Movies like True Believer
If you like "True Believer" you are looking for neo noir, detective and clever movies about / with courtroom drama, prison, courtroom, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi and framed for murder themes of Crime, Drama and Mystery genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
True Believer (1989)
6K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mom, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he did not commit.
Style:
neo noir, detective, clever, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, biting, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, prison, courtroom, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, framed for murder, korean american, marijuana, racial discrimination, district attorney, miscarriage of justice, idealist, mentor protege relationship, idealism, cross examination, lawyer, legal, murder, corruption, guilt, court, law, racism, false accusation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, california
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to True Believer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films with plots about legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, murder, courtroom, dishonesty and investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like True Believer: The Client (1994), Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Suspect (1987), A Few Good Men (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
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:
40%
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, captivating, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, murder, twists and turns, trial, legal investigation, mind game, hotshot lawyer, arrest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, peru, san francisco, las vegas ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
36%
Movie in collections
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
Similarity:
100%
8K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style:
talky, neo noir, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, lawyer, tough law enforcer, fighting the system, against the rules, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life and those around him ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom, murder, legal action, lawyer, legal investigation, legal, courtroom drama, introspection, dedicated lawyer, dealing with death, haunted by the past, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, north carolina
Similarity:
33%
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, suspense, serious, retro ...
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, conspiracy, judge, murder, political corruption, legal, vengeance, secret society, justice, lawyer, assassin ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
33%
Movie in collections
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever
Plot:
amateur detective, courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, advocate, lawyer, mind game, life is a bitch, who done it, parents and children, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
32%
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:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, false accusation, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal action, life is a bitch, legal, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
32%
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:
detective, realistic, mind bending, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
courtroom, murder, tennis, advocate, lawyer, private detective, dedicated lawyer, law enforcement, uncover truth, dishonesty, legal investigation, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
trial, murder, evidence, hotshot lawyer, prosecutor, false accusation, team, law enforcement, uncover truth, lawyer, testimony, righting the wronged ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
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:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
Similarity:
31%
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:
journalism, cia, courtroom drama, reporter, lawyer, media, courtroom, corruption, espionage, murder, conspiracy, assassination attempt ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., persia
Similarity:
31%
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, tense, realistic, hardboiled detective ...
Plot:
courtroom, false accusation, private detective, boss and employee, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal action, legal, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, inheritance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
courtroom, murder, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, private investigator, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, couple relations, law enforcement, amateur detective, private detective ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective, f word
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, advocate, intelligence agency, private investigator, power relations, investigation, dedicated lawyer, legal, artists and showbiz, workplace, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of ...
Style:
anamorphic, realistic, psychological, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, satire, murder trial, insanity, jury, idealist, nervous breakdown, integrity, yuppie, narcissist, lawyer client relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
Style:
detective, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
courtroom, advocate, lawyer, intelligence agency, workplace, athlete's life, legal, uncover truth, rivalry, dishonesty, murder, boss and employee ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 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 ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
hotel, courtroom, advocate, law, lawyer, intelligence agency, motel, private investigator, rivalry, investigation, writer's life, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
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:
30%
Movie in collections
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:
tense, psychological, entertaining, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, death row, serial killer, psychopath, legal, swamp, revenge, courtroom, legal investigation, lawyer, fighting the system ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, everglades, harvard university, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
amateur detective, lawyer, courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, advocate, private investigator, power relations, fashion, witnessing a crime, legal, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, black, political corruption, murder of a prostitute, murder investigation, preacher, car chase, dead prostitute, crime investigation, murder suspect, black cop, landlord ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom, murder, lost love, advocate, lawyer, intelligence agency, private detective, frame up, courtroom drama, love and romance, heroes, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
29%
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:
independent film, realistic, serious, mind bending, bleak ...
Plot:
lawyer, socialite, law, good guy, court, business, bad guy, murder, hotshot lawyer, who done it, infidelity, courtroom drama ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mysterious death, corruption, investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch, small town life, truth, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, suspense, political ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, legal, murder, injustice, life is a bitch, courtroom, judge, lawyer, italian fascism, sicilian, court case ...
Time:
year 1990, 80s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1937
Place:
italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
29%
Related movie lists
