Movies like Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)
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.
Plot: abusive relationship, rape victim, rape, life, victim, newspaper, control, compassion, reflection, courtroom, publicity, confrontation
Place: iowa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, serious, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about rape, courtroom, rape victim, rapist, victim, murder and trial mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story: Cry Rape (1973), Without Her Consent (1990), My Son Is Innocent (1996), A Mother's Justice (1991), Silent Witness (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cry Rape (1973)
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: freeze frame
Plot: rape victim, rape, mistaken identity, sexual assault, penetration, social problems, brother sister relationship, medical examination, aftermath, lawyer, humiliation, court ...
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Without Her Consent (1990)
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.
Plot: love, rape, rape victim, rapist, courtroom, neighbor, victim, trial, confrontation, vigilante, social injustice, teenager
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31%
My Son Is Innocent (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her suburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter. When the victim identifies Sutter as her attacker, the legal system closes in on the boy as friends, neighbors and the media ...
Plot: rape, falsely accused, mistaken identity, false accusation, police interrogation, police investigation, imprisonment, police station, courtroom
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28%
The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on a true story about an extraordinary woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist ...
Plot: rape, rapist, serial rapist, rape victim, victimization
Place: toronto ontario canada
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27%
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A Mother's Justice (1991)
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...
Plot: revenge, rape, obsession, mother daughter relationship, guilt, rape and revenge, rapist, victim, rape victim, bait
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26%
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
Plot: stalker, sexual harassment, trial, courtroom, true crime
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The sequel to "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" in which Betty Broderick is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband and his new wife.
Plot: love, divorce, murder, revenge, courtroom, lawyer, true crime
Place: san diego california
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25%
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Silent Witness (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar.
Plot: family conflict, rape, love, fear, family relations, rapist, trial, brother in law, testimony, rape victim, courtroom, gang rape ...
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24%
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A Case of Rape (1974)
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.
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, courtroom drama, anger, humiliation, understanding, victim, feminist, defense attorney, social problems, making love, fornication ...
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24%
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Love Lives On (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A 15-year-old girl must choose between continuing her pregnancy and undergoing treatment for her fast-growing cancer.
Plot: terminal illness, domestic violence, hospital, coming of age, fall in love, priest, first love, chemotherapy, pregnant teenager, unwed mother, pregnancy and birth, pregnancy ...
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23%
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 ...
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23%
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Black and Blue (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: domestic violence, kidnapped, hostage, abuse, abusive relationship, obsession, battered wife, abusive husband, family relations, family problems, witnessing a crime, hopes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
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22%
The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and ...
Plot: troubled teen, rape, voice over narration, assault, bicycle, student, teacher, teenage girl, school, female protagonist, marriage proposal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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22%
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Men Don't Tell (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
Style: emotional, sad
Plot: domestic violence, abusive wife, abusive relationship, domestic abuse, abuse, men's rights, child abuse, victim, sexual abuse, mental health, husband wife relationship, woman hits a man ...
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21%
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A story of Tomasz Komenda - a man, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, for a crime he did not commit.
Style: heartbreaking, sad, suspense, poignant, emotional ...
Plot: convict, jail cell, prison, rape victim, murder, courtroom, investigation, victim, suicide attempt, released from prison, true crime, social injustice ...
Place: poland
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21%
Elements of Doubt (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Plot: sex party, bare chested male, female nudity, rape, father daughter relationship, hotel, courtroom, lawyer, accusation, rape victim, kindergarten, hearing ...
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Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough
Plot: airplane, aviation, disaster, air disaster, real life, danger, flight attendant, hostage, chases and races, confined, race against time, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, canada, montreal
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21%
What Happened to Bobby Earl? (1997)
Genre: Drama
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 ...
Plot: true crime, burglary, trial, fraternity, arson, insurance fraud, theft, missing person, college, deception, brother brother relationship, courtroom ...
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21%
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Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story (2014)
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: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: rape, accusation, rape victim, violence against women, tragic past, life is a bitch, traumatic memory, female protagonist, social problems, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, police ...
Place: new zealand
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21%
Saatchya Aat Gharat (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A group of young boys and girls grapple with moral issues in a changing world.
Plot: group, boy, trauma, breakup, social worker, language barrier, post traumatic stress, group of friends, police station, nightclub, rape, rape victim ...
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Style: bleak, disturbing, rough, intense, social ...
Plot: prostitute, rape, prostitution, transsexual, gang rape, working class, gay, labor union, fight, union, hooker, society ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
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A Scream from Silence (1979)
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.
Plot: mental disorder, feminist, rape, female nudity, male female relationship, hate, interview, court, violence, courtroom, girl, feminism ...
Place: africa
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20%
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Johnny Belinda (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: While attempting to set up a communal garden in the poverty stricken rural community of Hatcher, Bill Richmond becomes aware of a silent, mute, disheveled girl by the name of Belinda. He soon learns that she is considered mentally handicapped by the ...
Style: slasher
Plot: deaf, courtroom drama, rape, sign language, pregnancy, rapist, child born of rape, rape victim, deafness, pregnant from rape, sexploitation
Place: nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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37 (2016)
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: sad, independent film
Plot: feminist, woman, rape, murder, apathy, racism, loss of innocence, indifference, witness
Time: 60s
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20%
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White Lie (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the hands of a white mob.
Style: tension, reflective
Plot: blaxploitation, interracial relations, revenge, love, doctor, rape, murder, african american, father, death, black man, racial issues ...
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19%
Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: True life drama about a working mum (Henner) whose life is put back in jeopardy when the man who was convicted of stalking her (Savant) and killing her cousin comes up for parole.
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, evil man
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Herstory (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: war crime, courtroom, legal action, life is a bitch, rape victim, court, social problems, society, lawsuit, legal investigation, female victim, hunting ...
Time: 90s
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Hope (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
Style: disturbing, uplifting, heartbreaking, sad, suspenseful ...
Plot: trial, child, hopes, sexual assault, recovery, victim, father daughter relationship, hospital, child abuse, rapist, surgery, psychotherapist ...
Place: korea, east asia, south korea
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19%
Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Follows the tumultuous relationship—in and out of court—of Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Style: serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: legal investigation, legal action, ex husband ex wife relationship, courtroom, ex husband, scandal, court, domestic violence, ex wife, showdown, husband wife relationship, couple relations ...
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19%
The Killing Yard (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
Plot: blaxploitation, law, helicopter, prison riot, massacre, false accusation, prison, murder, courtroom, political corruption
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