Movies like Padikkadavan

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Padikkadavan (1985)
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Padikkadavan (1985)
Original name: படிக்காதவன்
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Overview Coming Soon...
Style: cult film
Plot: lawyer, murder, court, taxi driver, framed for murder, long lost brother, trial, brother brother reunion, house, judge, taxi, marriage, half brother half brother relationship, mistreatment, tamil

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, serious and disturbing films with plots about lawyer, trial, murder, court, courtroom, judge and marriage mostly in Drama, Action and Family genres. Some movies like Padikkadavan: Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984), Avargal (1977), Mullum Malarum (1978), Moondru Mugam (1982), Stop Me Here (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Anbulla Rajinikanth
Plot: orphan, death of girl, actor, terminal illness, death of child, caretaker, grief, mother superior, tragedy, letter, rudeness, correspondence ...
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100%
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Avargal (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A triangular love story, it revolves around Anu (Sujatha) who is caught between Bharani (Ravikumar), the man she fell in love with and Ramanathan (Rajinikanth), her former sadistic husband who is supposedly reformed and wants to rejoin her and ...
Plot: feminist, indian woman, love triangle, single mother, marriage, divorce, working woman, unhappy marriage, single parent, ventriloquist, tamil, divorced divorcee
Place: bombay india
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32%
 8.3
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Mullum Malarum (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Mullum malarum (1978) wriiten for screen and directed by Mahandran, based on the novel of the same by Umachandran which was published in Kalki in the year of 1966. The movie deals with the brother sister relationship between Kaali and valli, ...
Plot: orphan, power plant, engineer, working class, brother sister relationship, troublemaker, unemployment, bitterness, marriage, drunkenness, fired from the job, guilt ...
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30%
Ika-11 Utos Mahalin Mo Asawa Mo (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: This film is about domestic violence.
Plot: battered wife, legal action, lawyer, flashback, musician, murder, judge, court, self defense, psychologist, homicide, violence against women ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Moondru Mugam (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
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Plot: police, reincarnation, dual role, cop, court, adoption, murder, death of brother, reporter, flashback, twins separated at birth, impersonation ...
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26%
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Stop Me Here (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Samson Cazalet, Taxi driver in his thirties, picks up a client at the airport. The same evening, the daughter of the woman disappears and the overwhelming evidence points to Samson. How can he prove his innocence when he is the ideal suspect?
Plot: lawyer, neighbor, prison, false accusation, police, beach, taxi, police station, gas station, hotel, courtroom, judge ...
Place: south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A little girl convinces her attorney father to defend a mute war veteran accused of murdering a store owner.
Plot: lawyer, youth, war hero, war veteran, mute, false accusation, handyman, murder, anger, court, con artists
Time: year 1937, 1930s
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25%
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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: realistic, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, gujarati ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, trial, social differences, court, injustice, power relations, society, legal, discrimination, lawyer, judge ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: india
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25%
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The Letter (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
Style: eighties
Plot: blackmail, murder, deception, infidelity, husband wife relationship, trial, marriage
Place: malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Deiva Thirumagal (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his opponent lawyer the value of love and family.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: handicapped, courtroom drama, father daughter relationship, mental illness, lawyer, mental retardation, child custody, disability, court, family relations, social problems, physical disability ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 127
Seduced (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Cybill Shephard stars as Vicky, a woman married to a rich old man, who has one foot in the grave. Gregory Harrison plays Mike Riordon a district attorney, who is young, handsome and living at home with his Irish mom for the most. Vicky's ...
Plot: mogul, trial, legal action, court, seduction, murder, lawyer, district attorney, burglar, bikini
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Courthouse on Horseback (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The film follows three characters on a tour of the remote Yunman province of China where they travel with a horse to deal with legal disputes in mountain villages. Government policy is forcing the retirement of "Auntie" Yang (Yang Yaning) ...
Plot: lawyer, justice, rural setting, suicide, marriage, judge, on the road, remote village, village, travel, settlement
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24%
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Dharma Durai (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Dharma Dorai
Plot: grief, smuggler, loan, loss of son, child murder, murder of son, selflessness, forest, patricide, forgiveness, imprisonment, brother brother relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Nallavanuku Nallavan is a Tamil film, directed by SP. Muthuraman. The film is a remake of the 1982 Superhit Kannada film Jeevana Chakra that starred Vishnuvardhan and Raadhika Sarathkumar in main roles.
