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For Life (2020)
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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:
confined, wrongful conviction, prison, lawyer, mind game, life sentence, scheme, prisoner, 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:
2020s, 21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to For Life
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, psychological and suspense films and TV series with plots about prison, false accusation, legal, justice, lawyer, injustice and confined mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like For Life: When They See Us (2019), Black Bird (2022), Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024), In Justice (2006), The Camp: A Prison Story (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 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, epic, twisted ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
legal, criminal justice, social injustice, black, black cast, social issues, black lives matter, racial injustice, black history, suspect, false accusation, falsely accused ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
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Story:
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
criminal, prison, serial killer, male nudity, organized crime, investigation, murder, informant, crime investigation, deal, plea bargain, murder investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
missouri, illinois, indiana
Similarity:
100%
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:
captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
escape plan, maximum security prison, jail, escape, escaped prisoner, prison, jailed, escape from custody, prisoner, running from police, escape attempt, prison life ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
Style:
thrilling, captivating
Plot:
post office, injustice, miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, british, software, problem, judge, legal action, courtroom drama, judiciary, court ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 2010s, year 2009
Place:
britain, wales, england
Similarity:
100%
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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:
lawyer, attorney, wrongful conviction, false accusation, courtroom, witness, evidence, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, oakland california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min.
TV show
Story:
Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009)
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
jail, false accusation, prison gang, prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, jailed, corruption, wrongful imprisonment, prison warden, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 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, suspense, disturbing, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
women's prison, prison guard, lesbian, women in prison, female prisoner, corruption, prison, female homosexuality, lgbtq, dishonesty, jail, brutality ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
36%
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:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
true crime, domestic violence, prison, justice, female prisoner, life is a bitch, family problems, social problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, troubled marriage, jailed ...
Similarity:
36%
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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, crime drama, art house
Plot:
false accusation of rape, rise and fall, prison, maximum security prison, jail, jailed, false accusation, prisoner, accusation, social injustice, falsely accused, framed for a crime ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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, non fiction, historical drama ...
Plot:
prison escape, prison, prison life, true crime, love triangle, prisoner, deception, twists and turns, love affair, sex scene, jail, prison break ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
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:
violence, gang, black cast, mobster, danger, organized crime, showdown, power struggle, criminal gang, rivalry, criminal, murder ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 60s
Place:
harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
Similarity:
50%
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
Oskyldigt dömd is a Swedish drama television series from 2008. The first season was recorded in twelve episodes during February 2008 to be aired later during the fall. It premiered on the Finnish TV channel FST5 on September 24, 2008 and later the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom, university, wrongful conviction, legal investigation, courtroom drama, civil rights, society, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, injustice, legal, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
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:
black and white, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
prison, bird, warden, life sentence, alcatraz, redemption, medical, pet bird, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, kansas, usa
Similarity:
35%
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:
exciting, humorous, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lawyer, attorney, court, second chance, investigation, uncover truth, false accusation, justice, public defender, guilty verdict, law and order, protector ...
Similarity:
35%
379
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:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
courtroom drama, criminal lawyer, prison, reformatory, prison sentence, legal, female lawyer, moral dilemma, attorney, guilty verdict, fight for justice, accusation ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, escape, jailed, jail, prison life, prison escape, injustice, prison break, social problems, falsely accused, prison sentence, jail cell ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
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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:
italian immigrant, anarchism, anarchist, death sentence, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, anarchy, biopic, immigrant, courtroom drama, working class ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
34%
4K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Annie “Rebel” Bello is a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, female lawyer, working class, social justice, female protagonist, attorney, law and order, lawyer client relationship, underdog, fighting the system, resilience ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
34%
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, witty, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
defense attorney, legal investigation, attorney, prosecutor, uncover truth, police investigation, legal, coworker relationship, accusation, price of justice, court, district attorney ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, illinois
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
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:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, terrorism, politics, trial, biopic, male nudity, justice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, nepal, britain ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Kamiwatari Kotone is a geisha in Kyoto. While she is sleeping after a night of drinking, her fellow geisha is killed. Kotone Kamiwatari is falsely accused of her murder and is sent to prison. There, she is bullied by other prisoners, but Kotone ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic, suspense ...
Plot:
geisha, women in prison, prison, false accusation, confined, women's prison, jail, prison life, women, framed for murder, prison sentence, jailed ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
TV show
Story:
Unfairly arrested for investigating a conspiracy, she will need to prove her innocence and save her life.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, courtroom, conspiracy, wrongful conviction, corruption, fighting crime, crime investigation, district attorney, pursuit, criminal, violence, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
34%
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, disturbing, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, grandson, family problems, life is a bitch, framed for a crime, social problems, rape, family relations, sexual abuse, relationship problems, accusation, violence ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
Similarity:
34%
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, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, true crime, captivity, isolation, violence, missing person, woman in danger, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, abuse, cruelty, rape ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. His conviction later was overturned, but the brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, corruption, investigation, true crime, wrongful conviction, crime investigation, marital problem, murderer, uncover truth, manipulation ...
Time:
2020s, year 2011
Place:
missouri
Similarity:
34%
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:
intense, realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, prison, prison life, false accusation, friendship, sex scene, african american, husband wife relationship, lie, injustice, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
34%
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:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
false accusation, wrongful conviction, drug dealing, injustice, prison, righting the wronged, life is a bitch, society, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, legal, hopes ...
Similarity:
34%
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, confined, lawyers and clients, legal, prison, ambition, disgraced, introspection, drug abuse, rivalry, society, cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
33%
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