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1. The Invisible Guest (2016)
TV-MA | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener, Jose Coronado, Bárbara Lennie
Votes: 192,453
2. Body Heat (1981)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson
Votes: 40,115 | Gross: $24.06M
3. Fracture (2007)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After shooting his wife, Ted confesses his crime and asks the court to move his case to trial. He represents himself against Willy, a successful lawyer. But there's more to the case than meets the eye.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 218,827 | Gross: $39.02M
4. The Accused (1988)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi
Votes: 39,992 | Gross: $32.07M
5. Stranger (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With the help of a gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has almost lost the ability to feel emotions tackles a strange murder case amid political corruption.
Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Bae Doona, Lee Jun-hyuk, Jeon Bae-soo
Votes: 10,108
6. Detective Montalbano (1999–2021)
TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Commissioner Montalbano works in Vigata, Montelusa province with Deputy Commissioner Augello and Inspector Fazio, in each episode Montalbano solves complicated cases with his characteristic cunning in a rural Sicily ruled by the mafia.
Stars: Luca Zingaretti, Peppino Mazzotta, Angelo Russo, Cesare Bocci
Votes: 4,412
7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Not Rated | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Votes: 50,275 | Gross: $0.14M
8. Z (1969)
M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
Votes: 31,340 | Gross: $0.08M
9. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
PG-13 | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Remake of the 1956 film noir film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in which a writer's plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas, Joel David Moore
Votes: 13,675 | Gross: $0.03M
10. Danton (1983)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche
Votes: 7,771
11. Jury Duty (1995)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy
Jobless loser Tommy Collins is sequestered to be a juror in a serial killer trial. He does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations to take full advantage of the free lodging and food.
Director: John Fortenberry | Stars: Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci, Brian Doyle-Murray
Votes: 8,779 | Gross: $17.01M
12. Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
R | 124 min | Drama, History
A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli | Stars: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling, Friederike Becht, Johannes Krisch
Votes: 13,990 | Gross: $0.79M
13. The Face of an Angel (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Ava Acres, Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale, Anjella Mackintosh
Votes: 5,229
14. Der Staatsanwalt (2005– )
Crime, Drama
Cases and complicated lives of a public prosecutor and a police unit, a member of whom is the prosecutor's son, who work in Wiesbaden.
Stars: Rainer Hunold, Fiona Coors, Astrid Posner, Simon Eckert
Votes: 188
15. Misty (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
This drama is a Crime Suspense centering around a headstrong anchorwoman who becomes the suspect in a murder case. Her estranged husband, who's a lawyer, decides to defend her and hence starts their journey to fall back in love.
Stars: Kim Nam-ju, Ji Jin-hee, Jeon Hye-jin, Tae-kyung Im
Votes: 887
16. The Raven (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson
Votes: 10,893 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Babylon (2019– )
23 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
Seizaki Zen is a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office. While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles across a conspiracy ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, David Matranga, Takahiro Sakurai, Scott Gibbs
Votes: 722
18. Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
An English nurse with a great reputation for her work in Belgian hospitals, becomes outraged at the number of Allied soldiers detained in German prisoner-of-war camps during World War I, and devises a secret plan to help hundreds escape.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, May Robson
Votes: 402
19. Diary of a Prosecutor (2019–2020)
60 min | Drama
The stories of overworked prosecutors's daily lives in Seoul.
Stars: Jung Ryeo-won, Lee Sung-jae, Kim Kwang-kyu, Lee Sang-hee
Votes: 480
20. Boomerang! (1947)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams
Votes: 5,057
21. Tezaab (1988)
Not Rated | 173 min | Action, Crime, Drama
From a very early age Mahesh Deshmukh has dreams of serving his country; his encouragement and dreams multiplies when his parents are killed by a gang of robbers who plan to loot the bank ... See full summary »
Director: N. Chandra | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey
Votes: 2,497
22. Two Rabbits (2012)
TV-MA | 101 min | Action, Thriller
In São Paulo, the scheme of the corrupt DA Júlia and her mate, the lawyer Henrique with the gangster Maicom is discovered and sent to the Internal Affairs. Maicom is responsible for ... See full summary »
Director: Afonso Poyart | Stars: Fernando Alves Pinto, Alessandra Negrini, Caco Ciocler, Marat Descartes
Votes: 5,450
23. The Allegation (2021)
225 min | Drama
In the small German town of Ottern, a pediatrician diagnoses "chronic sexual abuse", while examining a young girl, setting events in motion that lead to a judicial scandal of devastating proportions.
