Here we've displayed a list of the best District Attorney films : The Dark Knight(2008), The Usual Suspects(1995), Anatomy of a Murder(1959), JFK(1991), Crash(2004), Remember the Night(1940), The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers(1946), The Enforcer(1951), They Won't Forget(1937), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt(1956), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing(2001) ... ...
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA|UK
2008
152 Minutes
Christian Bale Heath Ledger Aaron Eckhart Michael Caine Maggie Gyllenhaal Gary Oldman Morgan Freeman Monique Gabriela Curnen Ron Dean Cillian Murphy Chin Han
villain superhero criminal gangster batman district attorney dark witty thrilling tense brooding frightening big city apartment office hospital abandoned building prison explosion crime
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
1995
105 Minutes
Stephen Baldwin Gabriel Byrne Chazz Palminteri Kevin Pollak Pete Postlethwaite Kevin Spacey Suzy Amis Giancarlo Esposito Benicio Del Toro Dan Hedaya Paul Bartel
con artist criminal fbi agent special agent survivor district attorney intricate suspenseful dark ship port los angeles new york city police station heist deception interrogation crime robbery quest
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Drama, History
USA|France
1991
189 Minutes
Kevin Costner Sissy Spacek Joe Pesci Tommy Lee Jones Gary Oldman Jay O. Sanders Michael Rooker Laurie Metcalf Gary Grubbs John Candy Jack Lemmon
district attorney assassin businessman informant wife passionate spirited new orleans washington, d.c. dallas courtroom conspiracy assassination deception political intrigue historical events trial mystery discovery 1960s
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Drama
USA|Germany|Australia
2004
112 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Don Cheadle Matt Dillon Jennifer Esposito William Fichtner Brendan Fraser Terrence Howard Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Thandie Newton Ryan Phillippe Larenz Tate
district attorney wife criminal police officer producer shopkeeper creative powerful los angeles street family home police station shop racism class distinctions wealth marriage accident quest transformation
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
113 Minutes
Lana Turner John Garfield Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn Audrey Totter Leon Ames Alan Reed
drifter femme fatale district attorney lawyer restaurant owner tense suspenseful passionate diner courtroom california beach car justice ambition murder affair temptation forbidden love fall
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Drama
USA
1946
116 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Van Heflin Kirk Douglas Lizabeth Scott Judith Anderson Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ann Doran
wealthy woman district attorney childhood friend aunt convict bleak tense iverstown, pa. mansion office dark secrets love triangle marriage of convenience cover-up accidental death forbidden love fall wretched excess rivalry 1920s
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Zero Mostel Ted de Corsia Everett Sloane Roy Roberts Michael Tolan King Donovan Bob Steele Adelaide Klein Don Beddoe Tito Vuolo
district attorney crime boss henchman witness detective hit man brooding gritty dark gripping hotel prison insane asylum church apartment building city hired killers investigation murder case organized crime
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Claude Rains Edward Norris Allyn Joslyn Gloria Dickson Otto Kruger Elisha Cook Jr. Lana Turner Linda Perry
student district attorney professor judge governor janitor tense profound disturbing town courtroom classroom lynching prejudice revenge 1930s
A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dana Andrews Joan Fontaine Sidney Blackmer Philip Bourneuf Shepperd Strudwick Arthur Franz Ed Binns Robin Raymond Barbara Nichols William Leicester Dan Seymour
novelist publisher daughter district attorney assistant dancer tense dark intricate shocking courtroom prison nightclub office murder investigation investigative journalism false accusations deception trial capital punishment
A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
Drama
USA
2001
103 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey John Turturro Alan Arkin Clea DuVall Amy Irving Barbara Sukowa David Connolly Tia Texada Frankie Faison William Wise Shawn Elliot
district attorney housekeeper co-worker manager professor wife brooding emotional new york city office household accident drug addiction affair midlife crisis discovery love revenge 2000s
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Drama
USA
2008
102 Minutes
Nicole Beharie Will Patton Alfre Woodard Tim Blake Nelson Michael O'Keefe Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner Charles S. Dutton Malcolm Barrett Tim Ware Paul David Story David Warshofsky
single mother district attorney police officer mother defense attorney narcotics officer inspiring powerful emotional prison courtroom housing project diner church texas fight for justice drug bust wrongfully accused custody battle racism
A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
95 Minutes
Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings Boris Karloff DeWitt Jennings Mary Doran Ethel Wales Clark Marshall Arthur Hoyt John St. Polis Paul Porcasi
young man district attorney daughter cellmate guard informant bleak gripping intense club prison car cell murder prison life difficult decision father/daughter relationship solitary confinement romance fall
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Ruth Chatterton Donald Cook James Murray Louis Calhern Helen Jerome Eddy Hallam Cooley Pat O'Malley Harold Huber J. Carrol Naish
young woman son prostitute district attorney lawyer madam incredible melodramatic unrestrained san francisco brothel foster home chinatown ruins prison mother/son relationship prostitution crime poverty murder
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
66 Minutes
prisoner fiancé friend district attorney police detective witness bleak uneasy new york city theater jail court false accusations prison life murder case mistaken identity disillusionment race against time quest discovery
Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
90 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson James Cagney Evalyn Knapp Ralf Harolde Noel Francis Margaret Livingston Maurice Black Boris Karloff Morgan Wallace Billy House Paul Porcasi
barber best friend woman district attorney police officer criminal melodramatic gutsy thrilling small town barbershop city gambling house court gambling luck investigation framed accidental death attempted suicide
A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.
