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Cries of the Unborn (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When three young, pregnant women are held against their will, a jury must examine just how far they would go to save a life.
Style:
thought provoking, controversial, bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful, tension, psychological, intense, independent film
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, pregnancy, jury, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, justice, abortion, debate, moral dilemma, women, legal action, court, judge, pregnant woman, woman, female protagonist, legal investigation, lawsuit, pregnant girlfriend, life, kidnapping, social issues, persuasion, hostage ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Cries of the Unborn
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, intense, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about court, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, justice, moral dilemma and judge mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Cries of the Unborn: Switched Before Birth (2021), Order of Rights (2020), Only God Can Judge Me (2005), Godsend (2013), Saint Omer (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, wanting a baby, miscarriage, baby, motherhood, grief, family drama, infertility, custody battle, domestic drama, medical malpractice, artificial insemination ...
Time:
2020s
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Order of Rights is a pro-life film. The story centers around Emma Stein, a pregnant single girl who has been advised by her mother to have an abortion. Despite the objection of the child's father, Ethan Carpenter, and his promise to help ...
Style:
thought provoking, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, life, abortion, trial, social problems, legal action, court, courtroom drama, pregnant woman, unwanted pregnancy, family problems, judge ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Film from Tody Walker
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
trial, courtroom drama, wrongful accusation, justice, soul searching, racial tension, redemption, social commentary, moral dilemma, character study, testimony, family relations ...
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman who desperately wants a baby asks a girl who is considering abortion to give her the baby instead. The two arrive at an isolated vacation home to spend time in seclusion until the girl gives birth to a baby, but they unexpectedly encounter a ...
Style:
suspense, tension, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, pregnancy, birth, desperation, woman, pregnant girlfriend, unwanted pregnancy, woman in danger, women, unplanned pregnancy, danger, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, crying
Plot:
novelist, jury, trial, writers, courtroom drama, female protagonist, framed for murder, middle aged, writer's life, court, accused of murder, legal action ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
32%
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:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, tense, intense ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom, legal investigation, court, justice, legal action, law and order, court case, trial, society, legislation, judge ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Romania, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A criminal lawyer Canan, divides her time in the courthouse and mother's hospital bed at night. She has to make a moral choice that will affect lives of her mother, judge and murder suspect client.
Style:
psychological, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, courtroom, mother daughter relationship, court, framed for murder, courtroom drama, advocate, accusation, problem, choice, justice ...
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
His job: Silence the Christians once and for all. His method: Prove the resurrection never happened. Can your faith stand up to The Prosecutor?
Style:
thought provoking, religious drama, dramatic, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
christianity, prosecutor, courtroom drama, legal investigation, moral dilemma, faith, urban, religious persecution, investigative journalism, alternate history, christian propaganda, trial ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
chaplain, navy, court martial, courtroom, moral dilemma, courtroom drama, reputation, scandal, character study, religion, investigation, conscience ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Follows the tumultuous relationship—in and out of court—of Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, serious
Plot:
courtroom, defamation, relationships, legal action, legal investigation, celebrity, trial, jury, controversy, reputation, real life, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, intense, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, redemption, character study, justice, alcoholic, legal action, court, legal, corruption, moral dilemma ...
Time:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, rivalry, dishonesty, jury, evidence, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
judge, jehovah's witness, hospital, moral dilemma, illness, courtroom, religion, leukemia, marriage crisis, female judge, cancer, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
london, canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Kelly's newborn baby is stolen from the hospital where she works, she teams up with Gloria, also a victim of baby abduction, to get her child back from a black market adoption ring.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, motherhood, protective mother, female protagonist, child abduction, problem, life is a bitch, abduction, rescue mission, danger, hospital, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
October 26, 1979, a presidential assassination shakes the nation. Taking on the defense of Park Tae-joo, the secretary involved in the presidential assassination, lawyer Jung In-hoo enters what would be South Korea's most notorious political ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
assassination, court, justice, judge, problem, legal action, political unrest, politics, political intrigue, courtroom, defense attorney, oppression ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, korea, seoul
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story is based on the conviction Dhananjoy, accused for the gruesome murder of Hetal Parekh, which took place in the year 1990. On the basis of circumstantial evidence and on the basis of the deceased mother's statement, Dhananjoy ...