Stars: Peter Kurth, Narges Rashidi, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Katharina Marie Schubert
Votes: 553
24. Yudh (1985)
155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Savitri's twin sons get s abducted by a criminal named Gama Mating. In need of a son, Savitri adopt a young boy, but searches frantically for her twin babies. Years later her adopted son ... See full summary »
Director: Rajiv Rai | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Tina Ambani, Nutan
Votes: 229
25. Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018)
110 min | Drama, History
The prestigious politician and large-scale farmer Franz Murer, responsible for the Ghetto of Vilnius as SS leader and NSDAP functionary from 1941-1943, stands trial in Graz, Austria. ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Frosch | Stars: Karl Fischer, Alexander E. Fennon, Melita Jurisic, Ursula Ofner
Votes: 718
26. The Ceremony (1963)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A bank robber is sentenced to prison for committing a murder during the robbery. His brother comes up with a plan to break him out of prison--but on the condition that his brother's girlfriend "date" him first.
Director: Laurence Harvey | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Sarah Miles, Robert Walker Jr., Lee Patterson
Votes: 254
27. 24 Days (2014)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because he's Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin, Sylvie Testud
Votes: 731
28. Crime à Ramatuelle (2022 TV Movie)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sébastien Lacassagne, 35, owner of a wine estate, was assassinated with a statuette in his house. The investigation conducted by Prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and Captain Caroline Martinez reveals many gray areas in the victim's life.
Director: Nicolas Picard-Dreyfuss | Stars: Florence Pernel, Lola Dewaere, Matthieu Burnel, Florent Peyre
Votes: 42
29. Kala Pani (1958)
164 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Agha
Votes: 357
30. Mera Saaya (1966)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
A lawyer's wife dies in his arms. Yet, another woman - identical in appearance and accused of aiding a gang of bandits - claims to be the lawyer's wife. A courtroom drama ensues.
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Sadhana Shivdasani, Jagdish Sethi, K.N. Singh
Votes: 990
31. Sweet Revenge (1976)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A teenage car thief's obsessive quest to own an expensive sports car keeps her lawyer and the police working overtime.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Franklyn Ajaye, Richard Daughty
Votes: 366
32. Nürnberg und seine Lehre (1948)
Approved | 78 min | Documentary
The official U.S. government film about the 1st Nuremberg trial (The Trial of the Major Nazi War Criminals) which lasted from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946.
Director: Stuart Schulberg | Stars: Francis Biddle, Karl Dönitz, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick
Votes: 196
33. Unbowed (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Kim Kyung-ho is fired by his university after he questioned the validity of a math question in its entrance exam. Kim files a lawsuit against the university, but it is dismissed. Out of ... See full summary »
Director: Jeong Ji-yeong | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Park Won-sang, Na Young-hee, Kim Ji-ho
Votes: 671
34. Corporate (I) (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her.
Director: Nicolas Silhol | Stars: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt, Violaine Fumeau
Votes: 1,175
35. Tarazu (1997)
144 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough and honest police officer avenges his family's murder at the hands of a crime lord.
Director: Vimal Kumar | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sonali Bendre, Mohnish Behl, Amrish Puri
Votes: 666
36. Murder in Aveyron (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Thriller
A farm near Laguiole, in the Aubrac countryside. Luc Olié, forty, is found murdered with a bullet in his chest.
