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teacher student relationship

6.2

♡ 5

Thriller

Gloria Kim Director

Anwen O'Driscoll as Ashley Reeves

Adrian Spencer as Danny

Jennie Garth as Michelle Reeves

Sebastien Roberts as Steve Johnson

17-year-old Ashley Reeves is left for dead in the woods following a brutal attack. After spending 30 horrific hours in the cold, gravely wounded, lying in the dirt, and paralyzed, the police find her alive.

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

8.0

♡ 33

97%

Michael Powell Director

Lois Maxwell as Actress

Richard Attenborough as An English Pilot

Robert Coote as Bob

Abraham Sofaer as The Judge

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

Losing Isaiah

1995

6.4

♡ 7

46%

73%

baby

Stephen Gyllenhaal Director

Rick Worthy as Alley Man

Marc John Jefferies as Isaiah

Samuel L. Jackson as Kadar Lewis

Halle Berry as Khaila Richards

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.

Denial

2016

♡ 66

82%

71%

based on a true story

Mick Jackson Director

Rachel Weisz as Deborah Lipstadt

Jackie Clune as Heather Rogers

Jeremy Neumark Jones as Network Reporter #1

Mark Gatiss as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Find Me Guilty

2006

7.0

♡ 20

63%

Sidney Lumet Director

Annabella Sciorra as Bella DiNorscio

Peter Dinklage as Ben Klandis

Robert Stanton as Chris Newberger

Vin Diesel as Jackie DiNorscio

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

No End

1985

Polish

7.3

♡ 11

90%

Krzysztof Kieslowski Director

Danny Webb as American

Tadeusz Bradecki as Hipnotyzator

Jan Tesarz as Joanna's Father

Aleksander Bardini as Lawyer Mieczyslaw Labrador

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.

The Presidio

1988

san francisco, california

6.0

♡ 25

41%

Thriller

Peter Hyams Director

Sean Connery as Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell

Jesse D. Goins as MP Bygrave

Marvin J. McIntyre as MP Zeke

Pete Antico as Patrolman Dotson

Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.

Runaway Jury

2003

7.1

♡ 41

73%

75%

new orleans, louisiana

Thriller

widow

Gary Fleder Director

Nick Searcy as Doyle

Luis Guzmán as Jerry Hernandez

Celia Weston as Mrs. Brandt

Nora Dunn as Stella Hulic

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.

Lenny

1974

husband wife relationship

7.5

♡ 20

87%

stand-up comedy

Bob Fosse Director

Frankie Man as Baltimore Comic

Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce

Mal Jones as New York Court Clerk

Lillian Zuckerman as Nightclub Patron

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

7.1

♡ 6

100%

52%

husband wife relationship

london, england

male friendship

sex scandal

Ken Hughes Director

Meredith Edwards as Auctioneer

David Langton as Frank

Michael Brennan as Queensbury's Friend at Auction

Nigel Patrick as Sir Edward Clarke

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

Murder Most Foul

1964

7.1

♡ 10

72%

amateur detective

Comedy

court case

covered investigation

George Pollock Director

Dennis Price as Harris Tumbrill

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Inspector Craddock

Stringer Davis as Jim Stringer

Ralph Michael as Ralph Summers

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Dragons Forever

1988

Cn

7.1

♡ 35

67%

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung Director

Jackie Chan as Jackie Lung

Crystal Kwok as Jackie's Assistant

Fruit Chan as Restaurant Patron

Biao Yuen as Timothy Tung Tak-Biao

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

My Sister's Keeper

2009

parent child relationship

7.3

♡ 51

47%

in vitro fertilisation

kidney transplant

medical examiner

sibling relationship

Nick Cassavetes Director

Abigail Breslin as Anna Fitzgerald

Emily Deschanel as Dr. Farquad

Joan Cusack as Judge De Salvo

Cameron Diaz as Sara Fitzgerald

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

8.3

♡ 132

93%

Robert Mulligan Director

Robert Duvall as Boo Radley

Rosemary Murphy as Maudie Atkinson

Richard Hale as Nathan Radley

Bill Walker as Reverend Sykes

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Double Jeopardy

1999

6.5

♡ 52

28%

Bruce Beresford Director

Daniel Lapaine as Handsome Internet Expert

Roma Maffia as Margaret

Tommy Lee Jones as Travis

Brennan Elliott as Yuppie Man

Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted for her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive and wants to settle the score and find their son. As she has been tried for the crime, she cannot be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills Nick.

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996

7.3

♡ 22

88%

Milos Forman Director

Edward Norton as Alan Isaacman

Woody Harrelson as Larry Flynt

Norm MacDonald as Network Reporter

Mike Pniewski as Trucker

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

Remember the Night

1939