Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Courtroom: 67 Films to Rent
- 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…
- Juror, The (1996)
- Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
- Struggling artist and mother Demi Moore is summoned to jury service and is singled out by the mob defendants to swing the verdict in their favour.…
- Mistrial (1996)
- Dir. Heywood Gould
Feat. Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood…
- Frustrated by the legal system, cop Bill Pullman pours gasoline on community tensions by kidnapping a judge and jury – to put a suspected…
- Primal Fear (1996)
- Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
- Hotshot Chicago attorney Richard Gere defends, with difficulty, an altar boy accused of brutally murdering a much–loved archbishop. The…
- Time to Kill, A (1996)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock…
- A blue–eyed lawyer comes to the defence of a black man (Samuel L. Jackson) who murdered his daughter's rapists in the Deep South. This…
- Just Cause (1995)
- Dir. Arne Glimcher
Feat. Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris…
- Power–attorney Sean Connery defends a death row prisoner despite the evidence against him, and butts heads with Larry Fishburne, the cop…
- Kavanagh QC (TV Series) (1995-2001)
- Feat. John Thaw, Ray Winstone, Ewan McGregor
- Clever Brit crime series, with INSPECTOR MORSE's John Thaw stepping easily back into the role of criminal investigator, this time as a London law…
- Murder One (TV Series) (1995-1997)
- Feat. Daniel Benzali, Stanley Tucci, Mary McCormack…
- A compelling crime drama whose chief novelty was basing each season around a single courtroom case, from indictment and jury selection, through to…
- Client, The (1994)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones…
- The best adaptation yet of a John Grisham legal–eagle novel. Susan Sarandon embraces the character–driven story that is mercifully free…
- Murder in the First (1994)
- Dir. Marc Rocco
Feat. Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman
- Powerhouse acting enlivens fact–based proceedings that led to the closure of Alcatraz. Kevin Bacon plays a victimised prisoner pushed to the…