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

1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.

Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz

Votes: 128,540

2. 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: 868,381 | Gross: $4.36M

3. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)

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

This series focuses on the NYPD's Major Case Squad, a force of detectives who investigate high-profile cases, while also showing parts of the crime from the perpetrator's point of view.

Stars: Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 27,952

4. 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: 288,455 | Gross: $141.34M

5. The Invisible Guest (2016)

TV-MA | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense.

Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener, Jose Coronado, Bárbara Lennie

Votes: 193,145

6. Monster (2003)

R | 109 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen

Votes: 162,283 | Gross: $34.47M

7. L.A. Law (1986–1994)

TV-PG | 46 min | Drama

The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.

Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 6,505

8. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 466,811 | Gross: $1.59M

9. 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: 219,419 | Gross: $39.02M

10. The Mauritanian (2021)

R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse

Votes: 62,168

11. Picture of Beauty (2017)

70 min | Drama, Romance

In an early 20th century village, a painter with an unusual commission finds two pretty girls to model for him. The girls slowly come of age while exploring their sexuality and finding liberation in a repressed society.

Director: Maxim Ford | Stars: Taylor Sands, Danielle Rose, Pawel Hajnos, Magdalena Bochan-Jachimek

Votes: 1,784

12. 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: 71,660 | Gross: $11.90M

13. 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: 138,350 | Gross: $8.18M

14. 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: 17,255

15. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Approved | 179 min | Drama, War

In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich

Votes: 85,805

16. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)

TV-14 | 108 min | Drama, War

Follows a naval officer who stands trial for mutiny after taking command from a ship captain he felt was acting in an unstable way, putting both the ship and its crew in danger.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund

Votes: 4,328

17. O.J.: Made in America (2016)

TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen

Votes: 22,135

18. While You Were Sleeping (2017)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The drama is about a woman, Nam Hong Joo, who can see accidents that take place in the future through her dreams. And a prosecutor, Jung Jae Chan, who struggles to stop the woman's dreams from coming true.

Stars: Bae Suzy, Lee Jong-suk, Jung Hae-in, Lee Sang-Yeob

Votes: 9,933

19. Inherit the Wind (1960)

Passed | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York

Votes: 32,871

20. 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: 11,433 | Gross: $21.82M

21. Find Me Guilty (2006)

R | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Ron Silver, Alex Rocco

Votes: 36,330 | Gross: $1.17M

22. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie

Votes: 1,735

23. Breaker Morant (1980)

PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown

Votes: 14,465 | Gross: $7.14M

24. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.

Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin

Votes: 74,650 | Gross: $5.43M

25. Prince of the City (1981)

R | 167 min | Crime, Drama

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett

Votes: 9,555 | Gross: $8.12M

26. Nuts (1987)

R | 116 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Karl Malden

Votes: 7,611 | Gross: $30.95M

27. Quien a hierro mata (2019)

TV-MA | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A drug dealer looking for rest. A nurse looking for revenge. A crossroads where no one is safe.

Director: Paco Plaza | Stars: Luis Tosar, Xan Cejudo, Ismael Martínez, Enric Auquer

Votes: 8,795

28. 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: 1,694 | Gross: $0.02M

29. Witness for the Prosecution

Thriller | Announced

A veteran lawyer must defend a man in what promises to be the most dramatic trial of his career.

Director: Ben Affleck | Star: Ben Affleck

30. God on Trial (2008 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama, War

Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.

Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus, Alexi Kaye Campbell

Votes: 3,926

31. Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)

Unrated | 122 min | Drama, History

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot, David Kross

Votes: 9,218

32. Inherit the Wind (1999 TV Movie)

PG | 113 min | Drama

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Lane Smith, Tom Everett Scott

Votes: 2,033

33. The Red Pill (2016)

TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay

Votes: 12,062

34. The Young Savages (1961)

Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Vivian Nathan

Votes: 2,956

35. Conduct Unbecoming (1975)

PG | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach

Votes: 966

36. The Fixer (1968)

M | 132 min | Drama

In Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 1,471

37. 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

38. 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: 1,125

39. Secuestro (2016)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When her boy's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.

Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Blanca Portillo, Antonio Dechent, Vicente Romero, Marc Domènech

Votes: 9,732

40. Cross the Line (2020)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Thriller

A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?

Director: David Victori | Stars: Mario Casas, Milena Smit, Elisabeth Larena, Fernando Valdivielso

Votes: 3,680

41. Dante's Inferno (1935)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern, marrying Betty along the way. An inspector calls the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 923

42. Home Before Midnight (1979)

111 min | Drama

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Mark Burns, Juliet Harmer

Votes: 288

43. Secrets of an Angel (2022–2023)

135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cennet, who has been abused by her husband for years, calls Zeynep, the lawyer whose sign she sees from the window of her hospital room. He gives a letter to be opened after he dies. ... See full summary »

Stars: Ayça Bingöl, Alp Navruz, Mesut Akusta, Irem Helvacioglu

Votes: 421

44. King & Country (1964)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, War

During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Barry Foster

Votes: 2,498

45. 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: 739

46. The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)

PG | 117 min | Drama

Mossad agents kidnap an American Jewish man, accuse him of being a fugitive Nazi war criminal and take him to Jerusalem to face trial for genocide.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler

Votes: 1,488

47. Just Ask My Children (2001 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

A couple is accused of sodomy and pedophilia by two little girls. Soon they find their beloved sons taken away from them and themselves thrown in jail.

Director: Arvin Brown | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Jeffrey Nordling, Graham Beckel, Robert Joy

Votes: 838

48. Black Beach (2020)

TV-MA | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Carlos is a businessman who gets a request to intercede on behalf of a US engineer in the oil industry who's been kidnapped.

Directors: Esteban Crespo, Gonzalo Gilsanz | Stars: Raúl Arévalo, Paulina García, Candela Peña, Claude Musungayi

Votes: 1,806

49. Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box (2016 TV Movie)

Documentary, Drama

In the first hour of the two-part back-to-back special, Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box, kidnapping survivor Colleen Stan tells the story of her seven-year ordeal. Abducted by a sadistic ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Turrell | Stars: Chris Hatcher, Stephanie Herrera, Cameron Hooker, Greg Lefevre

Votes: 64

50. The Andersonville Trial (1970 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama

A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.

Director: George C. Scott | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, William Shatner, Jack Cassidy, Wright King

Votes: 495