Movies and TV shows like American Crime Story

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American Crime Story (2016)
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American Crime Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.
Style: anthology, realistic, serious, psychological, feel good, political, suspense, entertaining, detective, mind blowing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: courtroom drama, true crime, murder, crime investigation, courtroom, legal investigation, police, racism, society, gay, legal action, lawyer, criminal, district attorney, investigation, trial, celebrity, witness, testimony, lgbtq, legal, serial killer, killer, death, designer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century, 1990s
Place: usa, europe, los angeles, california, beverly hills
Keyword: gangsters, americana

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, courtroom, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, lawyer and legal mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like American Crime Story: The Staircase (2022), Manhunt (2017), When They See Us (2019), The Night Of (2016), Love & Death (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Staircase (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 519 min.
TV show
Story: An exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Style: crime thriller, detective, suspense, thrilling, historical drama ...
Plot: true crime, courtroom, parents, house, criminal, defense attorney, criminal trial, gay, courtroom drama, court, suspect, murder investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 2020s
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Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 534 min.
TV show
Story: Across more than a decade, 17 teen boys and young men were murdered by convicted killer Jeffrey Dahmer. How did he evade arrest for so long?
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, homosexual, killer, true crime, maniac, violence, brutality, lgbt, homosexuality, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 2020s, year 1996, year 1992, year 1989, year 1993 ...
Place: milwaukee wisconsin, usa
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Manhunt (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 817 min.
TV show
Story: An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
Style: tense, suspense, detective, anthology, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, terrorism, terrorist, true crime, federal bureau of investigation, psychoanalysis, mathematics, crime investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, fighting crime, homicide detective ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
When They See Us (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style: suspense, captivating, detective, political, educational ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: investigation, legal, social injustice, black, criminal justice, black lives matter, black cast, racial injustice, black history, lgbtq, suspect, false accusation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Night Of (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 525 min.
TV show
Story: After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Style: suspense, realistic, atmospheric, tense, psychological ...
Plot: murder, murder investigation, courtroom, investigation, lawyer, murder mystery, drug, legal, vengeance, district attorney, relationships, catastrophe ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Love & Death (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 378 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
Style: psychological thriller, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot: true crime, brutality, murder, violence, courtroom drama, extramarital affair, self defense, violent, police, criminal, friend, daughter ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: texas
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100%
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 440 min.
TV show
Story: The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became ...
Style: melancholic, captivating, atmospheric, anthology, historical drama ...
Plot: prison escape, prison life, prison, love triangle, true crime, deception, prisoner, love affair, twists and turns, travel, organized crime, jail ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Perry Mason (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a ...
Style: detective, serious, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, private detective, private investigator, murder, investigation, false accusation, legal action, courtroom, interwar period, police corruption, dishonesty ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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28%
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Helter Skelter (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
TV show
Story: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
Style: disturbing, spooky, slasher horror, serious, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, courtroom drama, true crime, hippie, charles manson, psychopath, killer, commune, murder, lawyer, counterculture, mental disorder ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Jury (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, murder mystery, nypd, trial ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Zlo?in v Poln? (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story: An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: murder, murder investigation, trial, courtroom drama, false accusation, husband wife relationship, judge, lawyer, true crime, murder suspect, conspiracy theory, courtroom ...
Time: 1910s
Place: central europe, czech republic
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26%
Code of a Killer (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot: investigation, police, serial killer, manhunt, police investigation, murder, murderer, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries, homicide detective, biology, forensics ...
Time: year 1984, future, 20th century, 80s
Place: england
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26%
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 251 min.
TV show
Story: The Murder of Mary Phagan, a 1987 two-part TV miniseries made by Orion Pictures Corporation and distributed by National Broadcasting Company (NBC), is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager charged and convicted with murdering ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, tense, bleak
Plot: fighting the system, murder, factory, courtroom drama, law, serial killer, false accusation, anti semitism, murder trial, legal, society, dishonesty ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era
Place: georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Fatal Vision (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
TV show
Story: A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two children
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: true crime, murder, child abuse, serial killer, infidelity, courtroom drama, vietnam war, woman killed, pregnancy, journalism, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: usa, north carolina
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25%
The Whole Truth (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As District Attorney Kathryn Peale and defense attorney Jimmy Nolan rally their teams around their arguments and prepare to go head-to-head in the the courtroom, they make frantic moves and countermoves of complex legal wrangling to tilt justice in ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: lawyer, legal action, district attorney, lawyers and clients, rivalry, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, hidden truth, jury, ego clash, legal, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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25%
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Shark (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: trial, lawyer, murder, legal, hotshot lawyer, team, prosecutor, law enforcement, false accusation, evidence, uncover truth, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: legal, investigation, lawyer, cop, team, law, murder mystery, intelligence agency, criminal, buddy cop, private investigator, crime investigation ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: hawaii, california, usa
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24%
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Matlock (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount ...
Style: suspenseful, witty, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, uncover truth, legal action, power relations, legal investigation, jury, lawyers and clients, false accusation ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa, atlanta georgia
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24%
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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, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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24%
The Murders at White House Farm (2020)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 277 min.
TV show
Story: Factual drama based on the notorious Whitehouse Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot: murder, murder trial, true crime, police investigation, schizophrenic, adopted son, murder mystery, murder case, farmhouse, murder investigation, investigation, crime investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: united kingdom
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24%
Helter Skelter (2004)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, robbery, investigation, true crime, religions or cults, journalism, law enforcement, obsession, leadership, legends and myths, district attorney ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: los angeles
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23%
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In Cold Blood (1967)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their ...
Style: black and white, disturbing, suspense, neo noir, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, true crime, killer, execution, death row, death penalty, courtroom drama, lawyer, investigation, justice, jazz ...
Time: 50s, year 1967, year 1965, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place: kansas, america, usa, missouri, texas ...
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23%
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A chronicle of the two major police investigations by LAPD Detective Greg Kading into the deaths of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Style: factual, tense, suspense, captivating, detective ...
Plot: rapper, police, murder investigation, murder, conspiracy, friendship, corruption, uncover truth, feud, police investigator, interview, shooting ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles, las vegas
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23%
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Law & Order  Los Angeles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot: legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, district attorney, law enforcement, power relations, legal investigation, workplace, courtroom, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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23%
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Find Me Guilty (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style: tense, suspense, stylized, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom drama, mafia, courtroom, lawyer, jury, gangster, court, lone hero, mobster, legal, justice, outsmarting ...
Time: y2k, year 2006, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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23%
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder mystery, legal, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, murder, law student, defense attorney, court case, college, lgbt, teachers and students, courtroom ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, idaho, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 337 min.
TV show
Story: An intense and fictionalized account of actual events and people surrounding Lizzie’s life after her controversial acquittal of the horrific double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, murder, murderer, sibling relationship, family relations, serial killer, psychopath, female protagonist, danger, death, gilded age ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: usa, massachusetts, america, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.3
 73K
True Story (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalist, journalism, courtroom, prison, murder mystery, plot twist, courtroom drama, prisoner, justice, twists and turns, prison visit, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, oregon, montana, mexico
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23%
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Des (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
TV show
Story: The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style: detective, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: true crime, serial killer, detective inspector, police, murder, gay interest, murderer, death, chase, police investigation, murder investigation, who done it ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
James Patterson's Murder is Forever (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A crime series featuring real stories packed with shocking twists and turns.
Style: detective, psychological, anthology, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: true crime, killings, murder investigation, who done it, murderer, murder, crime solving, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, discovery ...
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23%
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