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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
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Perry, a sheltered chemical engineer, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he becomes a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, promiscuous daughter, virgin sacrifice, casual sex, courtroom drama, nudity, female nudity, teenage pregnancy, murder, jury, fall in love, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, social
Plot:
lawyer, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, pig, cop, puzzle, school, secret, witness, justice, police ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 251 min.
TV show
Story:
The Murder of Mary Phagan, a 1987 two-part TV miniseries made by Orion Pictures Corporation and distributed by National Broadcasting Company (NBC), is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager charged and convicted with murdering ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, fighting the system, murder, factory, killing spree, serial killer, law, anti semitism, false accusation, murder trial, rivalry, legal action ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era
Place:
georgia, usa, brooklyn new york city, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.
Style:
anthology, serious, realistic, mind blowing, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, crime investigation, courtroom, racism, legal action, gay, lawyer, district attorney, investigation, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe, los angeles, california, beverly hills
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered. Two years later, she’s the only indicted suspect for a crime that attracts a lot of media attention and has placed her in the center of the public ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
teenage girl, murder, dark secret, murder investigation, hot and sexy, suspicion of murder, friendship, friendship between girls, violence, false accusation, danger, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Cevdet, a retired commissioner, and his wife spend their pensions in peace on a farm away from the city. Suddenly the life of the family is destroyed by the sudden arrival of a terrible news from the little son.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, family relations, friendship, police, betrayal, husband wife relationship, secret, infidelity, murder, murder trial, nordic ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, false accusation, criminal, gangster, rise and fall, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, murder trial, murder, violent content, nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, flanders
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself ...
Style:
black comedy, sexy, dark comedy, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dark humor, small town, closeted homosexual, murder, confession of crime, embezzlement, true crime, hidden corpse, prison visit, district attorney, murder trial, greed ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
Style:
anamorphic, independent film, grindhouse, cult horror, horror comedy ...
Plot:
animal attack, revenge, killer animal, creature feature, brother brother relationship, death of wife, nightmare, dog, slaughterhouse, hunter, death of child, american abroad ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, oceania, new york, new zealand
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The widow of a scientist who was murdered by his colleagues goes undercover at the research lab where he worked to expose them.
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot:
scientist, frame up, experiment gone awry, laboratory, undercover, amateur detective, intrigue, rivalry, uncover truth, disorder, woman in danger, revenge plot ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanish is inadequate and he mistranslates what a witness tells the sheriff as to whether the real perpetrator of the crime is riding a mare (yegua) or a ...
Style:
political, intercultural, historical drama
Plot:
language barrier, manhunt, trial, sheriff, texas ranger, horseman, guilty verdict, wounded man, railroad, murder of brother, folk hero, vigilante justice ...
Time:
year 1982, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, texas, san antonio texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
private detective, adultery, voyeur, dangerous attraction, male pubic hair, divorce, murder, who done it, betrayal, law enforcement, police investigation, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, year 1957, year 1960, year 1959 ...
Place:
england, europe, brighton
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. ...
Style:
dark fantasy, surreal, philosophical, lovecraft, psychological ...
Plot:
nightmare, cosmic horror, lawyer, murder, water, folk horror, disaster, extreme weather, aborigine, shaman, surrealism, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century, future
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
sorority, lawyer, girl power, blonde, law school, fashion, college, law, university, law student, campus, believe in yourself ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, boston, harvard university, los angeles, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü, a vibrant young Turkish woman and mother is murdered at 23 by her youngest brother in an honor killing. Forced into an abusive arranged marriage with a cousin in Istanbul at 16 by her devout Muslim family, Anyur ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspense, rough
Plot:
hijab, teenage girl, muslim, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, true crime, forced marriage, single mother, religious, brother sister relationship, sad ending ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
germany, istanbul turkey, berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Australian television film based on alleged events surrounding the death of Caroline Byrne in June 1995. Byrne was found in the early morning of 8 June at the base of a cliff at The Gap, a notorious suicide spot in Sydney.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama
Plot:
gay relationship, murder, police, millionaire, therapy, trial, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, insider trading, real life, model, suicide ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer must defend a nightclub owner accused of committing a crime-of-passion.
