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1. 7 días de enero (1979)

124 min | Drama

After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order.

Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Manuel Ángel Egea, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Madeleine Robinson, Jacques François

Votes: 193

Matanza de los abogados laboralistas de Atocha

2. Il giudice ragazzino (1994)

92 min | Drama

The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, ... See full summary »

Director: Alessandro Di Robilant | Stars: Giulio Scarpati, Sabrina Ferilli, Leopoldo Trieste, Renato Carpentieri

Votes: 135

3. Excellent Cadavers (1999 TV Movie)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading ... See full summary »

Director: Ricky Tognazzi | Stars: Chazz Palminteri, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Galiena, Andy Luotto

Votes: 1,398 | Gross: $0.01M

4. Giovanni Falcone, l'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra (2006 TV Movie)

196 min | Biography, Drama

TV-Movie on the life and accomplishments of Giovanni Falcone, the legendary Sicilian judge who boldly opposed the Mafia

Directors: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi | Stars: Massimo Dapporto, Elena Sofia Ricci, Emilio Solfrizzi, David Coco

Votes: 208

5. The Traitor (2019)

R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 12,987

6. Inquisition (1977)

90 min | Horror

A witch-finder general falls in love with the village beauty, who has supposedly made a pact with the devil.

Director: Paul Naschy | Stars: Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Mónica Randall, Ricardo Merino

Votes: 631

7. I guappi (1974)

130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some ... See full summary »

Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Fabio Testi, Lina Polito

Votes: 414

8. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)

PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama

In a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora

Votes: 1,748

9. Special Section (1975)

PG | 110 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani

Votes: 1,592

13. Anillos de oro (1983)

60 min | Drama

A mature lawyer returns to the profession after a few years on leave to look after her children. She teams up with a friend of her husband's to open a new office, and clients start coming in.

Stars: Ana Diosdado, Imanol Arias, Aurora Redondo, Xabier Elorriaga

Votes: 142

14. Narcos (2015–2017)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann

Votes: 470,608

15. The Cuenca Crime (1980)

88 min | Drama, History

Two friends from a small village in Cuenca, Spain, accused of murder by their neighbors, confess to the crime after being tortured,

Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Amparo Soler Leal, Héctor Alterio, Daniel Dicenta, José Manuel Cervino

Votes: 746

16. El caso Almería (1984)

110 min | Drama

A Spanish judge has the courage to look into a political murder.

Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Agustín González, Fernando Guillén, Muntsa Alcañiz, Manuel Alexandre

Votes: 202

17. Lasa y Zabala (2014)

107 min | Thriller

Lasa y Zabala case was the first action headed by GAL "antiterrorist group", in 1983. Two Spanish policeman, following the direct orders of the general Rodriguez Galindo, kidnapped two ETA ... See full summary »

Director: Pablo Malo | Stars: Unax Ugalde, Francesc Orella, Oriol Vila, Jon Anza

Votes: 383

18. Il Divo (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama

81 Metascore

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci

Votes: 19,013 | Gross: $0.24M

19. Two Men in Town (1973)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux

Votes: 5,041

20. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

Approved | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger

Votes: 2,303

21. Court Martial (1965–1966)

60 min | Crime, Drama

During World War II, this crack team from the Judge Advocate General's office investigates crime all over Europe and then proceeds to the court-martial.

Stars: Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Kenneth J. Warren, Angela Browne

Votes: 69

22. Breaker Morant (1980)

PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War

72 Metascore

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: 14,439 | Gross: $7.14M

23. Hart's War (2002)

R | 125 min | Drama, War

49 Metascore

A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser

Votes: 55,345 | Gross: $19.08M

24. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

R | 123 min | Drama, War

53 Metascore

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano

Votes: 20,029 | Gross: $2.31M

25. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Approved | 179 min | Drama, War

60 Metascore

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: 85,566

26. Nuremberg (2000)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, History, War

The dramatized account of the war crime trials following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Stars: Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy

Votes: 6,962

28. Fariña (2018)

TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1980s Galicia (Spain), the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.

