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State's Evidence (2004)
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State's Evidence (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When 16 year old Scott Byers decided to bring a camcorder to school, none of his schoolmates ever imagined what was to come. Only Scott's five closest friends and followers have the insight on his master plan. He is on a quest for the ultimate thrill, as he documents the day's events, anticipating the grand finale: Scott plans to commit suicide on camera. His friends become fascinated by his idea and decide to join the action for various reasons; home problems, romance and even boredom. They pull behind their leader and set out to make history. The rush is instantaneous. Emotions run wild. Pressure mounts as shocking details are revealed. The search for the final adventure takes an unexpected turn down a dark road. This journey turns out to be much more than what Scott and his friends had ever anticipated.
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, surreal
Plot: life is a bitch, introspection, youth, teenage life, voyeurism, buddies, destructive relationship, bullying, sociopath, suicide, loss of control, killings, high school, violent content, school massacre, found footage, dull life, sex, teenager, school, rape, fight, prostitute, violence, student ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, contemporary

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Most similar movies to State's Evidence

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about murder, youth, teenage life, deadly, teenager, high school and blood mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like State's Evidence: Killing Mr. Griffin (1997), American Yearbook (2004), Elephant (2003), Zero Day (2002), Jimmy and Judy (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The high school students didn't mean to kill Mr. Griffin. They wanted to make him suffer. But when their mean English teacher turns up dead, they have to find out who killed them before the police arrests them all.
Style: tense, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, choice, kidnapping, high school, emotional abuse, power relations, teachers and students, murder, teenage life, high school life, youth, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
American Yearbook (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Will is the kid-next-door, but is relentlessly terrorized by school bullies. Then the mysterious Chance eventually convinces Will that they should get a gun and take the bullies out: pull a Columbine.
Style: independent film
Plot: bullying, school shooting, high school, killings, school massacre, teen angst, photography, killing, homicide, fury, weapons, school teacher ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 7.1
 97K
Elephant (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychological, realistic, controversial ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, mass murder, teacher, school, violence, murder, high school, youth, teenager, serial killer, boy ...
Time: year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: school shooting, serial killer, killer, captive, held captive, hostage, vengeance, school, high school, psychopath, power relations, confined ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Movie in collections
 7.2
 5K
Zero Day (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
Style: disturbing, psychological, mockumentary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school shooting, found footage, vengeance, brutality, suicide, friendship, serial killer, high school, bullying, childhood, rebellion, justice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Jimmy and Judy (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, teen ...
Plot: on the run, found footage, vandalism, revenge, teenage life, murderous pair, society, danger, love, violence, manipulation, erotica ...
Place: kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Heart of America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential ...
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: school shooting, high school, bullying, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, psychopath, teenage life, bully, life is a bitch, society, youth, social misfits ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.
Style: realistic, harsh, suspenseful, sincere, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, school shooting, depression, teacher, bully, school, social misfits, high school, teenage life, violence, childhood, fighting the system ...
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 7.9
 16K
The Class (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Style: serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, vengeance, humiliation, society, youth, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, high school, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 3.8
 350
Villa Captive (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A young actress seeking a life away from adult movies moves to Florida insearch of a new identity. Her newfound peace is shattered when local thugsrecognize her.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: murder, rape, sexual abuse, danger, life is a bitch, woman in danger, violence spree, death, revenge, violence, sexual assault, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.8
 609
Playback (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A detective must uncover the truth behind the death of his daughter. But the truth hits close to home.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: investigation, riddles and clues, family relations, estrangement, danger, murder, parents and children, death in the family, father daughter relationship, police detective, murder investigation, porn industry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.5
 687
Confession (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, catholic, courtroom drama, false accusation, investigation, moral dilemma, who done it, frame up, teenage life, life is a bitch, legal, clergy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.4
 20K
Poison Ivy (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style: sexy, erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: femme fatale, older man younger woman relationship, lesbian, dangerous attraction, teenage girl, infidelity, teenage life, adultery, obsession, high school, nymphet, seduction ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.5
 276
Blast (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four high school friends believe the local myth that developer Swenson killed a kid for trespassing years earlier and got away with it. When one of the four friends disappears, the remaining three believe Swenson killed their friend and they take ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: small town, kids in trouble, uncover truth, teenage life, haunted by the past, mind game, danger, investigation, choice, youth, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Wasted on the Young (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vengeance, youth, teenage life, rivalry, teenage love, social relations, family relations, murder, social network, danger, coming of age, bullying ...
