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Shepherds and ButchersShepherds and Butchers (2016)
Dir. Oliver Schmitz
Feat. Andrea Riseborough, Steve Coogan
Apartheid era South African drama following a British lawyer (Coogan)'s heroic attempt to overthrow the death penalty after a white prison guard goes…
Whole Truth, TheWhole Truth, The (2016)
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Keanu Reeves plays an attorney who works on a tough case to defend a 17–year–old suspected of murdering his wealthy father in this…
Witness for the Prosecution, TheWitness for the Prosecution, The (2016)
Feat. Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough, David Haig
2–part miniseries based on Agatha Christie's popular story. A wealthy heiress is found murdered and her principle heir is naturally the major…
Better Call Saul (TV Series)Better Call Saul (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean
Spinning–off from smash hit BREAKING BAD, this worthy successor follows the trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, in the…
CourtedCourted (2015) Recommended
Dir. Christian Vincent
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Denmark's Sidse Babett Knudsen (BORGEN) stars in this quietly accomplished French romantic drama as a juror who's shared past with a judge is…
Woman in GoldWoman in Gold (2015)
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl
Helen Mirren elevates this polished if prosaic dramatisation of an elderly Jewish woman who teams with a rookie lawyer (Reynolds) to seek restorative…
CourtCourt (2014) Recommended
Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane
Feat. Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber
A strikingly confident directorial debut that exposes the antiquity of the Indian legal system through the court trial of an ageing protest singer…
Judge, TheJudge, The (2014)
Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga
Big city lawyer Robert Downey Jnr. returns to his childhood home where his father (Robert Duvall), the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets…
Closed CircuitClosed Circuit (2013)
Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent
A dangerous conflict of interest arises when two ex–lovers end up on opposite sides of a high profile terrorism trial in this probing courtroom…
Devil's KnotDevil's Knot (2013)
Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Alessandro Nivola
Solid dramatisation of the long–running West Memphis Three case covered in depth by several documentaries, with dir. Egoyan weaving a typically…

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