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51. The Chamber (1996)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Robert Prosky
Votes: 16,133 | Gross: $14.55M
52. The Star Chamber (1983)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frustrated with a legal system gone haywire, a secret society of judges hires hitmen to snuff out criminals who escape courtroom justice - but one young judge questions the ethics of their vigilante system.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless
Votes: 7,736 | Gross: $5.56M
53. Red Corner (1997)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann
Votes: 18,310 | Gross: $22.42M
54. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
R | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A lawyer uses his power to help his lover put her father behind bars, but when he escapes, they are all in danger.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah
Votes: 11,677 | Gross: $1.53M
55. The Guilty (2000)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young person gets hired to kill someone completely unknown, by someone equally unknown. Or is that true? Nothing is what it seems.
Director: Anthony Waller | Stars: Bill Pullman, Devon Sawa, Gabrielle Anwar, Angela Featherstone
Votes: 3,853
56. Closed Circuit (2013)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 23,285 | Gross: $5.73M
57. Class Action (1991)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels, Joanna Merlin
Votes: 8,320 | Gross: $24.28M
58. Burden of Proof (2023)
TV-14 | 229 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
After his sister's disappearance, a brother is determined to find the truth no matter the cost.
Stars: Savannah Bruffey, Wade Hunt Williams, Kim Winter Mako, Kyle Rankin
Votes: 1,067
59. Defenseless (1991)
R | 104 min | Mystery, Thriller
A lawyer is hired to defend an old college friend accused of murdering her husband.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Sam Shepard, Mary Beth Hurt, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 1,168 | Gross: $6.41M
60. The Student (I) (2017)
Unrated | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
Vince would kill for a good grade...
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Alicia Leigh Willis, Blake Michael, Trevor St. John, Lindsay Hartley
Votes: 791
61. Trial by Jury (1994)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Director: Heywood Gould | Stars: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt
Votes: 2,068 | Gross: $6.97M
62. Shadow of Doubt (1998)
R | 103 min | Mystery, Thriller
A billionaire's daughter is murdered in her LA home. A tough top lawyer is up against her assistant DA ex, when she defends a musician suspect.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Tom Berenger, Craig Sheffer, Huey Lewis
Votes: 1,987
63. Honor (2023– )
50 min | Drama, Thriller
After his son runs over the member of a family from the mafia, an honest and reputed judge does everything in his power to protect him, putting his own professional and moral convictions to the test.
Stars: Darío Grandinetti, José Luis García-Pérez, María Morales, Emilio Palacios
Votes: 105
64. The Underworld Story (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 1,330
65. Bleed Out (II) (2018)
TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance
After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes a citizen's investigation into the ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Burrows | Stars: Judith Burrows, Stephen Burrows
Votes: 507
66. Já, spravedlnost (1968)
88 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
At the year 1946, the time of the Nuremberg Process. One of the main actors of the Second World War, who reportedly committed suicide, Adolf Hitler is, however, missing. The Czech doctor ... See full summary »
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Karel Höger, Angelica Domröse, Jirí Vrstála, Fritz Diez
Votes: 71