Public defender movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant public defender movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with public defender, lawyer, courtroom, judge, murder, legal, court, investigation, trial and courtroom drama plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as public defender: Naked Singularity (2021), The Collini Case (2019), Night Court (1984), Ordinary World (2016), Civil Servant (2019), Conviction (2016), Official Secrets (2019), Redheads (1992), Sweet Revenge (1976), Better Call Saul (2015).

List of public defender movies

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Naked Singularity (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.
Style: captivating, tense, humorous, suspense, psychological thriller
Plot: drug bust, drug dealer, drug, war on drugs, fighting the system, social activist, drug traffic, criminal, society, fighting crime, crime boss, illegal drugs ...
Place: bronx new york city
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The Collini Case (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, psychological, surreal, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, nazi, nazi war criminal, murder, public defender, childhood trauma, german soldier, trial, childhood memory ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, year 2019, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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 7.7
 18K
Night Court (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, retro, talky, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, assistant district attorney, public defender, attorney, judge, defense attorney, clerk, sarcasm, workplace, law, advocate ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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Ordinary World (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Perry is a happily married father of two living a comfortable but sedate life in the suburbs. On the occasion of his 40th birthday, he seeks to revisit his former life as the lead singer in a popular punk band though his middle-aged reality quickly ...
Style: sentimental, light, feel good, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: musician, rock musician, female lawyer, african american, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relations, family business, punk band, punk rocker, party, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 2016
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Civil Servant (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: This is a modern and exciting story about BIA agents in Belgrade who eliminate the most dangerous threats to Serbia behind the eyes of the public on a daily basis and lead the struggle in the labyrinth of domestic and foreign intrigues.
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot: spy, secret service, state affairs, world politics, secret agent, special agent, top secret, crime boss, public defender, espionage, politics, lesbian interest ...
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 7.1
 8K
Conviction (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team investigate cases where people may have been wrongly convicted.
Style: humorous, captivating, exciting, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lawyer, attorney, court, second chance, investigation, uncover truth, acquittal, justice, false accusation, guilty verdict, blackmail, law and order ...
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Official Secrets (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed ...
Style: political, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: whistleblower, spy, british politics, espionage, politics, british secret service, legal, lawyer, iraq war, expose, female secret agent, secret ...
Time: year 2003, year 2019, 2000s, year 2004
Place: kurdistan, united kingdom, london, washington d.c.
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 5.7
 89
Redheads (1992)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. ...
Style: independent film
Plot: female lawyer, public defender, evidence, attempted murder, girl, destroying evidence, teenage girl, burglary, arson, male nudity, juvenile detention, redheaded woman ...
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 5.6
 364
Sweet Revenge (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sweet Revenge was originally shipped out as Dandy, the All-American Girl. The multitalented Stockard Channing plays a car thief with a penchant for elaborate disguises. She hopes to trade in her stolen goods and purchase a snazzy sports model for ...
Style: anamorphic, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: teen drama
Plot: public defender, car theft, delinquent, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, on the run, criminal heroes, fall in love, vengeance, teenage life, heist ...
Time: 70s
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Better Call Saul (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3154 min.
TV show
Story: Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style: witty, stylized, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: lawyer, workplace situations, legal, hotshot lawyer, criminal lawyer, family relations, dark humor, moral dilemma, anti hero, dishonesty, lawyer client relationship, cons and scams ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, syria, albuquerque new mexico
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 6.6
 8K
Nuts (1987)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A high-class call girl kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. Not helping matters is that she is very distrustful of everybody, including her court-appointed attorney, and is ...
Style: psychological, hilarious, psychological thriller, tense, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, murder, court, self defense, flashback, women, mental illness, mental health, psychiatrist, prostitution ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
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 5.5
 9K
.45 (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when Al, in a jealous and self-indulgent rage, beats her. Three friends encourage her recovery: ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, female nudity, lesbian, arms dealer, addiction, cheating, emotional manipulation, life is a bitch, murder, obsession, couples, lesbianism ...
Place: new york
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May It Please the Court (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story: Noh Chak-hee, the ace lawyer of the big law firm, Jangsan, becomes a public defender overnight and must defend the criminal who killed her loved one.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: judge, problem, police partner, partners against crime, homicide detective, investigation, murder investigation, sleuth, forensics, crime solving, police investigation, teamwork ...
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Murder in the First (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
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: dramatic, suspense, emotional, depressing, period piece ...
Plot: prison, courtroom, alcatraz, lawyer, courtroom drama, court, legal, justice, murder, escape attempt, prisoner, politics ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1938
Place: san francisco, bay area, california, usa
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 6.7
 170
Delvecchio (1976)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dominick Delvecchio is an integrity-minded, honest police detective who works out of the Washington Heights division of the Los Angeles Police Department. When not screeching tires, rousting bad guys and trading quips with his burly partner Paul ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Plot: police station, law enforcement, society, fighting crime, squad, defense attorney, idealist, police protagonist, crime investigation, police inspector, sergeant, police captain ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Freedom Writers (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, rough ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, racism, lifestyle change, teenage life, urban ghetto life, mentor, teenager, strong female lead, idealism ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, year 1993, year 1994, year 1999 ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, long beach california
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 6.9
 4K
55 Steps (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, tense, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: mental patient, lawyer, female protagonist, female lawyer, mental health, opposites attract, female friendship, friendship, psychology, dishonesty, danger, society ...
Time: year 1991, year 1985
Place: san francisco
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 5.2
 1K
The Pact (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Style: suspense, psychotronic, tense, bleak, scary ...
Plot: abused woman, mother daughter relationship, parenthood, guilt, guilty conscience, teenage girl, manipulation, saving a life, girl, missing child, supernatural, nightmare ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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 7.2
 46K
Conviction (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, trial, fighting the system, prison, injustice, false accusation, court, strong female character, freedom, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 1992, year 2001 ...
Place: massachusetts, rhode island, usa
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I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A young man fights for his freedom after he is accused of groping a girl on train.
Plot: courtroom, prison, lawyer, courtroom drama, moving, cop, misandrist, japanese police, liar, heterosexuality, japanese schoolgirl, public defender ...
Place: japan
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 6.5
 1K
Custody (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned to represent her case before Judge Martha Schulman, a veteran of the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dark
Plot: abuse, single mother, lawyer, custody, hearing, children, class differences, courtroom drama, social issues, divorce, convict, family secret ...
Place: new york
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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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 3.6
 155
Better Living (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.
Style: black comedy, independent film, dark comedy
Plot: ex-cop, public defender, family reunited, excavation, basement, father daughter relationship, child abuse, husband wife relationship, sex, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sister sister relationship, priest ...
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 6.1
 2K
Low Down (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, aesthetic ...
Plot: jazz, asthma, music, addiction, heroin, pianist, coming of age, artists and showbiz, daughter, parents and children, family relations, biopic ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2014, 60s, year 1988 ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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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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Family of Cops (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, buddy cop, police, murder, nypd, guy, bad guy, hitman, gunfight, interrogation, bullet wound, police officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: milwaukee wisconsin, usa, wisconsin
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 3.7
 1K
Cattle Call (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A guy starts a fake casting agency in hopes that he will meet his soul mate.
Style: sexy, semi serious, humorous, witty, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: audition, fictional reality show, looking for sex, erotica, actress, cons and scams, best friend, singleness, misfit, sex toy, nothing goes right, stoner ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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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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Raising the Bar (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.
Style: serious, realistic, clever, tense, stylized
Plot: legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, district attorney, courtroom, workplace, friends, relationship vs career, friendship, classmate, law firm, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
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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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