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Hunting Ground, TheHunting Ground, The (2015) Recommended
Dir. Kirby Dick
A scorching exposé of the startling prevalence of sexual assaults and institutional cover–ups at college campuses across America. Through raw…
Woman in GoldWoman in Gold (2015)
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl
Helen Mirren elevates this polished if prosaic dramatisation of an elderly Jewish woman who teams with a rookie lawyer (Reynolds) to seek restorative…
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela SmartCaptivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (2014)
Dir. Jeremiah Zagar
One of the highest profile murder trials of the 20th Century is revisited in this fascinating documentary about the murder of Gregg Smart in New…
CourtCourt (2014) Recommended
Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane
Feat. Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber
A strikingly confident directorial debut that exposes the antiquity of the Indian legal system through the court trial of an ageing protest singer…
How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series)How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Viola Davis
Legal drama centred around a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor who become involved in a twisted murder…
Judge, TheJudge, The (2014)
Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga
Big city lawyer Robert Downey Jnr. returns to his childhood home where his father (Robert Duvall), the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets…
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. BulgerWhitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014)
Dir. Joe Berlinger
The director of PARADISE LOST helms this multi–faceted documentary that uses the trial of infamous gangster James "Whitey" Bulger to examine…
Closed CircuitClosed Circuit (2013)
Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent
A dangerous conflict of interest arises when two ex–lovers end up on opposite sides of a high profile terrorism trial in this probing courtroom…
Devil's KnotDevil's Knot (2013)
Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Alessandro Nivola
Solid dramatisation of the long–running West Memphis Three case covered in depth by several documentaries, with dir. Egoyan weaving a typically…
Ace AttorneyAce Attorney (2012)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Hiroki Narimiya, Takumi Saito
Takashi Miike churns out this preposterous video game adaptation, about a cocksure lawyer who agrees to defend his courtroom rival in a murder trial,…

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