20 movies like The People vs. Jean Harris, ordered by similarity : Confessions(2010), Class of 1984(1982), Diabolique(1955), Leslie, My Name Is Evil(2009), Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), This Day and Age(1933), Fashionista(2016), The Long Dark Hall(1951), Goodbye to Language(2014), Torment(1944), Dangerous Liaisons(1959), The Promised Land(1975) ...
7.5/10
Drama
France
1981
150 Minutes
Ellen Burstyn Martin Balsam Richard Dysart Peter Coyote Priscilla Morrill Al Ruscio
headmistress mistress defense attorney prosecutor judge doctor disturbing intense melodramatic virginia courtroom new york state bedroom school murder case trial infidelity crimes of passion jean harris confession
Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
7.8/10
Drama
Japan
2010
106 Minutes
Takako Matsu Masaki Okada Yoshino Kimura Kaoru Fujiwara Kai Inowaki Hotaru Nomoto Mana Ashida Sora Iwata Daichi Izumi Karin Katô Takuya Kusakawa
mother grieving mother murderer murder victim student teacher dark intense gripping suspenseful chilling emotional japan school house murder confession psychopath investigation revenge
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
6.6/10
Drama
Canada
1982
93 Minutes
Perry King Timothy Van Patten Merrie Lynn Ross Roddy McDowall Al Waxman Lisa Langlois David Gardner Stefan Arngrim Keith Knight Neil Clifford Erin Flannery
teacher music teacher student security guard rape victim gang member bleak melodramatic sad brutal intense gripping school house stage classroom gangs school band violence revenge
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.
8.0/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1955
116 Minutes
Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Jean Brochard Noel Roquebert Thérèse Dorny Pierre Larquey Michel Serrault Yves Marie Maurin Georges Poujouly
teacher headmaster detective wife mistress suspenseful tense dark frightening france boarding school apartment murder adultery revenge deception revenge mystery 1950s
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Crime, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
2009
85 Minutes
Gregory Smith Kristen Hager Kristin Adams Robert Dayton Sarah Gadon Kaniehtiio Horn Peter Keleghan Travis Milne Ryan Robbins Sherry McLaughlin Anjelica Scannura
charles manson murder suspect murder victim murderer juror judge intense melodramatic profound raw shocking court jail cult murder trial metamorphosis fall sacrifice revenge
Perry (Gregory Smith) falls in love with Leslie (Kristen Hager) while serving as a juror at her murder trial.
7.6/10
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Charles Bickford Judith Allen Richard Cromwell Harry Green Bradley Page Edward Nugent Ben Alexander Lester Arnold Nestor Aber Oscar Rudolph Mickey Daniels
high-school student gangster civil servant tailor leader young woman disturbing suspenseful melodramatic dump high school courtroom small town justice murder corruption fear vigilantism children vs. adults discovery
High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2016
110 Minutes
Ethan Embry Amanda Fuller Eric Balfour Alexandria Deberry Alex Essoe Cassie Shea Watson Larry Jack Dotson Devin Bonnée Jemma Evans Carly Christopher
husband wife mistress mysterious man stalker customer creepy dark intense store apartment bar bedroom street car affair danger stalking anger stress
When a woman discovers her husband is having an affair, she throws caution to the wind and has an affair herself with a mysterious pick-up from a bar. The man, in true thriller fashion, turns out to be way more dangerous than she ever bargained for.
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1951
86 Minutes
Rex Harrison Reginald Beck Lilli Palmer Denis O'Dea Tania Held Henrietta Barry Raymond Huntley Patricia Wayne Anthony Dawson Meriel Forbes Brenda De Banzie
murder suspect wife mistress murderer lawyer judge tense courtroom london apartment family home police station trial murder false accusations marriage infidelity mystery 1950s
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.