Stars: Javier Rey, Tristán Ulloa, Antonio Durán 'Morris', Carlos Blanco

Votes: 4,486

29. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama

97 Metascore

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: 865,597 | Gross: $4.36M

30. 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: 17,076

31. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

57 Metascore

In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs

Votes: 9,338 | Gross: $16.53M

32. Tom Horn (1980)

R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush

Votes: 5,918 | Gross: $9.68M

33. The Red Tent (1969)

G | 158 min | Adventure, Drama

64 Metascore

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his failed 1928 Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Krüger

Votes: 2,421

34. King of Kings (1961)

PG-13 | 168 min | Biography, Drama

The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell

Votes: 9,030 | Gross: $14.48M

35. Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

GP | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1920s Boston, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are scrutinized for their anarchist beliefs while on trial for robbery and murder.

Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello

Votes: 3,730 | Gross: $0.19M

36. Sacco and Vanzetti (2006)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

70 Metascore

The story of two Italian immigrant radicals who were executed in 1927 offers insights into present-day issues of civil liberties and the rights of immigrants.

Director: Peter Miller | Stars: Anton Coppola, Henry Fonda, Arlo Guthrie, David Kaiser

Votes: 328 | Gross: $0.03M

37. The Confession (1970)

GP | 139 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold

Votes: 4,817 | Gross: $0.33M

38. Dirty Harry (1971)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

87 Metascore

When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

Directors: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni

Votes: 168,350 | Gross: $35.90M

39. Why? (1971)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

The surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.

Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi, Andrea Aureli

Votes: 1,012

41. La noche más larga (1991)

82 min | Drama, War

Fifteen years after the plot a lawyer and a military ex-attorney meet and recall the intense days of 1975 when both participated in the decission of war or peace. The film is told in flashbacks of the two protagonists.

Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Juan Echanove, Carmen Conesa, Gabino Diego, Fernando Guillén Cuervo

Votes: 103

42. Rojo (2018)

109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

76 Metascore

In Argentina pre-coup d'etat, a successful lawyer starts to feel against the ropes when a secret of the past threatens his present.

Director: Benjamín Naishtat | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi

Votes: 2,779 | Gross: $0.08M

43. Terror's Advocate (2007)

Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History

75 Metascore

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: 1,699 | Gross: $0.04M

44. The Fifth Day of Peace (1970)

GP | 110 min | Drama, War

At the end of WW II, German deserters are tried for desertion by fellow POWs inside a prisoner of war camp for Germans.

Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Bud Spencer, Franco Nero, Richard Johnson, Larry Aubrey

Votes: 511

45. Black Book (2006)

R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War

71 Metascore

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn

Votes: 80,524 | Gross: $4.40M

46. The Devil's Advocate (1997)

R | 144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

60 Metascore

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: 402,085 | Gross: $60.98M

47. Scent of a Woman (1992)

R | 156 min | Drama

57 Metascore

A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.

Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar

Votes: 329,047 | Gross: $63.90M

48. Milada (2017)

124 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Milada Horáková, democratic pre-WW2 Czech politician first arrested and tried by the Nazis during the War and then the post-war Communist government for her refusal to cease her opposition activity and leave the country.

Director: David Mrnka | Stars: Ayelet Zurer, Robert Gant, Daniel Rchichev, Karina Rchichev

Votes: 1,460

49. Las 13 rosas (2007)

129 min | Drama, History

The true story of 13 totally normal young women who suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made-up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. ... See full summary »

Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez, Gabriella Pession, Marta Etura

Votes: 2,166

50. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

R | 130 min | Drama, War

53 Metascore

Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn

Votes: 48,216 | Gross: $42.72M

51. Paths of Glory (1957)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, War

90 Metascore

After a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready

Votes: 212,351

52. Many Wars Ago (1970)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War

On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè, Giampiero Albertini

Votes: 1,922

53. The Bounty (1984)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History

62 Metascore

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox

Votes: 30,481 | Gross: $8.60M

54. Lion of the Desert (1980)

PG | 173 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Irene Papas

Votes: 17,382 | Gross: $3.27M

55. Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco (2014 TV Movie)

99 min | History

Historic biopic about the plot to murder General Prim. The action takes place after the end of the Gloriosa revolution in 1868 and finishes with the proclamation of the king Amadeo I of Saboya.

