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1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 130,349
2. The Good Wife (2009–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.
Stars: Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry
Votes: 83,121
3. Molly's Game (2017)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera
Votes: 188,677 | Gross: $28.78M
4. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
TV-PG | 46 min | Drama
The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.
Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 6,513
5. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
Votes: 223,062 | Gross: $6.39M
6. Burning (2018)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung
Votes: 76,813 | Gross: $0.72M
7. The Practice (1997–2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
We follow the exploits and cases of defense attorneys of a Boston law firm. Bobby Donnell is the senior defense attorney and founder of the firm.
Stars: Dylan McDermott, Kelli Williams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Steve Harris
Votes: 10,471
8. And Justice for All (1979)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg
Votes: 39,873
9. Air Bud (1997)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 19,582 | Gross: $24.63M
10. Conviction (II) (2010)
R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.
Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Thomas D. Mahard
Votes: 46,130 | Gross: $6.78M
11. The Firm (2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Defense Attorney Mitch McDeere is targeted for execution by the Chicago Mob in retaliation for bringing down a profitable Mob-operated Memphis law firm ten years earlier.
Stars: Josh Lucas, Callum Keith Rennie, Molly Parker, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 6,158
12. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
PG | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 8,144 | Gross: $2.07M
13. Twisted (I) (2004)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
Votes: 23,145 | Gross: $25.20M
14. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,471 | Gross: $7.14M
15. Marshall (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 26,884 | Gross: $10.05M
16. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 13,066
17. Compulsion (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 7,532
18. Criminal Law (1988)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Boston defense attorney gets his wealthy client off for murder, then suspects him of killing again.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young
Votes: 4,649 | Gross: $9.97M
19. Happy Hour (2015)
Not Rated | 317 min | Drama
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura
Votes: 2,981
20. The Trial (2010)
PG-13 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for a small town attorney, until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life.
Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Larry Bagby, Matthew Modine, Clare Carey, Robert Forster
Votes: 1,699 | Gross: $0.02M
21. The Third Murder (2017)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Votes: 8,041 | Gross: $0.09M
22. Tribunal Justice (2023– )
13+ | Reality-TV
Features a panel of three judges collectively adjudicating real cases.
Stars: Tanya Acker, Patricia DiMango, Adam Levy, Cassandra Britt
Votes: 218
23. 8 (2012 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, History
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Dustin Lance Black, David Boies, Matt Bomer
Votes: 610
24. The Whole Truth (2010–2012)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Legal drama about the prosecution's and the defense team's take on each criminal case.
Stars: Rob Morrow, Maura Tierney, Eamonn Walker, Anthony Ruivivar
Votes: 730
25. King & Country (1964)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, War
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Barry Foster
Votes: 2,500
26. The Andersonville Trial (1970 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, William Shatner, Jack Cassidy, Wright King
Votes: 496
27. The Stranger Beside Me (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Suki Kaiser, Brenda James
Votes: 1,038
28. Not With My Daughter (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller
A high-profile defense attorney determined to change her image takes on a pro bono case, which soon threatens both her and her family.
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Rhys Ward, Annie Clark, Erik Knudsen
Votes: 209
29. Shepherds and Butchers (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Director: Oliver Schmitz | Stars: Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Eduan van Jaarsveldt
Votes: 3,143
30. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)
PG | 85 min | Drama, History
The trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine Catholic activists who in 1968 went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files and burned them to protest the Vietnam War.
Director: Gordon Davidson | Stars: Gwen Arner, Ed Flanders, Barton Heyman, Mary Jackson
Votes: 49 | Gross: $0.11M
31. The Trial (2023)
177 min | Documentary
Argentina, 1985, at the trial of the last dictatorship's military juntas. On the stand, the six judges; on one side, the prosecution, and on the other, the military personnel accused of genocide.
Director: Ulises de la Orden | Stars: Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Massera, Orlando Agosti, Roberto Eduardo Viola
Votes: 79
32. WRAL Murder Trials (2003– )
Documentary
Stars: Howard Cummings, Donald Stephens, Paul Gessner, Becky Holt
33. Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)
107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Based on the true story of Operation Carwash, the largest and most successful corruption investigation ever seen in the world, "No One is Above the Law" tells, through the eyes of Detective... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Antunez | Stars: Antonio Calloni, Marcelo Serrado, Ary Fontoura, Flávia Alessandra
Votes: 3,548
34. Advocate (2019)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years.
Directors: Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones | Stars: Lea Tsemel, Yasser Joubeh, Suheila Dweik, Ossama Amro
Votes: 384
35. The Electric Chair (1976)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of an innocent, happy couple leads to a courtroom trial that would sentence the killer to death, but who really did it?
