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Sinking Sand (2016)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a loving wife murders a blackmailer to protect her husbands flourishing law career, she must watch as he prosecutes another for her crime.
Plot:
love, lawyer, pregnancy, criminal, seduction, faith, judge, deception, prosecutor, wife, lie, morality, blackmail, pregnant woman, misery, manipulation, jury, honesty, husband wife relationship, alibi, witness, truth, ruins, guilt, reconciliation ...
Place:
savannah georgia
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Most similar movies to Sinking Sand
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, realistic, serious and suspenseful films with plots about courtroom, lawyer, murder, courtroom drama, legal, revenge and court mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Sinking Sand: Juror #2 (2024), ...And Justice for All (1979), Guilty as Sin (1993), Fracture (2007), The Judge (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
122K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
Style:
suspenseful, philosophical, crying, non-linear, mysterious
Plot:
murder trial, trial, lawyer, car accident, pregnant woman, murder, cemetery, judge, court, prosecutor, assistant district attorney, courtroom ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
savannah georgia, georgia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style:
suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, fighting the system, legal, rape, corruption, court, law, justice, trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style:
erotic, tense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, sex in office, psychopath, womanizer, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, courtroom drama, woman in danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
75%
234K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california, usa
Similarity:
67%
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218K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style:
touching, sad, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, small town, trial, jury, legal, courtroom drama, murder trial, homecoming, court, judge, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, boston, peru, massachusetts, usa ...
Similarity:
65%
120K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, suspense, captivating, political, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, corruption, courtroom, trial, jury, legal, justice, twists and turns, manipulation, court case ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, cincinnati ohio, indiana, ohio, new orleans ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young girl. Virginia McGinnis is the one suspected of pushing the women off the cliff to collect on a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, justice, murder mystery, suspect, courtroom, courtroom drama, insurance fraud, wrongful accusation, evidence, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
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, captivating, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, murder, twists and turns, trial, legal investigation, mind game, hotshot lawyer, arrest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, peru, san francisco, las vegas ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
pregnancy, adoption, deception, scam, family drama, married couple, male female relationship, family problems, secret, problem, pregnant woman, family relations ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, lawyer, legal, gangster, law, society, idealism, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 1940s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and yound daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an affair. Lisa kills her current boyfriend in self-defense and Jack witnesses the whole thing. Lisa ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
femme fatale, investigation, murder, betrayal, love and romance, legal investigation, manipulation, power relations, legal, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aggressive woman tries to blackmail a married gem trader who had an affair with her.
Style:
suspense, tense, independent film, neo noir
Plot:
blackmail, seduction, infidelity, adultery, affair, blackmailer, threat, betrayal, deception, manipulation, revenge, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, clever, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, lawyer, lawsuit, domestic violence, insurance company, self defense, justice, courtroom, legal investigation, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean, memphis, new jersey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Heather, a corporate lawyer, works to prove the innocence of her client - a man accused of the murder of his wife, following her disappearance. However, Heather falls for the accused and the two begin a torrid affair.
Style:
steamy, sensual, erotic drama, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, female pubic hair, sexploitation, female masturbation, threesome, sex, passion, sexual tension, affair, seduction, suspect, infidelity ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a teenager gets pregnant, her mother feels the baby should be adopted. The girl seeks advice from her school counsellor, but this woman has her own agenda.
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, serious
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
counselor, manipulation, teenage pregnancy, mother daughter relationship, con trick, schoolgirl, moral dilemma, obsession, villainess, deception, childlessness, pregnant teenager ...
Similarity:
44%
440
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.
Plot:
prison, jail cell, escape, terminal illness, playboy, prison escape, insurance investigator, cancer patient, mistress, trial, x ray, reward ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A lawyer finds himself increasingly frustrated by the professional criminals he is called upon to defend, and hooks upon the idea of devising perfect crimes.
Style:
suspense, tension, psychological thriller, twisted, noir ...
Plot:
lawyer, moral ambiguity, planning, deception, perfect crime, corruption, obsession, manipulation, morality, mind game, strategy, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
glasgow scotland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a physician is murdered, his eldest daughter is accused of the crime, but the man's seductive new wife may not be all that she appears.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, twisted, dark, detective ...
Plot:
murder, false accusation, stepmother, physician, daughter, investigation, motive, accusation, suspect, deception, father daughter relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Religious beliefs clash with the law when an Amish infant is killed in a rural community.
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
amish, lawyer, social relations, family problems, religions or cults, misfit, legal, witnessing a crime, life is a bitch, youth, dealing with death, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she ...
Style:
crying
Plot:
rape, revenge, vigilante, rape and revenge, psychopath, hate, middle aged man, trial, jail, old couple, victim, brother ...
Similarity:
43%
250K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
courtroom drama, child abuse, vengeance, childhood, rape, pedophile, lawyer, pedophilia, murder trial, friendship, sexual abuse, sexualized violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To Topple An Empire is the story of Aidan Clarke (Sean Patrick Flaherty) as he is brought in front of crime boss, Vincent Donnelly (Art Lynch). Through a series of flashbacks, Aidan tells Vincent how he alone has taken out key members of his ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
deception, lie, flashback, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, underworld, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, courtroom, lawyer, investigation, psychopath, police investigation, chase, courtroom drama, blood, rape, law, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
boston, usa, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal, death sentence, courtroom, ku klux klan, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, politics, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1967, year 1996
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
38%
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, obsession, courtroom, trial, murder mystery, hitman, lawyer, murder of a nude woman, danger, unlikely friendships, single parent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, guatemala
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, clever
Plot:
serial killer, fatal attraction, murder, age difference, killing spree, love, young love, teacher, teacher student relationship, manipulation, school, power relations ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new hampshire, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, extramarital affair, doctor patient relationship, gangster, psychiatrist, love triangle, sex scene, abusive husband, lust, femme fatale, childhood trauma, uxoricide ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
36%
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, intercultural, suspense ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, racism, court case, hopes, murder, life is a bitch, family relations, teenage life, social differences, heroes, society ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
russia, soviet union, chechnya, caucasus
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, jury, trial, courtroom, murder, murder trial, innocent man, protagonist as suspect, legal, dedicated lawyer, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
36%
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