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Anatomy of a Fall(2023)

R
| 2h 30min | Drama, Mystery, Crime
3.9/5 (with 384 votes)

A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Directed by Justine Triet - With Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, ...

The Judge(2014)

R
| 2h 21min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,806 votes)

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

12 Angry Men(1957)

NR
| 1h 37min | Drama
4.3/5 (with 3,899 votes)

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

The Reader(2008)

R
| 2h 4min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 1,312 votes)

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Molly's Game(2017)

R
| 2h 20min | Drama, Crime
3.6/5 (with 1,659 votes)

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

Philadelphia(1993)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 1,920 votes)

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

A Time to Kill(1996)

R
| 2h 29min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 1,090 votes)

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Runaway Jury(2003)

PG-13
| 2h 7min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 534 votes)

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

The Lincoln Lawyer(2011)

R
| 1h 59min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,383 votes)

A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

The Juror(1996)

R
| 1h 58min | Thriller, Crime
2.8/5 (with 168 votes)

With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.

Denial(2016)

PG-13
| 1h 49min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 287 votes)

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

R
| 2h 10min | Drama, History
3.9/5 (with 1,311 votes)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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Presumed Innocent(1990)

R
| 2h 7min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 284 votes)

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.

On the Basis of Sex(2018)

PG-13
| 2h | Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 464 votes)

Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

Anatomy of a Murder(1959)

NR
| 2h 41min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 395 votes)

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)

NR
| 2h 59min | Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 322 votes)

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

The Accused(1988)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 232 votes)

After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

Find Me Guilty(2006)

R
| 2h 5min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 207 votes)

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

Marshall(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 58min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 266 votes)

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

The Third Murder(2017)

R
| 2h 4min | Drama, Mystery, Crime
3.3/5 (with 104 votes)

Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.

Inherit the Wind(1960)

NR
| 2h 8min | Drama, History
3.9/5 (with 169 votes)

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

The Verdict(1982)

R
| 2h 9min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 256 votes)

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.

Evil Angels(1988)

PG-13
| 2h | Drama
3.4/5 (with 89 votes)

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

Pink(2016)

2h 16min | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 90 votes)

A sexual assault victim, unjustly tried for the attempted murder of her attacker, is defended by a retired lawyer who challenges India's rape culture.

...And Justice for All(1979)

R
| 1h 59min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 202 votes)

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.

12(2007)

PG-13
| 2h 39min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 94 votes)

A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

The King of Laughter(2021)

2h 13min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 67 votes)

In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended family—including his son's, young Eduardo De Filippo.

Sacco & Vanzetti(1971)

3.8/5 (with 78 votes)

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.

Physical Evidence(1989)

2.7/5 (with 18 votes)

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.

Court(2015)

1h 56min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.

Directed by Chaitanya Tamhane - With Vira Sathidar
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