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1	A Time to Kill (1996) more movies like this directed by Joel Schumacher featuring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Brenda Fricker Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) takes the law into his own hands after the legal system fails to adequately punish the men who brutally raped and beat his daughter, leaving her for dead. Normally, a distraught father could count on some judicial sympathy in those circumstances. Unfortunately, Carl and his daughter are black, and the assailants ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.40!
2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor Having just recovered from a heart attack, fabled British barrister Sir Wilfred Robards (Charles Laughton) has been ordered by his doctor to give up everything he holds dear-brandy, cigars and especially courtroom cases. Robards' already shaky resolve to follow doctor's orders flies out the window when he takes up the defense of Leonard Vole ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £6.41!
3	I Am Sam (2001) more movies like this directed by Jessie Nelson featuring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning Sean Penn stars in this drama as Sam Dawson, a developmentally disabled adult who has been working at a coffee shop and raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) for seven years. Sam receives help in his parenting duties from a circle of trusted confidantes, including his ADD-afflicted best friend Ifty (Doug Hutchison), the paranoid Robert ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £6.21!
4	Primal Fear (1996) more movies like this directed by Gregory Hoblit featuring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Alfre Woodard A high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this legal thriller based on the novel by William Diehl. Richard Gere stars as Martin Vail, a famed defense lawyer who volunteers his services to Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton), a Kentucky teenager charged with the murder of a Chicago archbishop. Covered with blood, Aaron ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.46!
5	A Man for All Seasons (1966) more movies like this directed by Fred Zinnemann featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the church to divorce his first wife and marry Anne ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.54!
6	Philadelphia (1993) more movies like this directed by Jonathan Demme featuring Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Jr., Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Ron Vawter, Joanne Woodward At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The homosexual Andrew has contracted AIDS but fears ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.84!
7	Runaway Jury (2003) more movies like this directed by Gary Fleder featuring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Jeremy Piven Three people attempt to bend justice for their own purposes in this drama based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham. After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun, with her lawyer, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman), arguing that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.60!
8	Rules of Engagement (2000) more movies like this directed by William Friedkin featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Bruce Greenwood, Blair Underwood In this drama, two U.S. Marines who stood side by side on the field of battle are reunited in a court of law. Attorney Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) once aspired to a career as an officer, but a serious injury in Vietnam put an end to his military future, leaving him bitter and resentful. Col. Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) fought ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £3.06!
9	12 Angry Men (1957) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring John Fiedler, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Sr., E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber A Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death. The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been admonished that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction, each for reasons of his own. The sole holdout is Juror #8, played by Henry ... see all copies from £3.21! new only from £6.41!
10	Erin Brockovich (2000) more movies like this directed by Steven Soderbergh featuring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones Julia Roberts stars in this legal drama based on the true story of a woman who helped win the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit. Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is a single mother of three who, after losing a personal injury lawsuit, asks her lawyer, Ed Masry (Albert Finney), if he can help her find a job. Ed gives her work as a ... see all copies from £2.00! new only from £2.77!
11 view cover	A Few Good Men (1992) more movies like this directed by Rob Reiner featuring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland In this military courtroom drama based on the play by Aaron Sorkin, Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is assigned to defend two Marines, Pfc. Louden Downey (James Marshall) and Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison), who are accused of the murder of fellow leatherneck Pfc. William Santiago (Michael de Lorenzo) at the U.S. Navy base ... see all copies from £2.56! new only from £2.77!
12 view cover	The Crucible (1996) more movies like this directed by Nicholas Hytner featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison When Arthur Miller's play The Crucible was first staged in 1953, it was widely acclaimed as a metaphor for the recklessness of Joseph McCarthy and his spurious crusade against communism. In its 1996 screen adaptation (scripted by Miller), the tone has been adjusted somewhat and plays as a warning against the dangers of political and religious ... see all copies from £5.14! new only from £5.14!
13 view cover	Sleepers (1996) more movies like this directed by Barry Levinson featuring Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Billy Crudup, Dustin Hoffman, Bruno Kirby, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Vittorio Gassman Barry Levinson directed this crime drama based on a controversial bestseller. Jason Patrick stars as Lorenzo, a New York reporter more commonly called "Shakes," a nickname courtesy of his three childhood pals from Hell's Kitchen -- Michael (Brad Pitt), John (Ron Eldard), and Tommy (Billy Crudup). As kids, all four were sent to reform school after ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.77!
14 view cover	Inherit the Wind (1960) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kramer featuring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Florence Eldridge, Dick York, Henry "Harry" Morgan The Evolution vs. Creationism argument is at the center of the Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee Broadway play Inherit the Wind. Lawrence and Lee's inspiration was the 1925 "Monkey Trial," in which Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in violation of state law. Scopes deliberately courted arrest to ... see all copies from £3.23! new only from £6.86!
