Courtroom Drama
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    The Man in the Glass Booth

    Actor/writer Robert Shaw's powerhouse stage play The Man in the Glass Booth was transferred to the...

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    The Trial (1993)

    Set in Prague pre World War I, the life of a successful young banker collapses when he's arrested on...

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    Jagged Edge (1985)

    A lawyer (Glenn Close) falls in love with her client, a San Francisco publisher (Jeff Bridges)...

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    Class Action (1991)

    A civil-rights lawyer (Gene Hackman) opposes his corporate-lawyer daughter (Mary Elizabeth...

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    Physical Evidence (1989)

    A debutante public defender (Theresa Russell) takes the case of a police detective (Burt Reynolds)...

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    Primal Fear (1996)

    A publicity-seeking Chicago lawyer (Richard Gere) vies with an embittered ex-lover (Laura Linney)...

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    Compulsion (1959)

    A lawyer (Orson Welles) defends two young thrill-killers (Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman), as in...

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    A Covenant With Death (1966)

    A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the...

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    Storyville (1992)

    Story of a young idealistic lawyer running for Congress, who helps shed light on the corruption...

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    Swoon (1992)

    Two rich young homosexuals (Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester) kill for a thrill in this study of the...

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    Carrington V.C. (1955)

    Dorothy and Campbell Christie's witty courtroom comedy/drama Carrington V.C. was given a classy...

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    Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1983)

    Based on the true story of the six year struggle to free a farmer jailed for a murder he did not...

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    La Condanna

    The story of a charming architect who is accused of raping a woman in a museum, and the trial that...

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    Adela

    Bolivia 1945. Timar, a young manager, arrives in the town of San Jacinto to take over the operation...

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    Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

    The discovery of a human torso leads to one of the most lurid murder trials in Canadian history....

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    Indictment: the Mcmartin Trial (1995)

    Television movie tracing six years of media and courtroom attention surrounding the owners and...

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    Mijn Vriend

    A famous trial which took place in Ghent is the subject of this courtroom drama, which exposes the...

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    Cordelia

    This Canadian tragedy centers around the controversial 1899 murder trial of Cordelia Viau and her...

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    L' Amour en Question

    In the French legal system, a judge-magistrate conducts criminal investigations. In this story,...

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    Blaubart (1984)

    In this made-for-television courtroom drama, a modern Bluebeard with multiple lovers has been...

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    Fatti di Gente Perbene (1974)

    Based on a true story, this political thriller/drama explores the ordeal of Linda Murri (Catherine...

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    Gipgo Pureun Bam

    Three boys watch their father (Robert Urich) get caught for killing their mother (Joanna Kerns) in...

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    The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

    Father Daniel Berrigan, at the height of the Vietnam War, was arrested along with eight other...

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    The Green Scarf (1953)

    The Green Scarf may be set in France, but its cast, crew, and overall tone is impeccably British....

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    Stammheim

    The powerful depiction of a story that split a country, the movie was equally controversial. Based...

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    La Venexiana (1986)

    Set in the 16th century, this bawdy comedy is erotic without pornographic detail as two women and...

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    The Last Man to Hang (1956)

    A man is put on trial for the alleged murder of his wife.

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    Advise and Consent (1962)

    Based on Allen Drury's novel about the events surrounding a newly appointed secretary of state's...

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    A Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell (1987)

    In 1978 a gay San Francisco official (Peter Coyote) and the city's mayor are murdered, but the...

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    The Kiss (1991)

    A lawyer (Conrad Nagel) defends his lover (Greta Garbo) who stands trial for the murder of her...