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Recommendation for Mercy (1975)
117
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a 14 year-old boy is accused of raping and murdering a little girl
Style:
serious, juvenile, tense, bleak, psychological, suspense, dark, period piece, independent film, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rape, murder, justice, miscarriage of justice, wrongful accusation, investigation, moral dilemma, courtroom, trauma, teenager, grief, innocence, family drama, guilt, evidence, police procedural, family tragedy, perjury, social commentary, small town, male nudity, court, canuxploitation, conspiracy, investigative journalism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and psychological films with plots about investigation, murder, moral ambiguity, courtroom, small town, justice and revenge mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Recommendation for Mercy: 37 (2016), The Verdict (1974), S & M: Les Sadiques (2016), All About Araya (2022), My Son Is Innocent (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On a March night in 1964, 37 neighbors in Queens, New York, witness the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese. None of them takes action or calls the police. 37 tells the story of a few of these people and what led up to the night when they unexplainably ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, emotional, crime thriller
Plot:
rape, false accusation, courtroom, justice, innocence, mother son relationship, investigation, legal battle, alibi, moral dilemma, attempted murder, police procedural ...
Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Rose Earl is proud as a peacock when Bobby, her eldest, whom she raised, like his kid brother Michael, to become moral men an model citizens, is the first member of the modest family ever to get accepted at college. It will take a while till she ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, revenge, mother daughter relationship, justice, vigilante, guilt, obsession, trauma, female protagonist, threat, retribution, determination ...
Time:
90s
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Explores the idea that not everyone accused of a crime is guilty. Delves into how even good people can be affected by the errors in the system and turn gangsters.
Style:
crime thriller, realistic, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
courtroom, wrongful accusation, innocence, moral ambiguity, corruption, perjury, ethical dilemma, miscarriage of justice, social commentary, evidence, police investigation, vigilantism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In Hyderabad, Arjun,a DJ leads a happy life with his family and falls for Amulya. Suddenly his life turns upside down as the police arrest him for allegedly raping and killing an innocent girl. After 5 years, ACP Roopesh reopens the case to find out ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
justice, investigation, innocence, falsely accused, wrongful conviction, police procedural, suspicion, uncertainty, cold case, legal system, courtroom, evidence ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
22%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.
Style:
crime drama, dark, emotional, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual assault, true crime, fugitive, biopic, convict, investigation, trial, justice, courtroom, legal battle, media coverage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
connecticut
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659
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The massive scandal comes to light through a father's unwavering search for the truth behind the sudden death of his family.
Style:
bleak, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, bereavement, private investigation, family tragedy, family drama, grief, medicine, illness, physician, medical examination, doctor, fighting illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, serious, intense, heroic ...
Plot:
mafia, justice, organized crime, courage, assassination, social commentary, biopic, investigation, whistleblower, ethical dilemma, martyr, power struggle ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
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Similarity:
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130
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
love, innocence, flashback, memory, murder, wrongful conviction, investigation, prison, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt, character study ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: Russia
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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190
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
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159
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Country: Germany
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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