Style:
realistic, dark, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, execution, trial, death penalty, death sentence, courtroom drama, accused of murder, framed for murder, life is a bitch, guilty verdict, legal investigation ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Revolves around a female lawyer and a male ex-con who team as victim advocates and go to the edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, female protagonist, court, underdog, legal action, judge, teamwork, courtroom drama, advocate, justice, criminal, fight for justice ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When the film broke out that a young man coming from a rich adopted family murdered his birth father, the controversy around the case hit a nerve with the public at large. An experiment was held through the form of virtual court inside a college to ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
justice, courtroom drama, murder, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, social commentary, social problems, problem, legal action, trial, murderer, criminal ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
With the odds already not in her favor, Araya tells her side of the story while being interrogated for possibly killing the man who was responsible for her father's death.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his mother Subhadra, the film portrays the relationship of the protagonist with her baby, before and after it is born.
Style:
psychological, emotional, thrilling, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
motherhood, pregnancy, relationships, birth, parenthood, female protagonist, grief, mother love, mother child relationship, parent child relationship, love affair, woman ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a woman finally becomes pregnant but is diagnosed with a deadly condition, she must lean on her family to save her unborn child.
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy, relationships, woman, family relations, family drama, family bonds, motherhood, female protagonist, parenthood, pregnancy and birth, serious illness, couple relations ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is faced with a choice to fight for her life or sacrifice it for another. After years of infertility, a newly-expectant mother is diagnosed with a life-altering disease.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, medical drama, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
motherhood, choice, female protagonist, parenthood, infertility, mother, pregnant woman, sacrifice, pregnancy, woman, ethical dilemma, mother love ...
Similarity:
22%
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, dialogue ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
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Story:
The serial in thirteen parts about the life and time of judge A.K. tells an up-to-date, realistic and internally dramatic story of a young man struggling his way through the maze of civil law disputes typical of the present-day society. He has to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
judge, justice, courtroom, courtroom drama, legal action, law and order, civil rights, lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, uncover truth, price of justice ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
PRAYER NEVER FAILS is a gripping legal drama about an up-and-coming small town high school basketball coach, well on his way to a championship caliber season, when he is fired after he prays with one of his players who is in great need. The movie is ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, christian film
Plot:
faith, christian, fired from the job, lawsuit, coach, basketball coach, lawyer client relationship, atheist, lawyer, high school, religious conflict, redemption ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.
Style:
thought provoking, dramatic, serious, intense, tense ...
Plot:
civil rights, trial, rape accusation, racial tension, courtroom drama, racial injustice, racial prejudice, social commentary, ethical dilemma, african american protagonist, sexual assault, social realism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Uruguay
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hermano, a successful doctor and enthusiastic rock climber, is planning to climb an almost invincible mountain in the Tierra del Fuego, when he discovers that his wife Adri is pregnant. Though Adri desires this unexpected pregnancy, Hermano is a bit ...
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, mountain climbing, obsession, husband wife relationship, traumatic experience, rock climbing, death of friend, pregnancy, guilt, trauma, parenthood, mountaineering ...
Similarity:
22%
292
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:
historical drama, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
war crime, courtroom, rape victim, trial, justice, survivor, women's rights, legal action, life is a bitch, lawsuit, female victim, legal investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
busan
Similarity:
21%
6K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, psychological, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, social differences, courtroom, trial, court, musician, injustice, power relations, society, legal, discrimination, lawyer ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A prisoner soon has his guard questioning his own world-view.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, tension, intense, existential ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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