Subgenre Sampler
Courtroom: 202 Films to Buy & Rent
- Shark (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. James Woods
- Fine courtroom series headlined by James Woods as a big–time lawyer who back steps to the position of District Attorney and imparts his…
- Trials of Darryl Hunt, The (2006)
- Dir. Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
- Another infuriating indictment of the US legal system, this shockingly reveals beyond reasonable doubt in the case and conviction of Darryl Hunt,…
- North Country (2005)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek…
- Fact–based drama about a group of women miners in 1970s Minnesota who endured a hostile work environment, bullying and sexual abuse after…
- Sisters in Law (2005)
- Dir. Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi
- Spirited portrait of two women working in the Cameroonian Judiciary – a State Prosecutor and a judge in the magistrate’s court, respectively –…
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
- Dir. March Rothemund
Feat. Julia Jentsch
- An interesting and worthy companion piece to the excellent DOWNFALL, this necessarily grim drama looks at the trial of 21–year–old…
- Boston Legal - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004-2005)
- Feat. James Spader, William Shatner, Monica Potter…
- Irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE adds a thwack of biting comedy to some familiar courtroom antics, chiefly courtesy of star turns from James Spader…
- Brief, The (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Alan Davies
- Alan Davies juggles work as a brilliant, crusading barrister, with a less than perfect home life, in this lively courtroom drama.
- Laws of Attraction (2004)
- Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Parker Posey
- Two divorce lawyers (Brasnan and Moore) feud in court, reconcile, schmooze and get drunkenly hitched, in this screwball comedy of average…
- Staircase, The (TV Mini-series) (Soupcons) (2004)
- Dir. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
- Fascinating and ambiguous documentary mini–series tracks in detail the trial of a North Carolina man accused of murdering his wife, who was…
- House of Sand and Fog (2003)
- Dir. Vadim Perelman
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher…
- Essentially a showdown over the ownership of a house between an abandoned wife and a stoic Iranian immigrant, this throws up a compelling, if foggy,…