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Roe v. Wade (2019)
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Roe v. Wade (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Style: psychological, tense, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, patriotic, independent film, political drama
Plot: abortion, court, conspiracy, lawsuit, legal action, society, court case, women's rights, conflict, social problems, family problems, human rights, social relations, showdown, civil rights, courtroom drama, class conflict, feminism, legal, patriot, conservative, chess, lawyer, pregnancy, priest ...
Time: 70s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, serious, realistic and thought provoking films with plots about court, legal, society, courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Roe v. Wade: Ask for Jane (2018), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Inherit the Wind (1988), Herstory (2018), This Town (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ask for Jane (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
Style: thrilling, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: abortion, illegal abortion, abortion rights, pregnancy, male female relationship, female protagonist, social issues, social problems, women, feminist, feminism, unwanted pregnancy ...
Place: chicago
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95%
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style: inspirational, talky, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Inherit the Wind (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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: contemplative, talky, thought provoking, captivating, serious ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, religion, lawyer, evolution, legal, bigotry, religions or cults, social relations, small town, small town life, rebellion ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.7
 268
Herstory (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: war crime, courtroom, legal action, life is a bitch, rape victim, court, social problems, society, lawsuit, legal investigation, female victim, hunting ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 6.0
 43
This Town (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This Town is in part a social commentary, giving us some scary insight into todays youth but also reflecting the points of view of different generations. At heart, the movie asks the viewer to decide if these characters are right or wrong in their ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: womanizer, social problems, multiple storylines, family problems, society, small town, social relations, friends, family relations, city life, lifestyle, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.3
 605
8 (2012)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "8"—a new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar)—demystifies the debate around marriage equality by chronicling the landmark trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger. A one time show was done live on ...
Style: cult classic, powerful, factual, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, marriage, gay slur, judge, equality, talking about love, lgbtq, civil rights, stage play, lesbian couple, gay interest ...
Place: california
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54%
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Radium Girls (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Style: thought provoking, social, captivating, disturbing, costume drama ...
Plot: radiation poisoning, factory worker, factory, american history, social injustice, disgruntled worker, labor union, workplace problem, labor movement, coworker, worker, workplace ...
Time: 1920s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
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, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, prison, legal, supreme court, lawyer, criminal justice, law, social change, bureaucracy, false accusation, oldtimer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Separate But Equal (1991)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story: A dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation. One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal. In telling the detailed story of the ...
Style: historical drama, contemplative, captivating, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot: legal, civil rights, courtroom drama, racism, supreme court, african american, lawyer, court, courtroom, law, equality, american politics ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: washington d.c., america, usa, south carolina, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 7.0
 61
On the Farm (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on a true story, a powerful study of the dysfunction and disorder in the police and criminal justice systems that allowed a wily psychopath to murder nearly 50 marginalised women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, social problems, slave trade, society, sex slavery, secret, sex slave, social relations, sex worker, uncover truth, disappearance, mysterious disappearance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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A Civil Action (1998)
Genre: 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, suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, court, legal, lawsuit, courtroom, trial, law firm, environmental, justice, business, law ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: boston, massachusetts, new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.5
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Call Jane (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Style: historical drama, independent film
Plot: abortion, illegal abortion, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, propaganda, housewife, woman, abortion rights, feminist, doctor, female protagonist, baking cookies ...
Time: 60s
Place: chicago
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48%
 7.3
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North Country (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style: dramatic, emotional, sincere, factual, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, small town, feminism, sexual harassment, lawsuit, rape, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Conspirator (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Style: political, period piece, factual, suspense, emotional ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, civil war, president, assassination, legal, historical character, politics, conspiracy, american civil war, courtroom, trial ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, ancient times, 1860s, year 1865
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
45%
 7.6
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Dark Waters (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Style: serious, realistic, factual, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, contamination, lawsuit, corruption, environmental, fighting the system, legal investigation, corporate crime, price of justice, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2019, 2000s, 70s ...
Place: cincinnati ohio, ohio, columbus ohio, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Some Mother's Son (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the ...
Style: political, bleak, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: prison, lawyer, prison violence, terrorist, working class, women, betrayal, politics, ira, british, struggle, trouble ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.8
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The Crucible (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style: talky, suspense, disturbing, rough, dramatic ...
Plot: witch, witch hunt, salem witch trial, courtroom drama, witchcraft, colonial america, legal, politics, vengeance, curse, court, manipulation ...
Time: 17th century, 90s
Place: massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Judge of Song Dynasty (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Stories of a judge who lives in the Song Dynasty of China and familiar with forensic pathology.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: judge, qing dynasty, price of justice, family problems, society, social problems, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, lawman, life, court, legal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
A Matter of Sex (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Drama - Jean Stapleton, Nancy Beatty, J. Winston Carroll
Style: uplifting, thought provoking, sincere, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: labor union, strike, business, bank, discrimination, misogyny, women's rights, banking, injustice, power relations, price of justice, working class ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, year 1978, year 1976, year 1977
Place: minnesota, midwest
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42%
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Confirmation (2016)
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, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, supreme court, court, black history, black, sexual harassment, congressional hearing, secret past, investigation, legal investigation, court hearing, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In December, 1986, 3 black men ran into car trouble in Howard Beach, a middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Unable to start their car, they sought refuge in a nearby restaurant. What happened later that night shocked the entire city.
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot: photograph, photography, racism, courtroom, society, legal, courtroom drama, social decay, working class, murder, justice, african american ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york
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41%
Coming Through the Rye (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, road movie
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, boarding school, boy, adolescence vs adulthood, social problems, self discovery, grownups, meaning of life, travel, teenage life, university, writers ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Deiva Thirumagal (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his opponent lawyer the value of love and family.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: handicapped, courtroom drama, father daughter relationship, mental illness, lawyer, mental retardation, child custody, disability, court, family relations, social problems, physical disability ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Inherit the Wind (1999)
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, captivating, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot: religion versus science, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, religion, courtroom, legal, small town, injustice, religions or cults, power relations, rebelliousness ...
Time: 1920s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Juror 8 (2019)
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: captivating, disturbing
Plot: jury, legal investigation, court, court case, courtroom, law and order, legal action, lawman, legislation, society, legal, judge ...
Time: 2000s
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
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, suspenseful, emotional, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, uncover truth, fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, society, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.3
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Family Sins (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequently molested and abused by her husband and children ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: courtroom drama, unlikely criminals, legal action, family problems, dishonesty, legal, under the surface, love, parents and children, eccentric family, kidnapping, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.4
 3K
Percy (2020)
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, disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, political ...
Plot: lawsuit, farmer, folk hero, legal action, corporate corruption, fighting the system, corporate crime, fight for justice, farm, society, court, corporation ...
Time: year 1998
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
A Private Matter (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: abortion, courtroom drama, abortion rights, family relations, pregnancy, scandal, husband wife relationship, injustice, society, couple relations, human spirit, doctors and patients ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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