Courtroom Movies

After being a passenger in a hit-and-run, Donna Patterson is sent to reform school, taking the rap for the driver, bad boy Vince. Inside, she makes...

A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

2001 French documentary about the murder trial of a 15 year old black teen accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. Winner of 2002 Academy Award...

Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.

The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.

A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.

The film is about Murat, a former criminal who gets back into crime. Murat robs a factory with a gang led by Bekir. Although he is caught after the...

This documentary offers a rare look at domestic abuse through the concept of coercive control. With exceptional access to hearings in Poitiers,...

A forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to terminate his marriage, his career and his life.

Explore the tumultuous life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a Jamaican political activist and advocate for Black Nationalism. From founding UNIA-ACL and...

A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.

What happens when a system stops treating symptoms and starts eliminating risk?

An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her...

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his mentor, a retired, legendary lawyer for help.

The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.

A 60th anniversary retrospective documentary on the influence and context of the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her...

Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose...