Films like An American Crime

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   The Girl Next Door

   Film · 2007 · also crime and drama

   In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of di...

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   Sleepers

   Film · 1996 · also crime and drama

   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 fo...

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   Castle Freak

   Film · 1996 · also drama and horror

   John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.

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   Cape Fear

   Film · 1991 · also crime and drama

   Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was...

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   The Boys of St. Vincent

   Film · 1994 · also crime and drama

   The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

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   Gerald's Game

   Film · 2017 · also drama and horror

   When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

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   Boy A

   Film · 2008 · also crime and drama

   Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While ou...

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   Dark Places

   Film · 2015 · also crime and drama

   A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

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   Tales from the Hood

   Film · 1995 · also crime and drama

   A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.

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    The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story

    Film · 2023 · also crime and drama

    Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape...

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