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Movies Like The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

If you liked The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), a drama and tv movie movie directed by Paul Greengrass, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Before and After

    Before and After (1996)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

  2. 2Blow-Up

    Blow-Up (1966)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death…

  3. 3Franklyn

    Franklyn (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As…

  4. 4Till

    Till (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    The true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

  5. 5Kidulthood

    Kidulthood (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

  6. 6Suddenly, Last Summer

    Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

  7. 7The Incident

    The Incident (1967)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.

  8. 8No Way Out

    No Way Out (1950)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

  9. 9Still Life

    Still Life (2013)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.

  10. 10The Offence

    The Offence (1973)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

  11. 11Our Mother's House

    Our Mother's House (1967)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

  12. 12The Forgiven

    The Forgiven (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

  13. 13Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the…

  14. 14Lilting

    Lilting (2014)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

  15. 15The Hours

    The Hours (2002)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together…

  16. 16The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  17. 17Reservation Road

    Reservation Road (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in…

  18. 18The Red House

    The Red House (1947)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

  19. 19We Need to Talk About Kevin

    We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

  20. 20Bedlam

    Bedlam (1946)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by…

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