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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, captivating, suspenseful, tense, realistic, bleak
Plot:
murder, false accusation, courtroom drama, police, crimes, crime, legal investigation, frame up, who done it, dishonesty, deadly, courtroom, legal action, legal, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, protagonist as suspect, suspect, alibi, police officer killed, murder trial, riddles and clues, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, europe, boston
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, crimes, deadly, dishonesty, crime, legal and false accusation mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Physical Evidence: The Advocate (2013), Three Blind Mice (2001), Deadlocked (2000), Perry Mason Returns (1985), The Mighty Quinn (1989). 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:
realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, injustice, social differences, deadly, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal, false accusation, righting the wronged ...
Time:
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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 ...
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suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, legal investigation, false accusation, mystery, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, deadly, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
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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:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
courtroom, uncover truth, rebellion, false accusation, legal action, hostages, legal investigation, dishonesty, rivalry, legal, injustice, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
90s
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86%
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, mind bending, realistic, tense
Plot:
courtroom, private detective, false accusation, crime, boss and employee, crimes, law enforcement, legal, legal action, dishonesty, deadly, courtroom drama ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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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:
realistic, serious, witty, suspenseful
Plot:
courtroom, murder, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation, crimes, dedicated lawyer, crime, deadly, dishonesty, mystery, who done it, college ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder, whodunit, mystery, police investigation, partners against crime, crimes, dishonesty, deadly, law enforcement, frame up, false accusation, amateur detective ...
Time:
80s
Place:
jamaica, west indies, caribbean, new jersey, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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:
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Plot:
prostitute, murder, riddles and clues, love and romance, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer, crimes, army investigation, romance ...
Time:
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64%
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.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
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.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, twists and turns, surprise ending ...
Plot:
courtroom, murder, courtroom drama, lawyer, mistress, infidelity, legal investigation, investigation, mystery, crime, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
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Place:
detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A yacht captain, Jack Lynch, is accused of murdering his boss and raping the victim's wife, Christina Ford. Nothing is how it first appears. Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to help prove his innocence.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, erotic, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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:
realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, rough, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Style:
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Plot:
courtroom, murder, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, uncover truth, crimes, mystery, crime, legal investigation, protagonist as suspect, private detective, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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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:
realistic, suspenseful, psychological, rough, serious
Audience:
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Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, law enforcement, injustice, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation, crimes, murder, false accusation, deadly, dishonesty, rivalry ...
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.
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
courtroom, murder, love and romance, amateur detective, legal, dishonesty, deadly, courtroom drama, moral dilemma, crimes, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
twists and turns, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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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.
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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 ...
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tense, captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When William Conroy (Rob Lowe), a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, 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:
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Style:
realistic, clever, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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