District attorney movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant district attorney movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, clever and tense films and TV shows about / with district attorney, corruption, lawyer, legal, justice, murder, courtroom, investigation, mentor and dialogue 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 district attorney: The Night Of (2016), The Fix (2019), Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), The Whole Truth (2010), The Client (1994), The Accused (1988), Reasonable Doubt (2014), Body of Evidence (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), The Good Wife (2009).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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, clever, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, murder investigation, murder mystery, jail, lawyer, justice, drug, investigation, brutality, relationships, love story ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
High-profile district attorney Maya Travis fled L.A. after devastating defeat when prosecuting an A-list actor for double murder. Eight years later, the same celebrity is under suspicion for another murder, and Maya is lured back to the DA’s ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, revenge, district attorney, murder, evidence, celebrity, criminal, investigation, murder mystery, prosecutor, justice, career ...
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Style:
suspense, talky, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, police, police corruption, corruption, nypd, police investigation, district attorney, lawyer, courtroom, murder, legal action, jury ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As District Attorney Kathryn Peale and defense attorney Jimmy Nolan rally their teams around their arguments and prepare to go head-to-head in the the courtroom, they make frantic moves and countermoves of complex legal wrangling to tilt justice in ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal action, district attorney, rivalry, lawyers and clients, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, hidden truth, legal, ego clash, jury, courtroom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, intense, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, mafia, boy, court, suicide, brother brother relationship, witness protection, surveillance, child in peril, district attorney, lawyers and clients, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new orleans, tennessee, usa, memphis, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, poignant, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, rape, injustice, sexual assault, rape victim, violence, gang rape, sexual abuse, violence against women, legal action, fraternity, legal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, washington d.c., washington state ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
legal, serial killer, life turned upside down, district attorney, hotshot lawyer, murder, false accusation, twists and turns, profanity, law, winter, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sensual, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, sex scene, seduction, murder, lawyer, infidelity, courtroom drama, fatal attraction, strong sexual content, extramarital affair, videotaped sex, dying during sex ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
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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:
clever, captivating, sexy, political, serious ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, law firm, court, lawyers and clients, strong female lead, female protagonist, self discovery, politics, working mom ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, hawaii, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style:
tense, epic, action packed, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, vigilante, secret identity, tragic hero, organized crime, moral dilemma, psychopath, master criminal, revenge, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
london, north america, usa, hong kong
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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, tense, clever, stylized
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, district attorney, workplace, friends, friendship, relationship vs career, law firm, legal action, power relations, legal ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith ...
Style:
humorous, light, funny, talky, absurd ...
Plot:
fbi, fbi agent, small town, gangster, witness protection, organized crime, switching roles, fish out of water, district attorney, hidden identity, witness protection program, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, new york, europe, italy, usa
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429K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, saga, neo noir, visual ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, organized crime, criminal, trauma ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
For the People is an American Legal drama that aired from July 21, 2002 until February 16, 2003.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot:
legal, district attorney, workplace, social differences, workplace situations, boss and employee, society, lawyer, courtroom, interracial relations, judiciary, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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162
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Marcel Ben David is a former police officer that joins PMTA (initials in Hebrew for: Tel Aviv District Attorney), and herself in the middle of an entangled corruption story. A suspenseful legal drama with Chen Amsalem, Shlomo Bar-Aba and Oshri Cohen.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, captivating, clever, serious ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, district attorney, israeli, judiciary, attorney general, police interrogation, lawyer, judge, court, legal, cover up ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, jerusalem
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Angel of mercy… or murderous “Doctor Death”? Jack Kervorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification. ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, serious, compassionate, witty, talky ...
Plot:
suicide, terminal illness, biopic, murder, moral dilemma, euthanasia, lethal injection, greed, eccentricity, atheism, legal, historical figure ...
Time:
90s, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspenseful, clever, biting ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, prison, courtroom, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, korean american, framed for murder, marijuana, idealism, miscarriage of justice, district attorney ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, melancholic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
private detective, amnesia, memory loss, dog, gangster, betrayal, voice over narration, trial, kidnapping, investigation, district attorney, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
venice beach california, santa monica california, california, los angeles
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279K
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:
surprise ending, twist ending, psychological, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, murder, courtroom drama, plot twist, trial, psychology, courtroom, court case, corruption, lawyer, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
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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, sexy, suspense, tricky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, adultery, legal, court, infidelity, police detective, obsessive love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
michigan, detroit, illinois
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The 17 years old Marco Weiss has spent as usual his holiday with his parents at the Turkish Rivera.But on the last day of his stay Marco is arrested for sexual abuse against the minor British girl Carolina.He will spend 247 days in provisional ...
Style:
harsh, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
prison, desperation, investigation, trial, district attorney, anguish, judge, flirting, propaganda, holiday, teen romance, arrest ...
Place:
turkey, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Plot:
lawyer, civil rights, district attorney, legal, housekeeper, housewife, single father, african american, nypd, skirt, summer, education ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
southern usa, usa
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179K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves – and now a number of unsavoury ...
Style:
romantic, funny, romantic comedy, hilarious, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
corruption, mistaken identity, marriage, night, car chase, gangster, multiple storylines, female detective, estranged couple, dating, misadventure, desire ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa
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389K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
loner, sniper, one man army, investigation, murder, vigilante, vigilantism, lone hero, hitman, tough guy, expert, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself ...
Style:
black comedy, sexy, dark comedy, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dark humor, small town, closeted homosexual, murder, confession of crime, embezzlement, true crime, hidden corpse, prison visit, district attorney, murder trial, greed ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. And Edward Nygma, ...
Style:
stylized, saga, entertaining, gothic, action packed ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, partner, vigilante, halloween, psychologist, disfigurement, millionaire, circus, villain, dark hero, mind control ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States from Canada to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hit men sent to ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hitman, mafia, witness protection, testimony, police investigation, gangster, chase, organized crime, train travel, danger, district attorney ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, canada, usa
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