Criminal justice movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant criminal justice movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with criminal justice, lawyer, investigation, criminal, murder, courtroom, legal, court, justice and police investigation plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, South Korea, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as criminal justice: When They See Us (2019), The Killing Vote (2023), Primal Fear (1996), Stranger (2017), Circle (2017), 99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016), Juvenile Justice (2022), For The People (2018), FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Vaashi (2022).

List of criminal justice movies

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When They See Us (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style: suspense, captivating, detective, political, educational ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: investigation, legal, social injustice, black, criminal justice, black lives matter, black cast, racial injustice, black history, lgbtq, suspect, false accusation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york
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The Killing Vote (2023)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: People are busy watching the screen. The person wearing a mysterious mask so called 'Gaetal' appears, and the Killing Vote begins.
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: vigilante, death sentence, death penalty, voting, social justice, criminal justice, investigation, murder, masked vigilante, killings, murder investigation, serial killer ...
Place: korea
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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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 8.4
 10K
Stranger (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hwang Shi-Mok had brain surgery when he was a child, which caused him to lack emotion. Now, Hwang Shi-Mok works as a prosecutor. He is rational, but cold and lonely. He is also one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. One day, a dead ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: prosecutor, female detective, corruption, murder mystery, murder investigation, police, serial killer, investigation, emotionless, buddy cop, crime investigation, police corruption ...
Place: korea, thailand, seoul
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 7.3
 922
Circle (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: A special team of four is established by the Istanbul Police Department. The team has all kinds of different talents. These four people, who have experienced many things in their past, start working together to solve grisly murders.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: investigation, partners against crime, teamwork, fighting crime, partner, murder investigation, criminal justice, murder mystery, police partner, police, cold case, sleuth ...
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99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: criminal lawyer, criminal, investigation, crime solving, forensics, criminal justice, uncover truth, teamwork, felony, criminal trial, crime investigation, lawyer
Place: japan, tokyo
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Juvenile Justice (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: judge, court, courtroom, police, legal system, criminal justice, law enforcement, law enforcer, female judge, court case, lawsuit, lawman ...
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For The People (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
Style: captivating, talky, tense, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, legal, lesbian, rivalry, court, judge, criminal justice, workplace situations, law school, law and order, workplace ...
Place: new york
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FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective ...
Plot: fbi, fbi agent, crime investigation, criminal, murder, investigation, special agent, task force, die hard, partners against crime, criminal justice, partner ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
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 6.4
 2K
Vaashi (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Ebin Mathew, a budding lawyer ambitiously joins hands with his advocate friend Madhavi Mohan, to share a new office space in order for them to start their independent careers. Their relationship gets strained when they land on opposite ends of a ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: lawyer, court, legal system, attorney, legal action, court case, courtroom, rivalry, legal investigation, rivals, competitor, courtroom drama ...
Place: india
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The Young Detective (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Young Bao Zheng solves a series of criminal cases with his friends.
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, inspirational, costume drama
Plot: criminal, partners against crime, fighting crime, unsolved crime, crime solving, crime investigation, teamwork, uncover truth, master warrior, secret revealed, cold case, felony ...
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All Your Faces (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Since 2014, France's restorative justice programmes have offered a safe space for supervised dialogue between offenders and victims. Grégoire, Nawelle, and Sabine, victims of heists and violent robberies, agree to join one of these discussion ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot: forgiveness, victim, prison, convict, true crime, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, criminal, relationships, criminal justice, traumatic experience, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
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 6.9
 1K
Manithan (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A struggling lawyer files a PIL in a hit-and-run case involving a business scion's son hoping that the resulting publicity would be good for his business.
Style: captivating, serious, dramatic, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: courtroom drama, social injustice, lawyer, fight for justice, city, hometown, advocate, attorney, criminal justice, undercover, legal system, injustice ...
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Miranda's Victim (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious
Plot: rape, rape victim, legal, legal system, true crime, kidnapping, kidnapped woman, fight for justice, violence, abduction, criminal justice, kidnapper ...
