Movies by Lists - Courtroom Thrillers (130 [143]) 
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| 12Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen adolescent charged with murdering his stepfather. | 2007 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (14.4K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| 12 Angry MenTwelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision. | 1997 | William Friedkin (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (14.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 12 Angry MenThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. | 1957 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama | 9.0 (749.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Accused [Lucia de B.]A young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence. | 2014 | Paula van der Oest | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (4.2K votes) | 97 | 20220531 |
| Accused, TheAfter a young woman suffers a brutal gang 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. | 1988 | Jonathan Kaplan | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (34.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Ace Attorney [Gyakuten saiban]This movie is based on the second and fourth cases in the popular video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. The plot follows Phoenix Wright, a novice lawyer, who faces off against expert prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, who had a perfect w | 2012 | Takashi Miike (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (2.8K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Advocate, The - A Missing Body [Seong-nan byeon-ho-sa]A lawyer and a prosecutor take on a murder case that has no evidence or a body. | 2015 | Jong-ho Huh | Crime, Mystery | 6.5 (768 votes) | 117 | 20240416 |
| AmistadIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally | 1997 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (75.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Anatomy of a MurderAn upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case? | 1959 | Otto Preminger (*) | Drama, Mystery | 8.0 (64.6K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
| Attorney, The [Byeon-ho-in]An ambitious tax attorney decides to represent an old friend in court. | 2013 | Woo-seok Yang | Drama | 7.7 (7.1K votes) | 127 | 20230715 |
| Beyond a Reasonable DoubtA novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment. | 1956 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.9 (5.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Blind Justice [Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit]A prosecuting attorney torments himself with his obsessive pursuit of a closed case. | 1961 | Harald Philipp | Drama | 6.4 (37 votes) | 97 | 20240329 |
| Boomerang!The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder. | 1947 | Elia Kazan (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 7.2 (4.4K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Boys, TheIn 1962 London, four troublesome teenagers are charged by the police with robbing a garage and murdering the night watchman. | 1962 | Sidney J. Furie | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (552 votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Breaker MorantThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. | 1980 | Bruce Beresford | Drama, History, War | 7.9 (13.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Brother's KeeperThis compelling documentary details the strange-but-true murder trial of Delbert Ward, accused of the mercy killing of his brother in rural upstate NY. This real-life murder mystery won the Audience Award at Sundance. | 1992 | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Documentary, Crime, Mystery | 7.5 (4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Chamber, TheA young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row. | 1996 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (16.1K votes) | 113 | 20240306 |
| Civil Action, AA tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career. | 1998 | Steven Zaillian | Drama | 6.6 (30.4K votes) | 115 | 20230806 |
| Class ActionAn attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter. | 1991 | Michael Apted | Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (8.3K votes) | 110 | 20240306 |
| Client, TheA young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family. | 1994 | Joel Schumacher | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (73.6K votes) | 119 | 20240416 |
| Client, The [Eui-roi-in]Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife. | 2011 | Young-Sung Sohn | Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (1.7K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| CompulsionTwo wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case. | 1959 | Richard Fleischer | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller | 7.4 (6.4K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| ConfessionA story about a man who has been pointed out as the culprit of a locked-room murder and his lawyer approaching the truth. | 2022 | Jong-seok Yoon | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (865 votes) | 105 | 20231116 |
| Conspirator, TheMary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life. | 2010 | Robert Redford (*) | Crime, Drama, History | 6.9 (28.7K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| Count the Hours!Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders. | 1953 | Don Siegel (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.2 (530 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Criminal LawA lawyer defends a killer, but soon after he wins, he finds out that the killer is guilty. | 1988 | Martin Campbell | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Cry in the Dark, A [Evil Angels]A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder. | 1988 | Fred Schepisi (*) | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (10.