Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "courtroom-scene"

1. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 260,005 | Gross: $34.19M

2. Carlito's Way (1993)

R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo

Votes: 232,481 | Gross: $36.95M

3. I Care a Lot (2020)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 146,207

4. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.

Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook

Votes: 139,126 | Gross: $65.63M

5. The Undoing (2020)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Noah Jupe, Edgar Ramírez

Votes: 105,905

6. In the Name of the Father (1993)

R | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King

Votes: 187,192 | Gross: $25.01M

7. Pain & Gain (2013)

R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 229,389 | Gross: $49.88M

8. Hair (1979)

PG | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden

Votes: 40,897 | Gross: $15.28M

9. Funny Girl (1968)

G | 151 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis

Votes: 25,176 | Gross: $58.50M

10. Mafia Mamma (2023)

R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Sophia Nomvete, Alessandro Bressanello

Votes: 10,685

11. The Courier (2019)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A courier in London discovers that one of the packages she's transporting is a bomb.

Director: Zackary Adler | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson

Votes: 11,644

12. My Policeman (2022)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

The arrival of Patrick into Marion and Tom's home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previously.

Director: Michael Grandage | Stars: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache

Votes: 22,343

13. Marshall (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 26,827 | Gross: $10.05M

14. God's Creatures (2022)

R | 100 min | Drama

In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.

Directors: Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer | Stars: Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Declan Conlon

Votes: 3,377

15. Leviathan (2014)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Votes: 56,928 | Gross: $1.09M

16. Are You Here (2013)

R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

Two childhood best friends, one a superficial womanizer and the other a barely functioning bipolar, embark on a road trip back to their hometown after one of them learns his estranged father has died.

Director: Matthew Weiner | Stars: Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Laura Ramsey

Votes: 16,690

17. Written on the Wind (1956)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 13,428

18. Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Mr. Joseph Young

Votes: 5,787

19. Woman of Straw (1964)

Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox

Votes: 2,926

20. Perry Mason Returns (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When his former secretary Della Street is accused of murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, Holland Taylor

Votes: 989

21. Fish (2000– )

50 min | Drama

Drama series about a successful employment lawyer with family problems.

Stars: Paul McGann, Jemma Redgrave, Mick Ford, Jack Stanley

Votes: 26

22. Mondays in the Sun (2002)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

This is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina

Votes: 15,405 | Gross: $0.15M

23. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama

Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas

Votes: 3,821 | Gross: $0.15M

24. Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)

391 min | Drama, Crime

The great case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags on, an obsession to all involved. Then a question of inheritance becomes a question of murder.

Stars: Denholm Elliott, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Moore, Diana Rigg

Votes: 415

25. Stranger on Horseback (1955)

Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire

Votes: 815

26. The Manxman (1929)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Randle Ayrton

Votes: 3,282

27. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.

Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran

Votes: 1,516

28. Love Is News (1937)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville

Votes: 937

29. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

Unrated | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past.

Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr

Votes: 806

30. Term of Trial (1962)

Approved | 130 min | Drama

A British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.

Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Roland Culver, Frank Pettingell

Votes: 866

31. The Crucible (1967 TV Movie)

135 min | Drama, History

In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, ... See full synopsis »

Director: Alex Segal | Stars: George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Fritz Weaver, Henry Jones

Votes: 142

32. Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987 TV Movie)

96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An old flame of Mason's is up for a government position. A man tries to blackmail her, telling her husband her secret will prevent her appointment. When the husband approaches him, he finds he is dead and gets himself charged with murder.

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, Jean Simmons

Votes: 556

33. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

Directors: Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis

Votes: 455

34. Viol, la grande peur (1978)

93 min | Drama

Newspaper reporters recount various rape cases from around the world and the victims' mistreatment by the judicial system, including the story of one victim (Brigitte Lahaie) whom got revenge her own way.

Director: Pierre Chevalier | Stars: Monique Gérard, Joëlle Le Quément, Lily Baron, Brigitte Lahaie

Votes: 113

35. A Covenant with Death (1967)

97 min | Drama

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

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, Earl Holliman

Votes: 385

36. Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, resulting... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh

Votes: 961

37. The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 1,602

38. In Your Dreams (1996 TV Movie)

Drama

Two students, previously infatuated with each other, meet up again years later at university. They agree to go out on a date and initially everything seems fine. They meet friends at the ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Oliver Milburn, Miles Anderson, Sam Barriscale

Votes: 103

39. The Unguarded Hour (1936)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama

An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Roland Young

Votes: 584

40. Vechtmeisje (2018)

84 min | Action, Drama, Family

Twelve-year-old Bo is a talented but hot-tempered kick boxer. However, Bo is distracted by her fighting parents who are in the middle of a divorce. Bo needs to learn how to control her ... See full summary »

Director: Johan Timmers | Stars: Aiko Beemsterboer, Noa Farinum, Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Ali Ben Horsting

Votes: 332

41. Blondie Johnson (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama

The story of a Depression-downtrodden waif who uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

Directors: Ray Enright, Lucien Hubbard | Stars: Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins, Earle Foxe

Votes: 786

42. The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama

Reporters at a scandal sheet dwell on a murder case, with tragic results.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell, Vivienne Osborne, Adrienne Dore

Votes: 466

43. Trinity (2003)

82 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a remote Arctic research station, government agents Brach (Stephen Moyer) and Schiller (Lucy Akhurst) discover the mysterious genetic scientist Dr. Clerval (Tom McCamus). A psychological... See full summary »

Director: Gary Boulton-Brown | Stars: Tom McCamus, Lucy Akhurst, Stephen Moyer, Marlene Dunn

Votes: 104

44. Too Young to Love (1960)

88 min | Drama

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.

Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Pauline Hahn, Joan Miller, Austin Willis

Votes: 133

45. The Star Witness (1931)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama

Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane

Votes: 753

46. And One Was Beautiful (1940)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance

A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally kills a man with his car.

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir, Billie Burke

Votes: 336

47. You Are Forgiven (2017)

4 min | Short, Drama

A murderer/rapist is caught in the action and taken to court. In this hearing, family members that had their loved ones killed by this mad man started to insult him. This stone cold hearted... See full summary »

Director: Jeriel Yordan | Stars: Gina Dobson, Derek Henning, Mark Huber, Natalie Kay

48. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The retelling of an incident in Gonzales, Texas in 1901 revolving around a stolen horse, mistaken identity and a killing. An unusual story of the all too usual exploitation of the powerless in Texas History.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill

Votes: 1,033 | Gross: $0.80M

49. Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode: Never Pick Up a Stranger (1965)

60 min | Drama

After Paul Bryan forces an amorous runaway to return to her small town, the speed bump's sheriff is willing to go to any extreme to get Bryan back on Route 66 ASAP. The teen who claimed her... See full summary »

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Barry Sullivan, Brenda Scott, George Mitchell

Votes: 24

50. Homicide for the Holidays (2016– )
Episode: The Last Thanksgiving (2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime

A mother is brutally shot to death while driving her sons home from a Thanksgiving celebration. When the hunt for her killer leads to an unlikely suspect, investigators soon realize her murder is not as random as it once seemed.

Director: Chad Cunningham | Stars: Jessica Cori, Mark Greer, Liam Jones, Mary Miles Kokotek