Director: Miguel Bardem | Stars: Francesc Orella, Javier Godino, Pedro Casablanc, Daniel Grao

Votes: 143

56. Mi hija Hildegart (1977)

109 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based in the novel Aurora de Sangre (Eduardo de Guzman) and in the real events happened during the II Spanish Republic. Aurora Rodriguez goes to police to assume the death of her daughter ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Amparo Soler Leal, Carmen Roldán, Manuel Galiana, Carles Velat

Votes: 229

57. The Hurricane (1999)

R | 146 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

74 Metascore

The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 102,509 | Gross: $50.67M

58. Dead Man Walking (1995)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama

80 Metascore

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: 101,807 | Gross: $39.39M

59. Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018)

110 min | Drama, History

The prestigious politician and large-scale farmer Franz Murer, responsible for the Ghetto of Vilnius as SS leader and NSDAP functionary from 1941-1943, stands trial in Graz, Austria. ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Frosch | Stars: Karl Fischer, Alexander E. Fennon, Melita Jurisic, Ursula Ofner

Votes: 718

60. Liar Liar (1997)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy

70 Metascore

A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Amanda Donohoe, Jennifer Tilly

Votes: 333,563 | Gross: $181.41M

61. The General's Daughter (1999)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

47 Metascore

When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.

Director: Simon West | Stars: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton

Votes: 63,865 | Gross: $102.71M

62. A Few Good Men (1992)

R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller

62 Metascore

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: 287,475 | Gross: $141.34M

63. Disclosure (1994)

R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller

58 Metascore

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall

Votes: 54,433 | Gross: $83.02M

64. Richard Jewell (2019)

R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

68 Metascore

Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley, Ryan Boz

Votes: 97,771

65. Perez. (2014)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A lawyer must cross the line between law and crime to protect his family.

Director: Edoardo De Angelis | Stars: Luca Zingaretti, Marco D'Amore, Simona Tabasco, Giampaolo Fabrizio

Votes: 761

66. La scorta (1993)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

58 Metascore

A dedicated, tightly-knit group of bodyguards take on additional duties while safeguarding an honest judge designated to investigate official corruption in Sicily.

Director: Ricky Tognazzi | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Enrico Lo Verso, Claudio Amendola, Ricky Memphis

Votes: 952 | Gross: $0.15M

67. Digna. Hasta el último aliento (2004)

118 min | Documentary

The violent death of Human Rights advocate Digna Ochoa y Plácido reveals the corrupt and dangerous rackets that operate within the political system in Mexico.

Director: Felipe Cazals | Star: Vanessa Bauche

Votes: 59

68. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama

88 Metascore

Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy

Votes: 332,985

69. Wilde (1997)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.

Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 18,128 | Gross: $2.16M

70. Daredevil (2003)

PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime

42 Metascore

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 229,130 | Gross: $102.54M

71. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf

Votes: 28,676 | Gross: $0.68M

72. Roe v. Wade (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, History

Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.

Directors: Cathy Allyn, Nick Loeb | Stars: Jon Voight, Nick Loeb, Stacey Dash, Jamie Kennedy

Votes: 1,584

73. Roe vs. Wade (1989 TV Movie)

95 min | Biography, Drama

Ellen Russell is a lonely, single, poorly-educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion... See full summary »

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Holly Hunter, Amy Madigan, James Gammon, Terry O'Quinn

Votes: 367

74. Redondela (1987)

Drama

Reconstruction of the Reace case, the disappearance of four thousand tons of oil from a deposit, from the point of view of the defense attorney; It was a scandal in the Franco era with ... See full summary »

Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Patrick Newell, Carles Velat, Fernando Guillén, Elena María Tejeiro

Votes: 38

75. Il capo dei capi (2007– )

100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the life of Salvatore Riina ('Totò u Curtu'), a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.

Stars: Claudio Gioè, Daniele Liotti, Salvatore Lazzaro, Simona Cavallari

Votes: 3,808

76. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama

77 Metascore

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn

Votes: 519,466 | Gross: $27.30M

77. A Respectable Man (1999)

119 min | Biography, Drama

In June 1983, journalist and TV presenter Enzo Tortora is arrested on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to the Camorra.