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Deadly Game, TheRetired Lawyers amuse themselves by prosecuting, defending and judging a hapless traveler. | 1982 | George Schaefer | Thriller | 7.0 (122 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Don't Tempt the Devil [Les bonnes causes]Gina is the dedicated nurse of Paul Dupré, a wealthy industrialist who has been treated for heart problems. Dupré dies brutally during an injection made by Gina, and immediately his wife Catherine accuses Gina. | 1963 | Christian-Jaque | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (272 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Eight O'Clock WalkIn post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman. | 1954 | Lance Comfort | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (382 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Eight O'Clock Walk In post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman. | 1954 | Lance Comfort | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (382 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Few Good Men, AMilitary lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders. | 1992 | Rob Reiner (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (252.1K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| File on Thelma Jordan, TheAssistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate. | 1949 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.9 (2.3K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Find Me GuiltyIn the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history. | 2006 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (34.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Firm. TheA young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side. | 1993 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (141.7K votes) | 154 | 20230806 |
| Flag in the Mist [Kiri no hata]Kiriko attempts to hire a well-known lawyer to defend her brother's murder case. The lawyer turns Kiriko down as she cannot afford him. Some time later, Kiriko encounters the lawyer again, but this time it is he who needs her help. | 1965 | Yôji Yamada | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (138 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| FractureAn attorney intending on climbing the career ladder toward success finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he is trying to prosecute. | 2007 | Gregory Hoblit | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (199.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| From the HipRobin, one year out of law school with one trial, gets set up with an unwinnable murder case for having forced his law firm to make him partner with unethical behavior, tarnishing the firm. | 1987 | Bob Clark | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.1 (2.6K votes) | 111 | 20240416 |
| FuryWhen a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder. | 1936 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.9 (12.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Gorgon Case, The [Sprawa Gorgonowej]One of the most talked-about trials in 1930s Polish press. Housekeeper Rita Gorgon, who has an affair with her employer, is accused of murdering his teenage daughter. | 1977 | Janusz Majewski | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (179 votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Guilty as SinA female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another. | 1993 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.6 (5.5K votes) | 107 | 20221116 |
| Hart's WarA law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder. | 2002 | Gregory Hoblit | Drama, War | 6.3 (55.1K votes) | 125 | 20240228 |
| Heart Blackened [Chim-muk]A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiance. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system. | 2017 | Jung Ji-woo | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (1.1K votes) | 125 | 20240416 |
| Heavens FallTwo young women accuse nine black youths of rape in the segregated South. | 2006 | Terry Green | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (1.5K votes) | 105 | 20240416 |
| High CrimesA successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering 9 villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as US soldier under a different name. She defends him in military court and investigates. Framed? | 2002 | Carl Franklin | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (42.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Hostile WitnessRay Milland directed himself as a barrister whose daughter is killed in a ""hit-and-run"" accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as a murderer. | 1969 | Ray Milland | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.3 (544 votes) | 101 | 20240329 |
| Hurricane, TheThe story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence. | 1999 | Norman Jewison (*) | Biography, Drama, Sport | 7.6 (102K votes) | 146 | 20240303 |
| Incident, The [Jiken]The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a comple... | 1978 | Yoshitarô Nomura | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (160 votes) | 138 | 20240224 |
| Inherit the WindBased on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. | 1960 | Stanley Kramer (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (29.5K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Jagged EdgeA wealthy woman is murdered in her beach house. The husband is allegedly knocked out first. He inherits all. He has a female ex criminal prosecutor represent him in court. | 1985 | Richard Marquand | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (14.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Judge, TheBig-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family. | 2014 | David Dobkin | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (187.4K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Judgement At NurembergIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes. | 1961 | Stanley Kramer (*) | Drama, War | 8.2 (75.1K votes) | 179 | 20211228 |
| Justice Is Done [Justice est faite]A trial of a mercy killing. | 1950 | André Cayatte | Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (345 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Keiho [39 keihô dai sanjûkyû jô]Masaki Shibata Sinichi is a theater actor who murders a man and his wife. Masaki confesses the crime and alleges that the reason for it was that the woman, five months pregnant, had criticized her show. It could be a very simple case | 1999 | Yoshimitsu Morita | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (187 votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Killing for the Prosecution [Kensatsu gawa no zainin]Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is killed for his dealings with the decease... | 2018 | Masato Harada | Mystery | 6.3 (952 votes) | 123 | 20220822 |