15 view cover	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kramer featuring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Werner Klemperer After the end of World War II, the world gradually became aware of the full extent of the war crimes perpetrated by the Third Reich. In 1948, a series of trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, by an international tribunal, headed by American legal and military officials, with the intent of bringing to justice those guilty of crimes against ... see all copies from £4.02! new only from £7.56!
16 view cover	Absence of Malice (1981) more movies like this directed by Sydney Pollack featuring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Wilford Brimley In this legal drama from director Sydney Pollack, Sally Field stars as Megan, an ambitious newpaper reporter who, based on information from FBI investigator Rosen, played by Bob Balaban, writes a scathing article that implicates Gallagher, a reclusive business-owner played by Paul Newman, in the recent disappearance of a labor leader. When ... see all copies from £2.89! new only from £7.54!
17 view cover	The Verdict (1982) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea In Sidney Lumet's powerful courtroom drama The Verdict, Paul Newman stars as Frank Galvin, an alcoholic Boston lawyer who tries to redeem his personal and professional reputation by winning a difficult medical malpractice case. Frank, down on his luck, is presented with the case of his life when he is approached by the family of a woman who has ... see all copies from £4.42! new only from £11.02!
18 view cover	Amistad (1997) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Arliss Howard, Jeremy Northam, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne, Djimon Hounsou This Steven Spielberg-directed exploration into a long-ago episode in African-American history recounts the trial that followed the 1839 rebellion aboard the Spanish slave ship Amistad and captures the complex political maneuverings set in motion by the event. Filmed in New England and Puerto Rico, the 152-minute drama opens with a pre-credit ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.77!
19 view cover	Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman A lawyer discovers just how fine the line between good and evil can be in this drama based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley. When a carefully-planned bust of drug dealer Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) goes sour, a shootout between Washington and officers from three precincts leaves a number of cops dead or wounded. Washington ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.43!
20 view cover	Breaker Morant (1980) more movies like this directed by Bruce Beresford featuring Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Jack Thompson, John Waters Breaker Morant is one of the most acclaimed Australian films, telling a powerful tale of wartime betrayal and injustice. Henry "Breaker" Morant (Edward Woodward) is an Englishman living in Australia at the end of the 19th century. When war breaks out in 1899 between Britain and the Boers (descendants of Dutch colonists), Morant and a number of ... see all copies from £3.43! new only from £9.70!
21 view cover	The Caine Mutiny (1954) more movies like this directed by Edward Dmytryk featuring Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis, May Wynn Robert Francis is at the center of the story as Willis Keith, a newly minted ensign assigned to the U.S.S. Caine. Keith has an uneasy relationship with his skipper, Lt. Comdr. DeVries (Tom Tully), partly through his own ineptitude and as a result of his disapproval of the slovenly way DeVries seems to run the ship. He looks forward to the arrival ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £10.70!
22 view cover	Body of Evidence (1993) more movies like this directed by Uli Edel featuring Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joe Mantegna, Julianne Moore Madonna plays Rebecca Carlson, a sex bomb who parades naked in front of the open windows of her houseboat at all hours while the lobstermen catch crabs. This entry in the Basic Instinct sweepstakes poses the question: If love hurts, does sex kill? The judge and jury certainly want to find out when Rebecca's latest conquest, a multi-millionaire, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £4.71!
23 view cover	The Accused (1988) more movies like this directed by Jonathan Kaplan featuring Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn Based on a real-life 1983 incident, The Accused tells the story of Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), a working-class party girl who likes to live it up with her friends and flirt hard with the guys. After a fight with her boyfriend, she heads to a local bar to cool down -- and after a few drinks, plus some dancing and flirting, she finds herself thrown ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.13!
24 view cover	A Soldier's Story (1984) more movies like this directed by Norman Jewison featuring David Alan Grier, Wings Hauser, Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Dennis Lipscomb, Art Evans, Patti LaBelle, Denzel Washington Inspired by the Herman Melville novel Billy Budd, writer Charles Fuller created the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play, which he then adapted into this film drama in 1984, for socially conscious, liberal director Norman Jewison. In the racially-divided 1940s, Fort Neal, Louisiana, is a military base where black soldiers are sent not to fight ... see all copies from £3.46! new only from £7.61!
25 view cover	The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) more movies like this directed by Scott Derrickson featuring Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore In this blend of psychological thriller and courtroom drama, Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) is a 19-year-old college student who begins displaying bizarre and troubling behavior; as her actions become increasingly destructive and shocking, Emily begins speaking in strange tongues and destroys religious symbols that surround her. Emily's parents ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.72!

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