Time: y2k, year 2010, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.8
 3K
The Lost (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, lesbian, violence, male female relationship, sexploitation, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rape, murder, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, obsession, suburbs, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.4
 716
Bright Angel (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
Style: road movie, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: destructive relationship, family problems, on the road, jail, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, siblings relations, parents and children, brother, marital problem, hidden treasure ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, montana, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Movie in collections
 6.1
 718
Runt (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Neglected and unsupervised, a group of high school seniors are pulled into a downward cycle of violence.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Audience: chick flick
Plot: high school student, school, teenage protagonist, teenager, bad influence, troubled teen, social problems, life is a bitch, teenage life, adolescence, violence, distopia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.3
 2K
Beautiful (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Searing and luscious, "Beautiful" tells the story of Daniel, a shy and introverted 14 year old boy residing in Sunshine Hills, a suburb living in the grip of fear following the rumoured abductions of three teenage girls. Daniel's two ...
Style: suspense, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: suburbs, youth, investigation, teenage life, obsession, danger, dishonesty, uncover truth, suburban life, blind ambition, teenager, rapist ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.0
 168K
Hard Candy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style: disturbing, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vengeance, torture, manipulation, age difference, pedophilia, sexual abuse, revenge, kidnapping, psychopath, pedophile, child abuse, justice ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.3
 29
Tucked Away (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Plot: investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, aging, abusive father, deadly
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.1
 421
Animal Room (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: teen, cerebral, controversial, serious, bleak ...
Plot: gang, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, youth, leadership, society, high school, school, drug abuse, teenage life, isolation, high school life ...
Time: future
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Frisk (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A first person narrative of a gay serial killer explores violence, sexuality, and imagination.
Style: disturbing, controversial, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, serial killer, lgbtq, fetish, gay erotica, lgbtqi, bondage, male nudity, male prostitution, nudity, male pubic hair ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.9
 2K
Mall (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a bag full of weapons and self-made bombs, he makes his way to the nearby mall to really stir ...
Style: serious, psychological, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Plot: voyeurism, serial killer, youth, confined, female rapist, woman rapes man, violence spree, unfulfillment, dull life, suburbs, isolation, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Derwin and Derick, Neo-Nazis, plan to commit a school shooting and kill themselves after a sick joke by the school jocks.
Style: independent film, underground film, controversial, biting, cynical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school shooting, bullying, high school, satire, killings, true crime, revolt, serial killer, dark humor, murder, vengeance, goth girl ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.6
 11K
Suicide Room (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style: bleak, tense, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: suicide, gay, mental illness, escape from reality, youth, emo, addiction, internet, alienation, self destructing, teenage boy, fictional reality ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.7
 1K
The Teacher (1974)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher Diane, who's husband is too often motorcycle-racing instead of with her. Wacko Ralph also has "the hots" for Diane; and it ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: seductress, erotica, murder, voyeur, older woman younger man relationship, loss of virginity, lust, police investigation, teacher, stalking, swimming pool, female nudity ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.7
 114K
Stoker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style: psychological, gothic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: antisocial behavior, danger, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, family problems, lolita, fatal attraction, family relations, estate, masturbation, mental illness ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Fierce People (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: single mother, family relations, parents and children, social differences, teenage life, summer, life is a bitch, sex scene, teenage boy, making love, sex crime, teenager ...
Time: year 2005, 80s
Place: new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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