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Mommy I Didn't Do It (2017)
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Mommy I Didn't Do It (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After finishing law school, Ellen Plainview is looking forward to spending some much needed time with her seventeen-year-old daughter, Julie. But when Julie is charged with the murder of a teacher she was rumored to be having an affair with, Ellen stops at nothing to clear her daughter's name, even when all the evidence seems to point to Julie’s guilt.
Style: tense, enigmatic, serious, suspense, mysterious
Plot: murder, teacher, single mother, arrest, defense attorney, arrested, lawyer, mother daughter relationship, mother and daughter, uncover truth, legal action, forensics, female lawyer, legal investigation, evidence, accusation, framed for a crime, hotshot lawyer, life risking, trial, love, court, lifetime

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, tense, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about murder, lawyer, uncover truth, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama and legal investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Mommy I Didn't Do It: The Wrong Woman (2013), McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005), Untouched (2017), Breaking the Silence (2018), Crime of the Century (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Wrong Woman (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: legal action, murder, law enforcement, love affair, couple relations, couples, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, stopped by police ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: McBride's case involves two larger than life radio stars who host the highly successful morning show "Ron and Bob." But when Ron is murdered and all the evidence points to Bob, McBride and Phil begin investigating and what they turn ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, serious
Plot: lawyer, murder, radio station, frame up, district attorney, partner, uncover truth, murder investigation, twists and turns, puzzle, courtroom drama, legal investigation ...
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67%
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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 ⇓
65%
Breaking the Silence (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sophie Humbert - a famous criminal attorney who heads a prestigious law firm that does a good deal of work for the Police Commission - decides to take over the pro bono defense of Gabriel Etchegaray, a petty criminal who's just confessed to ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: lawyer, court case, legal, defense attorney, hotshot lawyer, society, legal system, murder suspect, female protagonist, affair, manipulation, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Tracy, an aspiring singer breaks up with her longtime boyfriend Joe on the set of a popular talk show, everyone assumes it's nothing more than tv tabloid hijinks. But when the talk show host turns up dead, all evidence points to Joe. ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, tense, detective
Plot: murder mystery, lawyer, murder, district attorney, crime scene, fictional reality show, uncover truth, legal investigation, partner, twists and turns, legal, puzzle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride ...
Style: serious, suspense, realistic, psychological, tense
Plot: nurse, courtroom drama, investigation, legal investigation, riddles and clues, uncover truth, employee employee relationship, murder mystery, murder, police detective, crime scene, partner ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 ⇓
47%
The Girl with a Bracelet (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, social
Plot: teenage girl, trial, murder, teenager, lawyer, parent child relationship, murder trial, murderer, coming of age, judge, courtroom, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Shark (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: trial, lawyer, murder, legal, hotshot lawyer, team, prosecutor, law enforcement, false accusation, evidence, uncover truth, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Heart Blackened (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Tae-san is a man who truly has everything: money, fame, power and two women he loves: his only daughter, Mira, and his fiancée, Yuna, a chart-topping popstar. He wants them to get along, but Mira doesn’t treat kindly her stepmother-to-be.
Style: captivating, twisted
Plot: murder, father daughter relationship, lawyer, investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, murder mystery, family relations, legal action, relationships, rich, private investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 ⇓
43%
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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 ⇓
43%
 7.1
 3K
The Verdict (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc will do everything in his power to stop it from happening... He is going to take justice into his own hands and will then compete with the constitutional state which let him ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: justice, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, injustice, legal action, legal, lawyers and clients, life is a bitch, lawyer, cruelty, murder ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Innocent (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, father son relationship, uncover truth, law, couple relations, judge, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Style: detective, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, amateur detective, intelligence agency, lawyer, advocate, law, courtroom drama, false accusation, who done it, legal, private detective ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.8
 17K
12 Angry Men (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. The film is adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1957 ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, talky, clever ...
Plot: courtroom drama, jury, legal action, argument, trial, murder, court, courtroom, lawyer, uncover truth, legal, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
My Husband, My Killer (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the true story of an Australian woman that was murdered in bed next to her husband.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: uncover truth, bandit, murder investigation, murderer, criminal, gang, forensics, investigation, detective inspector, crime investigation, sleuth, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
In Defense of a Married Man (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes charge of his defense, but can she place his betrayal behind ...
Style: crime drama, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious
Plot: lawyer, law, love, framed for murder, infidelity, murder, adultery, murder investigation, murder suspect, murder trial, accused of murder, murder case ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 5.5
 595
Jurm (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Avinash Malhotra (Bobby Deol) is married to Sanjana (Lara Dutta). One night Sanjana is murdered, and Avinash is arrested for the murder of his wife.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, tense, suspense thriller
Plot: suspicion, false accusation, trial, arrest, lawyer, uncover truth, murder of wife, adultery, husband wife relationship, fugitive, revenge, wrongful imprisonment ...
Place: malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.3
 264
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, woman in danger, police detective, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, legal, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.8
 2K
Conviction (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, suspense, realistic
Plot: legal investigation, justice, lawyer, murder trial, trial, courtroom, doubt, car accident, missing person, fight for justice, suspicion of murder, wiretap ...
Time: 2000s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style: clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal, twists and turns, trial, murder, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, mind game, jury ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, peru, beverly hills ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 144
The Jury (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, murder mystery, nypd, trial ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story: The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt for Justice tells the story of Mari Gilbert’s search for the truth behind what happened to her daughter Shannan, a sometime escort who disappeared after a ‘date’ on Long Island. After Shannan ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial murder, missing child, mysterious disappearance, missing person, evidence, serial killer, who done it, murder mystery, unsolved crime, murder investigation, chase, society ...
Place: usa, long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Three Blind Mice (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Secrets of a Marine's Wife (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Friends, family and local law enforcement investigate the mysterious disappearance of Erin Corwin, a young pregnant woman married to U.S. Marine Jon Corwin.
Style: serious, psychological, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, cheating wife, missing woman, strangulation, pregnancy, extramarital affair, marriage proposal, murder investigation, revenge, murderer, murder, investigator ...
Time: year 2014
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author. Based on the book of the same name, by Joël Dicker.
Style: captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, murder investigation, writers, young girl, seaside town, uncover truth, evidence, crime investigation, framed for murder, investigation, crime solving, murder mystery ...
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: murder, courtroom, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, false accusation, frame up, legal action, courtroom drama, legal, rivalry, army investigation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Reversible Errors (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story: A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style: serious, psychological, bleak, tense, realistic ...
Plot: legal, false accusation, investigation, frame up, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, lovers reunited, dedicated lawyer, police detective, law enforcement, fighting the system ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
A Meeting of the Minds (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young corporate lawyer becomes fast friends with a maintenance man who works in his building after the maintenance man comes to him for help with a seemingly innocuous criminal matter. The lawyer's life then spirals out of control when he ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspense, tense, independent film
Plot: lawyer, love interest, father daughter relationship, federal bureau of investigation, convict, customer, guilt, evidence, innocence, law firm, car, fbi ...
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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