Movies like Sins of the Father
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Sins of the Father (2002)
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
Style:
rough, emotional, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating
Plot:
racism, investigation, introspection, moral dilemma, haunted by the past, parents and children, rebellion, injustice, legal, society, hopes, father son relationship, civil rights, murder, bombing, father and son, relationship problems, family problems, church, interracial relations, life is a bitch, discrimination, dedicated lawyer, family relations, hate ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, alabama, birmingham alabama
Most similar movies to Sins of the Father
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, murder, legal, injustice, deadly and courtroom drama mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Sins of the Father: The Wronged Man (2010), The Assault (2014), Bomb City (2017), Three (2002), Freedom Song (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, courtroom drama, injustice, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, society, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, rivalry, bounty hunter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
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100%
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, captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
african american, false accusation, hopes, court, injustice, society, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal, justice, morality, dignity ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang rape, cheerleader, high school, sport team, abuse, injustice, youth, evidence, interrogation, investigation, cover up, courage ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, psychological, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
punk, subculture, punk rock, graffiti, society, life is a bitch, friends, murder, fistfight, rock and roll, trial, ghetto ...
Time:
year 1997, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The final installment in director Lucas Belvaux's trilogy follows Pascal, a cop who sees a return to credibility in the capture of escaped convict Bruno--who in turn is harbored by Pascal's morphine-addicted wife Agnes. Pascal's ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
drug dealing, police corruption, downfall, moral dilemma, introspection, haunted by the past, vengeance, life is a bitch, fugitives, on the run, destructive relationship, drug abuse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Assault related movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, politics, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.
Style:
serious, sincere, disturbing, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom, false accusation, interracial relations, racism, discrimination, injustice, journalism, dedicated lawyer, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa, alabama, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to the slum neighborhood they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. Tommy meets his disabled six ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, murder, iraq war, urban ghetto, homecoming, haunted by the past, family problems, society, gang, war veteran, profanity, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, life is a bitch, society, introspection, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
Style:
cult classic, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, hitman, courtroom drama, gang, mobster, cosa nostra, italian mafia, organized crime, gangsta, legal action, witnessing a crime, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like Constellation
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, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, parents and children, injustice, family relations, false accusation, law, murder mystery, lawyer, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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:
serious, bleak, thought provoking, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, electric chair, courtroom, workplace, courtroom drama, racism, boss and employee, false accusation, dishonesty, couples, power relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skinhead, nordic, european, immigrant, racism, murder, law enforcement, investigation, society, urban, city life, job ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, going straight, hopes, family relations, parents and children, released from prison, father daughter relationship, false accusation, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, violent content, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
trial, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, legal, dedicated lawyer, obsession, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Films like Bomb City
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style:
tense, harsh, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, police corruption, murder, police investigation, racial issues, gangster, hip hop, crime gone awry, brutality, fbi, justice, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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:
suspense, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal, courtroom, murder, prison, ku klux klan, death sentence, haunted by the past, anti semitism, lawyer, politics ...
Time:
90s, year 1967, 60s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of an assassin who killed a mayor in the 1970's in what was known as the "Twinkie Defense".
Style:
controversial, realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, murder, lgbt, insanity, miscarriage of justice, injustice, power relations, fighting the system, dedicated lawyer, boss and employee, legal action, state affairs ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
american south, injustice, false accusation, racism, electric chair, interracial relations, murder, racial injustice, law enforcement, blind ambition, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Films like Amber's Story
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jake DeMitro cannot maintain his relationship with his girlfriend Kelly Francini or concentrate on his prestigious position with the Prosecutor's Office. He suffers from an obsessive-compulsive personality and fights on a regular basis with his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, introspection, hotshot lawyer, moral dilemma, injustice, life is a bitch, drug dealing, rivalry, obsession, parallel world, legal ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blood Brothers- While coming of age in the inner city, Darryl Crawford, a young African-American man, witnesses a gang-related murder and is horrified to discover that his beloved older brother Sly is one of the perps. Darryl grapples with his ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
black, murder, gang, urban ghetto life, low lives, family life, siblings relations, city life, urban, heist, family relations, urban ghetto ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, church, love affair, investigation, couples, family problems, infidelity, fall in love, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, love and romance, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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:
false accusation, racism, human spirit, fighting the system, injustice, courtroom drama, confined, life is a bitch, legal, society, hopes, rebellion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Style:
contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, union, election, campaign, labor union, murder, miner, workplace situations, ambition, rivalry, state affairs, workplace ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Provoked: A True Story related movies
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, thought provoking, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, family problems, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, parents and children, plaintiff, trial ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, uplifting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
discrimination, apartheid, social change, racism, prison, legal, society, life is a bitch, state affairs, rebellion, politics, fighting the system ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 80s
Place:
south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This gritty inner-city film by John Sayles follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi (Vincent Spano), a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father (Tony Lo ...
Style:
anthology, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
racism, city life, child, american politics, intrigue, sexual content, nonviolent resistance, white supremacy, politics, political corruption, construction company, xenophobia ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal investigation, life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, murder, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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