Movies like Dark Waters
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Dark Waters (2019)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, factual, motivational, political, compassionate, sexy, feel good, social ...
Plot:
lawyer, contamination, lawsuit, corruption, environmental, fighting the system, legal investigation, corporate crime, courtroom drama, investigation, price of justice, uncover truth, court, judiciary, legal action, corporation, cover up, powerful corporation, environment, environmental health, righting the wronged, environmental issue, contaminated water, conspiracy, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, 80s, 70s, year 2012, year 1998 ...
Place:
cincinnati ohio, usa, ohio, west virginia, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Dark Waters
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out thought provoking, realistic, serious and dramatic films with plots about lawyer, justice, court, courtroom, suspense, legal and corruption mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Dark Waters: Erin Brockovich (2000), The Insider (1999), Spotlight (2015), The Rainmaker (1997), Flash of Genius (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, factual, touching, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
environmental, lawyer, court, justice, contamination, small town, investigation, corporate crime, against the odds, single mother, corruption, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new jersey, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
political, intense, clever, cerebral, realistic ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, corruption, reporter, politics, conspiracy, business, suspense, lawyer, legal, media, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, mississippi, iran, south carolina
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style:
factual, thought provoking, emotional, intellectual, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
journalism, investigation, lawyer, conspiracy, investigative journalism, sexual abuse, catholic church, newspaper, catholicism, child abuse, cover up, journalist ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, florida
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92%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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:
exciting, intense, thought provoking, tense, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, legal, justice, courtroom, lawsuit, suspense, insurance company, legal investigation, domestic violence, self defense, hopes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly ...
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thought provoking, inspirational, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
business, inventor, lawsuit, underdog, lawyer, courtroom, inventions and discoveries, corruption, court, betrayal, nervous breakdown, legal action ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit, california
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100%
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Movies like The Founder
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, sad, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, lawyer, courtroom drama, gay, lgbt, hiv, court, lawsuit, judiciary, homosexual, prejudice, courtroom ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, legal, courtroom, suspense, lawsuit, law firm, environmental, justice, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new york, washington d.c., new jersey
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Style:
political, tense, inspirational, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot:
journalism, expose, newspaper office, newspaper, cover up, truth, lie, wartime, journalist, freedom of the press, u.s. government, new york times ...
Time:
70s, year 1965, year 1971, year 1966, year 1949 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.
Style:
realistic, emotional, compassionate, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot:
court, lawyer, arson, justice, fighting the system, death sentence, hopes, prison, false accusation, freedom, legal, injustice ...
Place:
texas
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Style:
clever, thought provoking, inspirational, captivating, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, marriage, female lawyer, courtroom, women's rights, human rights, husband wife relationship, teacher, supreme court, equality, misogyny, women ...
Time:
50s, 70s, year 1956, year 1963, 60s ...
Place:
usa, denver colorado, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
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political, factual, thought provoking, serious, funny ...
Plot:
riot, activist, courtroom drama, court, injustice, suspense, hippie, political protest, political persecution, political activism, legal, protest ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, year 1968, year 1994
Place:
chicago illinois, ohio, oakland california, connecticut, mississippi ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
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thought provoking, talky, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, court, legal, lawyer, racial violence, legal investigation, murder, investigation, assassination ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
usa, mississippi, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, sad, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, whistleblower, working class, workplace, women, research, environmental, fighting the system, contamination, uncover truth, corporate crime, lesbian ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
oklahoma, usa, washington d.c., california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, talky, thought provoking, realistic
Plot:
courtroom, righting the wronged, injustice, legal action, ambition, political unrest, against the odds, justice, legal, rebellion, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1971
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, serious, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, court, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, suspense, parents and children, uncover truth, legal, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
Style:
political, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
usa president, fbi, whistleblower, scandal, cover-up, politics, husband wife relationship, secret, white house, lie, congressional hearing, baby ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, atmospheric, intense, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, redemption, lawyer, legal action, court, suspense, fighting the system, legal, character study, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Style:
talky, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, suspense, court, legal, murder, courtroom, coma, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, dark, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
sport, mental illness, wrestling, murder, eccentricity, ambition, suspense, character study, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, domination, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, pennsylvania, phoenix arizona, seoul
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, factual, emotional, harsh ...
Plot:
terrorism, racism, politics, fighting the system, rebellion, police brutality, civil rights, apartheid, visceral, ethnic conflict, political unrest, social problems ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1980
Place:
africa, south africa, angola
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, lawyer, drugs, lawsuit, aids, courtroom drama, law firm, life & death, twists and turns, suspense, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1999, year 1998
Place:
washington d.c., usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, dramatic, uplifting ...
Plot:
art, holocaust, lawyer, courtroom drama, art theft, nazi, injustice, jewish, justice, legal action, world war two, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
austria, vienna, los angeles, poland, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom, court, courtroom drama, prejudice, legal, lawyer, investigation, injustice, false accusation, suspense, murder, religious persecution ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, fighting the system, legal, suspense, rape, corruption, justice, hotshot lawyer, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, baltimore, maryland
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100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style:
controversial, political, thought provoking, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, kennedy assassination, political conspiracy, president, legal, politics, gay slur, assassination of president, assassination, suspense, cia, lawyer ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, washington d.c., austin texas, canada, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight a legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver and environmental ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, political, motivational
Plot:
lawsuit, farmer, folk hero, corporate crime, fighting the system, corporate corruption, legal action, farm, suspense, fight for justice, corporate conspiracy, court ...
Time:
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Style:
political, psychological, disturbing, serious, thought provoking
Plot:
lawyer, supreme court, court, sexual harassment, congressional hearing, secret past, legal investigation, suspense, uncover truth, court hearing, investigation, african american ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, prison, lawyer, criminal justice, bureaucracy, social change, false accusation, legal, oldtimer, prison life, injustice ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida
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22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.
Style:
intellectual, clever, talky, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
manipulation, corruption, cheating, lawyer, advertising, investigation, greed, tv show, moral dilemma, television, contests and competitions, idealism ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, boston, washington d.c.
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21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for ...
Style:
sexual, controversial, factual, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, free love, legal, lawyer, courtroom, court, drug addiction, rebellion, fighting the system, love, eroticism, lawsuit ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 50s
Place:
kentucky, usa, ohio, cincinnati ohio, beverly hills ...
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20%
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