Movies and TV shows like Accused
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Accused (2023)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from the defendant’s point of view, each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial.
Style:
anthology, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing, suspense, twist ending, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom, suspect, trial, violence, hostage, hostage situation, court, school shooting, surgeon, anger, neurosurgeon, threat, violent, moral ambiguity, investigation, ordinary person, guilt, judgment, character study, ethics, apocalypse, interrogation, urban, evidence, regret ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense and dark films and TV series with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, urban, courtroom, slow burn, corruption and revenge mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Accused: Presumed Innocent (2024), The Night Of (2016), Lawyer Sodom (2023), Original Sin (2018), The Twelve (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark, noir
Plot:
courtroom, male protagonist, courtroom drama, prosecutor, infidelity, trial, murder mystery, suspicion, evidence, family crisis, family drama, secrets ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Style:
suspense, clever, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, murder investigation, murder mystery, jail, lawyer, justice, drug, investigation, brutality, relationships, love story ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
A legal suspense drama featuring the unconventional lawyer Odagiri Wataru, who specializes in defending fraud victims. The story revolves around Wataru's choice to defend fraudsters for a specific reason, as he strives to win cases against the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, hardboiled detective, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fraud, legal, law, courtroom, injustice, female lawyer, attorney, lawyer, defense attorney, fight for justice, fight, courtroom drama ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
While growing up, Chi Zhen (Ronald Zhai) learns all the necessary skills and tricks to survive in a harsh world. He becomes an unscrupulous lawyer, but is caught by the police for a crime and sent to jail. Lu Li (Andrew Yin), on the other hand, is ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, police officer, investigation, moral ambiguity, police procedural, police, advocate, attorney, brutality, good versus evil, family problems, violent man ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Twelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a murder case as traumatizing as it is controversial: the respected headmistress Fri Palmers stands accused of two murders, one of whom is her own child. Gradually, as the trial gains momentum, it ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, jury, courtroom, trial, court, legal action, courtroom drama, murder trial, judge, court case, murderer, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
As a frontline police officer, Li Chengyang faced oppression from all sides, framed by evil forces, and even his boss, the chief of public security, in order to prevent him from investigating. He was framed and imprisoned. Under the command and ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, social injustice, police department, political corruption, prosecution, police investigation, organized crime, police procedural, police officer, accused of murder, murder suspect ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
When it comes to murder, no detective starts their search at the beginning of the crime. Rather, a murder investigation always begins with the body, after the deed is done. It is up to the police to piece together the story, moving backwards in time ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, uncover truth, police investigation, true crime, law enforcement, whodunit, ambiguity, forensic, flashback, evidence, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Budding metropolitan investigator Oleg Khlebnikov kills a criminal during detention. Oleg is sure that the villains should be punished not only by the court. The deceased turns out to be a media person, and in order to hush up the scandal, his death ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, investigator, female nudity, province, killing spree, murder investigation, crime spree, serial killer, serial murder, crime investigation, murder, cover up ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
What made Anu Chandra stab her perfect husband? The evidence and confession are clear, but what's the truth?
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, crime thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, murder, female protagonist, trial, investigation, court case, youth, legal system, manipulation, death, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
30%
44
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Klim Roshchin is a policeman who started out as an ethologist before the police, studied the life of wolves, and lived in a pack. He uses his animal instinct to catch criminals. A unique policeman who does not use weapons. His arsenal includes ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, detective, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, character study, police procedural, lone hero, fighting crime, law enforcement, police, police officer, heroes, visceral, chase, interrogation ...
Similarity:
29%
144
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
After his son runs over the member of a family from the mafia, an honest and reputed judge does everything in his power to protect him, putting his own professional and moral convictions to the test.
Style:
psychological, exciting, thrilling, serious, dramatic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, mafia, justice, organized crime, ethics, moral dilemma, legal action, life is a bitch, problem, court, father and son, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
A therapist begins to suspect his clients after the murder of his wife.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, serious ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, mental health, suspicion, murder investigation, murderer, psychopath, violence, evidence, death of wife, uncover truth ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a man is involved in a car wreck that kills his former lover, his life is derailed and his mind is splintered with guilt and the subsequent uncertainty about what exactly happened.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
memory loss, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, uncover truth, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, tragedy, car crash, guilt, fatal accident, trauma, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Jonas has started a new life and lives in Scandinavia's least criminal town. But the facade falls when Jonas realizes that other inhabitants are former criminals with dark secrets. They will do anything it takes to protect their new lives.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
secrets, criminal, small town, secret past, new life, new job, dishonesty, secret, murderer, undercover, isolated community, family drama ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
When a transgender teen goes missing, Annie Ryder—a cop at odds with her hometown—dives in to unravel the disappearance that suggests foul play, despite finding herself in a difficult position as she must cast suspicion on people she has known ...
