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List of legal investigation movies

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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
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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Women's Murder Club (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, witty, detective ...
Plot: female detective, policewoman, homicide detective, forensics, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace situations, legal, legal investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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All Our Desires (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Claire and Stéphane are two Lyon-based judges who could hardly be more different. She is young and enthusiastic, committed to helping those unfortunates who find themselves in debt. He is older, wiser, but disillusioned with his work and his life. ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, serious
Plot: injustice, society, legal investigation, legal, courtroom drama, hopes, legal action, life is a bitch, fighting the system, workplace, dishonesty, workplace situations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, lyon, europe
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 6.2
 23K
Closed Circuit (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A terrorist attack in London results in the capture of suspect Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto). The attorney general appoints Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as special advocate on Erdogan's legal team. On the eve of the trial, ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, political, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, conspiracy, cia, spy, legal action, lawyer, murder, surveillance, politics, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, usa
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 2K
Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand. It first was broadcast ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot: law firm, lawyer, legal, trial, courtroom drama, female lawyer, lawyer client relationship, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, celebrity culture, innocence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.8
 867
Sequestered (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A jury is sequestered in a hotel while deliberating a court case with massive implications.
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: legal, uncover truth, jury, murder trial, dishonesty, law enforcement, isolation, lawyer, investigation, hotel, legal investigation, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
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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Guilty as Sin (1993)
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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 7.0
 4K
Daylight (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A successful lawyer finds out that she has a half-brother who is imprisoned in a secure hospital after he brutally murdered his neighbor and their baby.
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot: autism, murder, legal investigation, investigation, uncover truth, siblings relations, family secret, imprisonment, family relations, disability, dedicated lawyer, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Innocently Convicted (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story: Oskyldigt dömd is a Swedish drama television series from 2008. The first season was recorded in twelve episodes during February 2008 to be aired later during the fall. It premiered on the Finnish TV channel FST5 on September 24, 2008 and later the ...
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, civil rights, courtroom, dedicated lawyer, injustice, university, lawyers and clients, society, legal, wrongful conviction, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
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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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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, law enforcement, police investigation, legal investigation, twists and turns, dedicated lawyer, rivalry, legal, parents and children, lawyer, power relations, courtroom drama ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.4
 2K
The Divide (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Divide is a 2014 legal drama that aired on WE tv. The first season consisted of eight hour-long episodes. It premiered on July 16, 2014. On October 30, 2014, the series was canceled by WE-tv.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, political ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, legal investigation, moral dilemma, district attorney, courtroom, lawyers and clients, murder, planting evidence, investigation, feminist, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
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 4.1
 950
The Child (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Simon Sachs, a terminally ill ten year old boy, claims to have been a serial killer in his previous life and apparently he can prove it. He leads a lawyer, Robert Stern to the locations of the bodies, who were killed long before Simon was born. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, pedophile, legal investigation, legal, legal action, terminal illness, rivalry, lawyer, life is a bitch, pedophilia, sexual abuse, deadly
Time: 21st century
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 8.1
 314
North Square (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the ...
Style: clever, tense, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot: legal, dedicated lawyer, lawyer, legal investigation, law firm, scapegoat, ambition, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, jury, workaholic, courtroom drama ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire
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 7.9
 363
Mandrake (2005)
Genre: Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Meet Paulo Mandrake, a charismatic defense attorney who finds himself sidetracked by his vices--especially beautiful Brazilian women--while serving as a liaison between his high-end clients and the Rio de Janeiro subculture. Marcos Palmeira stars in ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, captivating, humorous
Plot: lawyer, womanizer, legal investigation, courtroom drama, society, legal, lawyers and clients, counterculture, courtroom, one night stand, blackmail, dating ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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 6.9
 123
Just Cause (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Just Cause is an award-winning Canadian legal drama television series produced by Mind's Eye Entertainment. Filming was done in Vancouver, British Columbia but the series is set in San Francisco, California.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyer, parole officer, righting the wronged, legal investigation, wrongful conviction, dishonesty, missing person, legal action, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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The Warrior Class (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rookie lawyer Alec Brno has just been assigned the case of his career: exposing a billion-dollar oil scam led by a ruthless mafia boss. When he reluctantly falls for the gangster's beautiful but drug-addicted wife - also his key witness - Alec ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: gangster, courtroom, fall in love, criminal's revenge, dangerous attraction, legal investigation, hitman, drug abuse, courtroom drama, addiction, legal, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.2
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Our Fathers (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot: church, sexual abuse, pedophile, clergy, legal investigation, social decay, courtroom drama, sexual harassment, dishonesty, fighting the system, legal, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa, europe, france
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 5.2
 106
Trapped (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
Style: serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: protagonist as suspect, legal investigation, mind game, manhunt, femme fatale, dishonesty, betrayal, crumbling marriage, rivalry, danger, dangerous attraction, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
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Black and White (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic
Plot: courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, aborigine, racism, illiteracy, injustice, legal investigation, fighting the system, price of justice, false accusation, social differences, society ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
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 7.0
 6K
The Firm (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob -- and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, law firm, workplace, moral dilemma, legal investigation, haunted by the past, witness protection, corruption, family man, organized crime, jury ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman becomes romantically involved with a murder defendant while she is a juror in his trial.
Style: semi serious, cynical, experimental, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot: legal investigation, legal, artists and showbiz, murder, courtroom drama, couples, parents and children, scandal, looking for sex, college, sexual relations, media satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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 5.3
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Untouched (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal investigation, life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, murder, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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 5.1
 2K
Solstorm (2007)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-law, Sanna Strandgård, telling that her brother and preacher Viktor was murdered, stabbed and with ...
Style: surprise ending, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: murder investigation, murder, female lawyer, danger, investigation, legal investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, woman in danger, haunted by the past, religions or cults, false arrest ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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 5.3
 264
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, woman in danger, police detective, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, legal, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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Salvation (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: false accusation, hotshot lawyer, fighting the system, protagonist as suspect, frame up, society, law enforcement, life is a bitch, rebellion, legal investigation, dishonesty, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Sexual Predator (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A female parole officer unwittingly gets involved with a handsome photographer who might be a serial killer.
Style: erotic, suspenseful, rough, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: strangulation, lust, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, erotica, policewoman, murder, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, vengeance, psychopath, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
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 8.0
 169K
JFK (1991)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story: New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style: controversial, suspense, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, president, kennedy assassination, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, assassination, cia, legal, politics, courtroom, lawyer, corruption ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1991, 90s, year 1963
Place: new orleans, washington d.c., austin texas, midwest, chile ...
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