Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "witness-for-the-prosecution"

1. 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: 219,134 | Gross: $39.02M

2. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 138,074 | Gross: $8.18M

3. The Bedroom Window (1987)

R | 112 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A young executive starts an affair with his boss's wife which then escalates into a nightmare after he lies to the police in order to protect her.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar

Votes: 6,841 | Gross: $12.64M

4. The Goldman Case (2023)

115 min | Crime, Drama, History

Chronicles the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.

Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Arthur Harari, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Nicolas Briançon

Votes: 1,706

5. The Trial (2010)

PG-13 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for a small town attorney, until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life.

Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Larry Bagby, Matthew Modine, Clare Carey, Robert Forster

Votes: 1,688 | Gross: $0.02M

6. The Paradine Case (1947)

Approved | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn

Votes: 12,399

7. Music Box (1989)

PG-13 | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat

Votes: 8,670 | Gross: $6.26M

8. Last Known Address (1970)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas... See full summary »

Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin, Paul Crauchet

Votes: 1,905

9. Going Bye-Bye! (1934)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy

After testifying in court against a dangerous criminal, the boys plan to skip town, but the criminal escapes prison and comes after them.

Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Walter Long

Votes: 1,529

10. Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama

In post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman.

Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter

Votes: 477

11. Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, History

Amber Frey thought she met the man of her dream, Scott Peterson, on a blind date. After fully trusting him with her heart, secrets are revealed that scott's Pregnant wife is missing and he ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Janel Moloney, Terry Kinney, Nathan Anderson, Paget Brewster

Votes: 285

12. Final Appeal (1993 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband. However, she claims she didn't do it and this makes a tough case even harder and more important.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: Brian Dennehy, JoBeth Williams, Tom Mason, Ashley Crow

Votes: 181

13. Undercover with the KKK (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr. who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Don Meredith, Ed Lauter, Clifton James, Albert Salmi

Votes: 71

14. Strangers in the House (1942)

95 min | Crime, Drama

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, Héléna Manson

Votes: 466

15. Excellent Cadavers (2005)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary

In the late-80s and early-90s, two prosecutors went after the mob in Sicily. Archival footage, gruesome photographs and new interviews are shown.

Director: Marco Turco | Stars: Giuseppe Ayala, Letizia Battaglia, Alexander Stille

Votes: 161

16. Sealed Verdict (1948)

Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A former U.S. special prosecutor, Major Robert Lawson, begins to suspect that a Nazi war criminal on death row, General Otto Stiegman, has been wrongfully convicted of leveling a French village along with all of its inhabitants in WWII.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Florence Marly, John Hoyt, Norbert Schiller

Votes: 76

17. Bhairav (2001)

Not Rated | 133 min | Action

Rakesh Pandey belongs to a middle-class family, and is employed. One day when he is returning home from work, he is arrested by the police on the charge of killing a woman in cold-blood. He... See full summary »

Director: T.L.V. Prasad | Stars: Hemant Birje, Mithun Chakraborty, Jack Gaud, Brij Gopal

Votes: 38

18. The Trial of Stubby McPherson (1998)

15 min | Short

September 17, 1937. In what the mounties are calling 'The Yukon River Incident', Scott 'Stubby' McPherson allegedly killed and ate all of his companions, during an ill-fated expedition of ... See full summary »

Director: Sherry Kozak | Stars: Dana Anderson, Rick Ash, Jacob Banigan, Dave Clarke

19. Pastor Anderson Full Trial: Border Patrol Checkpoint (2010– )

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Star: Steven L. Anderson

Votes: 10

20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Your Witness (1959)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Naomi Shawn is unhappily married. Her husband Arnold, a successful defense attorney, is having an affair with a younger woman and it's apparent that he's no longer interested in her. He ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Brian Keith, Leora Dana, William Hansen

Votes: 451

21. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: The Murdered Party (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jarrod agrees to defend a murder suspect, despite the fact that Heath witnessed the killing. The case involves the defense of a man from a reviled family and the death of a respected benefactor.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 131

22. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: The Perfect Gentleman/Legend (1982)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Singer Andrea Barclay wants to overcome debilitating stage fright by performing for the toughest audience that Roarke can find; and rock star Jimmy Jordan, who witnessed a murder, disguises himself as a butler to elude his pursuers.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Leslie Easterbrook, Andy Griffith

Votes: 56

23. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
Episode: Hate on Your Dial (1989)

TV-MA | 46 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A racist uses a cursed antique car radio to travel back to 1954 and tries to prevent the arrest and death of his father, a member of the KKK.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Louise Robey, Steve Monarque, Chris Wiggins, Michael Rhoades

Votes: 120

24. In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995)
Episode: Virgil Tibbs: Attorney at Law (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta with a law degree, news of his failed marriage and a murder suspect to defend.

