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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 164 films · Page 6.
Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1998, a young gay man by the name of Matthew Shepard (Shane Meier) was robbed, viciously beaten and left tied to a fence to die. Although he's found by the police, rescued and hospitalized, he dies from his injuries. This film recounts …
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Historie, Romance Film, trial film
It is nearing Christmas 1911 and Arthur Winslow, a London banker, is making final preparations for a dinner to seal the engagement between his daughter Catherine, an outspoken supporter of the cause of women's suffrage, and Captain John Wa…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
After his young son dies from the negligence of medical professionals at a hospital, Harry Fertig (Kingsley) takes matters into his own hands and kills the negligent doctors responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie (Baldwin), looking only to …
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Film Noir, crime film, film noir
Whitney "Cam" Cameron arrives at a hospital and learns that Polly, the stepdaughter of his widowed sister-in-law Lynne, is suffering violent convulsions resulting from an unknown illness. She later appears to recover but then experiences a…
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trial film
In the eight years since the series ended, founding senior partner Leland McKenzie has retired and left Douglas Brackman Jr. as the senior managing partner. New employees to the firm are Brackman's over-achieving son, Jason, who's at odds …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, trial film
Crime boss Rusty Pirone is about to stand trial again and Daniel Graham of the district attorney's office is determined this time to put him behind bars. Pirone sends one of his henchmen, a burned-out former corrupt cop named Tommy Vesey, …
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Drama, drama film, trial film
On the evening of June 7, 1947, residents of the small California town of San Juno are celebrating an annual event called Bass Night at a local private beach. Angel Chavez, a Mexican-American teenager, wanders onto the beach and meets Mari…
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Crime, drama film, thriller film
A phantom cargo ship is found adrift at sea in a storm in the English Channel by a marine salvage team aboard the Sea Witch. She is the steamship Mary Deare, out of Hong Kong. John Sands boards it hoping to claim it for himself and his par…
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drama film
Newspaper headlines blare that 15-year-old Danielle Miller (Joey Heatherton) has murdered a man, Rick Lazich, who was the latest lover of her mother, Valerie Hayden (Susan Hayward). When Dani's father, Luke Miller (Mike Connors) is informe…
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Drama, drama film, trial film, war film
Army Colonel William Edwards is investigating the case of Major Harry Cargill, accused of collaborating with the enemy while he and his unit were held captive in a North Korean prisoner of war camp. Cargill willingly admits his guilt and b…
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Drama, drama film
On November 15, 1982, Janet Harduvel (Laura Dern) is devastated by the news of the death of her husband Ted (Vincent Spano) who flew as a United States Air Force pilot in one of the world's most sophisticated fighter aircraft, the General …
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Daffy Comedy, crime film, screwball comedy film
Betty Lou Perkins is a meek librarian in New Orleans who is ignored by everyone, including her uninspiring police detective husband Alex. A criminal kingpin is killed in cold blood, and Betty Lou finds the murder gun. She goes to the polic…
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Thriller, thriller film
While editing a pornographic film, producer Jack Hammer of Blue Screen Productions is attacked by the father of the film's star, Cindy Bodeck, who is an underaged teenager. Theodora “T.K.” Katwuller represents Steven Seldes, who is implica…
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Drama, drama film
The film documents the events that saw a French Captain, Alfred Dreyfus, sent to Devil's Island for espionage near the end of the 19th century. Colonel Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence. I…
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Drama, trial film
While travelling in London, Canadian World War II veteran pilot Jeffrey Buckenham sees baronet Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon on television leading a tour of his ancestral home in England. Buckenham recalls that he was held in a POW camp in Ger…
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Crime, film noir, thriller film, trial film
James Curtayne, once a successful New York district attorney, lost his career to alcoholism. After a long time away from the profession, he now practices civil law. When Johnny O'Hara, a boy from the old neighborhood, is accused of murder,…
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Drama, Film Noir, drama film, trial film
A Southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is brutally murdered on the campus of her business school on Confederate Memorial Day. The crime quickly becomes a cause célèbre. Andrew Griffin, a district attorney with politic…
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Psychodrama, drama film, thriller film
Hedda Amerson was once involved in an abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend, whose abuse impacted her once-promising career in swimming. Since Hedda left him, he has driven three women to attempt suicide, with the last one succeeding.…
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Thriller, docudrama, drama film, trial film
Without Evidence is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him he's been "stepping on some t…
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drama film
The peace of Skokie, a comfortable suburban village located just north of Chicago, is threatened when Frank Collin, a politically astute neo-Nazi organizer, selects the place as the site of his next rally. Close to 40 percent of the villag…
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Drama, crime film, drama film
In the film, two young white women (portrayed by Leelee Sobieski and Azura Skye) accuse nine black youths of rape in the segregated South. Timothy Hutton stars as criminal defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz. The film begins after the first …
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drama film
Based on real events, Black and White tells the story of Max Stuart (Ngoombujarra), a young Aboriginal man who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of a nine-year-old girl on what was considered questionable eviden…
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crime film, drama film, teen film
Emma is a 15-year-old girl who was raised in a West Virginia mining town by her miner grandfather, Clayton Hayes. She wants to know about her mother Angie Baker, who abandoned her when she was a baby. She decides to go visit her mother in …
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Drama, documentary film, trial film
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister, has just been released from the hospital in which he stayed for two months following a heart attack. Returning to his practise of law, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accu…
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