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Omar Killed Me (2011)
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Original name: Omar m'a tuer
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth...
Style:
thought provoking, touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, serious, gloomy
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, false accusation, courtroom, fighting the system, social misfits, life is a bitch, prison life, rebellion, injustice, legal, confined, courtroom drama, racism, dishonesty, uneducated, ethnicity, misfit, rivalry, ambition, hopes, righting the wronged, immigrant, prison, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1994, year 1991, 1990s
Place:
france, europe, french riviera, cannes
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and bleak films with plots about legal, life is a bitch, injustice, courtroom drama, false accusation, murder and lawyer mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Omar Killed Me: The Pursuit of Happiness (1971), Just Mercy (2019), Guilty (2011), Conviction (2010), Heavens Fall (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, fighting the system, trial, prison, injustice, false accusation, hopes, court, strong female character, freedom ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1930s
Place:
usa, alabama, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 125 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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32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 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:
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
29%
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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realistic, serious, stylized, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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