mdblist.com logo Movie Search


Ratings
Between
and
Between
and
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Additional filters
m
Lists, Streaming Services, Cast and more
Create List (129 items)

Login to create Trakt list


poster
Amazon Prime Video
93
9.0
/961438/
88
/15945/
85
/9579/
4.6
/1229146/
100
/63/
97
/6757/
97
/18/
cc age 12+

12 Angry Men (1957)
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
poster
86
8.0
/76708/
78
/1632/
78
/1101/
4.2
/76897/
100
/53/
91
/824/
95
/15/
cc age 13+

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
poster
MGM Plus
84
8.1
/34953/
79
/602/
76
/444/
4.0
/19157/
93
/28/
91
/649/
75
/8/
cc age 12+

Inherit the Wind (1960)
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
poster
Hulu
83
7.6
/186065/
75
/7901/
75
/3029/
4.1
/1354026/
96
/286/
91
/63/
86
/44/
cc age 14+

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
poster
MGM Plus
82
8.3
/94607/
80
/1290/
80
/884/
4.3
/41883/
93
/28/
93
/502/
60
/7/
cc age 13+

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
poster
Hoopla
82
8.3
/348230/
79
/5004/
79
/2756/
4.1
/237751/
93
/68/
93
/7707/
88
/16/
cc age 12+

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.6
/5684/
76
/165/
69
/69/
3.9
/7278/
98
/61/
78
/35/
83
/12/

Court (2015)
A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.
poster
82
7.7
/49654/
75
/1106/
74
/688/
4.0
/54637/
88
/40/
88
/744/
77
/17/
cc age 15+

The Verdict (1982)
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
poster
82
8.0
/179636/
77
/3894/
76
/2297/
4.1
/129602/
85
/72/
88
/3451/
72
/29/
cc age 16+

JFK (1991)
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/203005/
77
/7349/
76
/3228/
3.8
/397305/
89
/344/
90
/453/
76
/49/
cc age 16+

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
poster
79
7.7
/4091/
76
/101/
76
/202/
4.0
/5136/
70
/10/
88
/11/

Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.
poster
79
7.7
/270726/
77
/6129/
77
/4469/
3.9
/192715/
83
/63/
89
/4675/
66
/21/
cc age 14+

Philadelphia (1993)
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
poster
77
7.8
/971/
73
/21/
90
/2/
3.5
/2767/
87
/23/
96
/225/
cc age 13+

Truth & Treason (2025)
When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.
poster
AMC+
77
7.1
/19206/
71
/1254/
70
/394/
3.9
/127073/
96
/92/
75
/72/
80
/16/

Red Rooms (2023)
The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case’s puzzle.
poster
77
7.7
/31799/
74
/423/
72
/352/
3.7
/10679/
95
/41/
87
/338/
63
/8/
cc age 12+

The Caine Mutiny (1954)
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.7
/275510/
77
/6520/
77
/3703/
4.0
/379765/
77
/47/
89
/3813/
47
/18/
cc age 17+

Primal Fear (1996)
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.3
/28427/
76
/1844/
72
/653/
3.5
/17854/
80
/145/
84
/294/
66
/34/
cc age 13+

Marshall (2017)
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.1
/3977/
72
/73/
66
/46/
3.5
/1927/
84
/38/
86
/81/
cc age 14+

Let Him Have It (1991)
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.
poster
AMC
76
7.6
/154683/
78
/5396/
75
/1736/
3.9
/284690/
85
/61/
87
/3579/
68
/23/
cc age 15+

My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.0
/118120/
71
/9528/
68
/2226/
3.4
/586519/
93
/183/
90
/108/
72
/37/
cc age 14+

Juror #2 (2024)
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/200255/
75
/11076/
71
/3895/
3.6
/247591/
82
/304/
84
/959/
71
/46/
cc age 16+

Molly's Game (2017)
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
poster
75
7.5
/15835/
70
/250/
65
/405/
3.6
/3754/
76
/59/
83
/361/
72
/17/

12 (2007)
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.0
/3378/
68
/252/
69
/226/
3.7
/28107/
98
/45/
66
/4/
79
/14/

The Goldman Case (2023)
A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.1
/42491/
72
/924/
71
/651/
3.6
/22041/
93
/27/
79
/656/
65
/12/
cc age 17+

The Accused (1988)
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case; however, she allows the rapists to receive a mild sentence. A distraught Sarah decides to seek punishment for the men who witnessed and encouraged the rape. To get justice, Sarah must take the stand and revisit the night of her attack.
poster
Netflix
74
7.3
/266648/
75
/7439/
72
/3487/
3.6
/119476/
83
/172/
82
/5248/
63
/31/
cc age 16+