Time: 60s
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The Execution (2021)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: For more than 10 years, Russian police forces have tried to stop the country’s smartest and most wanted serial killer. But even when he gets caught, nobody can prove his guilt. As the manhunt intensifies, the investigation grows increasingly ...
Style: serious, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: serial killer, homicidal maniac, police investigation, killings, serial murder, murder, criminal justice, murderer, victim, crime investigation, investigation, murder investigation ...
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 6.5
 49
The D.A. (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The D.A. is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 19 until April 9, 2004.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot: legal, lawyer, district attorney, legal action, workplace, judiciary, legal system, attorney, court, criminal justice, judge, courtroom drama ...
Place: los angeles
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Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: prosecutor, murder suspect, murderer, murder, accused of murder, framed for murder, accusation, murder mystery, mentor protege relationship, criminal justice, felony, framed for a crime ...
Place: tokyo
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Rose and Maloney (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of ...
Style: detective, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: workplace situations, justice, workplace, civil rights, male female relationship, criminal justice, coworker, relationships, fight for justice, social justice, women
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Ⅵ Group of Fatal Case (2001)
Genre: Crime
Country: China
TV show
Story: Six very different but equally determined and dedicated police officers comprise a group specializing in serious criminal cases involving homicide, mafia activity, terrorism, drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, and robbery.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: police officer, fighting crime, crime solving, crime investigation, partner, forensics, murder investigation, police, partners against crime, police partner, investigation, unsolved crime ...
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Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. Stabler journeys to find absolution and rebuild his life, while leading a new elite task force that is taking apart the city’s most powerful ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, detective ...
Plot: organized crime, law and order, police, police procedural, crime investigation, criminal, police investigation, die hard, forensics, nypd, legal, suspect ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
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Shades of Guilt (2015)
Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Knonberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, psychological
Plot: lawyer, justice, guilt, attorney, defense attorney, criminal lawyer, criminal justice, law and order, price of justice, criminal, moral dilemma, legal ...
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Rupinder Gandhi the Gangster..? (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: With the local police force unwilling to deal with crime, a college student and his gang take it upon themselves to mete out justice in their own way.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: gangster, lynching, organized crime, gang, street gang, criminal, gang member, lynch mob, bandit, criminal justice, gang of outlaws, showdown ...
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 6.5
 5K
Clemency (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, compassionate, suspenseful ...
Plot: death row, lethal injection, prison, prison warden, black american, black, retirement, death sentence, teacher, innocence, guilt, demonstration ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
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The Untouchables (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, stylized, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, mentor, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: chicago, usa, america
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Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Style: contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, prison, legal, supreme court, lawyer, criminal justice, law, social change, bureaucracy, false accusation, oldtimer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, florida
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 6.8
 9K
Bomb City (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice.
Style: suspenseful, rough, psychological, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: punk, subculture, punk rock, graffiti, society, life is a bitch, friends, murder, fistfight, rock and roll, trial, ghetto ...
Time: year 1997, 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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 6.6
 20K
Experimenter (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his ...
Style: political, disturbing, philosophical, factual, melancholic ...
Plot: psychology, electric shock, experiment, biopic, science, scientist, insanity, couple relations, social experiment, workplace, inventions and discoveries, manipulation ...
Time: 60s, year 2015, year 1961, 20th century
Place: usa, connecticut, yale university
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Imperial Dreams (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Style: touching, uplifting, serious, rough, hood ...
Plot: going straight, life is a bitch, family relations, street kid, hopes, parents and children, society, urban ghetto life, black lives matter, black, blaxploitation, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, indiana, usa
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 7.1
 12K
Trial by Fire (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.
Style: depressing, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot: death penalty, court, trial, lawyer, arson, justice, fighting the system, death sentence, false accusation, freedom, legal, hopes ...
Place: texas
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 8.4
 170K
The Night Of (2016)
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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