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Jack Reacher

December 19, 2012

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. T...

The Lincoln Lawyer

March 16, 2011

Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it come...

My Cousin Vinny

March 12, 1992

Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a l...

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

February 24, 2005

Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniv...

The Verdict

December 7, 1982

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to...

From the Hip

February 5, 1987

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now de...

Daddy and Them

October 25, 2001

Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn...

A Case of Rape

February 19, 1974

When she was raped, Ellen thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse, was the treatment by the hospital staff, police and the court system, when she reported it, an...

The People Against O'Hara

August 31, 1951

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client....

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

July 27, 2000

Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convic...

Trial

October 6, 1955

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy rac...

Criminal Lawyer

August 22, 1951

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case....

True Confession

December 23, 1937

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 whe...

The Mouthpiece

March 20, 1932

A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent....

Penitentiary

February 4, 1938

The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted....

Smart Woman

April 29, 1948

A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past....

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

June 1, 2009

William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. His clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Sto...

Underage

March 14, 2013

The story of Helena, a recently graduated attorney who works as a public defender of children and adolescents in the courts of the city of Santos, Brazil, and her brother, the teenager Caio,...

The Green Scarf

August 24, 1954

A deaf, dumb and blind man, Jacques Vauthier (Kieron Moore), confesses to committing a murder, apparently without motive. He depends on his defense attorney, Delfot (Michael Redgrave), to un...