5.9/10
Drama
Switzerland|France
2014
70 Minutes
Héloise Godet Kamel Abdeli Richard Chevallier Zoé Bruneau Christian Gregori Jessica Erickson Marie Ruchat Jeremy Zampatti
married woman single man mistress husband intense passionate melodramatic heartwarming sad bedroom family home affair failing marriage sex problem solving trust love rivalry rise fall
A silent, surreal parallel between a couple and a dog.
7.3/10
Drama
Sweden
1944
100 Minutes
Stig Järrel Alf Kjellin Mai Zetterling Olof Winnerstrand Gösta Cederlund Hugo Björne Olav Riégo Märta Arbin
teen boy young woman teacher headmaster father mother bleak dreamy disturbing melodramatic school apartment shop household sweden love triangle alcoholism jealousy school rivalry
An idealistic adolescent, suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster, falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
Drama
1959
108 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Valérie Annette Vadim Simone Renant Jean-Louis Trintignant
husband wife beautiful woman boyfriend mistress lover passionate tense sultry melodramatic paris ski resort france apartment love triangle infidelity schemes reputation lust jealousy
Affairs strewn from Paris to the Alps disintegrate a couple's (Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau) marriage.
7.9/10
Drama
Poland
1975
138 Minutes
Daniel Olbrychski Wojciech Pszoniak Andrzej Seweryn Kalina Jedrusik
businessman friend partner rival wife mistress emotional melodramatic poland lodz, poland factory ambition deception romance infidelity friendship business rivalry temptation rise
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a ... See full summary »
5.0/10
Horror, Drama
Sweden
2015
83 Minutes
Felice Jankell Helena af Sandeberg Molly Nutley Amalia Holm Bjelke Fanny Klefelt Rebecka Nyman Marie Senghore Ulrika Ellemark Johan Ehn
friend young girl teen girl enemy shocking melodramatic outlandish tense thrilling boarding school sweden boarding-school life teen culture teenage rebellion rivalry horror revenge payback fighting rivalry
7.7/10
Drama
Austria
1999
97 Minutes
Park Overall Laura Innes Timothy Carhart Dan Byrd Libby Whittemore Jordan Williams
unfaithful husband wife mistress lawyer son secretary brooding melodramatic passionate courtroom north carolina infidelity court battles legal problems lawsuit broken home dorothy hutelmyer forbidden love quest rivalry
The film presents the little-known story of the 20,000 European Jews who fled to Shanghai between late 1937 and 1941. After 1939, Shanghai was the last and only resort to find safe haven ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1987
119 Minutes
Michael Douglas Glenn Close Anne Archer Ellen Hamilton Latzen Stuart Pankin Ellen Foley Fred Gwynne Meg Mundy
lawyer wife editor husband mistress daughter tense disturbing frightful new orleans apartment subconscious mind adultery stalking obsession insanity marriage temptation revenge fall
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
109 Minutes
Roy Scheider Ann-Margret Vanity John Glover Robert Trebor Lonny Chapman Kelly Preston Clarence Williams III Doug McClure Alex Henteloff Amy White
wealthy man wife mistress criminal gutsy tense los angeles california household blackmail infidelity murder wealth showdown rivalry revenge 1980s
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
Crime, Drama
1942
135 Minutes
Massimo Girotti Clara Calamai Juan de Landa Dhia Cristiani Vittorio Duse Michele Riccardini Michele Sakara Elio Marcuzzo
young man wife husband lawyer detective drifter dark tense sultry italy diner highway car courtroom infidelity murder greed crime trials betrayal
A drifter (Massimo Girotti) helps a beauty (Clara Calamai) kill her husband (Juan de Landa) in Italy.
8.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Loretta Young Ricardo Cortez Franchot Tone Andy Devine Una Merkel Warren Hymer Ivan F. Simpson Harold Huber
young woman criminal lawyer socialite friend clerk melodramatic gutsy gripping tense courtroom reform school jail gambling house law office apartment murder case poverty bad luck crime
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
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