| King and CountryDuring 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. | 1964 | Joseph Losey (*) | Drama, War | 7.5 (2.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Kiri no hataKiriko attempts to hire a well-known lawyer to defend her brother's murder case. The lawyer turns Kiriko down as she cannot afford him. Some time later, Kiriko encounters the lawyer again, but this time it is he who needs her help. | 1965 | Yôji Yamada | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (138 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Knock On Any DoorAn attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court. | 1949 | Nicholas Ray (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.7 (3.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Last Witness, The [Der letzte Zeuge]Courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid, who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to someone else. His position and wealth keep him insula... | 1960 | Wolfgang Staudte | Crime | 6.9 (283 votes) | 102 | 20240416 |
| Let Him Have ItThis drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit. | 1991 | Peter Medak | Crime, Drama, History | 7.2 (3.5K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Letter, TheThe wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing. | 1940 | William Wyler (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 7.6 (12.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| LibelA shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade. | 1959 | Anthony Asquith | Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (1.3K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Lincoln Lawyer, TheA lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime. | 2011 | Brad Furman | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (228.9K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Long Dark Hall, TheA devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her. | 1951 | Reginald Beck, Anthony Bushell | Crime, Drama | 6.2 (453 votes) | 86 | 20220414 |
| Man in the Glass Booth, TheMossad agents kidnap an American Jewish man, accuse him of being a fugitive Nazi war criminal and take him to Jerusalem to face trial for genocide. | 1975 | Arthur Hiller | Drama | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Wouldn't Talk, TheA barrister (Anna Neagle) tries to defend her client, a U.S. scientist (Anthony Quayle), for killing his bride (Zsa Zsa Gabor), a U.S. spy. | 1958 | Herbert Wilcox | Crime, Drama | 6.4 (151 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| MarshallThe 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. | 2017 | Reginald Hudlin | Biography, Crime, Drama, History | 7.3 (23.5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Michael ClaytonA law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit. | 2007 | Tony Gilroy | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (162.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Minority Opinion [Sosuuigyeon]Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. Death happen that lead to the bigger problem. | 2015 | Seong-je Kim | Drama | 6.4 (215 votes) | 127 | 20240416 |
| Morgen in Alabama Man Under Suspicion]After assaulting a minister, a young defendant claims to have acted entirely by himself. His lawyer doesn't believe him and starts investigations of his own. | 1984 | Norbert Kückelmann | Thriller | 6.5 (66 votes) | 126 | 20230328 |
| Most Wonderful Evening of My Life, The [La più bella serata della mia vita]A salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder. | 1972 | Ettore Scola | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (742 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Murder in the FirstAn eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement. | 1995 | Marc Rocco | Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (29.9K votes) | 122 | 20231001 |
| Music BoxA lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects. | 1989 | Costa-Gavras (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (7.6K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| New Trial [Jaesim]Hyun-Woo, who is the sole witness to the murder of a taxi driver, is accused of committing the crime and persecuted and prosecuted. He is sentenced to a sentence of ten years. An opportunistic lawyer picks up the case sensing an oppo | 2017 | Tae-Yun Kim | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (1.1K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Night Of, TheAfter a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder. | 2016 | Steven Zaillian, James Marsh | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.4 (163.4K votes) | 31 | 20230830 |
| Nothing But The TruthIn Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source. | 2008 | Rod Lurie | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (39.2K votes) | 108 | 20230806 |
| NutsA high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent. | 1987 | Martin Ritt (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (6.3K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| On TrialA husband is put on trial for murder and he is ready to take the rap, for he is trying to shield his wife from scandal, along with their six-year-old daughter. But the smart young attorney appointed by the court to defend him puts... | 1939 | Terry O. Morse | Drama | 6.1 (77 votes) | 61 | 20240219 |
| On Trial [L'affaire Maurizius]In this legal drama, told in flashbacks, the son of a judge, who had sentenced a man who may be innocent to 17 years in prison, tries to investigate the mysterious case. | 1954 | Julien Duvivier (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (244 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Onion Field, TheAn LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt. | 1979 | Harold Becker | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (5.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Ox-Bow Incident, TheWhen a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men. | 1942 | William A. Wellman (*) | Drama, Western | 8.0 (22.7K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Paradine Case, TheA happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending. | 1947 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.5 (11K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Pelican Brief, TheA law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger. | 1993 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (89.1K votes) | 141 | 20221228 |
