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1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
Votes: 870,039 | Gross: $4.36M
2. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
R | 144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 403,747 | Gross: $60.98M
3. A Few Good Men (1992)
R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller
Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 288,976 | Gross: $141.34M
4. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Mystery
An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 71,844 | Gross: $11.90M
5. 12 Angry Men (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 117 min | Crime, Drama
Twelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn, Ossie Davis
Votes: 17,366
6. Michael Clayton (2007)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.
Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 174,416 | Gross: $49.03M
7. 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: 138,582 | Gross: $8.18M
8. Dead Man Walking (1995)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry
Votes: 102,046 | Gross: $39.39M
9. A Soldier's Story (1984)
PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier
Votes: 11,453 | Gross: $21.82M
10. 8 (2012 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, History
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Dustin Lance Black, David Boies, Matt Bomer
Votes: 610
11. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, War
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 744
12. Witness for the Prosecution (1982 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 1,127
13. Chicago (1927)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart, kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Virginia Bradford, Robert Edeson
Votes: 549 | Gross: $1.05M
14. 12 Angry Men: The Television Version (2011 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Star: Ron Simon
Votes: 18
15. Pastor Anderson Full Trial: Border Patrol Checkpoint (2010– )
Reality-TV
Star: Steven L. Anderson
Votes: 10
16. Hostile Witness (1969)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ray Milland directed himself as a barrister whose daughter is killed in a "hit-and-run" accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as a murderer.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 551
17. Terror's Advocate (2007)
Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif
Votes: 1,703 | Gross: $0.04M
18. The Night of January 16th (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story revolves around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner, who is being called upon by his board of directors to explain a missing $20,000,000; Kit Lane, his secretary who also has a ... See full summary »
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Nils Asther, Clarence Kolb
Votes: 151
19. Where Are My Children? (1916)
Approved | 62 min | Drama
A District Attorney's outspoken stand on abortion lands him in trouble with the local community.
Directors: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber | Stars: Tyrone Power Sr., Mrs. Tyrone Power, Marie Walcamp, Cora Drew
Votes: 873
20. Inherit the Wind (1965 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
In 1925, a Tennessee science teacher is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and a mighty courtroom battle ensues.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Ed Begley, Norman Wright, Diane Baker
Votes: 82
21. On Trial (1928)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A court-room drama in which Robert Strickland (Bert Lytell) finds himself on trial for the murder of his friend.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Bert Lytell, Lois Wilson, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 24
22. A Few Good Men: From Stage to Screen (2001 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Gillis | Stars: Aaron Sorkin, Rob Reiner, Kevin Bacon, Harry Caesar
Votes: 57
23. 12 Angry Men: From TV to the Big Screen (2011 Video)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Star: Vance Kepley
Votes: 11
24. Orientation: A Scientology Information Film (1996)
37 min | Documentary, Short
An introduction and overview to Scientology.
Stars: Norman Starkey, Bob Adams, Kirstie Alley, Larry Anderson
Votes: 412
25. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1959 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Director: Tony Doogood | Stars: Kevin Colebrook, George Fairfax, Robert Gardiner, Jeffrey Hodgson
26. A Few Good Men: Code of Conduct (2001 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Gillis | Stars: Aaron Sorkin, Rob Reiner, Tom Cruise, Noah Wyle
Votes: 135
27. On Trial (1939)
Passed | 61 min | Drama
A husband is put on trial for murder and he is ready to take the rap, for he is trying to shield his wife from scandal, along with their six-year-old daughter. But the smart young attorney ... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Edward Norris, Janet Chapman
Votes: 80
28. Maralinga, or Wise After the Event (1984 Video)
10 min | Short, Comedy, History
Director: Ted Robinson | Stars: Max Gillies, John Clarke, Patrick Cook, Wendy Harmer
29. Dock Brief (1960 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Live television adaptation of the stage play, which aired in Sydney (presumably kinescoped for interstate broadcast).
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Reg Lye, Moray Powell
30. Das Pflichtmandat (1958 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Ludwig Linkmann, Hermann Schomberg
31. On Trial (1917)
70 min | Drama
Robert Strickland, the self-confessed murderer of Gerald Trask, refuses to defend himself on the witness stand. His attorney, however, cross-examines Strickland's wife and by questioning ... See full summary »
Director: James Young | Stars: Barbara Castleton, Sidney Ainsworth, Mary McAllister, James Young
32. Nakhvamdis (1934)
68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Action
Director: Giorgi Makarov | Stars: Mikheil Gelovani, Nutsa Chkheidze, Kirile Macharadze, Tsatsa Amirejibi
Votes: 25
33. Libel! (1938 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Leon M. Lion, Wyndham Goldie, Leonora Corbett, Michael Shepley
34. 12 Angry Men: Teams That Don't Quit (1999)
Documentary, Short
Director: Steven Katten | Star: Margaret Wheatley
35. Why Pick on Me? - South Australian Jury Service (1985 Video)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Rodney Long
36.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Twelve Angry Men
(1954)
60 min | Drama
The jurors in a murder trial take their seats in a small, drab room to decide the defendant's fate. At first, all the men vote guilty bar one, who still has many questions not answered in ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Robert Cummings, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Paul Hartman
Votes: 376
37.
Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Night of January Sixteenth
(1952)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The story revolves around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner, who is being called upon by his board of directors to explain a missing $20,000,000; Kit Lane, his secretary who also has a ... See full summary »
Stars: Stella Andrew, Virginia Gilmore, Neil Hamilton
38.
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
Episode:
Witness for the Prosecution
(1949)
Drama
Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. He employs an experienced but aging barrister as his defense attorney.
Director: Gordon Duff | Stars: Walter Abel, Anne Ives, Felicia Montealegre, Nicholas Saunders
39.
Danger (1950–1955)
Episode:
Witness for the Prosecution
(1950)
30 min | Drama
Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. He employs an experienced but aging barrister as his defense attorney.
Stars: Sarah Churchill, Richard Stark
40.
Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
(1955)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Raymond Bailey, Robert Gist, Les Hellman
Votes: 9
41.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Night of January Sixteenth
(1956)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The story revolves around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner, who is being called upon by his board of directors to explain a missing $20,000,000; Kit Lane, his secretary who also has a ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Carney | Stars: Gertrude Astor, Betty Bronson, Ken Carpenter, Mary Carr
Votes: 12
42.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1959)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the later stages of the Nuremberg Trials, four German judges are accused of perverting the course of justice.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Claude Rains, Paul Lukas, Maximilian Schell, Martin Milner
Votes: 77
43.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
Night of January 16th
(1960)
Comedy, Drama
The story revolves around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner, who is being called upon by his board of directors to explain a missing $20,000,000; Kit Lane, his secretary who also has a ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Currer-Briggs | Stars: Stuart Nichol, Jack Lester, Cec Linder, Ken Wayne
44.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
(1958)
105 min | Drama
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Paul Douglas, William Sylvester, Nigel Stock, Richard Leech