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The Conspirator (2010)
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The Conspirator (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Style: period piece, thought provoking, political, factual, emotional, suspense, serious, captivating, historical drama, political thriller ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lawyer, civil war, courtroom drama, assassination, politics, president, historical character, conspiracy, american civil war, courtroom, trial, court, justice, tragedy, assassin, u.s. civil war, death sentence, state affairs, military, idealism, honest, abraham lincoln, revenge, kidnapping, death ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1800s, year 1865, 1860s, 18th century
Place: usa, north america, washington d.c., england, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, thought provoking, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, legal, politics, court, courtroom, lawyer and society mostly in Drama, History and Crime genres. Some movies like The Conspirator: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Lincoln (2012), Recount (2008), Amistad (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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, thought provoking, gothic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, manly, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, racism, small town, legal, single father, coming of age, rape, justice, childhood ...
Time: 1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa, america, africa ...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, period piece, historical drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, activist, political repression, courtroom, hippie, injustice, riot, jury, lawyer, political protest, political persecution, court ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 2020s, year 1968, 20th century ...
Place: chicago, oakland california, washington d.c., mississippi, ohio ...
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Lincoln (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style: political, period piece, thought provoking, costume drama, factual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: president, politics, civil war, american civil war, american history, idealism, historical character, slavery, politician, racism, head of state, abraham lincoln ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, ancient times, 1800s, victorian era ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, america, california
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Recount (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
Style: political, factual, intense, talky, captivating ...
Plot: political conspiracy, politics, president, election, campaign, presidential election, democrat, political corruption, justice, republican, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2000, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, florida, texas, north america, washington d.c. ...
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Amistad (1997)
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: emotional, period piece, touching, epic, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, legal, courtroom, politics, freedom, court, lawyer, president, male nudity ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place: africa, cuba, washington d.c., america, massachusetts ...
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JFK (1991)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story: New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style: tense, political thriller, controversial, political, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, assassination, kennedy assassination, president, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, legal, politics, cia, assassination of president, cold war era, courtroom ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s, year 1991, year 1963
Place: america, washington d.c., north america, midwest, chile ...
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style: inspirational, talky, thought provoking, factual, compassionate ...
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, racism, courtroom, legal investigation, racial discrimination, widow, activist, injustice, life is a bitch, righting the wronged, jury ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, america
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Vendetta (1999)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style: independent film, captivating, sincere, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, mafia, lynching, ancient, biopic, political intrigue, italian mafia, intrigue, italian gangster, immigrant, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place: new orleans, usa
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Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true events, The Lena Baker Story recounts one African-American womans struggle to rise above the challenges of her life, to face the choices she makes, and to ultimately triumph over her...Lena Baker was the first and only woman to be ...
Style: thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, electric chair, courtroom drama, racism, boss and employee, false accusation, workplace, dishonesty, destructive relationship, couples, power relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: usa, georgia, africa
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The Chamber (1996)
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: emotional, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1967, year 1996
Place: mississippi, usa
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Music Box (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Style: emotional, political, talky, heartbreaking, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom drama, twists and turns, justice, court, court case, anti semitism, politics, courtroom, lawyer, legal, betrayal, communism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: usa, hungary, chicago, budapest, poland ...
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Nothing But the Truth (2008)
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
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
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Style: realistic, bleak, thought provoking, rough, disturbing ...
Audience: toddlers
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Time: 1930s
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A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: period piece, political, costume drama, inspirational, spiritual ...
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Country: USA
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
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Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, military, lawyer, u.s. civil war, time machine, usa politics, american politics, courtroom, legal, legal action, prison ...
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Killing Reagan (2016)
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Duration: 100 min.
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Style: thought provoking, disturbing, tense, captivating
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Time: 80s, year 1981
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The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Speculative Sunn Classics chestnut detailing a wide-ranging government conspiracy to murder the 16th American President and the subsequent cover up and escape of his killers.
Style: period piece, historical drama, controversial, suspense, political thriller ...
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Time: 19th century, 1860s
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Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, factual, intense ...
Audience: family outing
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Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1860s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
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Style: realistic, stylized, serious, captivating
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
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Style: suspense, captivating, tense, period piece, inspirational ...
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Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1954, year 1967
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Style: clever, suspense, captivating, political, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
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Style: political
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Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties are changed by student ...
Style: rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking
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Selma (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
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Breaker Morant (1980)
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Duration: 107 min.
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
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Style: black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
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Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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