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The Collini Case (2019)
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Original name: Der Fall Collini
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, captivating, surprise ending, enigmatic, bleak, surreal, political, suspense, social ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier, prosecutor, childhood memory, investigation, revenge, injustice, ss officer, boxer, father figure, mafia, world war two, court, court case, revelation ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s, year 1944, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, serious and realistic films with plots about lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, legal, murder, trial and court mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Collini Case: Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), The Rainmaker (1997), Suspect (1987), The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Style:
inspirational, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, african american, civil rights, black, trial, moral dilemma, idealist, execution, courtroom drama ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
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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:
los angeles, usa, peru, san francisco, las vegas ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, clever, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, lawyer, lawsuit, domestic violence, insurance company, self defense, justice, courtroom, legal investigation, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder mystery, twists and turns, lawyer, courtroom, justice, murder, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation ...
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usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
nazi, war criminal, mossad, shoah, holocaust, courtroom, nazi hunter, nazi war criminal, world war two, attorney, gay affair, death threat ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
germany, west germany, buenos aires argentina, jerusalem, israel ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Cyprus, Belgium, Lebanon, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
Style:
political, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, trial, attorney, prejudice, racial tension, insult, court case, idealism, media coverage, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An assistant prosecutor zealously pursues a conviction in the case of a pediatric nurse accused of murdering her patients, but doubt arises when her evidence shows that the infants may have died of natural causes.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, captivating
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, hospital, accusation, nurse, prison, whistleblower, serial killer, trial, women, court ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tricky, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, justice, army investigation, trial, military, suicide, u.s. navy, court martial, destiny, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, persia, caribbean, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, talky, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, attempted rape, sexual abuse, mental disorder, feminist, lawyer, courtroom, bipolar disorder, fighting the system, dishonesty, wrongful arrest, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, delhi
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, costume drama, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, german history, social problems, political intrigue, interwar period, unsolved crime, police detective, conspiracy, national socialism, european history, police investigation, world war two ...
Time:
1920s, pre world war two, year 1929, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Style:
political, suspense, political drama
Plot:
courtroom, politics, lawyer, death penalty, trial, guillotine, train, french politics, law, assassination, murder, world war two ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, fighting the system, legal, rape, corruption, court, law, justice, trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore
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37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, suspense, captivating, political, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, corruption, courtroom, trial, jury, legal, justice, twists and turns, manipulation, court case ...
Time:
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Place:
louisiana, cincinnati ohio, indiana, ohio, new orleans ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Islamic terrorists hijack an airplane with 164 passengers, planing to steer it into a football arena filled with 70 000 people. Major Lars Koch decides against the orders of his superiors and the laws of his country to shoot the airplane which leads ...
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, trial, courtroom, punishment, bomb, moral dilemma, terrorism, chain of command, insubordination, war on terror, sacrifice, fighter pilot ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, psychological, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, murder, courtroom drama, plot twist, trial, psychology, courtroom, court case, corruption, lawyer, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.
Style:
grindhouse, contemplative, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom, children, courtroom drama, lawyer, ex nazi, holocaust, world war, haunted by the past, legal action, injustice, airport ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
germany, europe, frankfurt germany, hamburg germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. The film is adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1957 ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, captivating, talky, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, jury, legal action, argument, trial, murder, court, courtroom, lawyer, uncover truth, legal, dialogue ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal, death sentence, courtroom, ku klux klan, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, politics, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1967, year 1996
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, defense attorney, mother son relationship, legal action, murder, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, death of father, trial, teenager, lie ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, homecoming, friendship, legal, lawyer, family relations, danger, rivalry, law, 16 year old ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, suspense, political ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, legal, murder, injustice, life is a bitch, courtroom, judge, lawyer, italian fascism, sicilian, court case ...
Time:
year 1990, 80s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1937
Place:
italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, political, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, death penalty, frame up, justice, political corruption, murder mystery, lawyer, male victim, court, conspiracy theory, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
china, asia, california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style:
erotic, tense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, sex in office, psychopath, womanizer, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, courtroom drama, woman in danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
33%
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