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My First Client (2019)
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My First Client (2019)
Original name: 어린 의뢰인
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A success-hungry lawyer meets a young sister and brother suffering from domestic abuse and digs into their case.
Style: serious, suspense, realistic, disturbing
Plot: lawyer, murder, police investigation, violence, death, life is a bitch, death of child, redemption, child murder, child, psychology, killer child, girl, misery, child murders a child, family
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing and suspenseful films with plots about murder, life is a bitch, society, deadly, true crime, investigation and police investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like My First Client: New Trial (2017), Grahan (2001), Satanás - Profile of a Killer (2007), The Negro (2002), Circle of Deception (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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New Trial (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A taxi driver is found dead, and Hyun-woo, the only witness, charged with a murder and serves 10 years in prison. While offering pro bono services, a lawyer Junyoung meets Hyun-woo, and they begin their journey to prove his innocence.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: lawyer, trial, friendship, crime investigation, false accusation, society, justice, teamwork, legal action, law and order, prosecutor, courtroom drama ...
Place: korea
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Grahan (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The widowed Chief Minister Jagdish Acharya lives an opulent lifestyle along with his daughter, Sunita and son, Sanjay. One day he gets a phone call from the Police Commissioner informing him that a woman has filed a FIR of rape against Sanjay
Style: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, serious
Plot: rape, trial, courtroom drama, redemption, injustice, justice, lawyer, abuse of power, court, death, rape victim
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77%
Satanás - Profile of a Killer (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the Mario Mendoza's book and inspired by true events, tells three interconnected stories happening in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: dishonesty, clergy, hopes, weakness, looking for love, life is a bitch, femme fatale, woman peeing, true crime, parallel story, redemption, killer ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: colombia
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62%
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the ...
Style: tense, contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: legal investigation, unlikely criminals, murder, college, courtroom drama, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, legal action, prison, partner, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Negro (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A black teenager vandalizes a racist lawn ornament.
Style: serious, tense, sincere, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: racism, interracial relations, uncover truth, police investigation, murder, vandalism, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, violence, blaxploitation, discrimination ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Circle of Deception (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional
Plot: murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder, uncover truth, investigation, partners against crime, partner, violence, murderer, police officer, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Common (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless 17 year old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent ...
Style: tense, thought provoking, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, parents and children, injustice, family relations, false accusation, law, murder mystery, lawyer, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Deathmaker (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, investigation, society, courtroom drama, mental institution, confined, cannibalism, gay, killer, dismemberment ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: prison, violence, justice, adaptation, brutality, hopes, human spirit, death row, redemption, life is a bitch, journalism, murder ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Untouched (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal investigation, life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, murder, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Valan: Valley of Angels (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Peter returns to his Transilvanian hometown, Valan, where a dead body was found in the snow-capped mountains. The investigation about his 22 years missing sister leads him to the maze of grave sins of present and the past, where he has to fight not ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: clue, partners against crime, heroes, society, rivalry, name calling, youth, missing person, death, investigation, violence, evidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hungary
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Unbowed (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of Kim Kyung-ho, a math professor who was arrested for shooting a crossbow at the presiding judge of his appeal against unfair dismissal.
Style: rough, thought provoking, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: legal, mathematics, legal investigation, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, courtroom drama, legal action, injustice, society, courtroom, law, archer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Ungodly Acts (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Story: Inspired by actual events. When Melissa Cooper's body is found hanging from a swing set, the 27-year-old's death is initially ruled a suicide. But two weeks later a young man, Adam, comes forward claiming he murdered Melissa on the orders ...
Style: serious, suspense, disturbing, realistic, queer cinema
Plot: religious cult, murder, cult leader, commune, interrogation, student, church, suicide, investigation, manipulation, marriage, hanging ...
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48%
Shoot on Sight (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, disturbing, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, religions or cults, culture clash, husband wife relationship, investigation, politics, murder, death, gang, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Small Crimes (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder - returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: prison, danger, disorder, life is a bitch, bondage, murder, violence, fighting crime, dying, war, redemption, disgraced ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, thought provoking ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: true crime, serial killer, violent, kidnapping, murder, child kidnapping, missing child, folk hero, death in the family, media, dealing with death, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s
Place: new jersey, usa, new york
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44%
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SK1 (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
Plot: police investigation, murder, law enforcement, serial killer, murder suspect, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder trial, danger, true crime, courtroom ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1995 ...
Place: france, paris france
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Unfair: the answer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: murder, who done it, investigation, youth, family relations, name calling, mysterious man, violence, uncover truth, suspicion, escapades, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Tracks (2005)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Peter, a frustrated suburban teenager, prefers to hang out by the railroad tracks with his friends and get rid of boredom. When the young men throw the switch one day just for fun, a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions occurs. A train derails ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, suspense, bleak
Plot: train, prison, juvenile delinquency, going straight, redemption, confined, teenage life, youth, false accusation, prison life, human spirit, hopes ...
Place: usa, new jersey
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39%
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Nattbuss 807 (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, rough, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: skinhead, nordic, european, immigrant, racism, murder, law enforcement, investigation, society, urban, city life, job ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, stockholm sweden
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39%
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Siege (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, realistic
Plot: murder investigation, murder, police officer killed, police investigation, buddy cop, suspicion, who done it, victim, evidence, uncover truth, vengeance, law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
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37%
Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, husband wife relationship, psychopath, investigation, rivalry, death, true crime, mother in law, strip club ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Crime of the Century (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindberg was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, serial killer, trial, kidnapping, confined, babies and infants, rebellion, life is a bitch, dishonesty, rivalry, uncover truth ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Boys (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day ...
Style: disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, tense, realistic ...
Plot: prison, murder, dysfunctional family, psychopath, redemption, drinking, violence, caper, exodus, australian aboriginal, prison sex, family relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia, oceania
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35%
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: true crime, murder, child murder, police investigation, who done it, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, small town, parents and children, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: journalism, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, media, minister, female nudity, politics, violence, society, dishonesty, journalist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story: This drama tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies who was initially questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Jo Yeates who rented a flat from him. He was vilified by the press, partly on account of his ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, tense, costume drama ...
Plot: protagonist as suspect, murder suspect, media coverage, landlord, false accusation, police, murder, life is a bitch, dishonesty, lawyer, true crime, branding iron ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Open Doors (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, disturbing, suspense, political ...
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer, murder, life is a bitch, injustice, courtroom, judge, lawyer, troubled, politics, italian fascism ...
Time: year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 1930s, year 1937
Place: italy, palermo italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Circle of Atonement (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A policeman discovers a love affair between his teenage daughter and her teacher which leads him back to an unsolved murder case he investigated 10 years ago.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, touching, suspense ...
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, love and romance, partner, suspicion, couples, clue, mysterious man, chase, love, buddy cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Style: disturbing, bleak, contemplative, social, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, murder, prison, execution, death, dialogue, politics, fighting the system, legal, death row, unrequited love, trial ...
Time: year 1988, 80s, year 1987
Place: poland, eastern europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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