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Physical Evidence (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, captivating, tense
Plot:
murder, police, false accusation, crime, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, puzzle, officer, suspect, romance, courtroom, protagonist as suspect, legal action, mystery, legal investigation, frame up, who done it, crimes, deadly, dishonesty, law enforcement, legal, riddles and clues, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, france, boston
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and mind bending films with plots about crimes, deadly, mystery, murder, crime, legal and dishonesty mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Physical Evidence: The Advocate (2013), Deadlocked (2000), The Lawyer (1970), Naked Lie (1989), Death Sentence (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney ...
Style:
bleak, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
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courtroom, dedicated lawyer, crime, hostages, hotshot lawyer, mystery, protagonist as suspect, legal action, legal investigation, uncover truth, false accusation, murder ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, witty, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Wilma Harrison had it all. A wealthy doctor for a husband. A big playboy for a lover. A beautiful home. And a horrible death.
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style:
sexual, serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexy ...
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
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courtroom, murder, crime, dedicated lawyer, manipulations, romance, courtroom drama, mystery, crimes, dishonesty, legal, amateur detective ...
Time:
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60%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, mind bending
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, mind bending
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
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Plot:
vietnam veteran, courtroom drama, frame up, murder, legal action, crime, legal investigation, mystery, false accusation, crimes, deadly, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his former secretary (Barbara Hale) is accused of a murder, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) gives up a judgeship to defend her.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
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suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak, twists and turns ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
murder, mystery, island, crime, amateur detective, investigation, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, whodunit, partners against crime, manipulations, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Plot:
legal investigation, courtroom drama, courtroom, murder, mystery, lawyer, false accusation, jury, lobbyist, crime, dedicated lawyer, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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