Female judge movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female judge movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, serious and psychological films and TV shows about / with female judge, judge, courtroom, lawyer, court, suspense, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, police and murder plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female judge: The Children Act (2017), Standing Tall (2015), Just Mercy (2019), 9-Month Stretch (2013), For The People (2018), Bad Judge (2014), Judging Amy (1999), Storyteller (2014), First Monday in October (1981), Justice with Judge Mablean (2014).
Best films
List of female judge movies
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot:
judge, jehovah's witness, moral dilemma, religion, illness, teenager, marriage crisis, hospital, female protagonist, crisis of faith, courtroom, death ...
Place:
canada, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, touching
Audience:
teens
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, social worker, juvenile delinquency, judge, teen angst, teenage boy, nervousness, imprisonment, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, strong female character, compassion, anger ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
france
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, touching, inspirational ...
Plot:
lawyer, false accusation of murder, courtroom, defense attorney, prison, murder, perjury, african american, innocence, convict, lie, racism ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, year 1993, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
alabama
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the ...
Style:
not serious, witty, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, life turned upside down, single woman, singleness, unlikely relationship, comedy of errors, reluctant partners, memory loss, surprising revelation, uptight character, female judge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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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, female judge, lesbian, rivalry, court, workplace, dispute, criminal justice, law school, workplace situations, judge ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The series chronicles the personal life (and the wild lifestyle) of Rebecca Wright, a tough-as-nails judge serving on the Los Angeles County Circuit Court, whose time off the bench is spent partying and displaying a reckless behavior. Her reputation ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, light
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
legal, workplace situations, courtroom, courtroom drama, power relations, workplace, workplace humor, female protagonist, female boss, lawyer, silly humor, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, sentimental, serious, touching
Plot:
legal, judiciary, judge, family relations, parents and children, starting over, single mother, love and romance, living with parents, couples, courtroom drama, female judge ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
A loose adaption of Bára Nesvadbová's novel of the same name. A novel that lacks a dramatic line and concentrates on the flow of emotions and feelings of two injured and beloved women, two women that the aging lothario Mára came between. The ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, romantic, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
love triangle, seductive behavior, jealousy, lie, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doctor, father daughter relationship, divorce, courtroom, false identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
czech republic, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will ...
Style:
art house
Plot:
dog, economic crisis, running from police, misery, police arrest, sign language, female nudity, female judge, lawyer, court, wanderer, janitor ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, supreme court, judiciary, battle of the sexes, justice, legal, rivalry, politics, fighting the system, unlikely couple, workplace romance, opposites attract ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington d.c., new jersey, usa
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Judge Mablean Ephriam, who presided over "Divorce Court" from 1999-2006 as the first star of the revived version of the show, returns to the courtroom genre with his half-hour series that deals with life and the law. The former Los ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
courtroom, court, lawsuit, judge, legal action, female judge, money, relationship problems, suspense, legal investigation, financial problem, court case ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Successful judge Alicja Mazur, who is known for her severity towards criminals. The woman is unexpectedly accused of a murder she did not commit. She is sent to prison, where she has to survive among the women she previously condemned herself. She ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
criminal, women's prison, prison, women in prison, jailed, jail, framed for murder, prison life, false accusation of murder, frame up, female judge, problem ...
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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:
captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
court, judge, courtroom, legal system, criminal justice, law enforcement, lawsuit, legal action, female judge, law enforcer, court case, lawman ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, mass murder, tragedy, car bomb, island, bomb, criminal, female judge, female lawyer, media frenzy, suspense ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, norway, europe, eastern europe
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228K
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, psychological, twist ending, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, court, plot twist, murder, corruption, psychopath, lawyer, courtroom, legal investigation, psychology, courtroom drama ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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30K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, cynical, suspenseful, bloody, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, little red riding hood, psychopath, teenager, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Style:
psychological, serious, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, investigation, dual identity, missing person, love triangle, guilt, revenge, breakup, murder of wife, murder disguised as suicide, writers, missing wife ...
Place:
amsterdam, berlin germany, stockholm sweden
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ...
Style:
feminist film, anamorphic, interesting
Plot:
abusive husband, domestic violence, woman, feminist, feminism, women, little girl, irish, child custody, mother daughter relationship, building a house, wife abuse ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between ...
Style:
psychological, erotic, captivating, thought provoking, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex scene, sensuality, nudism, open relationship, orgy, female exhibitionist, nudist, sex orgy, exhibitionist, group sex, group of friends, gang rape ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
Style:
lgbt cinema, serious, suspenseful, realistic, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, closeted homosexual, closeted gay, male nudity, troubled youth, gay interest, lgbtq, blackmail, friendship, secret, friendship between men, suspense ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
Style:
light, ironic, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stoner, alcoholic, poet, cocaine, beach party, karma, buddies, lsd, entertainment, drugs, adultery, marijuana ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, kentucky, vietnam, jamaica ...
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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:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, dark
Plot:
abuse, single mother, lawyer, custody, hearing, children, child abuse, class differences, courtroom drama, social issues, family secret, convict ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, serious, tricky, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, depression, suspense, psychiatrist, murder, twists and turns, patient, deception, mental institution, life turned upside down, conspiracy, sleepwalking ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Waylon is a nine year old boy who, after losing their parents, begins to live with her godparents, couples in the past but now separated and with little appetite for adoption. The boy's arrival will be the ultimate test to confirm whether ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, fall in love, custody, godparent, unlikely couple, couples, adoption, lawyer, orphan, youth, parenting, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style:
disturbing, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
murder, disappearance, overbearing parent, divorce, twists and turns, investigation, dysfunctional marriage, mentally unstable, missing person, suspense, obsession, justice ...
Time:
80s, future, year 2000, 20th century, year 1971 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story is freely inspired by the life and work of Jan Saudek, who is probably the most well-known Czech photographer internationally and has indisputably been involved in the development of international photography. He has exhibited and sold his ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
photographer, ambition, husband wife relationship, womanizer, drug addict, betrayal, drunkenness, rehabilitation, lie, father son relationship, art exhibition, deception ...
Time:
90s
Place:
prague
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Brothers Grass and Cobra Snake, in their late and early thirties respectively, live in a small Czech town not far from Prague. Coming from a disfunctional family, they both feel unable to build up a life to be satisfied with. Grass, unemployed and ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, serious, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
brother brother relationship, emotional blackmail, drug addict, fight, lie, betrayal, police, family relations, jail, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulative woman, police officer ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.
Plot:
revenge, frame up, betrayal, chase, paranoia, showdown, tough guy, deception, murder, psychopath, brutality, gambling ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure, intense, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, satire, nude, teenager, violence, corruption, unlikely friendships, suspense, adaptation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
boston, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
legal, embezzlement, political corruption, dishonesty, couples, disorder, legal action, law enforcement, couple relations, legal investigation, husband wife relationship, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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