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Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates
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 truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, serious, dramatic, cult classic, black cinema
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, african american, civil rights, black, trial, moral dilemma, idealist, execution, legal, courtroom drama, black history, christmas, humanity, court case, jury, law and order, black man, judgment, social commentary, law, hitman, construction ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and suspense films with plots about courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, legal, trial, court and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Just Mercy (2019), 12 Angry Men (1997), Marshall (2017), Fracture (2007), The Collini Case (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 117 min.
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Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Place:
new york, connecticut, maryland, philadelphia, manhattan new york city ...
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, captivating, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Cyprus, Belgium, Lebanon, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
40%
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Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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39%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand.
It first was broadcast ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
holland
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, thought provoking, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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