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Where the Crawdads Sing(2022)

PG-13
| 2h 5min | Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 683 votes)

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Annette(2021)

R
| 2h 19min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 277 votes)

The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.

I Confess(1953)

NR
| 1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 170 votes)

Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.

Murder in the First(1995)

R
| 2h 2min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 258 votes)

Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a rookie lawyer attempting to prove that Alcatraz was to blame.

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.

Red Rooms(2023)

1h 58min | Thriller
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case's puzzle.

Directed by Pascal Plante - With Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Juliette Gariepy, Elisabeth Locas, Laurie Babin

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.

Lizzie(2018)

R
| 1h 46min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 107 votes)

Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.

The Blue Room(2014)

R
| 1h 15min | Crime, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 53 votes)

In their blue hotel room, a clandestine couple of two married lovers plan an impossible future, as death shutters their already frail tranquillity. Now, the noose tightens more and more around innocents and sinners; but, was there a crime?

Murder!(1930)

1h 42min | Mystery, Thriller, Crime
3.0/5 (with 51 votes)

When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.

The Accused(2018)

1h 53min | Thriller, Drama
3.4/5 (with 80 votes)

Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered. Two years later, she’s the only indicted suspect for a crime that attracts a lot of media attention and has placed her in the center of the public eye. Dolores spends her days preparing for the trial, secluded in her house as her parents work as a team ready to do anything to defend their daughter. The best lawyer is not enough, they obsessively control around her: how she looks, what she does, eats and who she sees. But as the trial moves forward and pressure grows, suspicion and secrets emerge within the family. Cornered, increasingly isolated and just when any mistake could prove disastrous, Dolores puts the entire strategy at risk.

Directed by Gonzalo Tobal

Dark Figure of Crime(2018)

1h 51min | Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 32 votes)

A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the killer's help, but starts to suspect that he has ulterior motives. Based on a true story.

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O.J.: Made in America(2016)

4.2/5 (with 93 votes)

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Directed by Ezra Edelman

The Girl with a Bracelet(2020)

1h 35min | Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 89 votes)

Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.

A Woman's Face(1941)

NR
| 1h 46min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso(2023)

1h 26min | Documentary, Crime
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

This documentary delves into the unanswered questions surrounding the trial of Jessica Wongso — years after the death of her best friend, Mirna Salihin.

Midnight Mary(1933)

NR
| 1h 14min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.

The Ballad of Josie(1968)

G
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Western
2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

A frontier widow aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher in old Wyoming.

Roxie Hart(1942)

NR
| 1h 12min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

Death Sentence(1974)

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.

Directed by E.W. Swackhamer - With Nick Nolte

Murder on a Sunday Morning(2001)

1h 51min | Crime, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 21 votes)

2001 French documentary about the murder trial of a 15 year old black teen accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. Winner of 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Leslie, My Name Is Evil(2009)

R
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
2.3/5 (with 11 votes)

A young jury member becomes infatuated with Leslie, a troubled teenager and former homecoming princess, who became a follower of Charles Manson's cult and is now on trial for murder.

Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback(2007)

3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. With no body to speak of, reported 'sightings' of Peter, and revelations Joanne had cheated on her boyfriend, the public and media in both Britain and Australia refused to accept Joanne's innocence on face value. This is the story of one young woman's courage in the face of one of the most mysterious crimes in Australian history.

Directed by Tony Tilse - With Joanne Froggatt

Responsible Child(2019)

1h 30min | Drama, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Ray, a twelve-year-old boy, must confront the British legal system when he is accused of murder.

The Monster and the Girl(1941)

3.1/5 (with 10 votes)

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.

Incident in an Alley(1962)

NR
| 1h 23min | Crime, Drama
1.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is innocent after all.

True Confession(1937)

NR
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Crime
3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.

In Defense of a Married Man(1990)

1h 34min | TV Movie, Crime, Drama, Mystery
2.5/5 (with 5 votes)

When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. Can she overcome his betrayal while searching for the truth?

Nungambakkam(2019)

1h 38min | Crime, Thriller

The story based on the sensational Swathi murder case. Nungambakkam title refers to the railway station in Chennai where the 24-year-old software engineer Swathi was stabbed to death. Swathi was murdered when she was waiting for the train in the morning at the Nungambakkam railway station on June 24, 2016.

Directed by Ramesh Selvan

A Dangerous Defense(2021)

1h 25min | Thriller, TV Movie, Crime
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Abby represents her estranged sister in a murder trial. Is her sister guilty or is there a killer on the loose?

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