Director: Charles Mills | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers, Alan Autry, David Hart

Votes: 52

25. Judge John Deed (2001–2007)
Episode: Political Expediency (2002)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

An Arab sheikh's chauffeur is charged with the murder of a young prostitute, thereby jeopardising a lucrative government deal.

Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Martin Shaw, Jenny Seagrove, Simon Chandler, Caroline Langrishe

Votes: 75

26. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Lie Harder (1990)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Abby takes on the sad case of a couple trying to return their violent and mentally unstable adopted, seven-year-old son to the orphanage. Meanwhile, Gwen Taylor, Becker's former temp and ... See full summary »

Director: David Carson | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 39

27. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Competence (1994)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Van Buren kills an intellectually disabled, unarmed teenager at an ATM. She claims it was a robbery attempt, and that there's a second, armed suspect on the loose. But not everyone believes her.

Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 313

28. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Refuge: Part 1 (1999)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A brutal murder of a Russian man has ties to the Russian mob. However, the only witness who isn't compromised is a traumatized 10-year-old boy who is reluctant to testify.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 345

29. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Ransom (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In a rare episode of the series in which the IM Force isn't sent on a government-sanctioned mission, they're forced by a criminal named Egan, who's kidnapped the daughter of a friend of ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 391

30. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Big George (1972)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

A man happens to witness the murder of a sales clerk and agrees to testify at the trial. As a result he and his family are relentlessly terrorized by someone, even after the trial has ended.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 40

31. The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode: Friends and Ex-Lovers (2000)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Haunted with guilt over Scott Wallace's murder of his boss, Bobby is determined to defend him, lashing out at everybody including Jimmy, who agrees to become a witness for the prosecution. ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris

Votes: 104

32. The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode: Germ Warfare (2000)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ellenor and Lindsay represent parents against the EPA, when their children are all diagnosed with cancer from a chemically treated playground. But no matter how tough the case is to prove ... See full summary »

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris

Votes: 88

33. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: All Prologue (2003)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe. The detectives look into Sobotka and his money. For his union, Sobotka tries to ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Dominic West, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, John Doman

Votes: 4,968

34. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Target (2002)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Baltimore Det. Jimmy McNulty finds himself in hot water with his superior Major William Rawls after a drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale who is charged with three murders, is acquitted. ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 7,699

35. Women's Murder Club (2007–2008)
Episode: The Past Comes Back to Haunt You (2007)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The murder of a building handyman leads to the re-opening of a murder case in which the victim was a witness.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Angie Harmon, Laura Harris, Paula Newsome, Aubrey Dollar

Votes: 95

36. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Brown (2019)

43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Sasha and Jeremy examine the mysterious murder of a Yorkshire farm owner in 1933. Had a love affair led to an employee shooting his employer and trying to destroy the evidence?

Directors: Gary John Senior, David McConnell | Stars: Tony Hirst, Sasha Wass, Jeremy Dein, David Radford

Votes: 6

37. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Miscarriage of Justice (2009)

TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A respected congressman faces trial for murder, but a suicide and confession during the trial cast new doubt on his guilt.

Director: Louis Shaw Milito | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 686

38. Guiding Light (1952–2009)
Episode: Episode dated 5 March 1953 (1953)

TV-14 | 15 min | Drama, Romance

Richard Grant and his wife, Laura, have a disagreement about Kathy, who is on trial for murder. The district attorney calls Alice Graham to the stand.

Stars: Ed Prentiss, Ruth Warrick, Mandel Kramer, Alice Yourman

39. The Young and the Restless (1973– )
Episode: Tues Jan 13 2009 (2009)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Heather persuades Adam to accept a plea bargain that will mean 18 months in prison. Brad surprises both Sharon and Nick when he turns up in New York.

Director: Sally McDonald | Stars: Michelle Stafford, Doug Davidson, Amelia Heinle, Kristoff St. John

40. CNN Special Reports (1980– )
Episode: Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders (2015)

42 min | News

CNN revisits the vicious, horrific killings by Charles Manson's followers, 45 years later.

Stars: Sara Sidner, Alisa Statman, Mary Neiswender, Jeff Guinn

41. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: Working Girls (2012)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Erin's witness in the murder trial of a violent mobster is killed before giving testimony. Due to a leak, the next witness is threatened, but protected by Danny and Jack. Erin is offered the Deputy Mayor's position, but she declines.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 437

42. Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom (2023)
Episode: Jens (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, Crime, History

During his 1990 trial in Virginia, Jens recants his previous confessions and unfolds a new story of the murders before Elizabeth takes the stand again.

Directors: Andre Hörmann, Lena Leonhardt | Stars: William Cleveland, Tina Douglas, Hanns Feigen, Ricky Gardner

Votes: 109

43. American Crime Story (2016– )
Episode: The Race Card (2016)

TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

As the trial begins, Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran go head to head in court and the jury visits the crime scene.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi, Christian Clemenson, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Votes: 3,413

44. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: James W. Wagner, Leone J. Flosi, Kent Clifford, Douglas P. Roller

Votes: 8