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Plot Summary:
Wilma Harrison had it all. A wealthy doctor for a husband. A big playboy for a lover. A beautiful home. And a horrible death.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: independent film, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, ambiguous ending
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And Never Let Her Go (2001)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
Similar in 79%
From the Hip (1987)
Plot Summary:
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, psychological, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, funny, light, romantic, sexy
Similar in 86%
McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005)
Plot Summary:
As a favor to a friend, defense attorney McBride takes on a client accused of murdering a woman. When McBride and his partner Phil investigate the deceased, they discover she had many identities and with each new life she was leading the list of suspects grows larger.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)
Plot Summary:
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 87%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991)
Plot Summary:
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 76%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty
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Perry Mason Returns (1985)
Plot Summary:
When his former secretary (Barbara Hale) is accused of a murder, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) gives up a judgeship to defend her.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, realistic, detective, hardboiled detective
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Three Blind Mice (2001)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
Plot Summary:
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986)
Plot Summary:
A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky, cynical, detective
Similar in 84%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Plot Summary:
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, rough, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)
Plot Summary:
Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, detective, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989)
Plot Summary:
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990)
Plot Summary:
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
Plot Summary:
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)
Plot Summary:
A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky, cynical
Similar in 84%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991)
Plot Summary:
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Dead in the Water (1991)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important law practice, a beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance to be appointed to the high court. The only thing wrong with this is that his shrewish wife Olivia, whose father made all the wealth and all the power, is living and that greatly upsets Charlie. So when his lover, Laura, suggests that they get rid of Olivia, Charlie thinks, being a lawyer, that he can create a fool-proof plan. In this plan, he must incorporate a woman named Victoria whom he detests, but she can help him get into the court and be part of the plan for Olivia. But dreams of judgeship, money and Laura makes him proceed. However, things never turn out as planned and he may not be as smart as he considers himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
The Advocate (2013)
Plot Summary:
A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective, complex
Similar in 75%
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
Plot Summary:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If that isn't bad enough, his only alibi is his one-night-stand with Laney. Watch what happens when this talented lawyer puts her career - and her heart - on the line.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, ridiculous
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Physical Evidence (1989)
Plot Summary:
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense, realistic, bleak
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Deadlocked (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney re-investigates the crime that his son's accused of.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Open Doors (1990)
Plot Summary:
Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive in capital punishment. Although he manages to save the man initially, he will pay a high price for it.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, political, rough, thought provoking, realistic, political drama
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
Plot Summary:
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with the concept of Due Process, and has vowed that Davi will receive a scrupulously fair trial when the terrorist is extradited to America. The defence mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Shark (2006)
Plot Summary:
Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense
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Innocent (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from Rusty's recent past threatens to hamper his defense and fracture his relationship with his son. Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden (Pollack, Damages) plays Rusty's wife, while Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2, Law & Order: LA) is his friend and defense attorney. Scott Turow's Innocent is a sequel to Turow's bestseller Presumed Innocent. The movie is written and directed by Mike Robe.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Suspect (1987)
Plot Summary:
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger (Dennis Quaid), a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense, talky, clever, exciting, enigmatic, surprise ending