Style:
black humor
Plot:
sadomasochism, female pubic hair, male pubic hair, nudity, bare butt, bare chested male, telephone call, nightclub, male star appears nude, woman fights a man, fight, male objectification ...
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A re-enactment of the trial of the mistress of the Scarsdale Diet doctor for his March 1980 murder, with excerpts from the transcript of the proceedings serving as the script.
Style:
tense, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, true crime, courtroom drama, prosecution, scandal, cross examination, media sensation, infidelity, moral ambiguity, character study, biopic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, psychological thriller, crying, french noir
Plot:
lawyer, repressed sexuality, bureaucracy, jury, judge, witness, judgment, old man, narration, trauma, wrongful accusation, voice over narration ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty's wealthy husband. These two sisters hire handyman James White to kill Betty's husband. White's love and ...
Plot:
serial killer, twins, killing spree, jury, twin sister, death of husband, identical twins, police interrogation, christian, police detective, acquittal, handyman ...
Place:
southern usa
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, placed in the years right after the Second World War in Germany. A tale about friendship and courage.
Style:
period piece, sentimental, educational, teen
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courage, friendship, coming of age, childhood, post war germany, small town, unhappiness, loyalty, adaptation, bonding, community, innocence lost ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
bavaria
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story:
Blind Faith is a 1990 television film directed by Paul Wendkos, based on the 1989 true crime book of the same name by Joe McGinniss. Originally broadcast in two parts with a total runtime of 190 minutes, the film is sometimes classified as a TV ...
Style:
psychological
Plot:
true crime, lawyer, serial killer, woman killed, killing spree, murder, bare chested male, life insurance, death of mother, murder trial, affair, argument ...
Place:
new jersey, louisiana
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Kinski plays a retired doctor and jealous husband who returns with his wealthy wife (Katia Christian) to her family castle. He discovers his late father-in-law's basement laboratory, and angry at the attention his wife is paying to an old ...
Style:
suspense, gothic horror, gothic
Plot:
rape, doctor, castle, jekyll and hyde, murder, jealous husband, jealousy, forest, murder trial, scientific experiment, drifter, killing spree ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An anthology film featuring four true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's.
Style:
anthology, poliziottesco
Plot:
belt whipping, female nudity, murder, rape, deaf man, brothel madam, deaf mute, murder investigation, murder trial, police officer killed, gambling debt, mute ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Marshal Will Kane returns to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and finds the town in the grip of a tyrannical marshal who abuses his power.
Plot:
crooked sheriff, shootout, intimidation, showdown, arrogance, ambush, train, bounty hunter, hotel, courage, doctor, pursuit ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The story of a rare and exceptional bond between the master of classical music Sankara Sastry and his admirer Tulasi, a woman from a family of prostitutes.
Style:
experimental
Plot:
prostitute, fashion, guru, murder trial, idol, insult, scandal, dance, heart attack, acquittal, virgin, teacher student relationship ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After witnessing a murder, single mother Estela Carrillo must hide the fact that she is an undocumented immigrant escaping a dark past. While hiding her secret, romantic interests and her dream of becoming a singer complicate her plans.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, soap opera ...
Plot:
dark past, illegal immigrant, single mother, hidden identity, female singer, murder mystery, musician's life, personality change, confronting the past, musician, witness, witnessing a crime ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in ...
Style:
suspense, sincere, disturbing, captivating, visual ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, slavery, trial, justice, indigenous people, manhunt, abuse of power, court case, rape, farmer, murder, brutality ...
Time:
1920s, year 1929, 20th century
Place:
australia, oceania, south australia
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