Style:
mysterious, tense, suspense, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
missing person, small town, criminal psychology, female detective, investigation, female protagonist, police detective, danger, psychopath, death, suspicion, identity ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing her teenage niece.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, tension, intense ...
Plot:
jury, murder trial, courtroom, murder investigation, murder, legal action, court, accused of murder, framed for murder, legal investigation, criminal, guilty verdict ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
A young girl is found killed at a camping resort and criminal psychologist Maja Angell believes that the police have arrested the wrong man....
Style:
serious, crime thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, criminal psychologist, investigation, police officer, police, woman killed, murderer, mystery killer, murder investigation, crime investigation, criminal psychology, danger ...
Similarity:
26%
374
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Story:
Japan has a conviction rate of 99.9% for criminal cases that go to trial. A lawyer (Hiroki Hasegawa) is able to defeat those odds and obtain an acquittal for his client, even though there's conclusive evidence that says otherwise. Sometimes, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, court, criminal trial, law firm, law, prosecutor, anti hero, advocate, moral ambiguity, judgment ...
Similarity:
26%
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156
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, fbi, nypd, police detective, police, justice, criminal, law enforcement, legal, police procedural, murder investigation, investigation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaalat is an Indian television courtroom drama series which revolves around 'Advocate K.D Pathak', a defense lawyer with an impeccable track record of winning cases and setting an hapless innocent victim free, but not at the cost of ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, investigation, justice, defense attorney, legal action, judge, courtroom drama, court, advocate, trial, evidence ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An incorruptible judge has spent his career fighting organized crime. However, the tables are turned when his son is guilty of a hit-and-run case.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Plot:
judge, father son relationship, justice, moral ambiguity, hit and run, ethical dilemma, family drama, protection, family relations, family problems, fighting crime, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Han Yi Han was an elite surgeon. He graduated at the top of the best medical school in South Korea and he specialized in two departments: general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. One surgery changed his life. Han Yi Han believe he did well on ...
Style:
tense, suspense, medical drama, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
medical, medical malpractice, surgeon, attorney, lawyer, prosecutor, corruption, ethical dilemma, courtroom, justice, hospital, lifestyle change ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A drama that explores the criminal justice system from an extremely popular perspective through the fierce story of two men surrounding the murder of a woman. Hyun Soo, an ordinary college student, suddenly becomes the primary suspect in a murder ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, forensics, criminal, murder mystery, felony, murder investigation, murderer, crime investigation, court case, character study, defense attorney ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
A group of holidaymakers are caught up in a gun attack on the hotel where they are staying
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
problem, family problems, shooting, threat, fear, hotel, violent, hostage situation, panic, survival, chaos, hostility ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore the psychological underpinnings of love and murder in a small mountain resort town while following popular children’s book author and illustrator Olivia Lake, whose literary success makes her a local celebrity in the tight-knit community.
Style:
cerebral, captivating, disturbing, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, female writer, murder, crime investigation, male female relationship, woman, suspect, whodunit, love triangle, secrets, cover up, investigation ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Ramin plans a robbery on his childhood classmate Noori who has become a mysterious rich man and that's just a beginning of a brutal journey.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
iranian, betrayal, criminal, lie, heist, betrayal by friend, robbery, traitor, burglar, moral ambiguity, revenge, revenge motive ...
Place:
iran, persia, thailand
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Accused is a British television anthology series created by Jimmy McGovern. The drama series first aired on 15 November 2010 on BBC One and has run for two series. Each episode follows a different character as they await their verdict in court, and ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, bleak, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, trial, guilt, punishment, dishonesty, crime and punishment, life is a bitch, jury, testimony, british police, court case ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
23%
628
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Truck driver Erwin believes that he's helping people when he smuggles refugees, but shocking consequences follow a moment of distraction.
Style:
suspense, tension, serious, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
refugee, police, truck driver, choice, family man, small town, syrian refugee, smuggling, immigration, driver, town, family life ...
Place:
syria
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Anthology crime television series inspired by four real-life cold cases in Taiwan, exploring themes such as faith, temptation, redemption, and obligation through the eyes of the people of Taiwan.
Style:
anthology, psychological, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redemption, faith, true crime, murder, investigation, criminal, cold case, temptation, criminality, felony, murder case, commitment ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
defense attorney, lawyer, investigation, justice, female lawyer, legal action, lie, wrongful conviction, human rights, danger, dishonesty, innocent ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
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