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, detective and neo noir films and TV shows about / with district attorney, lawyer, murder, legal, courtroom, investigation, judge, twists and turns, justice and trial 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: Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), The Good Wife (2009), No Ordinary Family (2010), My Blue Heaven (1990), The Whole Truth (2010), A Time to Kill (1996), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), You Don't Know Jack (2010), Bernie (2011), Reasonable Doubt (2014).

List of district attorney movies

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Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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, police investigation, nypd, district attorney, courtroom, lawyer, murder, legal action, jury ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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 8.4
 82K
The Good Wife (2009)
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: serious, clever, captivating, political, suspense ...
Plot: legal, trial, lawyer, workplace situations, dedicated lawyer, law firm, lawyers and clients, court, self discovery, female protagonist, working mom, politics ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, hawaii, usa
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No Ordinary Family (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After their plane crashes into the Amazon River, each member of the Powell family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, enigmatic, bad ending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, supernatural ability, teenage life, imaginary, district attorney, superhuman powers, scientist, parents and children, family life, heroes, supernatural, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 6.2
 22K
My Blue Heaven (1990)
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, funny, light, talky, intense ...
Plot: fbi agent, gangster, small town, organized crime, witness protection, fbi, fish out of water, district attorney, switching roles, hidden identity, vengeance, hitman ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, new york, usa, italy, europe
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The Whole Truth (2010)
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, lawyers and clients, rivalry, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, hidden truth, jury, ego clash, legal, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.5
 180K
A Time to Kill (1996)
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: sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
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, clever ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, prison, vigilantism, justice, investigation, master criminal, twists and turns, lawyer, fighting the system, rape and revenge, murder, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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You Don't Know Jack (2010)
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: serious, emotional, compassionate, intense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: suicide, terminal illness, euthanasia, suffering, biopic, murder, moral dilemma, eccentricity, greed, legal, lethal injection, judge ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 2010, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
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 6.8
 63K
Bernie (2011)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 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: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: dark humor, small town, murder, embezzlement, hidden corpse, prison visit, confession of crime, district attorney, greed, character study, true crime, unlikely couple ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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Reasonable Doubt (2014)
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, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, legal, life turned upside down, district attorney, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, twists and turns, murder, law, winter, extreme, exodus ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.4
 265K
Batman Forever (1995)
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: light, stylized, entertaining, action packed, saga ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, batman, partner, good versus evil, vigilante, millionaire, disfigurement, psychologist, halloween, villain, circus, justice ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: usa
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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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Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis (2011)
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: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, harsh
Plot: prison, desperation, district attorney, trial, anguish, judge, holiday, propaganda, flirting, teen romance, arrest, teenage boy ...
Place: germany, turkey
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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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 6.6
 10K
Narrow Margin (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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, witness protection, mafia, testimony, police investigation, chase, district attorney, organized crime, gangster, uncover truth, train travel ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, canada, los angeles
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Style: psychological, factual, disturbing, suspense, talky ...
Plot: biopic, justice, artist, investigation, judge, betrayal, twists and turns, violence, obsession, tragedy, mentor, greed ...
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: usa, europe, santa monica california
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 7.5
 402K
Batman (1989)
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, visual, neo noir, saga ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot: superhero, batman, vigilante, psychopath, good versus evil, double life, organized crime, corruption, secret identity, disfigurement, district attorney, crime fighter ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s
Place: usa, north america
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The International (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style: clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot: conspiracy, interpol, murder, investigation, assassin, conspiracy theory, chase, hitman, lawyer, revenge, gunfight, police investigation ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, milan italy, berlin germany, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.3
 171K
Date Night (2010)
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, light, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: mistaken identity, corruption, marriage, gangster, night, multiple storylines, car chase, police investigation, twists and turns, taxi driver, district attorney, estranged couple ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.0
 363K
Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Mystery, 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, serious, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: investigation, sniper, loner, hitman, vigilantism, assassin, murder, tough guy, ex military, lone hero, one man army, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania ...
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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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 6.6
 3K
The Fix (2019)
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, serious, realistic
Plot: lawyer, district attorney, murder, criminal, evidence, celebrity, career, revenge, twists and turns, murderer, murder investigation, family relations ...
Place: los angeles
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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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Close to Home (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. While in pre-production the series was known as American Crime. It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, sentimental
Plot: legal, workplace, boss and employee, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, district attorney, power relations, family relations, jury, lawyer, working mom, female lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, indianapolis indiana
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Body of Evidence (1992)
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, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, seduction, courtroom drama, sex scene, lawyer, murder, strong sexual content, fatal attraction, sex, infidelity, extramarital affair, dying during sex ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: portland oregon, oregon
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True Believer (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 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, clever, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, prison, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, legal, idealism, racial discrimination, cross examination, mentor protege relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
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 5.7
 4K
Clean Slate (1994)
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, talky, melancholic, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: private detective, amnesia, memory loss, dog, gangster, betrayal, justice, brutality, twists and turns, goofy hero, partner, voice over narration ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: venice beach california, los angeles, california, santa monica california
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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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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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Helter Skelter (2004)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, robbery, investigation, true crime, religions or cults, journalism, law enforcement, obsession, leadership, legends and myths, district attorney ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: los angeles
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