Movies by Lists - Legal Thrillers (99 [135]) 
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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, 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 |
| 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 |
| An American CrimeThe true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. | 2007 | Tommy O'Haver | Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.3 (34.2K votes) | 98 | 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 |
| And Justice For AllA lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent. | 1979 | Norman Jewison (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (33.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Big EyesA drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s. | 2014 | Tim Burton (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (90.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Body of EvidenceA lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him. | 1992 | Uli Edel | Drama, Thriller | 4.5 (15K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Bridge of SpiesDuring the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. | 2015 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Drama, History, Thriller | 7.6 (303.1K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Castle, TheA working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion. | 1997 | Rob Sitch | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (16.1K votes) | 85 | 20220414 |
| 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 |
| Christmas with the KranksWith their daughter, Blair, away, Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas all together until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate it at the last minute. | 2004 | Joe Roth | Comedy, Family | 5.4 (48.8K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Close-UpThe true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film. | 1990 | Abbas Kiarostami (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama | 8.3 (18.6K votes) | 98 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Conviction, The [La Condanna]A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innoc | 1991 | Marco Bellocchio | Drama | 6.1 (282 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, TheA dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces. | 1955 | Otto Preminger (*) | Biography, Drama, War | 6.8 (2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Courted [L'hermine]Michel Racine is a feared president of Assize Court, as strict with himself as with others. Everything changes when he meets again Ditte when she's selected as a juror in a criminal trial over which he presides. | 2015 | Christian Vincent | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (2.2K votes) | 98 | 20220415 |
| 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 |
| Dancer in the DarkAn East European girl travels to the United States with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film. | 2000 | Lars von Trier (*) | Crime, Drama, Musical | 8.0 (107.4K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Devil's Advocate, TheAn exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date. | 1997 | Taylor Hackford | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (355.5K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| DifretA young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage. | 2014 | Zeresenay Mehari | Biography, Crime, Drama, History | 6.9 (1.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Divided Heart, TheA story of litigation between a birth mother and an adopted family due to a child lost during a war. | 1954 | Charles Crichton (*) | Drama | 6.9 (193 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Dry White Season, AA white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a... | 1989 | Euzhan Palcy | Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (5.7K votes) | 106 | 20220806 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| First Monday in OctoberFor the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate. | 1981 | Ronald Neame | Comedy, Drama | 6.4 (1.6K votes) | 98 | 20230728 |
| Flash of GeniusRobert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. | 2008 | Marc Abraham | Biography, Drama | 7.0 (17K votes) | 119 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Gang RelatedAfter murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done. | 1997 | Jim Kouf | Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.5 (8.8K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Gingerbread Man, TheA lawyer uses his power to help his lover put her father behind bars, but when he escapes, they are all in danger. | 1998 | Robert Altman (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 5.8 (11.1K votes) | 114 | 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 |
| Guilty by SuspicionReturning to Hollywood 1951 after working in France, a movie director meets McCarthyism head-on. | 1991 | Irwin Winkler | Drama | 6.5 (8.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| HowlAs Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized. | 2010 | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (12.9K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| I Am SamA mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family. | 2001 | Jessie Nelson | Drama | 7.6 (150.2K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| I Want to Live!A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence. | 1958 | Robert Wise (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.5 (6.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Irreconcilable DifferencesAlternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both. | 1984 | Charles Shyer | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.8 (3.4K votes) | 113 | 20240319 |
| 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 |
| Juror, TheA juror in a Mafia trial is forced to convince the other jurors to vote not guilty by an obsessive mob enforcer. | 1996 | Brian Gibson | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (20K votes) | 118 | 20240524 |
| 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 |
| La Passion de Jeanne d'ArcIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. | 1928 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (52.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Letter, TheJeanne Eagels plays the bored and restless Leslie Crosbie who turns to another man, Geoffrey Hammond (Herbert Marshall) for attention when neglected by her husband Robert (Reginald Owen). Robert decides to go out for the evening to p | 1929 | Jean de Limur | Drama | 6.7 (696 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Liar LiarA fast-track lawyer can't lie for 24 hours due to his son's birthday wish after he disappoints his son for the last time. | 1997 | Tom Shadyac | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.9 (301.8K votes) | 86 | 20220414 |
| LincolnAs the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. | 2012 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.3 (255.5K votes) | 150 | 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 |
| Magnificent Yankee, TheBiography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes. | 1950 | John Sturges (*) | Biography, Drama | 6.8 (651 votes) | 89 | 20240229 |
| Man For All Seasons, AThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry. | 1966 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (33.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Manson My Name Is EvilPerry, a sheltered chemical engineer, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he becomes a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial. | 2009 | Reginald Harkema | Comedy, Crime | 4.7 (860 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Miracle on 34th StreetA lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing. | 1994 | Les Mayfield | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.6 (43.9K votes) | 114 | 20240416 |
| 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 |