| People Against O'Hara, TheJim Curtayne, formerly a successful defense attorney who is now a recovering alcoholic, attempts a comeback when he defends a neighbor's son facing a homicide charge. | 1951 | John Sturges (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.8 (1.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Physical EvidenceA 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. | 1989 | Michael Crichton | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 5.1 (1.8K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| PinkWhen three young women are implicated in a crime, a retired lawyer steps forward to help them clear their names. | 2016 | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (43.4K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Please Murder Me!A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime. | 1956 | Peter Godfrey | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.5 (1.2K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Presumed InnocentAs a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else. | 1990 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (40.8K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Primal FearAn altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep. | 1996 | Gregory Hoblit | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (205.1K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Prisoners of the Sun [Blood Oath]The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. Cooper is the chief prosecutor. In a mass grave | 1990 | Stephen Wallace | Drama, War | 6.4 (877 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Rainmaker, TheAn underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent insurance company. | 1997 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (70.9K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Reader, ThePost-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial. | 2008 | Stephen Daldry | Drama, Romance | 7.6 (239.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Red CornerAn American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence. | 1997 | Jon Avnet | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (17K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Reversal of FortuneWealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal. | 1990 | Barbet Schroeder | Biography, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (16.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Reversible ErrorsA corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row. | 2004 | Mike Robe | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (814 votes) | 173 | 20240416 |
| Roman J. Israel, Esq.Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action. | 2017 | Dan Gilroy | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (37.3K votes) | 122 | 20220415 |
| Rules of EngagementAn attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country. | 2000 | William Friedkin (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 6.4 (50.3K votes) | 128 | 20240416 |
| Runaway JuryA juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer. | 2003 | Gary Fleder | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (95.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Seven Days [Sebeun deijeu]A successful lawyer who, in order to save her daughter, is pressured into defending the innocence of a man slated to receive the death penalty. | 2007 | Shin-yeon Won | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (1.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Silenced [Do-ga-ni]Based on real events, this film depicts the story of a school for the hearing-impaired where young deaf students were sexually assaulted by the faculty members over a long period of time. | 2011 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Drama | 8.1 (14.9K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Silent Witness [Quan min mu ji]The murder of a to-be step-mom is being prosecuted with apparently clinching evidence. The father holds his accused daughter innocent. The faithful driver and his seemingly sly, amorous wife are involved. Further differing evidenc... | 2013 | Xing Fei | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (947 votes) | 119 | 20240416 |
| Snow Falling on CedarsA Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael. | 1999 | Scott Hicks | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.8 (14K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Special Section [Section Spéciale]In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible. | 1975 | Costa-Gavras (*) | Drama, History, Thriller, War | 7.7 (1.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| SuspectWhen a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense. | 1987 | Peter Yates | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (10.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Suspicion [Giwaku]The story follow a court case of a woman accused of having killed her husband. | 1982 | Yoshitarô Nomura | Drama, Crime, Mystery | 7.0 (132 votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Testimony, The [Il testimone]A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial. | 1946 | Pietro Germi | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (182 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| They Won't Believe MeOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death. | 1947 | Irving Pichel | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 7.2 (2.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| They Won't ForgetA politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student. | 1937 | Mervyn LeRoy (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 7.2 (1.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Thin Blue Line, TheA film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas. | 1988 | Errol Morris (*) | Documentary, Crime | 8.0 (24.1K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Third Murder, The [Sandome no satsujin]A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president. | 2017 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (6.4K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Time LimitDuring the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details. | 1957 | Karl Malden | Drama, War | 7.3 (1K votes) | 96 | 20220414 |
