Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Courtroom: 113 Films to Rent
- Law and Order (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Michael Moriaty, George Dzundza, Paul Sorvino…
- The original US police and courtroom drama from which various satellite shows and TV movies have sprouted, which contrasts its polish with fairly…
- Practice, The (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, Camryn Manheim…
- Joined ostensibly at the hip with BOSTON LEGAL (James Spader and other characters would migrate in later seasons), this punchier, more serious minded…
- Tichborne Claimant, The (1997)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Stephen Fry
- Based on a real–life 19th century mystery concerning the fabulously wealthy Sir Roger Tichborne, who disappeared in the South Pacific in 1866.…
- Twelve Angry Men (1997)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. George C. Scott, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl…
- An award–winning television version of the classic jury–room drama. Re–written by the scriptwriter of the original film version…
- Crime of the Century (1996)
- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, J.T. Walsh…
- Astute re–enactment of the controversial Lindbergh trial that resulted in a supposed wrongful execution for the kidnap and murder of a baby in…
- Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods…
- Thirty years after the fact, D.A. Alec Baldwin re–investigates the murder of a Mississippi civil rights leader. Fact–based…
- Jaded (1996)
- Dir. Caryn Krooth
Feat. Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt, Christopher McDonald…
- Putting a hefty, controversial twist on the subject of rape, this psychodrama has smalltown loner Carla Gugino sexually abused, not by a man, but by…
- People Vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love
- A weighty, colourful biopic of the notorious publisher of 'Hustler' magazine. The 'free speech' debate presides over the issue of pornography, but…
- Indictment (1995)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl
- Courtroom drama of rare power locks James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl as duelling lawyers in a detailed examination of the McMartin child abuse trial…
- Advocate, The (Hour Of the Pig) (1993)
- Dir. Leslie Megahey
Feat. Colin Firth, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson…
- Polished, wry and most unusual medieval fact–based tale. Colin Firth plays a lawyer summonsed to act for the defence a pig (yes, an animal) for…