Movies like Vice 2000
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Vice (2000)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Details the trial of a young Texas "erotic dancer" on charges of lurid behavior and indecent exposure and the various witnesses who testify both for and against her.
Style:
reflective, educational, intense, independent film
Plot:
stripper, law enforcement, sex work, social commentary, investigation, law and order, controversy, true crime, civil liberties, trial, terrorism, feminism, jury, nightlife, sexism, surveillance, courtroom drama, al qaeda, activism, victimization, police, cross examination, prosecutor, police officer, bad cop ...
Place:
texas, houston texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, tense, intense and captivating films with plots about investigation, social commentary, trial, courtroom, courtroom drama, justice and court mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like Vice: Sell/Buy/Date (2022), Stand Up and Be Counted (1972), Survival Skills (2020), The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979), Only God Can Judge Me (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most ...
Style:
thought provoking, ironic, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
feminism, race, sex work, social commentary, social problems, feminist, stand up comedian, social satire, satire, lifestyle, sex worker, social issues ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with ...
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, period piece, educational, political ...
Plot:
women's liberation, feminism, equality, gender roles, women's rights, sisterhood, sexism, female empowerment, female reporter, mother daughter relationship, social satire, social commentary ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
In Rockford, IL and other cities around the nation deal with their share of police killing people, by accident, in defense or sometimes just in cold blood. This is a true story about Mark Barmore a young who became a victim of Rockford Police ...
Style:
emotional
Plot:
justice, true crime, police brutality, racial injustice, social commentary, family tragedy, investigation, civil rights, protest, law enforcement, activism, human rights ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Survival Skills is a lost police training video from 1988, which tells the story of Jim, a rookie cop who gets in over his head when he tries to resolve a domestic violence case outside the law.
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, stylized
Plot:
domestic violence, police, social relations, police officer, chief of police, crime investigation, goofy hero, courage, law enforcement, incompetent police, fish out of water, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organisation, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.
Style:
crime drama, tense, serious, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, biopic, investigation, stockholm syndrome, trauma, domestic terrorism, psychological manipulation, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, social commentary, surveillance ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Film from Tody Walker
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
trial, courtroom drama, wrongful accusation, justice, soul searching, racial tension, redemption, social commentary, moral dilemma, character study, testimony, family relations ...
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68%
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:
66%
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:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, serious
Plot:
courtroom, defamation, relationships, legal action, legal investigation, celebrity, trial, jury, controversy, reputation, real life, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The anarchist Ottar is being locked up in a mental institution after a serious of tantrums that involves rage against the machine.
Style:
bleak, period piece, political drama
Plot:
mental institution, paranoia, social commentary, anti establishment, character study, authoritarianism, alienation, existential crisis, surveillance, isolation, nonconformity, counterculture ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
police brutality, live performance, black lives matter, black history, interracial relations, racial injustice, biopic, social commentary, society, disorder, life philosophy, young man ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
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:
suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
domestic violence, true crime, abusive relationship, court case, marital abuse, resilience, women's rights, survivor, marriage, tyrant, victim, female victim ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, trial, uncover truth, investigation, courtroom drama, false accusation, life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
53%
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:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Death Prosecutor (...) [focuses] on a significant court case in the period of the post-1956 retaliations, through the true story of a newly graduated prosecutor, Endre Grátz.
...
Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, political repression, courtroom drama, cold war era, justice, biopic, social commentary, ethical dilemma, victimization, bureaucracy, investigation, morality ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Baasha dies just few days before the assembly by-Election for Mylapore constituency while the election campaign by the political parties are in full swing. Various obstacles faced to bury the deceased are revealed.
Style:
tense, political drama
Plot:
social commentary, election, funeral, corruption, social satire, bureaucracy, realism, power struggle, political intrigue, justice, satire, grief ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
"Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
true crime, trial, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, obsession, legal, dedicated lawyer, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, period piece, retro, political drama
Plot:
music industry, satire, musician, political activist, singer, senator, rock music, fighting the system, political unrest, heavy metal, political intrigue, musician's life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
divorce, revenge, courtroom drama, murder trial, jealousy, biopic, character study, family conflict, guilt, female protagonist, obsession, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, san diego california
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seoul, South Korea, September 21st, 2008. Eight citizens, the first to intervene as jurors in the country's legal history, are randomly selected to examine a matricide case that appears to have been resolved due to the existence of apparently ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, tense, intense ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom, legal investigation, court, justice, legal action, law and order, court case, trial, society, legislation, judge ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
traight-to-video filmmaker David Payne writes and directs the docudrama Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders. The movie opens with Nick DeNoia (Peter Nevargic) getting shot in his office. The bulk of the story ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, tense
Plot:
murder, ambition, investigation, male stripper, nightlife, rise and fall, life is a bitch, nightclub, gay, lgbt, feud, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof when Kazuhiko Kogure fell off. According to the other students there, Kazuhiko Kogure tried to ...
Style:
tense, satirical, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The world of "online film piracy" and the protagonist cracks down on it forms the crux that dwells into the story.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cybercrime, investigation, copyright, internet culture, cat and mouse, justice, surveillance, hacker, urban, law enforcement, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,” Robert Schenkkan’s stage adaptation of the Mueller Report. Robert Schenkkan is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter ...
Style:
political, captivating, thrilling, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
usa president, usa politics, investigation, donald trump, american politics, political scandal, politician, political candidate, scandal, political activism, political leader, political campaign ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
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.
Style:
tense, historical drama, realistic, intense, political ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom, riot, injustice, social commentary, trial, violence, lawyer, defense attorney, civil rights, corruption, racial tension ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While shooting a documentary about “missing” civill servants a filmmaking duo stumble upon Charoula, a desperate, overprotective Greek mother searching for her missing civil servant son. But when his name is linked to government fraud with a ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, tense, suspenseful, road movie ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, protective mother, corruption, social commentary, family drama, missing person, moral ambiguity, bureaucracy, investigation, intimate, activism, cultural conflict ...
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A taxi driver is found dead, and Hyun-woo, the only witness, charged with a murder and serves 10 years in prison. While offering pro bono services, a lawyer Junyoung meets Hyun-woo, and they begin their journey to prove his innocence.
Style:
serious, intense, suspense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, trial, friendship, false accusation, crime investigation, justice, prosecutor, investigation, society, legal action, moral dilemma, hopes ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.
Style:
tension, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
feminism, women's rights, women, female protagonist, investigative journalism, gender roles, sexism, social commentary, biopic, female empowerment, sexual harassment, conformity ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, tension, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, police corruption, wrongful conviction, investigation, murder mystery, biopic, female protagonist, controversy, courtroom, scandal, defense attorney ...
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When three young, pregnant women are held against their will, a jury must examine just how far they would go to save a life.
Style:
thought provoking, controversial, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
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