| My Cousin VinnyTwo New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience. | 1992 | Jonathan Lynn | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (118.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Night Falls on ManhattanA newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner. | 1996 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (8.5K votes) | 113 | 20230728 |
| 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 |
| Open Doors [Porte aperte]A principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for. | 1990 | Gianni Amelio | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (883 votes) | 108 | 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 |
| Past is a Foreign Land, The [Il Passato e una Terra Straniere]A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, thus discovering an evil part of himself he has never known. | 2008 | Daniele Vicari | Drama | 6.5 (527 votes) | 120 | 20220414 |
| 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 vs. Larry Flynt, TheThe story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech. | 1996 | Milos Forman (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (92.9K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Perfect StrangersGinger Rogers and Dennis Morgan, serving on a sequestered jury during a murder trial, fall in love. She is divorced, he is married. | 1950 | Bretaigne Windust | Drama, Romance | 6.0 (477 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| PhiladelphiaWhen a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. | 1993 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Drama | 7.7 (235.6K votes) | 125 | 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 |
| Rainmaker, TheAn underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent insurance company. | 1997 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (70.9K votes) | 135 | 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 |
| 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 Minutes, TheThe Seven Minutes is a steamy book written in 1969. To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material and most of the film centers about the trial. The defense attorneys need to find the my | 1971 | Russ Meyer (*) | Drama | 5.6 (391 votes) | 115 | 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 |
| SleepersAfter a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge. | 1996 | Barry Levinson (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (212.8K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Social Network, TheAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. | 2010 | David Fincher (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.7 (671.6K votes) | 120 | 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 |
| SwoonThe true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the investigation, trial and final fate of the two men. | 1992 | Tom Kalin | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (1.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Term of TrialA British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault. | 1962 | Peter Glenville | Drama | 7.1 (680 votes) | 130 | 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 |
| 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 |
| TrialCourtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism. | 1955 | Mark Robson | Drama | 6.9 (1K votes) | 105 | 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 |
| Trial, TheAn unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges. | 1962 | Orson Welles (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (20.9K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| True StoryWhen disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. | 2015 | Rupert Goold | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery | 6.3 (67.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Twilight of HonorA murder case that can't be won is assigned to a young defense attorney. He asks his old ailing friend, a legend among attorneys, for help on the case as his consultant. | 1963 | Boris Sagal | Crime, Drama | 6.3 (615 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Vagabond, The [Awaara]A poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her. | 1951 | Raj Kapoor | Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.9 (4K votes) | 193 | 20211228 |
| Who Killed Pasolini [Pasolini, un delitto italiano]A film on the poet, writer and film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini focusing on his brutal murder and on the judicial proceedings that followed. The case is reconstructed via the trial of Pino Pelosi, the street kid who was found guilty of | 1995 | Marco Tullio Giordana | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (576 votes) | 100 | 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 Man with IdeasA young lawyer encounters problems while relocating his family. | 1952 | Mitchell Leisen | Comedy, Drama | 5.9 (409 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Young Mr LincolnA fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case. | 1939 | John Ford (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.6 (8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| L'avvocato difensore | 1935 | Gero Zambuto | nan | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Processo per direttissima | 1974 | Lucio De Caro | Crime, Drama | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avvocato della mala | 1977 | Alberto Marras | Crime, Drama | 4.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | 1996 | Rob Reiner | Drama, History | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Before and After | 1996 | Barbet Schroeder | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shadow of Doubt | 1998 | Randal Kleiser | Mystery, Thriller | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avvocato de Gregorio | 2003 | Pasquale Squitieri | Drama | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Street Lawyer | 2003 | Paris Barclay | Drama | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avvocato Guerrieri: Testimone inconsapevole | 2007 | Alberto Sironi | Crime | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avvocato Guerrieri: Ad occhi chiusi | 2008 | nan | Crime | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | 2013 | Stephen Frears | Biography, Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avocat de la terreur | 2007 | Barbet Schroeder | Documentary, Biography, History | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Women's Murder Club | 2007 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Crossing Jordan | 2001 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ally McBeal | 1997 | nan | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eli Stone | 2008 | nan | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Harry's Law | 2011 | nan | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | 2005 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Law & Order: Los Angeles | 2010 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Law & Order: UK | 2009 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 1999 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Law & Order | 1978 | nan | Crime, Drama | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Law & Order | 1990 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Suits | 2011 | nan | Comedy, Drama | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Boston Legal | 2004 | nan | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 8.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Good Wife | 2009 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Firm | 2012 | nan | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Client | 1995 | nan | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Crimini | 2006 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avvocato Porta | 1997 | nan | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'avvocato delle donne | 1997 | nan | Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L.A. Law | 1986 | nan | Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Life's Work | 1996 | nan | Comedy | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Young Lawyers | 1969 | nan | Drama | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Whole Truth | 2010 | nan | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Willy | 1954 | nan | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |