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1. 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
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: 138,582 | Gross: $8.18M
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Macbeth (2014)
Drama
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin.
Director: Eve Best | Stars: Moyo Akandé, Geoffrey Aymer, Marc Borthwick, Bette Bourne
Votes: 116
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1959 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Director: Tony Doogood | Stars: Kevin Colebrook, George Fairfax, Robert Gardiner, Jeffrey Hodgson
14. 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
15. 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
16. Black Knight Sword (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Take on the role of The Black Knight and wade through a twisted and dark world to kill the Dark Princess.
Director: Suda 51 | Stars: Markus Müller, Michael Rhys
Votes: 23
18. 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
19. 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
20. Libel! (1938 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Leon M. Lion, Wyndham Goldie, Leonora Corbett, Michael Shepley
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
Sunday AM (2005– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 September 2019
(2019)
59 min | News, Talk-Show
Andrew interviews Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. He also speaks to foreign secretary Dominic Raab and actresses Zoë Wanamaker and Zrinka Cvitesic. Pippa Crerar and Tom Newton Dunn review the Sunday papers.
Directors: Meera Thavasothy, James Waddell | Stars: Andrew Marr, Tom Newton Dunn, Pippa Crerar, Jeremy Corbyn
30.
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
31.
The Years That Changed Modern Scotland (2021)
Episode:
Scotland for Sale (1970-1981)
(2021)
History
Kirsty Wark explores the 1970s and early 1980s, an era of shops, pop, new towns and oil.
Stars: Kirsty Wark, Evelyn Stewart, Derek Stewart, Nicky Stewart