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McBride: Murder Past Midnight (2005)
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McBride: Murder Past Midnight (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: McBride is a former cop-turned-defense lawyer with a penchant for taking on "lost cause" cases. After serving as a juror on an attempted murder case, McBride reluctantly agrees to represent the defendant in her retrial. Assisted by the case's former public defender, Phil Newberry, and McBride's ex, Roberta, the three attempt to unravel the mystery of a tycoon nearly poisoned to death, and the many mysteries surrounding the case.
Style: tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: lawyer, judge, district attorney, manipulation, mind game, twists and turns, psychology, legal, who done it, legal investigation, femme fatale, police investigation, strong female character, attempted murder, courtroom drama, uncover truth, passionate interest, dog, murder, sergeant, law, crimes

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about courtroom drama, legal, murder, lawyer, deadly, uncover truth and legal investigation mostly in Mystery, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like McBride: Murder Past Midnight: McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005), McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005), McBride: Fallen Idol (2006), McBride: It's Murder, Madam (2005), McBride: Dogged (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As a favor to a friend, defense attorney McBride takes on a client accused of murdering a woman. When McBride and his partner Phil investigate the deceased, they discover she had many identities and with each new life she was leading the list of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: false accusation, legal investigation, courtroom drama, wrong place wrong time, legal, cons and scams, rivalry, murder, uncover truth, twists and turns, lawyer, forensic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Tracy, an aspiring singer breaks up with her longtime boyfriend Joe on the set of a popular talk show, everyone assumes it's nothing more than tv tabloid hijinks. But when the talk show host turns up dead, all evidence points to Joe. ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, tense, detective
Plot: murder mystery, lawyer, murder, district attorney, crime scene, fictional reality show, uncover truth, legal investigation, partner, twists and turns, legal, puzzle ...
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64%
McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: McBride's case involves two larger than life radio stars who host the highly successful morning show "Ron and Bob." But when Ron is murdered and all the evidence points to Bob, McBride and Phil begin investigating and what they turn ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, serious
Plot: lawyer, murder, radio station, frame up, district attorney, partner, uncover truth, murder investigation, twists and turns, puzzle, courtroom drama, legal investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
McBride: Fallen Idol (2006)
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The police have arrested a Latino teenager caught pawning a murdered attorney's stolen Rolex. To complicate matters, the suspect's sister wants McBride to defend her brother - despite the fact that the victim was a close friend of ...
Style: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Plot: lawyer, crime scene, evidence, innocent, partner, investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, courtroom drama, legal investigation, legal, false accusation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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McBride: It's Murder, Madam (2005)
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mystery drama starring John Larroquette and Marta Dubois. A cop-turned-lawyer helps an aspiring actress accused of killing a woman running a dating service.
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, serious
Plot: lawyer, judge, uncover truth, partner, whodunit, evidence, brothel, twists and turns, puzzle, murder investigation, crime scene, courtroom drama ...
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McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride ...
Style: serious, suspense, realistic, psychological, tense
Plot: nurse, courtroom drama, investigation, legal investigation, riddles and clues, uncover truth, employee employee relationship, murder mystery, murder, police detective, crime scene, partner ...
Place: california
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McBride: Dogged (2007)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, investigation, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, courtroom drama, riddles and clues, legal, partner, danger, uncover truth, murder investigation, murder mystery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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43%
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Innocent (2011)
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, father son relationship, uncover truth, law, couple relations, judge, courtroom ...
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The Client (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, who done it, hotshot lawyer, rivalry, legal, murder, twists and turns, courtroom, lawyer, attorney, legal investigation, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, law enforcement, police investigation, legal investigation, twists and turns, dedicated lawyer, rivalry, legal, parents and children, lawyer, power relations, courtroom drama ...
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Duration: 100 min.
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Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever
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29%
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Story: Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
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Jagged Edge (1985)
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Duration: 108 min.
Story: San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: date night
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Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
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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Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 121 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
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Story: Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of ...
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22%
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22%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Matlock (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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