Movies like Snap Decision

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Snap Decision (2001)
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Snap Decision (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot: false accusation, courtroom, courtroom drama, legal action, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, injustice, legal, custody, single parent, dishonesty, righting the wronged, best friends, godparent, court, wrongful arrest, snow, power relations, photographer, mother, suspense, widow, miscarriage of justice, accusation ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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Most similar movies to Snap Decision

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about legal, life is a bitch, courtroom drama, dishonesty, false accusation, courtroom and court mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Snap Decision: The Wronged Man (2010), Just Ask My Children (2001), American Violet (2008), The Attorney (2013), One Angry Juror (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Wronged Man (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: african american, false accusation, hopes, court, injustice, society, courtroom drama, legal, dishonesty, justice, redemption, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
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100%
Just Ask My Children (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.
Style: disturbing, serious, thought provoking, emotional, sad ...
Plot: custody, fighting the system, courtroom drama, false accusation, injustice, family problems, dishonesty, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, parents and children, plaintiff ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa
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100%
American Violet (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but ...
Style: serious, rough, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: african american, false accusation, racism, injustice, testimony, courtroom drama, urban ghetto, legal, dedicated lawyer, fighting the system, life is a bitch, single mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, africa, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Attorney (2013)
Genre: Drama
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: realistic, thought provoking, serious, rough
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, against the odds, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, false accusation, lawyer, injustice, legal action, dedicated lawyer, righting the wronged ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: busan, south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster (2003)
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.
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sexy ...
Plot: investigation, courtroom drama, injustice, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
One Angry Juror (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, tense
Plot: murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, false accusation, investigation, uncover truth, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, court, prosecutor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Exonerated (2005)
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
Plot: death row, false accusation, racism, injustice, fighting the system, human spirit, courtroom drama, hopes, society, life is a bitch, rebellion, legal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Taken Away (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A corrupt politician covers up his daughter Vicky's pregnancy by forcing her to give the baby up for adoption. The newborn is adopted by a loving couple unable to have children, but a year later Vicky, now in college, realizes she was forced ...
Style: touching, emotional, serious, realistic
Plot: custody, adoption, righting the wronged, courtroom drama, youth, teenage life, fighting the system, family problems, single parent, family relations, parents and children, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, professor, terrorist, court, terrorism, legal, injustice, power relations, hotshot lawyer, rebellion, legal investigation, society ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style: realistic, serious, bleak
Plot: murder, courtroom, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, legal, family problems, family relations, patricide, false accusation ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, beverly hills, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Vendetta (1999)
Genre: Drama
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: captivating, realistic, serious, rough, sincere ...
Plot: intrigue, courtroom drama, italian mafia, gangsters, immigrants, mafia, lynching, life is a bitch, politics, rivalry, rebellion, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Family Sins (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequently molested and abused by her husband and children ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, thought provoking, serious, bleak
Plot: sexual abuse, unlikely criminals, courtroom drama, legal action, family problems, dishonesty, legal, under the surface, love, family relations, parents and children, arson ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Warrior Class (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rookie lawyer Alec Brno has just been assigned the case of his career: exposing a billion-dollar oil scam led by a ruthless mafia boss. When he reluctantly falls for the gangster's beautiful but drug-addicted wife - also his key witness - Alec ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: gangsters, courtroom, fall in love, dangerous attraction, criminal's revenge, legal investigation, hitman, addiction, courtroom drama, drug abuse, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: court, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, dedicated lawyer, obsession, legal, courtroom, life is a bitch, true crime, criminal, one last case ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Afterburn (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot: aviation, state affairs, dishonesty, hopes, heroes, politics, law enforcement, righting the wronged, legal, fighting the system, rivalry, investigation ...
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30%
Cries from the Heart (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: autism, mentally challenged, youth, children, sexual abuse, child molester, family relations, family problems, power relations, rehabilitation, single parent, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Sins of the Preacher (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot: legal investigation, murder, legal action, protagonist as suspect, couple relations, false accusation, society, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, injustice, legal, clergy ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Good Father (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bill Hooper -- bitter after a messy divorce -- tries to help a friend gain custody of his child any way he can.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching
Plot: battle of the sexes, breakup, courtroom drama, family problems, family relations, legal action, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, dysfunctional marriage, custody battle, parenthood, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Suspect (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Teacher Rob Dekoster is a good man, albeit a bit too frivolous and liberal with funds the local arts center's interim director. His wife Nelle, who sometimes abuses drugs, spoils his ingrate teenage stepdaughter Sandy, who is kind only to her ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: false accusation, family relations, manipulation, rivalry, life is a bitch, legal, couple relations, dishonesty, vengeance, youth, family problems, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Court (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, psychological, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, social differences, court, human nature, power relations, injustice, society, legal, discrimination, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Color of Justice (1997)
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: serious, psychological, realistic, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, law enforcement, lawyer, nypd, racism, interracial relations, society, legal ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Return to Innocence (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: child abuse, pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, teenage life, parents and children, custody, sexual abuse, dysfunctional family, redemption, life is a bitch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
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 ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, talky, mind bending ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, murder, legal investigation, lawyer, court, couples, power relations, aging, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, femme fatale ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The lives of Escondido, California residents Cheryl and Stephen Crowe change one morning when they find their twelve year old daughter Stephanie Crowe stabbed to death in her bedroom. As procedure dictates, the police take each member of the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot: false accusation, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, coming of age, interrogation, injustice, fighting the system, law enforcement, teenage life, courtroom drama, suspect ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Word of Honor (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, vietnam war, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, life is a bitch, legal, army investigation, dedicated lawyer, rebellion ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Unbowed (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of Kim Kyung-ho, a math professor who was arrested for shooting a crossbow at the presiding judge of his appeal against unfair dismissal.
Style: rough, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal, mathematics, courtroom drama, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, legal action, injustice, society, courtroom, suspense, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Common (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless 17 year old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent ...
Style: tense, thought provoking, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, injustice, false accusation, family relations, parents and children, lawyer, murder mystery, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Baby for Sale (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The couple become part of a sting operation to bust the baby-selling ring.
Style: disturbing, sincere, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: babies and infants, adoption, black market, sting operation, fighting the system, kids in trouble, social decay, society, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: preschoolers
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, pedophilia, criminal justice, gender, journalism, politics, legal, hysteria, school, sexual abuse, false accusation ...
Time: 80s
Place: tahiti, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Student Seduction (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Christie Dawson always wanted to be the "cool" teacher. But her world is shaken up after a pupil's crush spirals out of control and he sexually assaults her. Suddenly, her colleagues, neighbors and even her hubby are wondering whether ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: sexual assault, false accusation, teachers and students, price of justice, power relations, righting the wronged, legal, life is a bitch, youth, legal action, courtroom drama, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%