Movies like The Incident 1978

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The Incident (1978)
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The Incident (1978)
Original name: 事件
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds. Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura, an expert in the suspense and mystery genre, "The Incident" is a study in unrestrained passion and jealousy. Nomura's other films include several acclaimed collaborations with suspense novelist Matsumoto Seicho, such as "Zero Focus", "The Shadow Within", "The Castle Of Sand", and "Suspicion".
Plot: courtroom, bicycle, lawyer, pregnancy, love triangle, murder, court, abortion, stepfather, underage, witness, flashback, sister sister relationship, barmaid, attempted rape, factory worker, knife, bridge

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Most similar movies to The Incident

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, courtroom, lawyer, trial, law, legal and courtroom drama mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Incident: Flag in the Mist (1965), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), The Whole Truth (2016), The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012), High Crimes (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Flag in the Mist (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately ...
Plot: courtroom, trial, murder, revenge, evidence, retribution, class differences, baseball player, witness, lawyer, flashback, french restaurant ...
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Whole Truth (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: lawyer, defense attorney, mother son relationship, murder, legal action, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, death of father, trial, widow, lie ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Melbourne, 1886. Two gentlemen climb into a hansom cab late one murky night. One man climbs out, the other travels on to St Kilda. On arrival, the driver finds the second man dead; murdered. The ‘high-society’ killing sends shockwaves through ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, detective, crying
Plot: murder, investigation, secret, murder mystery, doctor, murder investigation, sleuth, crime solving, crime investigation, forensics, uncover truth, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: melbourne, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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High Crimes (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military ...
Style: clever, suspenseful, twist ending, serious, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, twists and turns, justice, murder, fbi, false accusation, marines, legal, army investigation, courtroom, life turned upside down, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2002, 80s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, los angeles, mexico
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47%
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Ace Attorney (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Ryūichi Naruhodō, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Chihiro ...
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, light, tense ...
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, murder, legal action, supernatural, rivalry, false accusation, danger, ghost, legal, multiple suspects, jury ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Murder in Peyton Place (1977)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A former resident of the town of Peyton Place, now wealthy and powerful, secretly returns to the town and sets in motion a spate of killings designed as revenge for past wrongs.
Plot: courtroom, murder, car crash, bare chested male, flashback, dog, falling from height, penthouse, reunion, pay phone
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling ...
Style: suspense, inspirational, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, african american, civil rights, black, trial, moral dilemma, idealist, execution, courtroom drama ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Devil's Ballad (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A serial killer responsible for 7 minors' deaths thus far seems to kill to a particular rhythm, which the authorities must identify to catch him.
Style: twisted
Plot: waterfall, mirror, convention, grape, private detective, bicycle, murder, poison, wine, sparrow, ball
Time: year 1952, 1950s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Death Sentence (1974)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, jury, trial, courtroom, murder, innocent man, murder trial, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, legal, legal investigation ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also ...
Style: detective
Plot: courtroom, intelligence agency, advocate, law, lawyer, radio station, viking, murder, reunion, perry mason, tape over mouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Wife Confesses (1961)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, murder trial, cuckolded husband, doubt, mountain climbing, young widow, suspicious wife, professor, adultery, husband ...
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40%
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The Client (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, who done it, hotshot lawyer, rivalry, legal, murder, twists and turns, courtroom, lawyer, attorney, legal investigation, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
Style: suspense, neo noir, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, murder mystery, legal, lawyer, murder, strong female character, who done it, uncover truth, fighting the system, law enforcement, injustice, danger ...
Time: 1950s
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Character (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: J.W. Katadreuffe is the son of Joba Katadreuffe and A.B. Drevenhaven. Though fully neglected by Joba, Dreverhaven ensures the succesfull career of his son. Mostly unseen, though he sues his son a few times. The son Katadreuffe succeeds, but at great ...
Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, slasher, psychological thriller ...
Plot: law, family relations, communism, court, lawyer, poverty, hospital, love, mentor, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, corruption ...
Time: year 1997, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place: rotterdam netherlands, netherlands
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The Hunter's Diary (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ...
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Jagged Edge (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, legal, murder, twists and turns, surveillance, danger, women, murder mystery, trial ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Sway (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A murder investigation reveals a deep-rooted sibling rivalry in director Miwa Nishikawa's brooding family drama. On the one-year anniversary of his mother's death, Tokyo art and fashion photographer Takeru (Joe Odagiri) returns to his ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: murder, family relations, couples, anniversary, love triangle, brother brother relationship, witness, lawyer, haunted by the past, homecoming, funeral, photographer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
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36%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective
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Time: 90s
Place: usa
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35%
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The Judge (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style: touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, small town, trial, jury, courtroom drama, homecoming, legal, judge, court, murder trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
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35%
Sisters and Other Strangers (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman (Joanna Kerns), at odds with her eccentric sister (Debrah Farentino) over a real-estate deal, becomes the prime suspect when the latter is found dead.
Plot: real estate, pedophile, promiscuity, sibling relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, con artists, promiscuous woman, sexual abuse, jail, sister sister relationship, child abuse, sister ...
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34%
Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Style: enigmatic, psychological, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot: investigation, dual identity, husband wife relationship, murder of wife, assassination plot, guilt, ambiguity, publisher, murder disguised as suicide, private detective, writers, missing person ...
Place: stockholm sweden, berlin germany, amsterdam
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34%
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Guilty as Sin (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style: tense, suspenseful, erotic, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, womanizer, psychopath, courtroom drama, uncover truth, woman in danger, guilt ...
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34%
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The Client (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, touching ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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33%
Bezmiar Sprawiedliwosci (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Young Lukasz, who was persuaded by his father to study law, listens to the story of experienced lawyer Wilczek about a memorable murder case from his past.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, exciting
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Broken Trust (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Judge Nash is highly regarded for his position and decisions in the courtroom. He's approached by a special agent from a government task force investigating corrupt judges and lawyers, and asked to participate in a sting operation. Initially ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, law, judge, murder, trial, sting operation, bribe
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32%
A Case for Murder (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren ...
Plot: lawyer, law, infidelity, suicide, adultery, murder, trial, court, coworker, suspicion, female judge, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
Style: serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful, detective
Plot: advocate, law, intelligence agency, lawyer, murder, courtroom, gangster, dishonesty, legal action, uncover truth, investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: murder, couples, mistress, male female relationship, murderer, love story, relationships, family problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, tragic love, relationship problems
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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