The Rainmaker

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 18 Nov 1997 · English

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

Just Mercy

Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 25 Dec 2019 · English

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 tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

The Pelican Brief

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 17 Sept 1993 · English

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

Let Him Have It

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 4 Oct 1991 · English

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.

16 Blocks

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 1 Mar 2006 · English

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.

Knock on Any Door

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 22 Feb 1949 · English

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Insomnia

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 24 May 2002 · English

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

The Children Act

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 1 Aug 2018 · English

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.

I Confess

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 12 Feb 1953 · English

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.

The Judge

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 8 Oct 2014 · English

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

The Lazarus Project

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 24 Oct 2008 · English

After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.

TalhotBlond

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 23 Jun 2012 · English

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.