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A Case of Rape (1974)
416
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When she was raped, Ellen thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse, was the treatment by the hospital staff, police and the court system, when she reported it, and the man was caught.
Style:
period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, courtroom drama, female protagonist, anger, victim, humiliation, defense attorney, trauma, public humiliation, family conflict, social realism, mistrust, investigation, isolation, emotional abuse, middle class, feminist, sexualized violence, understanding, small town, media coverage, forensic evidence, sexual assault, social problems ...
Time:
70s
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Most similar movies to A Case of Rape
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, suspenseful, dark and tense films with plots about rape, investigation, small town, courtroom, sexual abuse, moral ambiguity and sexual assault mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like A Case of Rape: Cry Rape (1973), Without Her Consent (1990), She Said No (1990), When He's Not a Stranger (1989), A Scream from Silence (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
139
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man who is arrested for rape swears it wasn't him but somebody who looks just like him, but the victim insists it was him.
Style:
crime drama, tension, psychological thriller, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rape, mistaken identity, rape victim, wrongful accusation, sexual abuse, branding iron, female victim, exploitation, paranoia, family conflict, mistrust, evidence ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fact-based story about the emotional trauma and following legal problems of a young woman who was raped by an acquaintance.
Style:
serious, bleak, dramatic, intense, suspenseful
Plot:
rape victim, rape, sexual assault, trial, courtroom, justice, survivor, lawyer, legal system, women's rights, legal battle, healing ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and ...
Style:
realistic, intense, suspense, tension
Plot:
rape, trauma, legal battle, courtroom drama, sexual assault, anger, female protagonist, psychological abuse, testimony, sexism, courtroom, public humiliation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At a California university, Lyn goes to meet her best friend Melanie in the dorm room of Melanie's boyfriend Ron, a football star. When Lyn arrives, Melanie is not there. Ron forces himself on Lyn. When she resists, Ron throws her on the bed ...
Style:
tense, dramatic, realistic, dark
Plot:
sexual assault, rape, campus, university, trauma, victim, sexual abuse, guilt, social issues, survivor, justice, recovery ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A director and an editor, both woman, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womanhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape.
Style:
disturbing, intense, art house, experimental
Plot:
feminist, rape, sexual abuse, women's rights, trauma, societal hypocrisy, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, intimate, mental disorder, courtroom drama, performance art ...
Time:
70s
Place:
quebec, africa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
Style:
emotional, serious, inspirational, bleak, educational ...
Plot:
sexual assault, female protagonist, courage, biopic, resilience, strength, courtroom drama, traumatic memory, activism, social justice, legal battle, abusive husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
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
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Dick Van Dyke stars as a priest accused of murdering a nun. Directed by Stanley Kramer, this 1979 drama also features Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Beau Bridges and Tammy Grimes.
Style:
religious drama, emotional, atmospheric, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
nun, convent, priest, small town, character study, moral ambiguity, false accusation, scandal, investigation, working class, poverty, isolation ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s, year 1979
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.
Style:
thought provoking, dramatic, serious, intense, tense ...
Plot:
civil rights, trial, rape accusation, racial tension, courtroom drama, racial injustice, racial prejudice, social commentary, ethical dilemma, african american protagonist, sexual assault, social realism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an ...
Style:
dark, emotional, intense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
teenage girl, trauma, assault, abuse of power, social injustice, female protagonist, women's rights, family drama, juvenile detention, courtroom, mother daughter relationship, corrupt judge ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
190
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
gang rape, rape, small town, sexual abuse, rape accusation, female protagonist, danger, lawyer, justice, district attorney, threat, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Story:
Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking ...
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
rape, rape victim, accusation, rape accusation, sexual assault, trauma, social problems, tragic past, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, traumatic memory, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young girl named Debbie is attacked by a bus stop one evening and is blindfolded and raped. Her mother, Lila, who is consumed with guilt is determined to catch the rapist...
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
Similarity:
19%
329
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, rape accusation, sexual assault, shame, protective parent, ethical dilemma, loss of innocence, female victim, guilt, trauma, middle class ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
A teacher, Sakiko Kurata (Yuki Kazamatsuri), receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko (Ayako Ôta) is accused of being a prostitute and has requested Sakiko’s help. This minx seduces random strangers for sex, but ...
Style:
tense, dark, erotic drama, suspenseful, noir ...
Plot:
rape victim, sexploitation, female protagonist, teacher student relationship, school, victimization, assault, sexual abuse, dark past, prostitution, moral ambiguity, sexual tension ...
Similarity:
19%
236
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a brutal attack, a 19-year-old girl falls into a self-destructive cycle.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
rape, self destructing, female protagonist, rape victim, trauma, secret, life is a bitch, problem, social problems, violence, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman sexually assaulted by her new boss's brother-in-law tries to move on as if nothing happened, but the night weighs heavily on her mind and body.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
rape, female protagonist, relationships, love, trauma, sexual assault, male female relationship, relationship problems, employer employee relationship, rape victim, silence, introspection ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
sad, realistic, educational, intense, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
alcoholism, substance abuse, rehabilitation, alcoholic, divorce, babysitter, drinking, teenage protagonist, young woman, coming of age, family drama, teen angst ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
19%
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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:
suspenseful, tense, period drama, eighties
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, infidelity, guilt, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, murder mystery, courtroom drama, character study, guilty conscience, betrayal, mistrust, investigation ...
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her infant daughter.
Style:
sad, tense, suspenseful, grindhouse, period piece ...
Plot:
child abuse, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, family drama, trauma, emotional abuse, child neglect, female protagonist, social issues, character study, domestic violence, social realism ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, sad
Plot:
sexual assault, sex worker, tragic past, prostitution, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, rape, confronting the past, social outcast, female protagonist, violence against women, social issues ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives after he performs dental surgery on them. One woman gets impregnated from such an incident and decides to fight back.
Style:
intense, serious, dark, realistic, suspense
Plot:
dentist, pregnant from rape, pregnancy, sexual abuse, survivor, abuse of power, sexual assault, trauma, revenge, coercion, justice, women's rights ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
18%
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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.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, sentimental, period piece, tension ...
Plot:
war veteran, small town, father daughter relationship, justice, defense attorney, lawyer, courtroom, innocence, family bonds, moral dilemma, character study, empathy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1937, 1930s
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder trial, mother and daughter, courtroom drama, false accusation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, family secret, interrogation, defense attorney, investigation, evidence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
chaplain, navy, court martial, courtroom, moral dilemma, courtroom drama, reputation, scandal, character study, religion, investigation, conscience ...
Similarity:
18%
159
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Judith decides to go on her own to the salsa-dancing night, even though her boyfriend, with whom she goes there every week, can’t accompany her. A stranger, with whom she briefly dances, offers to walk her home. Next morning, upon returning home, ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, rape victim, sexual assault, trauma, problem, violence, sexual abuse, rape, violent, unsettling, justice, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
18%
706
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 ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, thought provoking, historical drama, tense ...
Plot:
apathy, guilt, moral ambiguity, social commentary, silence, character study, racial tension, neighborhood, fear, apartment building, realism, family conflict ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey town. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for ...
Style:
dark, grim, bleak, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, rape, vietnam veteran, trauma, ptsd, sexual abuse, mature, veteran, isolation, male friendship, urban decay, toxic relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Defending a teen charged with patricide drudges up dark memories for a lawyer.
Style:
dramatic, dark, serious, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
patricide, trauma, child abuse, murder, courtroom, shame, guilt, ethical dilemma, defense attorney, family secret, character study, secrets ...
Similarity:
18%
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