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Movies: Best "legal battle" Movies


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55 Steps(2018)

1h 55min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.

Monster(2021)

R
| 1h 38min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

Britney vs. Spears(2021)

1h 33min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 74 votes)

Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears' fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential evidence.

Directed by Erin Lee Carr

Why Do Fools Fall In Love(1998)

R
| 1h 56min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.

American Violet(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but brand her as a felon for life. As word begins to spread that similar incidents are occurring in poor communities all across the country, Dee realizes that there are more mothers out there like her, and decides to take a stand against powerful district attorney Calvin Beckett. Now, despite being well aware of District Attorney Beckett's fierce reputation, Dee enlists the aid of ACLU attorney David Cohen and former narcotics officer Sam Conroy in overcoming the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that, if not navigated with the greatest of caution, now threaten to destroy her life. With the custody of her children on the line, one brave mother wages a valiant battle to strike at the very heart of the corrupt Texas justice system.

Give Up Tomorrow(2011)

1h 36min | Documentary, Crime
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.

Britney Spears: Breaking Free(2021)

Almost four decades as the Princess of Pop, superstar Britney Spears, continues to be in the public eye on the brink of winning a legal battle with her father that would end a conservatorship and at long last give her control of her life.

Adikkurippu(1989)

2h 25min | Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Basheer (Jagathy) is rescued by a cargo ship while lost at sea. Basheer has had a partial memory loss and he struggles to find out what has happened to him. The captain of the ship (Lalu Alex) tries to get him back to land, but he runs into several legal troubles due to the lack of documents with Basheer to prove his identity. Bhaskara Pillai (Mamootty), a lawyer decides to help out Basheer seeing his plight. The plot thickens when there's an attempted murder on Basheer.

To Find My Son(1980)

1h 40min | Drama, TV Movie
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy, and particularly with a power-hungry administrator. After many delays, they deny his application. Then, he finds a way to turn the tables on them for the boy's own good.

In God We Teach(2011)

NR
| 1h 2min
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The story of a Kearny (NJ) high school student who secretly recorded his history teacher in class, and accused him of proselytizing.

Hired Wife(1940)

NR
| 1h 35min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.

After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped(2000)

1h | Drama
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

You've read the stories, you've seen the documentaries. Now see the movie that brings it all to life.

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Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty?(2016)

3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

The Steven Avery case has become a national obsession. ID Front Page brings you the story of the man who served 18 years in prison for a crime he never committed... only to find himself back behind bars just two years later, charged in a brutal murder.