Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975

English

6.9

♡ 5

86%

Joseph Manduke Director

Logan Ramsey as Deputy Coroner

Tierre Turner as Earl Carter

Charles Lampkin as Fred Jenkins

Laurence Fishburne as Wilford Robinson

The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.

Ace Attorney

2012

Japanese

6.5

♡ 3

65%

Takashi Miike Director

Kimiko Yo as Maiko Ayasato

Mirei Kiritani as Mayoi Ayasato

Mitsuki Tanimura as Natsumi Oosawagi

Minami Hamabe as Young Chihiro Ayasato

Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.

Argentina, 1985

2022

Spanish

7.6

♡ 52

96%

Santiago Mitre Director

Frank Gerrish as Agosti / Various

Bernardo de Paula as Barassa

Walter Jakob as Juez

Norman Briski as Ruso

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

Jagged Edge

1985

English

6.5

♡ 14

79%

Richard Marquand Director

William Allen Young as Greg Arnold

Jeff Bridges as Jack Forrester

Terry Wills as Reporter

Bruce French as Richard Duffin

After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.

OMG: Oh My God!

2012

Hindi

8.1

♡ 43

Action

atheism

based on play or musical

Umesh Shukla Director

Sonakshi Sinha as Dancer

Tisca Chopra as Interviewer

Paresh Rawal as Kanji Lalji Mehta

Akshay Kumar as Krishna Vasudev Yadav

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

Jolly LLB 2

2017

Hindi

7.2

♡ 31

71%

Subhash Kapoor Director

Sayani Gupta as Hina Siddiqui

Manav Kaul as Iqbal Qasim

Akshay Kumar as Jagdish Mishra / Jolly

Saurabh Shukla as Judge Tripathy

A blunt, abrasive and yet oddly compassionate Jagdishwar Mishra aka Jolly, a small-time struggling lawyer who moves from Kanpur to the city of Nawabs to pursue his dream of becoming a big-time lawyer.

Ek Je Chhilo Raja

2018

Bangla

7.2

♡ 7

Srijit Mukherji Director

Indraadip Dasgupta as

Sayantani Guhathakurta as

Aparna Sen as Advocate Anupama

Jaya Ahsan as Mrinmoyee Debi

Mahendra Kumar Choudhuri, the middle prince of the Bhawal Estate was affected by syphilis and was taken to Darjeeling for treatment. He apparently died in Darjeeling and was cremated there. After 12 years, a Sanyasi shows up at the estate, arousing people’s curiosity and leading to a rumour that he is the lost prince of the Bikrampur Estate.

The Tattered Dress

1957

English

6.5

♡ 2

29%

Jack Arnold Director

Gail Russell as Carol Morrow

Ingrid Goude as Girl by Pool

Kenneth Gibson as Reporter

Jack Carson as Sheriff Nick Hoak

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.

Beef

2014

English

5.1

♡ 1

Jake Szymanski Director

Lizzy Caplan as Audrey

Betsy Sodaro as Dawna

Christopher Meloni as Lou

Michael Ian Black as Lynn Vanderloo

BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march in with a "beef" for Lou to solve with old-school advice, simple justice, or a fine cut of meat.

The Man Who Sued God

2001

English

6.4

♡ 7

71%

Mark Joffe Director

John Howard as Edward Piggott

Steve Jacobs as Hal

Andrea Moor as Maxine Jeffrey

Emily Browning as Rebecca Myers

A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.

Special Section

1975

French

7.6

♡ 5

81%

based on novel or book

Costa-Gavras Director

Guy Mairesse as Léon Redondeau

Henri Serre as Le préfet Ingrand, délégué du ministère de l'Intérieur en zone occupée

Jacques Mathou as M. Montillot, l'avocat d'Octave Lamand

Costa-Gavras as Un milicien

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Trouble in the Sky

6.5

based on novel or book

Charles Frend Director

Gordon Jackson as Capt. Bateson

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Capt. Braddock

Peter Cushing as Capt. Judd

Aileen Lewis as Court of Inquiry Member

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.

The Truth vs. Alex Jones

2024

English

7.5

♡ 23

100%

Dan Reed Director

Alex Jones as Self

Donald Trump as Self - 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate

Anderson Cooper as Self - Host, Anderson Cooper 360

Megyn Kelly as Self - Host, Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly

Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, this documentary chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars.

The Juror

1996

English

5.7

♡ 33

22%

Brian Gibson Director

Demi Moore as Annie

Tony Lo Bianco as Louie Boffano

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Oliver

Alec Baldwin as Teacher

With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.

The Rainmaker

1997

English

7.2

♡ 55

Francis Ford Coppola Director

Mickey Rourke as Bruiser Stone

Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet

Claire Danes as Kelly Riker

Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor

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.

Rampage

1987

English

6.1

♡ 5

50%

William Friedkin Director

Nicholas Campbell as Albert Morse

John Harkins as Dr. Keddie

Art LaFleur as Mel Sanderson

Andy Romano as Spencer Whalen

Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.

Fatal Distraction

2020

English

7.4

♡ 1

abandoned baby

courtroom

Documentary

Susan Morgan Cooper Director

Anderson Cooper as Self

Oprah Winfrey as Self

Matt Lauer as Self

Shepard Smith as Self

The untold story of the high-profile murder trial of Justin Ross Harris following the death of his toddler son in the hot summer of 2014.

And Justice for All

1979

English

7.4

♡ 57

Norman Jewison Director

Ed Heath as Arresting Officer

Al Pacino as Arthur Kirkland

Craig T. Nelson as Frank Bowers

Beverly Sanders as Sherry

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.

Adam's Rib

1949

English

7.4

♡ 11

96%

husband wife relationship

George Cukor Director

Judy Holliday as Doris Attinger

Paula Raymond as Emerald - Kip's Girlfriend

Hope Emerson as Olympia La Pere

Tom Ewell as Warren Attinger

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.