Movies like Clemency

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Clemency (2019)
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Clemency (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
Style: psychological, rough, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, compassionate, dark, social, black cinema
Plot: death row, lethal injection, prison, prison warden, black american, black, retirement, lawyer, teacher, african american, death sentence, father son relationship, drunkenness, innocence, husband wife relationship, guilt, protest, demonstration, prison guard, women, prisoner, jail, confined, criminal justice, woman ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
Keyword: challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and rough films with plots about prison, african american, confined, black, society, hopes and blaxploitation mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Clemency: Just Mercy (2019), American Violet (2008), One Night in Miami... (2020), The Glass House (1972), Day Break (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Just Mercy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, death penalty, injustice, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, african american, perjury, prison, murder, innocence, death row ...
Time: year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place: alabama
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American Violet (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but ...
Style: serious, rough, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: african american, false accusation, racism, injustice, testimony, courtroom drama, black, urban ghetto, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, legal, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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56%
One Night in Miami... (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
Style: uplifting, thought provoking, suspense, sad, political
Plot: black history, racism, black, plantation, african american, fight for justice, racial injustice, injustice, inequality, friendship between men, women, victory ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1965, year 1963, year 1964
Place: miami, georgia
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56%
The Glass House (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: prison, prison gang, prison warden, suicide, young man, introspection, rebellion, criminal heroes, confined, society, criminal's revenge, fighting the system ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, utah
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54%
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Day Break (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender's life. Day Break - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, contemplative ...
Plot: prison, death row, prison life, pardon, legal, life is a bitch, society, injustice, law enforcement, legal action, compassion, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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Short Eyes (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
Style: crime drama, grim, cult classic, independent film, tense ...
Plot: prison, prison life, sex crime, blaxploitation, intimidation, american culture, extreme, exodus, thug life, criminal justice, exploitation, organized crime ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
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53%
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Last Dance (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep ...
Style: emotional, talky, intense, tense, serious ...
Plot: prison, death penalty, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, taj mahal
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53%
Middle of Nowhere (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.
Style: captivating, serious, emotional, sincere, social ...
Plot: prison, self discovery, family problems, introspection, human nature, supportive spouse, black, family in crisis, medical school, urban, women of color, blaxploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa, los angeles
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52%
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Fast-Walking (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
Style: political, independent film, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: prison, woman with a gun, blaxploitation, murder, corrupt, revolutionary, security guard, stoner, escape, confined, unlikely partners, militant ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: montana, usa, oregon
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51%
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Stuck! (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek ...
Style: independent film, neo noir
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, women in prison, lesbian relationship, lesbian, jail, security guard, prisoner, female nudity, guilt, suicide, prison guard, diary ...
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51%
Down in the Delta (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rosa Lynn sends her druggie daughter Loretta and her children Thomas and Tracy away from the big city to live with their uncle Earl in the ancestral home in rural Mississippi. Earl puts Loretta to work in his restaurant, Just Chicken, while also ...
Style: touching, emotional, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: slavery, black, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, women of color, african american, storytelling, drug addiction, solace, black girl, anti racism, racism ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: mississippi, chicago, indiana, usa, atlanta georgia ...
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51%
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
Style: unusual plot structure, sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: african american, friendship, male nudity, black, black lives matter, racism, blaxploitation, society, rivalry, friends, dark humor, courage ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: san francisco, california
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50%
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style: touching, thought provoking, sad, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: prison, death row, death penalty, nun, rape, court, death sentence, murder, confession, lethal injection, execution, justice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa
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50%
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Attica (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A behind the scenes look of the 1971 prisoners revolt at the Attica prison.
Style: political, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: prison, black, serial killer, prison riot, hostage, rebellion, fighting the system, tough heroes, society, criminal heroes, state affairs, misfit ...
Time: 70s, year 1971
Place: new york, usa
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50%
Imperial Dreams (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Style: touching, uplifting, serious, rough, hood ...
Plot: going straight, life is a bitch, family relations, street kid, hopes, parents and children, society, urban ghetto life, black lives matter, black, blaxploitation, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, indiana, usa
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49%
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So B. It (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.
Style: sad
Plot: mother daughter relationship, cross country, coming of age, young girl, mental disorder, mentally challenged person, foster parent, bank, lake, baby girl, mail, bus driver ...
Place: reno nevada
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49%
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: prison, violence, justice, adaptation, brutality, hopes, human spirit, death row, redemption, life is a bitch, journalism, murder ...
Time: 20th century
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49%
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Slam (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent. Written ...
Style: independent film, hood, talky, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot: prison, hip hop, gang, art, urban, bittersweet, profanity, ghetto, african american, coming of age, hip hop culture, blaxploitation ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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K-11 (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Raymond Saxx Jr., a powerful record producer, wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey, Raymond is truly a fish out of ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, bleak, tense ...
Plot: prison life, gender, prison, fish out of water, hopes, transsexual, confined, transgender, violence, gays and lesbians, gay, fight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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48%
The Family That Preys (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Alice Pratt, a hard working Christian woman, raised her two daughters while managing a simple diner of her own. Her snobbish and arrogant daughter Andrea graduated in Economic Science and works in a construction corporation while her sister Pam ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, crying ...
Plot: friendship, family relations, family business, family life, working class, black, friends, couples, human nature, dishonesty, rivalry, workplace intrigue ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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48%
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the 1940's South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. ...
Style: powerful, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: racism, black, politics, aunt, blaxploitation, stage play, interracial relations, false accusation, urban ghetto, animal life, injustice, power relations ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa
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48%
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Precious (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style: bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
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48%
Where Is Kyra? (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.
Style: captivating, suspense, bleak, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: black american, name calling, poverty, husband wife relationship, police detective, mother daughter relationship, street life, lie, ex husband ex wife relationship, illness, african american, theft ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Reunion movie from the popular TV series reunites most of the original cast from the Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie-Brackman. In the eight years since the series ended, the founding senior partner, Leland McKenzie, has retired and left Douglas ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot: lawyer, law firm, courtroom, death row, legal, poor, nypd, law, reunion
Place: los angeles
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47%
Pressure Point (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An African-American prison psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate (Bobby Darin) with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
Style: political, psychedelic, mind bending, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: world war two, psychopath, prison, african, colonialism, nazi, therapy, black, blaxploitation, mental disorder, legion, foreign legion ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, year 1942
Place: madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york
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47%
The United States of Leland (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, emotional, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: prison, murder, teacher, coming of age, dysfunctional family, writers, prison life, family relations, unlikely friendships, investigation, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, italy, paris france, california ...
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47%
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Style: inspirational, social, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: african american, sex scene, racism, prison, police, love, dating, love story, injustice, black american, wrongful conviction, black ...
Time: 2010s, 70s
Place: puerto rico, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city
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47%
Women of San Quentin (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Plot: prison, power relations, battle of the sexes, confined, gender, chaos and mayhem, prison life, female warden, women's prison, prisoner
Time: 80s
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47%
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Left to Die (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With help from U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, Tammi Chase (Rachael Leigh Cook) fights to free her mother (Barbara Hershey) from an Ecuadorean prison.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: prison, trafficking, vacation, mother daughter relationship, drug dealer, drug dealing, drug, criminal, illegal drugs, prisoner, family problems, confined ...
Place: ecuador
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47%
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Apprentice (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Qatar
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Aiman is a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory’s top prison. Aiman lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a ...
Style: hood
Plot: prison, death penalty, secret, car accident, mentor, haunted by the past, death sentence, death row, chaos, gadget, prison warden, jail cell ...
Place: singapore
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46%
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