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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, gothic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, racism, small town, legal, single father, coming of age, rape, justice, childhood ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa, america, africa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand.
It first was broadcast ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
law firm, legal, lawyer, trial, courtroom drama, female lawyer, lawyer client relationship, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, innocence, celebrity culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
demon, devil, supernatural, religion, courtroom, exorcism, supernatural horror, demonic possession, priest, courtroom drama, life & death, evil force ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Puerto Rico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
trial, fbi, drug, biopic, twists and turns, money, spy, car, danger, fight, brutality, greed ...
Time:
year 1977, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, dark, thought provoking ...
Plot:
trial, media, nazi war criminal, nazi germany, genocide, holocaust, war criminal, shoah, world war two, nazi, judge, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
israel, lithuania, jerusalem
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three girls in high school made a prank on the fourth girl and caused her to be expelled from the high school with her teacher. After 20 years they got together in a high society environment.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, enigmatic
Plot:
trial, murder, secret, love, uncover truth, deception, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, suicide, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, suicide attempt ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, factual, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
pilot, drug cartel, money laundering, aviation, cia, money, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, trial, arms smuggling, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
colombia, panama, nicaragua, latin america, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, cute, dramatic ...
Plot:
holocaust, art, lawyer, nazi, courtroom drama, justice, art theft, painting, injustice, legal, legal action, stolen painting ...
Time:
year 2015, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
austria, vienna, los angeles, pasadena california, california ...
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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
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Canada, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Style:
action comedy, buddy comedy, captivating, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
hitman, on the run, chase, killer, two man army, bodyguard, assassin, one against many, protection, trial, tough guy, buddy ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, netherlands, buckingham palace, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, politics, revolutionary, protest, prison, political unrest, assassination, capitalism, terrorist attack, revolution, idealism, trial ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
germany, rome italy, west berlin west germany, somalia, berlin germany ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, feel good, light hearted, light ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, small town, cousin cousin relationship, mistaken identity, legal, murder, jail, false accusation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
alabama, southern usa, new york, usa, new jersey ...
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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:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
justice, courtroom, trial, courtroom drama, murder, vigilante, lawyer, legal, legal action, injustice, lawyers and clients, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Timothy R. Heidecker is charged with 20 counts of 2nd degree murder. The deaths occurred at the electric sun desert music festival, where it is alleged Mr. Heidecker distributed deadly vape pens.
Style:
mockumentary, psychological, satirical, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
trial, satire, courtroom, problem, murder mystery, legal action, judge, murder, courtroom drama, framed for murder, court, accused of murder ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Argentina
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, tense, disturbing, captivating, social
Plot:
teenage girl, trial, murder, lawyer, murderer, parent child relationship, murder trial, coming of age, courtroom, judge, female protagonist, death of girlfriend ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, terrorism, politics, trial, biopic, male nudity, justice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, nepal, britain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a ...
Style:
social, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
war in afghanistan, trial, court case, war zone, islam, soldier, officer, witness, killed in action, murder, war on terror, lawyer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, somalia, iraq, denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, dramatic, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, mass murder, tragedy, island, cruelty, trial, brutality, massacre, car bomb, hospital, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, eastern europe, europe
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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:
period piece, thought provoking, political, factual, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, civil war, courtroom drama, assassination, politics, president, historical character, conspiracy, american civil war, courtroom, trial, court ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1800s, year 1865, 1860s ...
Place:
usa, north america, washington d.c., england, california
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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
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case's puzzle.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder trial, murder mystery, trial, model, canadian woman, serial killer, obsessed fan, murder, killing spree, serial murder, murder investigation, problem ...
Place:
quebec, montreal, canada
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A little girl discovers dreams can come true if you really believe. Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle - Santa Claus. Her mother told her the 'secret' about Santa a long time ago. But after ...
Style:
fairy tale, christmas classics, sentimental, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, court, lawyer, department store, thanksgiving, judge, mother daughter relationship, friendship, single mother, girl ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Style:
adult animation, erotic, stylized, atmospheric, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
intergalactic, space station, heavy metal, good versus evil, rock, androids and robots, danger, blood, graphic violence, alien, nudity, flying car ...
Time:
future, year 1981, 80s
Place:
usa, pentagon, new york, new jersey, canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 15th century nun who was hailed as a visionary but later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for 35 years.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, erotic, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
nun, lesbian, lgbt, convent, lesbianism, lesbian romance, lesbian nun, nunsploitation, catholicism, mother superior, blasphemy, fall in love ...
Time:
17th century, 2020s, 15th century
Place:
italy, europe, florence
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.
Style:
depressing, realistic, emotional, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
court, death penalty, lawyer, trial, justice, death sentence, arson, true crime, fighting the system, false accusation, hopes, prison ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Paul Finchley is a bona fide "national treasure", one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act. The famous comedian's world is thrown into chaos when he is accused of historic sexual abuse.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
trial, comedian, bad guy wins, rape, father daughter relationship, media, investigation, unhappy ending, family relations, rape accusation, sexual assault, actor ...
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