Legal investigation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant legal investigation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense and captivating films and TV shows about / with legal investigation, legal, lawyer, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, dishonesty, life is a bitch, law enforcement and deadly plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as legal investigation: The Trials of Cate McCall (2013), Burden of Truth (2018), Damages (2007), Conviction (2018), Primal Fear (1996), Trial by Jury (1994), Deadlocked (2000), Doubt (2017), Dark Waters (2019), Fracture (2007).

List of legal investigation movies

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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: legal investigation, rehabilitation, legal, injustice, courtroom, family problems, dishonesty, law enforcement, estrangement, false accusation, courtroom drama, police corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, washington d.c., seattle
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Burden of Truth (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
Style: talky, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: legal investigation, legal, court case, lesbian, legal system, attorney, female protagonist, female lawyer, small town, getting home, law and order, fight for justice ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada
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 8.1
 32K
Damages (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, ...
Style: rough, clever, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: trial, lawyer, legal investigation, female lawyer, hotshot lawyer, workplace, legal action, dishonesty, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation, intrigue ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.8
 2K
Conviction (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, suspense, realistic
Plot: legal investigation, justice, lawyer, murder trial, trial, courtroom, doubt, car accident, missing person, fight for justice, suspicion of murder, wiretap ...
Time: 2000s
Place: france
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 7.7
 245K
Primal Fear (1996)
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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Trial by Jury (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Valerie is a juror in the trail 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.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, lawyer, legal, gangster, law, law enforcement, society, idealism, rivalry ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 1940s
Place: usa, new york
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 5.9
 374
Deadlocked (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: hotshot lawyer, hostage, courtroom, uncover truth, false accusation, legal action, legal investigation, injustice, price of justice, legal, dishonesty, society ...
Time: 90s
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 5.9
 2K
Doubt (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
Style: captivating, cynical, entertaining, ironic
Audience: chick flick
Plot: legal investigation, lawyer, courtroom drama, female lawyer, law firm, power relations, legal, investigation, workplace situations, impossible love, women, transgender ...
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 7.6
 100K
Dark Waters (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
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: serious, realistic, factual, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, contamination, lawsuit, corruption, environmental, fighting the system, legal investigation, corporate crime, price of justice, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2019, 2000s, 70s ...
Place: cincinnati ohio, ohio, columbus ohio, west virginia
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 7.2
 218K
Fracture (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style: suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot: twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, adultery, manipulation, investigation, murder mystery, mind game, obsession, perfect crime, police investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, usa, california
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 8.4
 82K
The Good Wife (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style: serious, clever, captivating, political, suspense ...
Plot: legal, trial, lawyer, workplace situations, dedicated lawyer, law firm, lawyers and clients, court, self discovery, female protagonist, working mom, politics ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, hawaii, usa
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American Crime Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.
Style: anthology, realistic, serious, feel good, mind blowing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: courtroom drama, true crime, murder, crime investigation, courtroom, legal investigation, police, racism, society, gay, legal action, lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, los angeles, california, beverly hills
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 7.2
 82K
The Rainmaker (1997)
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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 5.6
 2K
The Trial (2010)
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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 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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McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As a favor to a friend, defense attorney McBride takes on a client accused of murdering a woman. When McBride and his partner Phil investigate the deceased, they discover she had many identities and with each new life she was leading the list of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: false accusation, legal investigation, courtroom drama, wrong place wrong time, legal, cons and scams, rivalry, murder, uncover truth, twists and turns, lawyer, forensic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 5.0
 2K
The Deal (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: wall street, evil corporation, oil industry, politics, political intrigue, fighting the system, legal investigation, uncover truth, rivalry, political corruption, society, betrayal ...
Time: year 2005, future
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Citizen Verdict (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marty Rockman, the notorious producer of the hit reality-TV show "So Sue Me", has a brand new concept: "Citizen Verdict". Each week a real criminal case will be tried before the American people, but this time they're also ...
Style: serious, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: jury, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, murder, false accusation, political corruption, political unrest, courtroom, power relations, rebellion, law enforcement ...
Place: usa, florida
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Murder in Greenwich (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot: amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, murder suspect, who done it, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, teenage life ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, connecticut
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 6.6
 12K
Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
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 6.6
 31K
A Civil Action (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, court, legal, lawsuit, courtroom, trial, law firm, environmental, justice, business, law ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: boston, massachusetts, new york, washington d.c.
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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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Double Jeopardy (1992)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and yound daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an affair. Lisa kills her current boyfriend in self-defense and Jack witnesses the whole thing. Lisa ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, erotic ...
Plot: femme fatale, investigation, murder, betrayal, legal investigation, love and romance, manipulation, power relations, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, legal ...
Time: 90s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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 6.1
 24K
Devil's Knot (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Style: bleak, factual, intense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: police investigation, satanism, courtroom drama, teenager, courtroom, jury, court, murder, legal, investigation, police interrogation, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, memphis, southern usa, arkansas
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 6.9
 1K
Difret (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Ethiopia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the ...
Style: serious, emotional, touching, thought provoking, social ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: human rights, legal investigation, fighting the system, injustice, righting the wronged, false accusation, against the odds, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, hopes, legal ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: ethiopia, africa
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 6.4
 1K
Exiled (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Law & Order TV movie centered on the character Mike Logan.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, detective
Plot: law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, legal investigation, starting over, reluctant partners, partners against crime, prostitute, obsession, tough law enforcer, workplace, police station ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
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 5.6
 952
Mistrial (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, hostage, injustice, legal investigation, law enforcement, hotshot lawyer, murder, false accusation, legal, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, rome italy
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the ...
Style: tense, contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: legal investigation, unlikely criminals, murder, college, courtroom drama, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, legal action, prison, partner, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
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 8.5
 7K
Spiral (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot: lawyer, police, judge, double life, uncover truth, legal, murder, police detective, legal investigation, suspicion, twists and turns, trial ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 203 min.
TV show
Story: DCI Jane Tennison's investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot: policewoman, suspect, interracial sex, prime suspect, police detective, investigation, city, interracial relations, female police officer, lovers, police investigation, army investigation ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: london, england, europe
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