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For Life (2020)
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For Life (2020)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: wrongful conviction, confined, lawyer, prison, prisoner, mind game, attorney, life sentence, justice, corruption, injustice, fighting the system, legal, jailed, danger, jail, legal system, confinement indoors, violence, brutality, false accusation, arrest, accusation, defense attorney, falsely accused ...
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, realistic and psychological films and TV series with plots about prison, justice, lawyer, legal, jail, false accusation and confined mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like For Life: When They See Us (2019), In Justice (2006), The Camp: A Prison Story (2006), Rise (2014), Escape at Dannemora (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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When They See Us (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style: suspense, captivating, detective, political, educational ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: investigation, legal, social injustice, black, criminal justice, black lives matter, black cast, racial injustice, black history, lgbtq, suspect, false accusation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york
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In Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot: attorney, lawyer, legal, wrongful conviction, evidence, false accusation, courtroom, witness, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, oakland california
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41%
The Camp: A Prison Story (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min.
TV show
Story: Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009)
Style: suspense, tense
Plot: jail, false accusation, prison gang, prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, jailed, prison warden, falsely accused, maximum security prison, prison sentence ...
Place: russia, moscow russia
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39%
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Rise (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The true story of a young man falsely accused of rape and sentenced to six years in a maximum security prison. He must rely on survival skills and an unlikely bond with an infamous inmate to prove his innocence and regain his freedom.
Style: tense, captivating, art house, crime drama
Plot: rise and fall, false accusation of rape, jail, prison, fighting the system, falsely accused, prison life, crime investigation, fight for justice, maximum security prison, rape accusation, false accusation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Jacqueline Sauvage: It Was Him or Me (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On Monday, September 10, 2012, Jacqueline Sauvage shot her husband the back three times. She then learned that their son had just committed suicide. And so the most publicized trial in recent years commenced.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: true crime, domestic violence, prison, justice, female prisoner, life is a bitch, family problems, mother daughter relationship, confined, jailed, family relations, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 440 min.
TV show
Story: The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became ...
Style: melancholic, captivating, atmospheric, anthology, historical drama ...
Plot: prison escape, prison life, prison, love triangle, true crime, deception, prisoner, love affair, twists and turns, travel, organized crime, jail ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Verdict (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Uruguay, Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: When a renowned criminal lawyer sees one of the people she loves most become a victim of the Brazilian penitentiary system, she must decide whether to cross the line that separates her between looking for justice or committing an unforgivable crime.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: courtroom drama, reformatory, criminal lawyer, prison, prison sentence, female lawyer, female protagonist, moral dilemma, injustice, guilty verdict, fight for justice, legal ...
Place: brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Guilty (2011)
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, legal, courtroom, false accusation, broken family, imprisonment, police brutality, injustice, judge, life turned upside down, courtroom drama ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: gang leader, black cast, mobster, gang war, gang, violence, danger, crime boss, organized crime, power struggle, showdown, criminal gang ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, 2010s
Place: harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Conviction (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team investigate cases where people may have been wrongly convicted.
Style: humorous, captivating, exciting, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lawyer, attorney, court, second chance, investigation, uncover truth, acquittal, justice, false accusation, guilty verdict, blackmail, law and order ...
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36%
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, black and white ...
Plot: prison, bird, redemption, life sentence, warden, alcatraz, prison escape, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation, obstacle ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: san francisco, bay area, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Something to Hide (2020)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Marriage, family, career, everything in Claude's life is a success. Mayor of his town, he is almost certain to become senator. For his beloved grandson Lucas, life is much less cheerful: his parents are divorcing and he's awkward and ill ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: accusation, violence, social problems, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, framed for a crime, relationship problems, family relations, grandson, rape, dysfunctional family, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Trial by Fire (2018)
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, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot: death penalty, court, trial, lawyer, arson, justice, fighting the system, death sentence, false accusation, freedom, legal, hopes ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.
