| Primal Fear (1996) | 7.7 | |
| Showtrial (2021) | 7.4 | |
| The Blue Room (2014) | 6.3 | |
| Chicago (2002) | 7.2 | |
| Badla (2019) | 7.7 |
Murder trial movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
List of murder trial movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller
Plot:
vigilantism, fight for justice, revenge, lawlessness, black, father son relationship, hostage, lynching, injustice, price of justice, justice, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia, Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. After the judge makes a decision to give a long prison sentence to a woman, the woman’s brother (Märt ...
Style:
serious, emotional, suspenseful, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, trial, guilt, manslaughter, evidence, estrangement, life turned upside down, murder trial, brother sister relationship, uncover truth, social relations ...
Place:
estonia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the divorce go against him, Thatcher decides a more drastic solution is needed - murder! A series of ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
contract killing, politician, divorce, domestic violence, murder, true crime, justice, courtroom, prosecution, investigation, attempted murder, narcissism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When the film broke out that a young man coming from a rich adopted family murdered his birth father, the controversy around the case hit a nerve with the public at large. An experiment was held through the form of virtual court inside a college to ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
justice, courtroom drama, murder, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, social commentary, social problems, problem, legal action, trial, murderer, criminal ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Bruno Corazzari and his gang are in jail awaiting trial. They hire Fernando Sancho's gang to kill the only witness who then take all the passengers of a stagecoach hostage, in Richard Harrison's inn, because they are unsure which of them ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, dark, tense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stagecoach, revenge, murder, rape, vengeance, hostage, lawlessness, family tragedy, extreme violence, outlaw gang, gunfighter, vigilante justice ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, unfaithful wife, illicit love, femme fatale, murder, nudity, tragic romance, female orgasm, adultery, love affair, sexual content ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
california, usa, san diego california, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with ...
Style:
spoof, parody, sexy, humorous, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, adultery, femme fatale, attempted murder, sex scene, courtroom, lawyer, murder, secretary, blonde, sexual joke, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a fateful domestic clash, a devoted mother finds herself in prison and fighting to survive in hopes of reuniting with her daughter.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
women's prison, prison life, drug addict, women in prison, prison, murder, lesbian attraction, prison gang, judge, courtroom, marriage, police ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
devil, lawyer, supernatural, pact with the devil, deal with the devil, satan, law firm, plot twist, trial, courtroom, demon, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the son's bicycle. The film tries to describe the relationship between the dominant Jari, who calls ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
young couple, young lovers, murder, murder of family, juvenile delinquent, escape, teenager, bare breasts, burglary, capture, school bully, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
denmark, finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Kenya, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish ...
Style:
costume drama, psycho sexual, clever, stylized, bleak ...
Plot:
british colonialism, decadence, loss of lover, murder, world war two, serial killer, adultery, jealousy, public masturbation, tragic romance, seduction, murder trial ...
Time:
1940s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
africa, kenya, south africa, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall (Sellers) is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle (Attenborough) who is accused of murdering his wife (Beryl Reid). Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall ...
Style:
black and white, black comedy, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, law, murder trial, bird, legal, murder, satire, power relations, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Members of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
destiny, earthquake, murder trial, courtroom, family relations, couples, family problems, hopes, orphan, couple relations, single parent, legal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
asia, india, mumbai india, bombay india, new delhi
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 225 min.
Story:
The screen version of the most famous novel by American writer Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of ...
Style:
feel good, serious, realistic, sentimental
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
skinny dipping, friendship, youth, mischievous children, buddies, friends, funeral, boy, buried treasure, fishing, murder trial, on the lam ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
missouri, usa, mississippi
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, biting, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chauffeur, racism, accidental death, black man white woman relationship, african american, lawyer, murder, black history, blaxploitation, blindness, courtroom, young couple ...
Time:
1940s, year 1986, 1930s
Place:
chicago, usa, ireland, africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, violence, homosexuality, politics, gay bashing, sexuality, gay, lgbt, glbt, gay slur, sin ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wyoming, san francisco, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.
Style:
thought provoking, intense, political drama
Plot:
courtroom drama, french history, political violence, moral ambiguity, investigation, civil unrest, evidence, interrogation, activism, armed robbery, murder trial, judiciary ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
true crime, brutality, extramarital affair, self defense, violence, murder, courtroom drama, wife, violent, police, husband, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1978, 70s
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, oral sex, courtroom, prison, baby, murder, singing, male female relationship, comedian, parents and children, music, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
Style:
tense, black and white, suspense, period drama
Plot:
courtroom, mountain climbing, courtroom drama, love triangle, lawyer, murder, confession, trial, adultery, female protagonist, guilt, infidelity ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
Style:
suspense, slasher, psychological thriller, psychotronic, crying
Plot:
stepmother stepdaughter relationship, lizzie borden, serial killer, macabre, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, female villain, woman with a gun, evil woman, killing spree, jack the ripper ...
Time:
19th century, year 1983, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
new england, massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A frontier widow (Doris Day) aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher (George Kennedy) in old Wyoming.
Style:
funny, political, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
bike, lonely, feminist, woman with a gun, women's suffrage, range war, murder trial, cattle ranch, rancher, strong female presence, silly humor, hopes ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Angela Delvecchio, coming from a rather poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigeous clique of her high school. Angela wants to be accepted and seeks Stacy's friendship. But when she ...
Style:
teen, slasher, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, high school, serial killer, school, murder, young lovers, peer pressure, clique, evil child, killing spree, love ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ray, a young boy on the cusp of adolescence who finds himself standing trial for murder. Moving into his mother Veronica's home to be with his elder brother Nathan, 23, Ray witnesses an argument which escalates into a violent axe attack ...
Style:
compassionate, brutal, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
killer child, legal action, mother son relationship, murder, murderer, family problems, estranged family member, stepfather, punishment, estranged mother, brutality, estranged father ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes charge of his defense, but can she place his betrayal behind ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
law, lawyer, love, adultery, framed for murder, murder, infidelity, con artists, accused of murder, murder mystery, murder trial, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14 year old boy, but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is innocent after all. A stolen clarinet gives him a lead in his desperate hunt for the ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
police officer, juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, delinquent, murder trial, death of child, teenage life, heist, legal investigation, redemption, law enforcement, acquittal ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
The Jury is a British television serial broadcast in 2002. The series was the first ever to be allowed to film inside the historic Old Bailey courthouse.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, courtroom, murder, uncover truth, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, price of justice, support group, society, lawyers and clients, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
An anthology drama focusing on all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system dealing with crimes committed in America.
Style:
anthology, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, courtroom, racism, parents and children, interracial relations, society, tragedy, investigation, lawyer, friendship, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, emotional, depressing, dark ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom, alcatraz, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, justice, murder, escape attempt, corporal punishment, torture ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1938
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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