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Saint Judy (2018)
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, factual
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, immigration, court case, courtroom drama, court, female friendship, justice, courage, prejudice, evidence, trial, destiny, chase, female protagonist, adaptation, courtroom, strong female lead, politics, feminism, mission, woman
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Most similar movies to Saint Judy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out thought provoking, realistic, captivating and serious films with plots about court, courtroom, lawyer, legal, trial, courtroom drama and biopic mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Saint Judy: On the Basis of Sex (2018), Erin Brockovich (2000), Molly's Game (2017), Denial (2016), Trial by Fire (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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, inspirational, captivating, political, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom, women's rights, feminist, supreme court, female lawyer, human rights, lawyer, equality, husband wife relationship, teacher, feminism, marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1963, year 1956, 70s ...
Place:
usa, denver colorado, new york
Similarity:
86%
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, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
202K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Style:
freeze frame, art house, social, thought provoking, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
poker, trial, gambling, father daughter relationship, lawyer, female protagonist, court, card playing, strong female lead, woman, illegal gambling, fbi ...
Time:
year 2017, future, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
new york, colorado, los angeles, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Style:
costume drama, factual, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
holocaust, courtroom, holocaust survivor, historian, courtroom drama, shoah, anti semitism, lawyer, auschwitz, court, justice, professor ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2016, year 1994, year 1998, year 1996 ...
Place:
london, germany, atlanta georgia, australia, england ...
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:
depressing, realistic, emotional, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
court, death penalty, lawyer, trial, justice, death sentence, arson, true crime, fighting the system, false accusation, hopes, prison ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
48%
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, emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, legal, trial, prejudice, court, australian outback, religious persecution, injustice, false accusation, investigation, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead ...
Style:
thought provoking, controversial, bleak, tense, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abortion, courtroom, supreme court, social commentary, women's rights, court case, moral dilemma, social issues, poverty, legal battle, female protagonist, character study ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, 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:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, lawsuit, legal, law firm, courtroom, investigation, toxic waste, attorney, judge ...
Time:
90s, year 1988, year 1983, year 1982, year 1987 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, washington d.c., new york, new jersey
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the year 2000, Nevenka Fernández, 24 years old, Councilor for Finance in the Ponferrada City Council, suffered relentless persecution, both sentimental and professional, by the mayor, a man accustomed to doing his will politically and ...
Style:
historical drama, intense
Plot:
sexual harassment, female protagonist, courtroom, biopic, political scandal, feminism, abuse of power, courage, women's rights, survivor, investigative journalism, political corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
43%
4K
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:
captivating, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, political ...
Plot:
lawsuit, farmer, folk hero, corporate corruption, corporate crime, legal action, society, corporate conspiracy, fight for justice, corporation, court, farm ...
Time:
year 1998
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
african american, false accusation, hopes, court, injustice, society, courtroom drama, legal, dishonesty, uncover truth, moral dilemma, dignity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom drama, death penalty, biopic, dishonesty, fugitives, legal, confined, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
Style:
factual, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
american football, wrongful conviction, nfl, black, prison, lawyer, fighting the system, black history, american football player, miscarriage of justice, freedom, friendship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
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, erotic, factual, non fiction ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, free love, courtroom, court, love, biopic, fighting the system, rebellion, drug addiction, sex, porn ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1996, year 1983, year 1979 ...
Place:
kentucky, ohio, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Hannah Arendt is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, realistic, political, anthropological ...
Plot:
holocaust, philosopher, nazi, feminist, strong female character, strong female lead, philosophy, biopic, nazi war criminal, world war two, war crime, legal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 60s, year 1961
Place:
israel, germany, new york, usa, jerusalem
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, rivalry, dishonesty, jury, evidence, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Japan, USA
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, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, legal, courtroom, murder, court, trial, biopic, coma, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, false accusation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1990, 90s, 80s
Place:
rhode island
Similarity:
41%
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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, suspense, psychological, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
lawyer, supreme court, court, black history, black, sexual harassment, congressional hearing, secret past, uncover truth, investigation, court hearing, legal investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
480
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A film about Clarence Darrow - based on a true story.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, law, biopic, life is a bitch, legal action, rebellion, legal, hotshot lawyer, rivalry, power relations, libertarian ...
Time:
1890s, 1910s, 1920s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
european history, prisoner, lawyer, world war two, communism, death sentence, czech history, trial, husband wife relationship, jail, politics, strong female character ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 1930s, 1940s, 50s
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
Similarity:
41%
21K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This compelling drama tells the remarkable true story of slain human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who became a powerful voice against the intercommunal violence that has engulfed Mumbai since the early 1990s.
Style:
realistic, captivating, thought provoking, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
human rights, muslim, legal, terrorist, courtroom, lawyer, false arrest, civil rights, life is a bitch, society, hopes, social activist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
india, asia, mumbai india, pakistan, kashmir
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
Style:
contemplative, talky, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, racism, baseball, courtroom drama, african american, civil rights, blaxploitation, intrigue, usa history, baseball coach, baseball player, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
america
Similarity:
40%
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:
pregnancy and birth, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, jury, pregnancy, abortion, debate, justice, moral dilemma, woman, legal action ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Investigates the corrupt judicial system under which Alain Mar'caux and his wife Edith were arrested on accusations of pedophilia horrific acts they never committed- and the years he spent fighting to get out of prison, clear his name and keep ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, prison, courtroom, legal, false accusation, police brutality, broken family, injustice, rape accusation, judge, life turned upside down, courtroom drama ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, flanders
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Order of Rights is a pro-life film. The story centers around Emma Stein, a pregnant single girl who has been advised by her mother to have an abortion. Despite the objection of the child's father, Ethan Carpenter, and his promise to help ...
Style:
thought provoking, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, life, abortion, trial, social problems, legal action, court, courtroom drama, pregnant woman, unwanted pregnancy, family problems, judge ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Style:
gothic, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, talky ...
Plot:
religion versus science, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, religion, atheism, small town, courtroom, legal, teachers and students, school, against the odds ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
40%
685
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
JUMP is a psychological drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary circumstances behind the unjust murder trial of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who would later become the most sought after celebrity portrait photographer of his ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, contemplative, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, murder, injustice, dishonesty, state affairs, discrimination, false accusation, righting the wronged, power relations, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
austria, alps
Similarity:
40%
272K
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, emotional, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, hiv, lawyer, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, discrimination, gay interest, homosexual, lawsuit, medical ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
40%
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