Style: political, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: anarchism, anarchist, italian immigrant, death sentence, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, biopic, anarchy, immigrant, courtroom drama, social commentary ...
Time: year 1971, 1920s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Carandiru: The Series (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
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Story: A doctor volunteers to carry out AIDS prevention work at the largest prison in Latin America, Carandiru, in São Paulo. There he lives with reality behind the bars, which includes violence, overcrowding of cells and poor facilities. But despite all ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: volunteer, prisoner, prison, doctor, jailed, prison violence, jail, doctors and patients, confined, prison gang, prison life, life is a bitch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Chicago Justice (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, witty, disturbing ...
Plot: defense attorney, legal investigation, prosecutor, uncover truth, legal, coworker relationship, court, accusation, price of justice, district attorney, witness, lawyer ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Guilt by Association (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug dealer. Realising the danger this could bring to her family she tells him to leave. Suddenly her house ...
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: false accusation, drug dealing, injustice, wrongful conviction, prison, fighting the system, righting the wronged, protagonist as suspect, society, life is a bitch, hopes, dishonesty ...
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35%
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Brubaker (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Style: realistic, factual, suspense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: prison, corruption, prison warden, prison escape, abuse of power, undercover, brutality, fighting the system, abuse, justice, liberal, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place: louisiana, arkansas, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Cleveland Abduction (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, true crime, captivity, life is a bitch, violence, isolation, sexual abuse, woman in danger, rape, missing person, cruelty, abduction ...
Time: 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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35%
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Locked Up (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot: lesbian, women's prison, female prisoner, prison guard, prison, life is a bitch, women in prison, female homosexuality, corruption, jail, false accusation, brutality ...
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35%
Crown Heights (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Style: realistic, intense, suspense, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: prison, miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, friendship, false accusation, husband wife relationship, african american, injustice, lie, fighting the system, black, freedom ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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35%
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Conviction (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, trial, fighting the system, prison, injustice, false accusation, court, strong female character, freedom, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 1992, year 2001 ...
Place: massachusetts, rhode island, usa
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35%
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style: political, sentimental, inspirational, dramatic, factual ...
Plot: prison, terrorist, lawyer, father son relationship, courtroom, terrorism, trial, biopic, legal, justice, politics, courtroom drama ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, britain, nepal ...
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Brian Banks (2018)
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: inspirational, realistic, disturbing, factual, emotional ...
Plot: american football, wrongful conviction, black, prison, lawyer, fighting the system, black history, miscarriage of justice, friendship, courtroom, human spirit, freedom ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles
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34%
Midnight Express (1978)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspense, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: prison, torture, brutality, injustice, lawyer, escape, drug, court, escape attempt, trial, prison break, jail ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978, year 1972, year 1975 ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece
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34%
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Killing Time (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Killing Time is an Australian television drama series on TV1 subscription television channel which first screened in 2011. It is based on the true story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser. In New Zealand it screens on Prime Television. The ten part ...
Style: realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, serious
Plot: rise and fall, lawyers and clients, confined, disgraced, legal, prison, ambition, introspection, drug abuse, society, rivalry, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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34%
Reasonable Doubt (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: In this legal drama, you’ll judge Jax Stewart for her questionable ethics and wild interpretations of the law… until you’re the one in trouble. Then you’ll see her for what she is: the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, spiritual
Plot: black cast, legal, defense attorney, justice, female lawyer, family relations, husband wife relationship, relationship vs career, social climber, relationships, ambitious woman, female protagonist ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Dark Blood (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: revenge, confined, male protagonist, prisoner, jail, bandit, violence, murderer, violent, male nudity, father
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Law According to Lidia Poët (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. A profession, at the time, reserved exclusively for men. Nevertheless, ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot: female lawyer, legal battle, legal, courtroom, lawyer, female protagonist, true crime, advocate, attorney, murder investigation, investigation, legal system ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: prison escape, jail, jail cell, prison, running from police, escape, escape from custody, escape attempt, escape plan, prisoner, prison life, escaped prisoner ...
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34%
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