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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Style: psychological, disturbing, factual, suspense, talky, thought provoking, serious, realistic, controversial, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: biopic, justice, artist, investigation, judge, twists and turns, violence, obsession, betrayal, tragedy, mentor, manipulation, greed, deportation, district attorney, sex with teenager, filmmaking, sexual abuse, director, teenager, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, visceral, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 1960s
Place: usa, europe, santa monica california, los angeles, california, san francisco, poland
Keyword: french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and suspense films with plots about murder, lawyer, courtroom, investigation, legal, trial and courtroom drama mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired: The Accused (1988), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Untouched (2017), A Time to Kill (1996), Guilty (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy (2012)
Genre: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Varg Veum tries to help a scared girl lost in the woods at night, but he fails to avoid her death. What was this young asylum seeker fleeing from?
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
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Time: 21st century
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The Accused (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style: disturbing, realistic, poignant, thought provoking, compassionate ...
Plot: courtroom drama, rape, lawyer, sexual abuse, injustice, rape victim, violence against women, legal action, gang rape, courtroom, sexual assault, fraternity ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, boston, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style: clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal, twists and turns, trial, murder, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, mind game, jury ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, peru, beverly hills ...
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Untouched (2017)
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
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style: sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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Evil Lives Here: Shadows Of Death (2020)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA
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Story: Evil casts a shadow. That shadow spreads outward for years, even decades, after a crime. It consumes everyone in its path, pulling them into darkness. Can they find the light? Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death explores the endless reach of evil, a ...
Style: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: violence, true crime, cause and meaning, life is a bitch, criminal, crime investigation, investigation, interview, murder investigation, murder, killer, homicide
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Guilty (2011)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: thought provoking, disturbing, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: lawyer, prison, legal, courtroom, false accusation, broken family, imprisonment, police brutality, injustice, judge, life turned upside down, courtroom drama ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, flanders
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Final Vision (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Capt. Jeffery McDonald is convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1979 for the murders of his wife and two children at their Fort Bragg home.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: murder, murder investigation, false accusation of murder, true crime, brutality, police investigation, death, partner, false accusation, police detective, name calling, uncover truth ...
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12 Angry Men (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. The film is adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1957 ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, talky, clever ...
Plot: courtroom drama, jury, legal action, argument, trial, murder, court, courtroom, lawyer, uncover truth, legal, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Fracture (2007)
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style: suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
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Time: year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, usa, california
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Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Place: usa, wisconsin
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My Murder (2012)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this innovative and gripping factual drama. My Murder tells the true story of Shakilus Townsend, a 16-year-old boy who was led to his death by the ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
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Devil's Knot (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
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Style: bleak, factual, intense, suspense, suspenseful ...
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Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, memphis, southern usa, arkansas
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Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson (2016)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style: serious, tense, realistic
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Duration: 122 min.
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Style: suspenseful, suspense, intense, political, psychological ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, tense ...
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Time: 1940s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s
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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, realistic, serious, tense ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
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Style: realistic, factual, suspense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
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Duration: 89 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Style: touching, thought provoking, sad, emotional, atmospheric ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 109 min.
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Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: suspense, surprise ending, psychological, captivating, serious ...
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the ...
Style: tense, contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, captivating ...
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...and justice for all. (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style: suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
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Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, baltimore, maryland
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