Director: Maurizio Zaccaro | Stars: Michele Placido, Stefano Accorsi, Mariangela Melato, Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Votes: 207

78. Amistad (1997)

R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History

64 Metascore

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 82,821 | Gross: $44.18M

79. The Godfather Part II (1974)

R | 202 min | Crime, Drama

90 Metascore

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

Votes: 1,364,807 | Gross: $57.30M

80. The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

61 Metascore

The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf

Votes: 6,120 | Gross: $0.28M

81. Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

42 Metascore

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

Director: Oliver Schmitz | Stars: Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Eduan van Jaarsveldt

Votes: 3,137

82. American Crime Story (2016– )

TV-MA | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.

Stars: Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi

Votes: 98,969

83. Phil Spector (2013 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Tambor, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Votes: 7,927

84. The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (2008)

Unrated | 102 min | Documentary

70 Metascore

Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Yet the Spector who appears in Vikram ... See full summary »

Director: Vikram Jayanti | Stars: Lana Clarkson, Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley, Ronma Perry

Votes: 244

85. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.

Stars: Andrew Jarecki, Robert Durst, J. Patrick Burns, Dick DeGuerin

Votes: 51,714

86. Story of Women (1988)

108 min | Drama, History, Romance

A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier

Votes: 5,747 | Gross: $0.44M

87. Comedy of Power (2006)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

64 Metascore

A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto

Votes: 3,071 | Gross: $0.08M

88. The Magistrate (1989)

313 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Italian magistrate Paolo Pizzi (Franco Nero) has devoted his life to justice. With an inflexible sense of honour and duty, he has stood up to the crime bosses, the corrupt judges and the ... See full summary »

Stars: Franco Nero, Catherine Wilkin, Dennis Miller, Steve Bastoni

Votes: 27

89. How to Kill a Judge (1975)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama

A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Françoise Fabian, Pierluigi Aprà, Giancarlo Badessi

Votes: 658

90. Inherit the Wind (1960)

Passed | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History

75 Metascore

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: 32,787

91. Proceso a Jesús (1974)

101 min | Drama, History

A group of Sephardic Jewish actors settles in the city of Toledo (Spain) in order to play a kind of a trial against Jesus, facing the audience, in order to determine whether under the laws ... See full summary »

Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Andrés Mejuto, Alfredo Mayo, Lili Muráti, Diana Lorys

Votes: 37

92. The Merchant of Venice (2004)

R | 131 min | Drama, Romance

63 Metascore

In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Jeremy Irons

Votes: 38,263 | Gross: $3.77M

93. Lázaro de Tormes (2000)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

A grown Lazaro has to prove to a court that his unlawful ways are not his choice but the only option to escape hunger.

Directors: Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo', Karra Elejalde, Beatriz Rico, Manuel Alexandre

Votes: 192

94. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller

76 Metascore

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong

Votes: 193,431

95. Trial (1955)

Passed | 105 min | Drama

Courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak

Votes: 1,190

96. A Judge of Honor (2004 TV Movie)

180 min | Crime, Drama

From 1980 to 1993, the story of the pool antimafia, guided by Rocco Chinnici with judges Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone in a desperate and unfortunate war against the mafia.

Director: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Stars: Giorgio Tirabassi, Ennio Fantastichini, Andrea Tidona, Antonino Bruschetta

Votes: 366

97. Find Me Guilty (2006)

R | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

65 Metascore

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: 36,257 | Gross: $1.17M

98. The Crucible (1996)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History

75 Metascore

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen

Votes: 40,195 | Gross: $7.34M

99. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

85 Metascore

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,269 | Gross: $28.97M

100. Trial 4 (2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary, Crime

Charged as a teen in the 1993 killing of a Boston cop, Sean K. Ellis fights to prove his innocence while exposing police corruption and systemic racism.

Stars: Sean Ellis, Rosemary Scapicchio, Edward McNelley, Mary Jackie Ellis

Votes: 2,376



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