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The Wrong Woman (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: legal action, murder, law enforcement, love affair, couple relations, couples, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, stopped by police ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.3
 914
Family Sins (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequently molested and abused by her husband and children ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: courtroom drama, unlikely criminals, legal action, family problems, dishonesty, legal, under the surface, love, parents and children, eccentric family, kidnapping, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island
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The Pelican Brief (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style: tense, political thriller, political, suspense, clever ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: political conspiracy, state affairs, investigation, politics, conspiracy, reporter, lawyer, courtroom, corruption, conspiracy theory, political corruption, murder ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
Place: new orleans, washington d.c., new york
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 5.6
 115
Overruled! (2009)
Genre: Family
Country: UK, Canada
TV show
Story: Overruled! is a Canadian children's television sitcom about high school kids with problems, which are taken to Teen Court, hosted by Judge Tara; the series airs on Family Channel in Canada and Disney Channel in the United Kingdom. It premiered ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: high school, young heroes, teenage life, legal, legal action, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, high school life, courtroom drama, youth, social relations, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.6
 238
Better Man (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: The remarkable life and death of Van Nguyen, a Vietnamese Australian man who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and executed for his crime in 2005.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, bleak, thought provoking
Plot: smuggling, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, legal action, prison life, death row, legal, death sentence, lawyers and clients, parents and children, family in crisis, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, asia, singapore
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 6.9
 144
The Jury (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, murder mystery, nypd, trial ...
Time: 21st century
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Sins of the Preacher (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: legal investigation, murder, legal action, protagonist as suspect, couple relations, false accusation, dedicated lawyer, society, clergy, legal, dishonesty, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.4
 290
Ezra (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Nigeria, USA, UK, Austria
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ezra, jeune ex-soldat Sierra-Léonais, essaie tant bien que mal de retrouver des repères pour revenir à une vie normale après la guerre civile qui a ravagé son pays. Son quotidien est partagé entre un centre de réhabilitation psychologique et ...
Style: captivating, rough, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot: military, kidnapping, wartime life, youth, life is a bitch, danger, legal, against humanity, haunted by the past, starting over, kids in trouble, life turned upside down ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, sierra leone
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 6.2
 732
Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench and returns to private practice in an elite law firm where Claire Sax, ...
Style: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, legal action, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, power relations, society, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Law & Order  Los Angeles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot: legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, district attorney, law enforcement, power relations, legal investigation, workplace, courtroom, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 5.7
 461
Baby Sellers (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: babies and infants, adoption, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, orphanage, spy, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, art house, detective ...
Plot: unhappy wife, judge, courtroom drama, divorce, fighting the system, rebellion, marital separation, discrimination, injustice, legal action, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, maghreb, middle east
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Student Seduction (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Christie Dawson always wanted to be the "cool" teacher. But her world is shaken up after a pupil's crush spirals out of control and he sexually assaults her. Suddenly, her colleagues, neighbors and even her hubby are wondering whether ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, thought provoking
Plot: sexual assault, older woman younger man relationship, false accusation, teachers and students, price of justice, righting the wronged, power relations, legal, life is a bitch, legal action, youth, courtroom drama ...
Time: 21st century
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Judgement in Berlin (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, touching, sincere ...
Plot: terrorism, justice, politics, hijacking, legal action, legal, courtroom drama, fighting the system, confined, save the day, danger, culture clash ...
Time: 70s
Place: germany, europe, east berlin, berlin germany, west berlin west germany ...
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The Good Father (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bill Hooper -- bitter after a messy divorce -- tries to help a friend gain custody of his child any way he can.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, family relations, family problems, breakup, courtroom drama, legal action, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, dysfunctional marriage, custody battle, father son relationship, divorce ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
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 5.7
 20K
The Juror (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom drama, obsession, courtroom, trial, legal, lawyer, murder mystery, hitman, danger, unlikely friendships, single parent, blackmail ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, guatemala
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 6.0
 12K
Legal Eagles (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable ...
Style: melancholic, entertaining, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, legal, conspiracy, investigation, murder, dedicated lawyer, legal action, court case, cons and scams, couples, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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What Makes a Family (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, uplifting, sexual ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, terminal illness, gender, custody, lesbian, pregnancy, family problems, family life, couples, death in the family, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
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 6.0
 16K
The Chamber (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style: suspense, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, legal, courtroom, murder, prison, ku klux klan, death sentence, haunted by the past, anti semitism, lawyer, politics ...
Time: 90s, year 1967, 60s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: mississippi, usa
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, talky ...
Plot: courtroom, supreme court, boxing, injustice, righting the wronged, ambition, legal action, against the odds, political unrest, cigarette smoking, justice, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1971
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 6.2
 295
Damaged Care (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of preventing his son Bryan being left in his first wife's bad custody with he proceeds of his present wife Linda's new job. She's the first graduate in her family and eagerly ...
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot: public health, rebellion, uncover truth, ambition, idealism, fighting the system, against the odds, family problems, injustice, couples, workplace, society ...
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 6.8
 25K
Puncture (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.
Style: independent film, suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, drug abuse, life & death, lawyer, courtroom, lawsuit, aids, courtroom drama, law firm, heroin, righting the wronged, public health ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998, year 1995, year 1999
Place: washington d.c., usa, houston texas
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 6.7
 73K
The Client (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, touching ...
Audience: family outing, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, mafia, boy, witnessing a crime, lawyers and clients, conspiracy, investigation, witness protection, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, tennessee, memphis, usa
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The Hidden Half (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the ...
Style: serious, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, islamic ...
Plot: militant, fighting the system, woman in danger, injustice, rebelliousness, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, state affairs, feminism ...
Time: 70s
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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Murder in the Hamptons (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After multi-millionaire Ted Ammon is found bludgeoned to death at his East Hampton estate, the fingers point to his estranged wife, Generosa Rand, and her lover, an electrician named Danny Pelosi.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot: murder, adoption, family relations, love affair, family problems, estrangement, couples, terminal illness, infidelity, legal, crumbling marriage, legal action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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 6.4
 29K
Just Cause (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the ...
Style: rough, tense, suspenseful, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, twists and turns, legal, investigation, death row, swamp, lawyer, courtroom, legal investigation, fighting the system ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: florida, everglades, harvard university, usa, miami
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 7.3
 7K
Harry's Law (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown ...
Style: serious, clever, exciting, realistic, dramatic
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyer, trial, courtroom, starting over, courtroom drama, workplace, partner, lawyers and clients, dedicated lawyer, legal action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, cincinnati ohio
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Three Blind Mice (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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 5.8
 653
Jump! (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 118 min.
Story: JUMP is a psychological drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary circumstances behind the unjust murder trial of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who would later become the most sought after celebrity portrait photographer of his ...
Style: disturbing, serious, contemplative, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, murder, racism, injustice, state affairs, dishonesty, false accusation, discrimination, power relations, righting the wronged, society, legal action ...
Time: 1920s
Place: austria, alps
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, uncover truth, fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, society, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, texas
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