memphis, san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. The film is adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1957 ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, captivating, talky, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, jury, legal action, argument, trial, murder, court, courtroom, lawyer, uncover truth, legal, dialogue ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military ...
Style:
clever, serious, twist ending, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, false accusation, legal, conspiracy, army investigation, justice, husband wife relationship, fbi, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2002, 80s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles, mexico, latin america
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style:
erotic, tense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, sex in office, psychopath, womanizer, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, courtroom drama, woman in danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.
Style:
tense, political, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
war, army investigation, courtroom drama, vietnam war, courtroom, profanity, military, lawyer, court case, marines, politics, court ...
Time:
y2k, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
middle east, usa, washington d.c., vietnam, iraq
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling ...
Style:
inspirational, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, african american, civil rights, black, trial, moral dilemma, idealist, execution, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his ...
Style:
controversial, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, military, politics, alternate history, courtroom, auschwitz, nazi war criminal, power relations, rivalry, uncover truth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, 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:
suspense, talky, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, police, police corruption, corruption, nypd, police investigation, district attorney, lawyer, courtroom, murder, legal action, jury ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
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