Movies like A Time to Kill
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A Time to Kill (1996)
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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, brutal, intense, emotional, sad, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, lawyer, courtroom drama, court, murder, justice, courtroom, small town, rape, legal, injustice, legal action, revenge, suspense, racial prejudice, ku klux klan, african american, vigilantism, interracial rape, life is a bitch, fighting the system, rivalry, social relations, forgiveness, blackmail ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
mississippi, usa, canada, southern usa, united states, mississippi river, united states of america
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Most similar movies to A Time to Kill
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, interesting and intense films with plots about justice, dialogue, corruption, mentor, murder, courtroom and suspense mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Time to Kill: Sleepers (1996), A Few Good Men (1992), Runaway Jury (2003), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), The Rainmaker (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, suspenseful, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, child abuse, childhood, vengeance, rape, courtroom drama, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, pedophilia, friendship, revenge, murder trial ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new york yankees, manhattan new york city
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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:
tense, realistic, serious, tricky, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, military, justice, court, u.s. navy, marines, suspense, army investigation, court martial, suicide ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, usa
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100%
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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, tense, twist ending, surprise ending, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
court, lawyer, corruption, courtroom drama, courtroom, jury, suspense, twists and turns, legal, lobbyist, justice, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, san francisco, louisiana, indiana, cincinnati ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style:
clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, twists and turns, murder, legal, courtroom drama, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, arrest, suspense, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, beverly hills, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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:
exciting, intense, thought provoking, tense, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, legal, justice, courtroom, lawsuit, suspense, insurance company, legal investigation, domestic violence, self defense, hopes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Law Abiding Citizen
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, suspenseful, serious, tense, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, suspense, mafia, witness protection, twists and turns, lawyers and clients, witnessing a crime, conspiracy, investigation, boy, court, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, tennessee, san francisco, memphis, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
rape, obsession, revenge, murder, psychopath, vigilante, vigilantism, rape and murder, vengeance, women, haunted by the past, loss of daughter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
racism, small town, civil rights, police, african american, ku klux klan, investigation, murder, suspense, racial slur, violence, politics ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place:
mississippi, canada, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
touching, enigmatic, compassionate, sentimental, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, chick flick
Plot:
racism, lawyer, courtroom, small town, courtroom drama, single father, legal, rape, childhood, poverty, court, prejudice ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
thought provoking, surprise ending, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Plot:
suspense, investigation, suicide, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, death, reporter, activist, murder, professor, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, spain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, clever, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, fbi, mafia, suspense, corruption, murder, legal, conspiracy, surveillance, courtroom, moral dilemma ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, usa, memphis, boston, louisiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
210K
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, twist ending, intellectual, serious, clever ...
Plot:
twists and turns, suspense, lawyer, courtroom drama, manipulation, murder mystery, adultery, investigation, murder, obsession, police investigation, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style:
political, touching, emotional, epic, dramatic ...
Plot:
slavery, slave trade, court, lawyer, rebellion, ship, legal, idealism, courtroom, african american, justice, politics ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1830s, 18th century
Place:
africa, cuba, england, washington d.c., massachusetts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Plot:
vengeance, prison, justice, investigation, vigilantism, suspense, master criminal, fighting the system, lawyer, murder, mind game, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, obsession, courtroom, gangsters, court, lawyer, suspense, murder mystery, hitman, unlikely friendships, legal, single parent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, guatemala
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge (Ice Cube), a ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
racism, college, skinhead, lesbian, politics, violence, prejudice, hip hop, stereotypes, corruption, rejection, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the ...
Style:
rough, tense, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, death row, prison, psychopath, murder, twists and turns, legal, investigation, courtroom, lawyer, legal investigation, police brutality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, new jersey, harvard university, usa, miami ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, legal, courtroom, suspense, lawsuit, law firm, environmental, justice, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new york, washington d.c., new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Style:
bleak, factual, intense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
police investigation, murder investigation, satanism, courtroom drama, teenager, court, courtroom, murder, investigation, police interrogation, legal investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
arkansas, memphis, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
realistic, disturbing, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, fighting the system, legal, suspense, rape, corruption, justice, hotshot lawyer, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, baltimore, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Man on Fire
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, atmospheric, intense, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, redemption, lawyer, legal action, court, suspense, fighting the system, legal, character study, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
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100%
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, twist ending, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
lawyer, twists and turns, army investigation, murder, military, court, fbi, false accusation, suspense, marines, life turned upside down, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 1988, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, latin america, usa, los angeles, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is ...
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, psychological, talky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, serial killer, rape, police investigation, suspense, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, psychology, investigation, mind game, flashback ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
puerto rico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, childhood, religious fanatic, twists and turns, demon, murder, plot twist, psychopath, insanity, father son relationship, suspense, supernatural ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lawyer, small town, court, courtroom, jury, murder trial, parent child relationship, judge, homecoming, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, massachusetts, usa, chicago illinois, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sleepers similar movies
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, emotional, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, ku klux klan, death sentence, legal, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, courtroom, lawyer, death row ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 60s, 20th century, year 1967
Place:
usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, intense, psychological, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, suspense, courtroom drama, death sentence, justice, political corruption, frame up, courtroom, lawyer, court, conspiracy theory, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, california, asia
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50%
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:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
vigilante, conspiracy, vigilantism, hitman, murder, judge, vengeance, political corruption, justice, lawyer, suspense, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style:
disturbing, rough, realistic, thought provoking, compassionate ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
rape, courtroom drama, lawyer, sexual abuse, injustice, violence against women, rape victim, gang rape, legal action, court, courtroom, legal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, canada, boston, usa, washington d.c. ...
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50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two ...
Style:
psychological, harsh, thought provoking, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
lawyer, revenge, vengeance, court, justice, custody battle, corruption, character study, courage, brutality, destiny, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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