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80
7.2
/21182/
71
/429/
66
/342/
3.5
/16056/
92
/53/
78
/222/
93
/18/

Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
poster
77
7.2
/20767/
68
/265/
67
/221/
3.6
/6478/
90
/105/
82
/402/
84
/29/

Lantana (2001)
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
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Hulu
76
7.6
/15562/
77
/799/
75
/303/
3.8
/27161/
93
/179/
78
/297/
71
/32/
cc age 10+

RBG (2018)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
poster
74
7.2
/9281/
69
/192/
68
/113/
3.4
/5582/
78
/32/
72
/216/
65
/7/
cc age 16+

The Paper Chase (1973)
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
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The Roku Channel
73
7.3
/15102/
75
/697/
73
/422/
3.5
/12863/
80
/25/
81
/7/

The Collini Case (2019)
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
poster
73
7.0
/11860/
71
/256/
66
/242/
3.7
/10503/
88
/17/
74
/153/
66
/13/

The Boston Strangler (1968)
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
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Fandango at Home Free
72
7.6
/272623/
74
/4083/
74
/3302/
3.6
/133404/
63
/201/
79
/10215/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

The Reader (2008)
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
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69
7.2
/47991/
72
/1191/
71
/637/
3.4
/10162/
67
/189/
71
/1656/
61
/32/
cc age 16+

Conviction (2010)
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
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75
63
7.6
/4144/
72
/92/
67
/68/
3.8
/2094/
84
/72/

God on Trial (2008)
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
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70
61
6.7
/5264/
73
/502/
69
/908/
3.1
/20393/
80
/5/
73
/7/

Le Brio (2017)
After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.
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65
59
7.0
/4046/
73
/241/
66
/166/
3.5
/2215/
50
/8/
84
/32/
42
/4/

55 Steps (2018)
The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
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56
6.4
/2143/
66
/46/
57
/29/
3.1
/559/
31
/13/
56
/27/

Roommates (1995)
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
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60
56
6.3
/8732/
64
/258/
63
/189/
3.1
/7647/
52
/36/

Thesis on a Homicide (2013)
Roberto is a Law professor whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that one of his best students has committed a brutal murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he begins a personal investigation…
poster
52
6.4
/32505/
67
/1066/
62
/604/
3.0
/16614/
26
/31/
46
/341/
48
/30/

Just Cause (1995)
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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Amazon Prime Video
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50
6.8
/1806/
70
/130/
68
/275/
3.5
/2973/

Conviction (2019)
Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of justice, she convinces a leading lawyer to defend him during his second trial, on appeal. Together, they will put up a tenacious fight against injustice.
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49
6.1
/41340/
66
/1135/
65
/906/
2.9
/12224/
7
/123/
62
/1289/
25
/33/
cc age 15+

Dragonfly (2002)
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
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Kanopy
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42
7.3
/661/
72
/29/
57
/16/
3.4
/835/
84
/31/
77
/25/
74
/20/

Stonewall Uprising (2010)
Stonewall Uprising is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. Stonewall Uprising made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010 at the Film Forum in New York City.The movie features interviews with eyewitnesses to the incident, including NYPD deputy inspector Seymour Pine. The film was produced and directed by documentarians Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, and is based on the book by historian David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. The title theme is by Gary Lionelli.
poster
57
42
6.1
/3476/
66
/34/
58
/34/
2.9
/1490/
60
/5/
41
/66/

Night and Day (1946)
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
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40
5.3
/9755/
59
/251/
52
/158/
2.3
/6219/
17
/24/
35
/183/
33
/12/

Soul Man (1986)
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
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69
20
6.9
/1367/
56
/14/
68
/16/
3.4
/457/
84
/8/

Trial (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
poster
68
16
7.6
/627/
65
/8/
59
/13/
3.6
/631/

The Seventh Companion (1967)
A portrait of the era of "Red Terror" during the civil war that followed the Bolshevik revolution, The Seventh Companion offers a character study in General Adamov (Andrei Popov), a law professor in the tsarist army, who is incarcerated by the Bolshevik secret police along with many other members of the bourgeoisie. Finally released into the new world of the Soviet Union, the resigned officer finds that he has lost everything from his old life except a mantel clock that he carries through the night from place to place, until he ends up back where he started.
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Pluto TV
51
15
4.5
/825/
53
/43/
57
/19/
2.6
/340/

The Student (2017)
After leading a jury to wrongly sentence a man, Abigail enters her new teaching job at the law school with a newfound commitment to ethics. When she takes over her new class, it includes Vincent, an intensely ambitious student who will do anything for an A. When Abigail fails him for academic dishonesty, Vincent threatens that he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. As Vincent's devious plot begins to unravel, she must take her life into her own hands, or Vincent will take it himself.
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66
14
6.6
/561/
67
/4/
68
/10/
67
/14/

I Am the Law (1938)
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organized crime.
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64
11
7.0
/173/
65
/5/
67
/21/
57
/1/

Tamara (2016)
The story of a lawyer's journey to overcome her fears and social boundaries in order to transition.
poster
?
7.7
/551/

The Heart of Mother Gongadze (2017)
Lesya Gongadze's unique lifetime film confession about the most intimate and inspiring moments of her life and her two sons, filmed in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, and France with music by composer Volodymyr Hronskyi. Lesya Gongadze's life story will take you to Georgia, Estonia, and France, revealing her prophetic words. You will learn from her about her family, Georgiy's incredible adventures, meet his grandmother, see places dear to their hearts, and discover the love story of this legendary woman.
poster
?
7.8
/72/
60
/1/

Three Corners of Deception (2021)
"Three Corners of Deception" is a story about how a college law professor and an attorney fell in love over a Las Vegas Memorial Day weekend. They got married shortly thereafter, then started a family only to realize he wasn't the man he said he was and a complete manipulation of the relationship occurred. The marriage ended hastily after a year, only to be carried out in a court of law that brought even more deception than what was originally thought. Eventually the court would rule against the mother in all areas due to judicial deception with judges, lawyers, and lawmen involved. They were part of the "good ol' boy network."
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55
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6.5
/172/
43
/3/
60
/2/

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with the concept of Due Process, and has vowed that Davi will receive a scrupulously fair trial when the terrorist is extradited to America. The defence mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.
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Amazon Prime Video
?
6.8
/69/
10
/4/
44
/5/

Creditors (2015)
A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.
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29
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4.5
/389/
30
/3/
12
/4/

Pendulum (2001)
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school killing. She hears rumors that the dead man offered women students good grades in exchange for sex. The trail leads her to two wealthy, beautiful students whose alibi is provided by a librarian. At the same time, the cops close in on the slasher. Meanwhile, Amanda misses her former lover, next in line to become D.A., and a reporter is fired for getting close to the truth about the Senate candidate. Is a cover-up or conspiracy in the works?
poster
Kanopy
?
7.2
/24/
20
/1/
60
/1/

Blacks and Jews (1997)
This documentary attempts to go beyond the sensationalized media coverage and the stereotypes to examine several key conflicts from the point of view of both Black and Jewish activists.
poster
?
5.1
/52/
40
/2/

Tuomari Martta (1943)
Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle, the mother's place is at home with the child and not at work. Only her mother-in-law Ilona encourages Martta to advance in her career.


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