Justice movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant justice movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, serious, intense, realistic, cult classic and interesting films and TV shows about / with justice, corruption, murder, revenge, vengeance, violence, death, redemption, brutality and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as justice: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), A Few Good Men (1992), The Equalizer (2014), The Accountant (2016), A Time to Kill (1996), Peppermint (2018), The Foreigner (2017), Justified (2010), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Erin Brockovich (2000).

List of justice movies

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place: usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
Is relevant?
 7.7
 314K
A Few Good Men (1992)
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, intense, tricky, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, justice, army investigation, trial, military, suicide, u.s. navy, court martial, destiny, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., cuba, persia, caribbean, usa
Is relevant?
 7.3
 461K
The Equalizer (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Is relevant?
 7.3
 392K
The Accountant (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: autism, accountant, assassin, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, vigilante, justice, hitman, violence, gunfight ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 1989, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place: washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
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 7.5
 203K
A Time to Kill (1996)
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: thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
Is relevant?
 6.5
 75K
Peppermint (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Style: brutal, exciting, independent film, neo noir, detective ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, revenge, female warrior, female protagonist, female vigilante, female assassin, justice, dark heroine, revenge killing, one woman army, corruption, mercilessness ...
Time: year 2017, year 2012, 2010s
Place: usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
 7.0
 131K
The Foreigner (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search ...
Style: suspense, exciting, harsh, independent film, action thriller ...
Plot: revenge, terrorism, bomb, ira, tough guy, one against many, ex special forces, justice, terrorist, hand to hand combat, obsession, cat and mouse ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: northern ireland, united kingdom, ireland, scotland yard, afghanistan ...
Is relevant?
 8.6
 129K
Justified (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes ...
Style: captivating, serious, crime drama, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: justice, gunfight, u.s. marshal, fighting crime, officer, lone wolves, drug lord, small town, shooting, tough law enforcer, ex convict, family feud ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: kentucky, south america, usa
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
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, tense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
 7.5
 243K
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
 8.4
 297K
The Punisher (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Style: disturbing, brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, revenge, justice, vengeance, one man army, avenger, fight scenes, violence, vigilantism, murder, hacker, gunfight ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, new york
Is relevant?
 7.5
 99K
Selma (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, political, period piece, factual ...
Plot: racism, civil rights, justice, politics, racial discrimination, civil rights movement, african american, biopic, discrimination, idealism, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time: year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, 60s, year 1964 ...
Place: alabama, birmingham alabama, indiana, usa, southern usa ...
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 7.0
 174K
Hard Candy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style: disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Out of the Furnace (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Style: neo noir, harsh, realistic, rough, gothic ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: revenge, vengeance, drug dealer, small town, justice, vigilante, disappearance, deadend life, vigilantism, financial problem, violent, brothers ...
Time: year 2013, 80s, 20th century, year 2008, 2010s ...
Place: new jersey, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, indiana, appalachia ...
Is relevant?
 6.2
 113K
Walking Tall (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Style: intense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, justice, home invasion, lone hero, small town, ex military, revenge, one against many, brutality, heroes, organized crime, vigilantism ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, north america
Is relevant?
 7.7
 416K
Man on Fire (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style: suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
Is relevant?
 7.3
 66K
Woman in Gold (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style: captivating, realistic, touching, cute, dramatic ...
Plot: holocaust, art, lawyer, nazi, courtroom drama, justice, art theft, painting, injustice, legal, legal action, stolen painting ...
Time: year 2015, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place: austria, vienna, los angeles, pasadena california, california ...
Is relevant?
 8.4
 192K
The Night Of (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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, clever, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, murder investigation, murder mystery, jail, lawyer, justice, drug, investigation, brutality, relationships, love story ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Style: detective, surprise ending, suspense, artsy, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, train, murder, private detective, vengeance, snow, conspiracy, suspect, twists and turns, justice ...
Time: 1930s, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, venice, alps, former yugoslavia ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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, thought provoking, gothic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, manly, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, racism, small town, legal, single father, coming of age, rape, justice, childhood ...
Time: 1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa, america, africa ...
Is relevant?
 8.2
 1.7M
Batman Begins (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal ...
Style: dark, exciting, saga, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, vigilante, secret identity, heroes, double life, disguise, justice, corruption, superpower, good versus evil, martial arts ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place: usa, himalaya, africa, north america, asia ...
Is relevant?
 5.8
 5K
Darc (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.
Style: tense, serious, intense, exciting, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, lone hero, justice, vengeance, tough heroes, interpol, martial arts, fight scenes, brutality, revenge, violence, life philosophy ...
Place: asia
Is relevant?
 6.7
 78K
Death Sentence (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, harsh, tense, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vengeance, violence, revenge, gang, vigilante, justice, vigilantism, gangster, brutality, violent, character change, tragic event ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: bolivia
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 7.1
 3K
The Verdict (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc will do everything in his power to stop it from happening... He is going to take justice into his own hands and will then compete with the constitutional state which let him ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: justice, courtroom, trial, courtroom drama, murder, vigilante, lawyer, legal, legal action, injustice, lawyers and clients, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium
Is relevant?
 7.3
 732K
Wonder Woman (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 141 min.
Story: An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style: period piece, costume drama, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: superhero, strong female character, superheroine, world war one, strong female lead, fight scenes, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, tough girl, supernatural power, super powers ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918, year 2017, future, 2010s ...
Place: london, ancient greece, belgium, big ben london, fictional island ...
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
Is relevant?
 6.4
 51K
High Crimes (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military ...
Style: clever, serious, twist ending, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: twists and turns, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, false accusation, legal, conspiracy, army investigation, justice, husband wife relationship, fbi, courtroom ...
Time: year 2002, 80s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, los angeles, mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
 7.5
 229K
The Crow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, supernatural, vigilante, good versus evil, goth, halloween, murder, superhero, afterlife, justice, revenge, vigilantism ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, near future, 20th century
Place: michigan, seattle, detroit
Is relevant?
 7.6
 120K
Dark Waters (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Style: realistic, factual, serious, thought provoking, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, contamination, lawsuit, environmental, corruption, legal investigation, corporate crime, courtroom drama, investigation, environment, price of justice, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 90s, year 2019, year 1999 ...
Place: columbus ohio, cincinnati ohio, west virginia, ohio, usa
Is relevant?
 8.2
 221K
The Mentalist (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style: exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, police, law enforcement, danger, talented, outsmarting, justice ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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