Courtroom movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant courtroom movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, serious, tense, inspirational and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with courtroom, lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, trial, court, law, jury, justice and judiciary plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as courtroom: Miss Sloane (2016), Just Mercy (2019), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), My Cousin Vinny (1992), A Few Good Men (1992), The Trial (2010), The Verdict (1982), A Time to Kill (1996), The Collini Case (2019), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011).
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Style:
political, suspense, clever, tense, intellectual ...
Plot:
twists and turns, politics, lobbyist, career woman, courtroom, determination, lawyer, female protagonist, strong female lead, world politics, strong female character, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., maryland, chicago, charleston south carolina, michigan ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, death penalty, injustice, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, african american, perjury, prison, murder, innocence, death row ...
Time:
year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place:
alabama
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style:
touching, black and white, enigmatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, racism, small town, trial, single father, legal, rape, childhood, poverty, prejudice ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
alabama, usa, america, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, small town, legal, mistaken identity, murder, justice, false accusation, cousin cousin relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, new york, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, realistic, tricky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, military, trial, army investigation, justice, u.s. navy, court martial, suicide, marines, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, persia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life and those around him ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom, murder, legal action, lawyer, legal, legal investigation, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, introspection, dealing with death, haunted by the past, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, north carolina
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style:
suspense, tense, atmospheric, intense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, redemption, lawyer, court, legal action, character study, fighting the system, legal, alcoholic, trial, law ...
Time:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york, new york state
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, psychological, surreal, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, nazi, nazi war criminal, murder, public defender, childhood trauma, german soldier, trial, childhood memory ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 2019, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style:
clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal, twists and turns, trial, murder, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, mind game, jury ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, peru, beverly hills ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
Style:
surprise ending, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, adultery, mistress, infidelity, legal, investigation, court, twists and turns, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, erotic, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, womanizer, psychopath, courtroom drama, uncover truth, woman in danger, guilt ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, small town, trial, jury, courtroom drama, homecoming, legal, judge, court, murder trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, boston, peru, massachusetts, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city of Charleston, S.C. apart.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, sexy, captivating ...
Plot:
hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, legal, love and romance, friendship, dishonesty, friends, high priced lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style:
inspirational, talky, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style:
suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, fighting the system, legal, court, justice, corruption, rape, trial, hotshot lawyer, law ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, baltimore, maryland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, prison, vigilantism, justice, investigation, master criminal, twists and turns, lawyer, fighting the system, rape and revenge, murder, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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104K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, suspense, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, court, courtroom drama, corruption, courtroom, trial, jury, legal, lobbyist, justice, twists and turns, society ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, indiana, ohio, cincinnati ohio
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23K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Style:
factual, costume drama, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
holocaust, courtroom, courtroom drama, historian, holocaust survivor, lawyer, shoah, anti semitism, auschwitz, justice, court, idealism ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2000, year 1994, year 1998, year 1996 ...
Place:
london, germany, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, sincere, political ...
Plot:
holocaust, courtroom drama, courtroom, nazi, legal, execution, military, politics, third reich, nazism, judge, anti semitism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, france, germany, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, tense, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, legal, courtroom, justice, lawsuit, insurance company, legal investigation, domestic violence, self defense, law, business ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
memphis
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170K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 525 min.
TV show
Story:
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Style:
suspense, realistic, atmospheric, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, courtroom, investigation, lawyer, murder mystery, drug, legal, vengeance, district attorney, relationships, catastrophe ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder mystery, legal, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, murder, law student, defense attorney, court case, college, lgbt, teachers and students, courtroom ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, idaho, chicago
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, light
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, investigation, jury, workplace situations, research, legal, psychologist, outsmarting, manipulation, human nature, law enforcement ...
Place:
chicago, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, demonic, satanic, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
supernatural, devil, demon, religion, courtroom, priest, supernatural horror, investigation, demonic possession, exorcism, legal, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, serious, touching, talky ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, legal, court, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, parents and children, uncover truth, hopes, righting the wronged, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
lawyer, devil, supernatural, satan, deal with the devil, law firm, courtroom, greed, demon, law, courtroom drama, ambition ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, suspense, stylized, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, mafia, courtroom, lawyer, jury, gangster, court, lone hero, mobster, legal, justice, outsmarting ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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245K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, trial, courtroom drama, psychology, lawyer, murder, courtroom, psychopath, corruption, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
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10K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her.
Style:
emotional, tragic ending, rom com, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
attempted murder, nervous breakdown, depression, unfaithful husband, divorce, courtroom, borderline personality disorder, financial problem, female psychopath, black, betrayal, mother daughter relationship ...
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