Director: Claude-Michel Rome | Stars: Florence Pernel, Vincent Winterhalter, Hélène Seuzaret, François Feroleto
Votes: 177
37. Murder in Martigues (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elisabeth Richard, a district attorney, and Paul Jansac, a police officer are in charge of the investigation of the death of Pierre Saint-Florent whose corpse was found in a beach near Martigues.
Director: Claude-Michel Rome | Stars: Florence Pernel, Vincent Winterhalter, Florence Coste, Bernard Crombey
Votes: 127
38. Incoherence (1994)
31 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Three seemingly unrelated men commit petty crimes on the eve of an important televised discourse on social disorder in Korea.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Yeon-su Yu, Sang-hyo Lim, Yun Il-ju, Dong-hwan Shin
Votes: 582
39. Murder in Luberon (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Prosecutor Elisabeth Richard teams up with Captain Charles Jouanic to investigate the death of a hunter.
Director: Éric Duret | Stars: Florence Pernel, Guillaume Cramoisan, Lola Dewaere, François Caron
Votes: 112
40. Murder in Maussane (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Maussane, at the very heart of Provence, with its olive trees and its charming squares. Deputy prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and local police commander Paul Jansac are investigating the murder of Caroline Autiero, wife of an old mill-owner.
Director: Éric Duret | Stars: Florence Pernel, Vincent Winterhalter, Isabel Otero, Garance Thénault
Votes: 105
41. Attorney for the Defense (1932)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious lawyer uses circumstantial evidence to help convict an innocent man then tries to make amends with his family.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, Constance Cummings, Don Dillaway
Votes: 182
42. Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print (1914)
Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama
The press and the public opinion suggest that Inspector Juve may in fact be Fantômas. As Juve is jailed, the actual Fantômas schemes to keep him behind bars forever.
Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Navarre, Georges Melchior, Laurent Morléas, Renée Carl
Votes: 1,430
43. Der Todestunnel - Nur die Wahrheit zählt (2005 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Action
An inattentive truck driver causes a fatal accident in a road tunnel killing 47 people. When the prosecutor begins to dissect the responsibility of politics, he suddenly encounters an impenetrable wall.
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Marisa Leonie Bach, Ettore Bassi, Bendikt Bauer
Votes: 91
44. Indiscretion (1937)
107 min | Drama
A man from a wealthy family falls in love with a florist ,but the lover has to go to war and to leave his darling crying ...and giving birth to a child.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Signoret, Suzet Maïs, Junie Astor
Votes: 60
45. The First Degree (1923)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Sam Purdy, a banker-turned-politician-turned-sheep farmer is repeatedly blackmailed by his half-brother because of their love for a woman named Mary.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer, Philo McCullough, George A. Williams
Votes: 96
46. Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)
84 min | Crime, Drama
A psychological drama of a young student (Veijo Pasanen) who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Veijo Pasanen, Aino-Maija Tikkanen, Matti Tamminen, Pia Hattara
Votes: 46
47. Chudak-chelovek (1962)
64 min | Adventure, Comedy
Director: Vladimir Kochetov | Stars: Mikhail Pugovkin, Svetlana Zhivankova, Boris Sitko, Boris Belov
Votes: 16
48. Herrojen Eeva (1954)
76 min | Comedy
About a single-parent Eve working in a textile factory, whose circle of acquaintances consists of many kinds of men. Her male friend Bertil is a criminal and doesn't like Eve's dealings with the police. Tarmo Manni is in advertising.
Director: Yrjö Kostermaa | Stars: Liisa Tuomi, Erkki Viljos, Uuno Laakso, Arvo Lehesmaa
Votes: 47
49.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Trial
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Briggs poses as an American tourist and subjects himself to a show trial in order to discredit a public prosecutor attempting to seize absolute power in his country.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 312
50.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Gerechtigkeit
(2019)
Crime, Drama
Richard Vossand Franziska Sommerfeld are invited to the birthday of the public prosecutor Gerd Roehler in a hotel.During the supper there are some tense talks between Gerd and his brother ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kreindl | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Ludwig Blochberger, Stephanie Stumph, Ann-Kathrin Kramer
Votes: 20