Plot: business, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, criminal, marriage, love, factory, moral transformation, rags to riches, tamil
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23%
The Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
Plot: politician, poison, jealousy, marriage, female nudity, sex, accident, murder, affair, trial
Time: 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Scent of Gardenias (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son's revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub.
Plot: murderer, death, husband wife relationship, tv star, revenge, taxi driver, filmmaking, marital separation, father son relationship, actress, taxi, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Saint Omer (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are ...
Style: psychological, captivating, crying
Plot: trial, novelist, jury, female writer, middle aged, courtroom drama, female protagonist, court, framed for murder, writers, accused of murder, writer's life ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Neria (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Zimbabwe
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A classic African film that has struck a nerve that runs across the continent, with an original soundtrack and supporting performance by Zimbabwe's legendary World Music sensation, Oliver Mtukudzi.
Style: suspense
Plot: blaxploitation, feminist, black, afrikaans, rural setting, matriarchy, family relations, hospital, car accident, judge, courtroom, neighbor ...
Place: zimbabwe, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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16 Vayathinile (1977)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: 16 Vayathinile is a Tamil feature film directed by Bharathiraja.The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sridevi and Rajinikanth. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film marked Bharathiraja's debut as a film ...
Style: feel good
Plot: villain, young love, tragic love, handicapped, heartbreak, thug, veterinarian, death of mother, 16 year old, attempted rape, village, adolescence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Verdict (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, mother love, death penalty, blackmail, rape, nudity, kidnapping, male nudity, murder, female nudity ...
Place: lyon
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
We Have Further Comments (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Story: The events revolve around a former legal counselor who causes an accident that leads to the life of a young man, so the investigation begins with her in the case and the counselor faces a number of problems due to this accident, until she is accused ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
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21%
Looking for Angelina (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolitano murdered her husband with an axe and was sentenced to be executed...
Plot: murder, courtroom, murderer, trial, courtroom drama, husband
Place: canada, ontario canada
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21%
Prayer Never Fails (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: PRAYER NEVER FAILS is a gripping legal drama about an up-and-coming small town high school basketball coach, well on his way to a championship caliber season, when he is fired after he prays with one of his players who is in great need. The movie is ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, christian film
Plot: faith, christian, fired from the job, coach, lawsuit, lawyer, basketball coach, high school, atheist, lawyer client relationship, religious conflict, redemption ...
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21%
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Only God Can Judge Me (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Film from Tody Walker
Style: independent film
Plot: prison, murder, courtroom, jury, redemption, trial
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Cries of the Unborn (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When three young, pregnant women are held against their will, a jury must examine just how far they would go to save a life.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, bleak
Plot: female protagonist, jury, judge, courtroom drama, women, pregnancy and birth, legal investigation, trial, legal action, lawsuit, courtroom, pregnant woman ...
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20%
The Girl with a Bracelet (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, social
Plot: teenage girl, trial, murder, teenager, lawyer, parent child relationship, murder trial, murderer, coming of age, judge, courtroom, female protagonist ...
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20%
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June R (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 99 min.
Story: June R is a 2006 Tamil drama film directed by Revathy Varmha. The film stars Jyothika in the title role with Kushboo, Saritha and Biju Menon in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack are composed by Malayalam composer Sharreth, while Madhu ...
Plot: indian woman, feminist, adoptive mother, female bonding, custody, advertising agency, orphan, adoptive mother adopted daughter relationship, death, adoption, female protagonist, court ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Defense (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.
Style: serious, clever, captivating, exciting
Plot: lawyer, law, courtroom, court, legal action, trial, advocate, judge, defense attorney, judiciary, lawsuit, legal investigation
Place: copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Free, White and 21 (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Plot: civil rights, racist, interracial relations, jury, courtroom, rape, segregation, false accusation, businessman, trial, cross cultural relations, criminal ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
I Was Lorena Bobbitt (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Meet the once-battered woman who overcame years of abuse and a sensational televised trial to become an advocate for victims of domestic violence everywhere.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, dramatic
Plot: abusive relationship, domestic violence, true crime, court case, tyrant, victim, female victim, immigrant, marriage, law, sexism, court ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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