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I Want to Live (1983)
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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:
rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
prison, courtroom drama, death penalty, heist, murder, addiction, life is a bitch, fugitives, prison life, injustice, fighting the system, legal, society, false accusation, confined, drug abuse, death row, dishonesty, biopic, lawyer, poker, women's prison, pregnancy, court, female friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
mexico
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Most similar movies to I Want to Live
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and disturbing films with plots about life is a bitch, legal, society, injustice, courtroom drama, fighting the system and prison mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like I Want to Live: The Wronged Man (2010), Trial by Fire (2018), The Executioner's Song (1982), The Exonerated (2005), Evil Angels (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the ...
Style:
non fiction, serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
abusive husband, domestic violence, woman in danger, marital abuse, abusive relationship, feminism, strong female presence, society, legal action, fighting the system, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen her share of battles. But nothing could prepare her for the fight ahead: an intensely personal ...
Style:
cult classic, contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian mother, closeted homosexual, lesbian couple, lgbtq, sapphic, military, gender, biopic, gay soldier, homosexuality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
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: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In this fact-based film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
death row, murder, death sentence, prison, courtroom drama, price of justice, confined, going straight, journalism, legal, true crime, biopic ...
Time:
year 1976
Place:
utah, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mockumentary
Plot:
rebellion, death row, false accusation, racism, injustice, courtroom drama, society, hopes, life is a bitch, confined, legal, prison life ...
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
prison, confined, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, legal, legal action, prison life, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
27%
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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:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.
Style:
disturbing, serious, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, courtroom drama, mental institution, mental health, fighting the system, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, price of justice, hospital, prodigy ...
Time:
year 1989, 50s, year 1957, year 1952, year 1955 ...
Place:
florida, usa, oklahoma, miami, korea
Similarity:
27%
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:
contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, prison, legal, lawyer, criminal justice, supreme court, law, bureaucracy, social change, false accusation, oldtimer ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
27%
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:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking, political
Plot:
prison, racism, solitary, prison life, against the rules, fighting the system, confined, militant, price of justice, injustice, rebelliousness, society ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
courtroom drama, rebellion, hotshot lawyer, aborigine, racism, illiteracy, injustice, legal investigation, fighting the system, social differences, price of justice, false accusation ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Style:
contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, union, election, killing spree, campaign, murder, labor union, miner, workplace situations, politics, state affairs, media ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west virginia, usa
Similarity:
24%
336
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, legal action, law enforcement, forgiveness, compassion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, confined, danger, politics, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, false accusation, courtroom, social misfits, fighting the system, confined, rebellion, legal, life is a bitch, injustice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1994, year 1998
Place:
france, europe, french riviera, cannes
Similarity:
24%
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:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
politics, biopic, environmental, union, liberation theology, international relations, social change, president, political corruption, farm, price of justice, rich and poor ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An innocent man framed for murder, and the system that just wants another minority conviction.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, racism, injustice, protagonist as suspect, going straight, redemption, fighting the system, frame up, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, texas, usa
Similarity:
22%
453
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice, he finds himself locked up for 25 years. His cellmate Jake is a congenial yet remorseless lifer who casually informs ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic
Plot:
homosexual rape, gay, power relations, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, prison life, going straight, confined, fighting the system, murder, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
Style:
political, independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
biopic, political corruption, women, girl, corruption, politics, violent content, profanity, power relations, blind ambition, workplace, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee
Similarity:
21%
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:
thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
courtroom, supreme court, boxing, injustice, righting the wronged, ambition, legal action, against the odds, political unrest, justice, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1971
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter, is arrested for killing the British official responsible for the death of his mentor Lala Lajpatrai. He is ultimately hanged for his misdeed.
Style:
disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
prison, prison life, vengeance, politics, life sentence, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, police brutality, trial, police officer killed, torture ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1931, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
21%
107K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style:
touching, inspirational, factual, thought provoking, sociological ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, prison life, racism, courtroom, legal, injustice, death penalty, african american, discrimination, justice, lawyer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1940s ...
Place:
new jersey, africa, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, police corruption, amateur detective, murder, legal investigation, media, fighting the system, uncover truth, wrongful conviction, police brutality, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
racism, civil rights, racial violence, american history, rebel, revolutionary, black, church, life is a bitch, military, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
america
Similarity:
21%
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, disturbing, captivating, factual
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, immigration, courtroom drama, court case, prejudice, trial, justice, female friendship, evidence, courage, court, destiny ...
Similarity:
20%
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