Director: J.G. Patterson Jr. | Stars: Katherine Cortez, Barry Bell, Juanita Patterson, Don Cummins
Votes: 154
36. Believe It or Not #2 (1930)
Unrated | 9 min | Short
The second entry in the Believe It or Not series of shorts begins with Robert Ripley in his office sorting his mail. At the time he received about one million pieces of mail per year, more ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 73
37. Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge, an owl, keeps singing the title. A variety of birds are brought to the witness stand, but nobody knows a thing.
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Leo Cleary, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 879
38. Chala Mussaddi - Office Office (2011)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently widowed and retired school-teacher must prove to corrupt government officers that he is alive, so he can receive his pension.
Director: Rajiv Mehra | Stars: Deven Bhojani, Makrand Deshpande, Vinay Jain, Farida Jalal
Votes: 381
39. L'affaire Dumont (2012)
121 min | Drama
Michel Dumont is a delivery boy for a grocery store. Divorced and father of two young children, is accused and condemned for a Sexual aggression that he refuses to acknowledge.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Marilyn Castonguay, Sarianne Cormier, Kathleen Fortin
Votes: 528
40. You Are the Jury (1984–1987)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Viewers watch a reenactment of an actual courtroom trial and then call a special 900-telephone number to vote whether the defendant is innocent or guilty.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Robert Vaughn, Peter Graves, Joe Regalbuto
Votes: 19
41. The Nuremberg Trials (1958)
78 min | Documentary
Documentary with recordings from the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
Director: Félix Podmaniczky | Stars: Karl Hermann Frank, Joe J. Heydecker, Johannes Leeb, Jochen Wilke
Votes: 15
42. The 10th Judicial Court: Judicial Hearings (2004)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary
The proceedings of a Paris courtroom are the grist for this documentary. Drawn from over 200 appearances before the same female judge, the director chooses a dozen or so varied misdemeanor ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Depardon | Star: Michèle Bernard-Requin
Votes: 639
43. We the People with Gloria Allred (2011– )
TV-PG | Crime, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Courtroom show that features famous attorney Gloria Allred in the judge's seat.
Stars: Gloria Allred, Brian Isom, Brent Duffey, Melody Baha
Votes: 114
44. Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991 TV Short)
23 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs has been selected to defend the Earth in an Intergalactic court, in order to stop Marvin the Martian from blowing it up - can he succeed?
Directors: Nancy Beiman, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Jeff Bergman, Joe Alaskey, Katy Dierlam, June Foray
Votes: 81
45. Disbarred (1939)
Approved | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears that he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Robert Preston, Otto Kruger, Sidney Toler
Votes: 55
46. Sinking Sand (2016)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a loving wife murders a blackmailer to protect her husband's flourishing law career, she must watch as he prosecutes another for her crime.
Director: Brian Yarbrough | Stars: Jenn Gotzon, Tom Clark, Jim E. Chandler, Kevin Sizemore
Votes: 65
47. Beschuldigde sta op (1966–1980)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The title, Dutch for "Accused, rise!", is a typical phrase from the opening scenes, as in each episode a trial is held before the Belgian Assize court, the highest criminal court (for one ... See full summary »
Stars: Thieu Croonenberghs, Jos de Man, Frans de Clerck, Bert Aerts
Votes: 9
48. The Naked and the Wicked (1951)
90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Using actors' names since they differ in the dubbed versions: Carla Del Poggio is the wistful companion of opera star Madam Stefania Monti. Carla soon learns that Madam's accompanist, ... See full summary »
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore, Gabriele Ferzetti, Tina Lattanzi
Votes: 37
49. Hof van Assisen (1998–1999)
Drama, Crime, Mystery
A Flemish court series in which each episode covers a trial before the 'court of assizes' (hence the Dutch title), the highest criminal court in Belgium, which hears the gravest charges, ... See full summary »
Stars: Leo Madder, Jef Demedts, Anne Denolf, Bob De Moor
Votes: 11
50. Madame Behave (1925)
Passed | 55 min | Comedy, Romance
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Julian Eltinge, Ann Pennington, Lionel Belmore, David James
Votes: 39