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.
poster
73
6.9
/51656/
71
/1482/
68
/769/
3.5
/34969/
86
/57/
67
/493/
72
/26/

Presumed Innocent (1990)
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
poster
Netflix
73
7.1
/41709/
76
/2330/
73
/1089/
3.5
/58131/
72
/269/
76
/447/
59
/40/
cc age 12+

On the Basis of Sex (2018)
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
poster
73
6.9
/11882/
67
/216/
67
/218/
3.5
/7464/
94
/33/
74
/264/
cc age 13+

Evil Angels (1988)
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
poster
The Roku Channel
73
7.4
/44144/
74
/857/
71
/555/
3.9
/48603/
78
/36/
80
/578/
58
/9/
cc age 15+

...And Justice for All (1979)
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.
poster
72
7.3
/1476/
64
/30/
57
/17/
3.5
/714/
80
/85/
77
/210/
69
/24/

Chicago 10 (2008)
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
poster
MGM Plus
72
7.5
/199242/
76
/4943/
73
/2785/
3.8
/162444/
66
/56/
85
/3589/
53
/21/
cc age 15+

A Time to Kill (1996)
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.6
/271737/
74
/3996/
74
/3283/
3.6
/129540/
63
/201/
79
/10219/
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.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.7
/8771/
67
/288/
66
/274/
3.5
/16032/
87
/83/
69
/21/
68
/18/

The Third Murder (2017)
A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
poster
Kanopy
80
71
8.0
/51466/
76
/627/
74
/231/
3.7
/13632/
100
/14/
81
/9/
cc age 15+

Pink (2016)
A sexual assault victim, unjustly tried for the attempted murder of her attacker, is defended by a retired lawyer who challenges India's rape culture.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
7.1
/119170/
72
/2864/
69
/1460/
3.4
/59877/
73
/160/
75
/2107/
61
/38/
cc age 14+

Runaway Jury (2003)
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.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.0
/1769/
67
/23/
61
/25/
3.4
/693/
83
/6/
69
/16/

The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.8
/24701/
72
/1847/
68
/679/
3.4
/17749/
82
/169/
71
/232/
63
/34/
cc age 13+

Denial (2016)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
7.0
/37658/
69
/868/
65
/522/
3.4
/9624/
63
/103/
62
/962/
65
/27/
cc age 18+

Find Me Guilty (2006)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
64
7.2
/948/
72
/60/
75
/20/
3.9
/13398/
94
/32/
70
/7/

Belén (2025)
In the conservative northwestern region of Argentina, Julieta finds herself accused of infanticide after a medical emergency. Facing a miscarriage of justice that lands her in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, her only hope is getting the chance to challenge her conviction in a courtroom battle with the help of Soledad, a fearless lawyer who risks everything to defend her. Their fight for justice will slowly begin to fuel a growing movement for solidarity and women’s rights.
poster
YouTube
64
7.4
/216594/
73
/7585/
73
/4296/
3.4
/99331/
49
/197/
72
/2011/
48
/39/
cc age 16+

The Judge (2014)
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.
poster
Hulu
63
7.2
/153656/
74
/6350/
75
/2115/
3.3
/388180/
34
/221/
96
/4024/
43
/46/
cc age 14+

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
poster
70
62
7.2
/5367/
70
/108/
70
/80/
3.5
/3032/
75
/20/
64
/46/

Boomerang! (1947)
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
57
6.1
/2797/
66
/68/
58
/44/
3.1
/1037/
30
/23/
61
/58/

From the Hip (1987)
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
poster
Netflix
63
54
6.3
/7294/
62
/102/
60
/52/
3.2
/5309/
67
/18/
cc age 13+

In Her Place (2024)
After Chilean writer María Carolina Geel murders her lover, the case captivates shy legal secretary Mercedes, sparking a connection between the two women.
poster
72
50
7.1
/748/
62
/18/
52
/5/
3.4
/6103/
95
/39/
84
/12/

Two Prosecutors (2025)
In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.
poster
MGM Plus
49
5.4
/12366/
62
/949/
61
/536/
2.6
/26145/
20
/10/
49
/1395/

Carrie (2002)
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
poster
Hulu
47
5.7
/22024/
63
/701/
56
/424/
2.8
/10658/
22
/23/
31
/213/

The Juror (1996)
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.
poster
Kanopy
68
46
7.0
/1669/
74
/81/
74
/196/
3.5
/3980/
75
/8/
45
/3/

The King of Laughter (2021)
In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended family—including his son's, young Eduardo De Filippo.


mdblist.com © 2020 | Contact | Reddit | Discord | API