Subgenre Sampler
Courtroom: 202 Films to Buy & Rent
- Paradise Lost 3 - Purgatory (2011)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- This concluding chapter in the Paradise Lost saga came on the back of the West Memphis Three's sudden release from prison, and covers the defense…
- Puncture (2011)
- Dir. Adam Kassen
Feat. Chris Evans, Vinessa Shaw, Brett Cullen…
- Chris Evans jitters his way through this aggressive legal drama with a motive, ostensibly about a cocaine–addicted lawyer fighting battles both…
- Separation, A (2011)
- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat…
- Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this masterfully layered domestic drama sees the wheels of justice turn slowly against a…
- Silk (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Tom Hughes…
- Fascinating, if somewhat glossy insider's guide to the competitive and pressure–filled world of London barristers, who are driven in this…
- Tall Man, The (2011)
- Dir. Tony Krawitz
- Compelling true crime documentary on a controversial chapter in Queensland’s history, where in 2004 a drunken Cameron Doomadgee was arrested for…
- Accused (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Christopher Eccleston, Naomie Harris, Warren Brown…
- Acclaimed British anthology series centres each episode on the back story of a new character as they make their way to the dock in court to await the…
- Conspirator, The (2010)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Tom Wilkinson…
- Timely retelling of the aftermath of the Abraham Lincoln's assassination when boardinghouse owner Mary Surratt (Wright) was placed on trial for…
- Conviction (2010)
- Dir. Tony Goldwyn
Feat. Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo…
- Worthy based–on–a–true–story drama of a solo mother who puts herself through law school in order to represent her wrongfully…
- Rake (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Russell Dykstra…
- Richard Roxburgh plays a live–wire criminal barrister whose brilliant defense of often guilty clientele is contrasted against his own…
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas…
- Glib remake of the hard–to–find Fritz Lang classic has an intrepid reporter (Metcalfe) determined to bring down a corrupt D.A (a…