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Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After a paedophile approaches her daughter in an on-line chat room, a homemaker (Annie Potts) poses as a lonely teenager to help expose sexual predators.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
undercover, working undercover, life is a bitch, society, computers and web, mother daughter relationship, police detective, housewife, pedophile, injustice, obsessive quest, teenager, police, sex maniac, internet, computer, teenage girl, female protagonist, police arrest, learning the truth, searching for the truth, sexual abuse, crimes, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about life is a bitch, society, injustice, family relations, legal, dishonesty and rebellion mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story: Courage (1986), Baby Sellers (2013), The Street King (2002), Deep in My Heart (1999), Taking Back Our Town (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
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serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
california
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205
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A mother in Queens, New York, is so angered when she discovers that her son is a drug addict that she becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional
Plot:
undercover, family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, human spirit, drug dealing, law enforcement, hopes, society, family problems, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
orphanage, working undercover, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, spy, fraud, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, life is a bitch, siblings relations, urban ghetto, destiny, blind ambition, police detective, shakespeare ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this made-for-tv movie, an adopted woman decides to find her birth mother. Her search leads her to a shocking discovery that she has to face and why her upbringing was not an easy one.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
dilemma, mixed race, interracial rape, women, custody, parenting, parents, interracial, interracial relations, strong female presence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
cancer, heroic mission, human spirit, fighting the system, environmentalism, terminal illness, obsessive quest, hopes, society, social relations, small town, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
false accusation, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, youth, dishonesty, society, teenage life, life turned upside down, injustice, computers and web, website ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain, catalonia
Similarity:
53%
488
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in a dirt-poor neighborhood in the fictional city of San Lovisa, Texas, EvenHand tells the story of two very different cops, working together for the first time. Rob Francis, recently divorced, finds the adjustment from his previous assignment ...
Style:
serious, rough, humorous, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
society, friends, life is a bitch, partner, police detective, human nature, idealism, small town, introspection, city life, law enforcement, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, tension ...
Plot:
custody, false accusation, courtroom, courtroom drama, righting the wronged, family relations, injustice, parents and children, legal, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. ...
Style:
action thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
undercover, conspiracy, profanity, violent content, biopic, legal, journalism, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, rise to the top, hidden identity ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, discrimination, interracial relations, racism, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsession, youth, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mockumentary
Plot:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking, political
Plot:
prison, racism, solitary, prison life, against the rules, fighting the system, confined, militant, price of justice, injustice, rebelliousness, society ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970's
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
suburbs, criminal's revenge, fighting the system, danger, life is a bitch, society, rebellion, suburban life, school, dysfunctional family, impossible love, family in crisis ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
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547
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
human trafficking, rape, sex slavery, society, life is a bitch, on the road, brutality, abduction, russian immigrant, trick, model, passport ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man sells drugs to rich kids, but finding love gives him reason to leave the gritty life. However, the gritty life has trouble letting go.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
going straight, juvenile delinquency, materialism, destiny, society, drug abuse, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, drug dealing, fight scenes, urban ghetto, transplant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california, chicago
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, custody, family life, parents and children, prison, life is a bitch, society, going straight, hopes, strong female presence, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Similarity:
38%
689
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
interracial relations, shakespeare, tragic love, power relations, vengeance, downfall, murder, betrayal, life is a bitch, couple relations, infidelity, dirty cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, london, england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south america, texas, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
child prostitute, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, social decay, youth, danger, society, prostitution, social worker, police, children, call girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
manila philippines, the philippines, asia
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
prison, self defense, family problems, family relations, injustice, society, youth, life is a bitch, confined, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, custody ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
Style:
emotional, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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430
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
adoption, human trafficking, injustice, unwanted pregnancy, moral dilemma, family relations, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, self discovery, society, social differences, babies and infants ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, france, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four young black men kill a white woman, the D.A. is very cautious in how to proceed...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, serious, realistic, psychological ...
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Time:
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