Subgenre Sampler
Courtroom: 202 Films to Buy & Rent
- Crude - The Real Price of Oil (2009)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger
- Dir. Joe Berlinger (PARADISE LOST) uncovers South American exploitation in this searing legal documentary on the damaging effects of oil drilling in…
- Garrow's Law (TV Series) (2009-2011)
- Feat. Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Rupert Graves
- Legal drama based around the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved…
- Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The (2009)
- Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
- Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy features some lengthy courtroom scenes as Salander and Nyqvist fight to clear her name and unravel the…
- Law and Order UK (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Jamie Bamber, Bradley Walsh, Ben Daniels…
- Beloved crime show gets a UK version capturing the both excitement and drudgery that made the US version such a success.
Initially the heavy…
- Lost in Wonderland (2009)
- Dir. Zoe McIntosh
- Wellington filmmaker Zoe McIntosh offers an insightful take on the Rob Moodie character: an eccentric, headline–grabbing lawyer (and former…
- Sicilian Girl, The (La siciliana ribelle) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Amenta
Feat. Veronica D'Agostino, Gerard Jugnot
- A vivid, level–headed account of Mafiaso intrigue, based around real events surrounding a young woman’s testimony in court against Sicilian…
- Storm (2009)
- Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid
Feat. Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane
- Accomplished international courtroom drama sees a determined prosecutor (Fox) risk life and limb in order to prove that the former commander of the…
- Until Proven Innocent (2009)
- Dir. Peter Burger
Feat. Cohen Holloway, Edward Campbell, Miranda Harcourt
- Credible homegrown teledrama tells the true story of the crusade to free David Dougherty, wrongly imprisoned for the rape and abduction of an…
- William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
- Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler…
- American Violet (2008)
- Dir. Tim Disney
Feat. Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard…
- Docudrama based on a true story follows a single mother, Dee (Beharie), wrongly arrested for drug dealing and her fight for justice.
Despite a…