Films like The Pelican Brief
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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The Rainmaker
Film · 1997 · also drama and thrillerFresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up wit...
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Winged Creatures
Film · 2009 · also dramaA psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a docto...
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The Woman in the Window
Film · 1944 · also drama and thrillerA seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Cry of the City
Film · 1948 · also dramaPetty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to a...
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The Seven-Ups
Film · 1973 · also thrillerA tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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Nick of Time
Film · 1995 · also thrillerAn ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
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Murder in Three Acts
Film · 1986 · also dramaIn Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party wit...
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Appointment with Death
Film · 1988 · also drama and thrillerEmily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from he...
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TalhotBlond
Film · 2012 · also dramaThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultim...
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The Star Chamber
Film · 1983 · also drama and thrillerAs violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured cons...
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