| Time to Kill, AIn Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan. | 1996 | Joel Schumacher | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (149.5K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| To Kill a MockingbirdAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. | 1962 | Robert Mulligan (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (308.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Tooth and the Nail, TheIn 1927, a magician, Seok-jin plans the most elaborate trick to find out hidden conspiracy in his fiance's death. | 2017 | Sik Jung, Hwi Kim | Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (255 votes) | 109 | 20220415 |
| Town Without PityFour American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett. | 1961 | Gottfried Reinhardt | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Trial & Error [The Dock Brief]An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer. | 1962 | James Hill | Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (556 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Trial by JuryValerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done. | 1994 | Heywood Gould | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.4 (2.1K votes) | 107 | 20240416 |
| True BelieverA cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to ""specializing"" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case. | 1989 | Joseph Ruben | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (4.9K votes) | 108 | 20220806 |
| Truth, The [Fa nei qing]Orphaned lawyer Lau Chi Pang discovers his birth mother is a drug addict and accused of murdering a bad cop. | 1988 | Taylor Wong | Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (173 votes) | 118 | 20240416 |
| Truth, The [La Verite]A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion? | 1960 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Drama | 7.7 (3.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Two Are Guilty [Le glaive et la balance]Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle. | 1962 | André Cayatte | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (250 votes) | 131 | 20240416 |
| Unbowed [Bu-reo-jin hwa-sal]Kim Kyung-ho is fired by his university after he questioned the validity of a math question in its entrance exam. Kim files a lawsuit against the university, but it is dismissed. Out of frustration he confronts the judge with a cross | 2011 | Ji-yeong Jeong | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (620 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Verdict, TheAn outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling. | 1982 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Drama | 7.7 (38.9K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Verdict, The [Verdict]A French judge try to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover. | 1974 | André Cayatte | Drama | 6.1 (373 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Whole Truth, TheA defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father. | 2016 | Courtney Hunt | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (28.6K votes) | 93 | 20220415 |
| Wife Confesses, A [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru]Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain. Ayako was having an affair, apparently with her husband's approval, and this complicates the trial. | 1961 | Yasuzô Masumura | Drama, Mystery | 7.5 (562 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Winslow Boy, TheIn pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, and his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial. | 1948 | Anthony Asquith | Drama | 7.6 (1.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Winslow Boy, TheFollowing the theft of a postal order, a 14-year-old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might of the Admiralty. | 1999 | David Mamet | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Witness For The ProsecutionA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. | 1957 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (119.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Young Savages, TheA district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid. | 1961 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (2.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Ready for the People | 1964 | Buzz Kulik | Crime, Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Fat ngoi ching | 1985 | See-Yuen Ng | Crime | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Un coupable idéal | 2001 | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | Documentary, Crime | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Soupçons | 2004 | nan | Documentary, Crime, Drama | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Trials of Darryl Hunt | 2006 | Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern | Documentary, Crime | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Criminal Justice | 2008 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Central Park Five | 2012 | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Documentary, Crime, History | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| West of Memphis | 2012 | Amy Berg | Documentary, Crime | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Zeusu no houtei | 2013 | Gen Takahashi | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gideon's Army | 2013 | Dawn Porter | Documentary | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Het vonnis | 2013 | Jan Verheyen | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Making a Murderer | 2015 | nan | Documentary, Crime | 8.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| American Crime Story | 2016 | nan | Biography, Crime, Drama, History | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |