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Accused at 17 (2009)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, disorder, prank, youth, murder, friends, crime gone awry, dishonesty, teenager, love, woman with a gun, teen social issues, best friend, frame up, high school life, teenage life, rivalry, strong female presence, social relations, mother, mother daughter relationship, villainess ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, youth and investigation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Accused at 17: Death Clique (2014), The Cheating Pact (2013), Demons from Her Past (2007), A Sister's Secret (2009), Teenage Bank Heist (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 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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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, sexy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father's demise.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 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:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
murder, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, family relations, youth, rumor, investigation, girl, murder investigation, police investigation, crime investigation, teenage girl ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Carrie is an attractive high school history teacher who one day decides to help a troubled student, taking an special interest for him, unaware of the ruthless and perverse scheme masterminded for her.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new hampshire, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 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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24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 96 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:
24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 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:
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402
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA
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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:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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890
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Harmless prank or violent revenge? Three high school students, sick of living in fear of bullies, plan the ultimate payback. But when their prank goes way too far, they come to realize that getting even can have deadly consequences. Packed with ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, serious, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prank, found footage, disorder, killer clown, friendship, vengeance, social relations, danger, society, social misfits, friends, brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 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:
23%
290
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four high school friends believe the local myth that developer Swenson killed a kid for trespassing years earlier and got away with it. When one of the four friends disappears, the remaining three believe Swenson killed their friend and they take ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, kids in trouble, uncover truth, teenage life, haunted by the past, danger, investigation, mind game, choice, youth, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Three American expats living in Buenos Aires decide to steal a large sum of money so they don't have to return home. But what starts as a game soon turns violent and they find themselves on the verge of consequences none of them expected.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
betrayal, dishonesty, heist, caper, money, love, rivalry, danger, friendship, freedom, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, latin america
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23%
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