Drama
USA
1915
82 Minutes
Rockliffe Fellowes Anna Q. Nilsson William A. Sheer Carl Harbaugh James Marcus Johnny McCann Maggie Weston Harry McCoy
gang leader socialite district attorney gangster alcoholic orphan rousing fascinating emotional new york city tenement house bar graveyard gangs redemption murder child abuse fire poverty love
A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.
Comedy, Drama, Crime
USA
2011
104 Minutes
Jack Black Shirley MacLaine Matthew McConaughey Brady Coleman Richard Robichaux Rick Dial Brandon Smith Larry Jack Dotson Merrilee McCommas Matthew Greer Sonny Carl Davis
funeral director murderer widow district attorney reverend amusing dark offbeat texas rural community murder case small-town life scandal notoriety delusions of grandeur mystery pursuit fall 1990s
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart John Derek George Macready Allene Roberts Susan Perry Mickey Knox Barry Kelley Dooley Wilson Cara Williams Jimmy Conlin
lawyer juvenile delinquent judge district attorney partner gritty dark big city courtroom office slum murder poverty crime trial quest transformation 1940s
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Walter Huston Jean Harlow Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt Dorothy Peterson Tully Marshall John Miljan Emmett Corrigan Warner Richmond Sandy Roth J. Carrol Naish
police chief detective mobster femme fatale wife district attorney brutal gritty wild chicago police station nightclub street organized crime police corruption sibling rivalry deception prohibition violence temptation
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
66 Minutes
hostage singer detective district attorney escaped convict dark tense chilling gripping folsom state prison california desert shack retribution murder jailbreak hostage situation kidnapping revenge 1940s
Vicious hood 'Red' Kluger escapes from Folsom State Prison and follows through on his threats to the detective who arrested him and the D.A. who convicted him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
racketeer government agent accountant reporter district attorney love interest thrilling suspenseful tense washington, d.c. treasury department office tax evasion crime love undercover operations investigation kidnapping escape underdog
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
97 Minutes
Gene Hackman Anne Archer James Sikking J.T. Walsh M. Emmet Walsh Susan Hogan Nigel Bennett J.A. Preston Harris Yulin
woman mobster district attorney crime boss tense gripping train canada vancouver, british columbia murder witnessing murder organized crime witness protection escape pursuit revenge 1990s
A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.
Action
USA
1973
102 Minutes
Roscoe Orman Diana Sands Thalmus Rasulala Joyce Walker Roger Robinson George Murdock Albert Hall Norma Donaldson Juanita Brown Royce Wallace Judith M. Brown
pimp social worker prostitute detective district attorney businessman thrilling emotional playful cool new york city convention street hotel office jail prostitution ambition turf war rehabilitation
A social worker tries to get a pimp to change his ways.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
86 Minutes
defense attorney wife district attorney defendant murderer shop owner engaging intricate tense melodramatic united states courtroom prison murder case double jeopardy deception extortion law ethics discovery
An attorney successfully defends a young hoodlum charged with murder but later has doubts about his client's innocence and starts investigating his background and associations.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany|UK|France
2009
118 Minutes
Clive Owen Naomi Watts Armin Mueller-Stahl Ulrich Thomsen Brian F. O'Byrne Michel Voletti Patrick Baladi Jay Villiers Fabrice Scott Haluk Bilginer Luca Barbareschi
officer district attorney detective assassin criminal thrilling gripping berlin milan, italy new york city istanbul missiles chase investigation murder crime politics pursuit discovery 2000s
An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.
Crime, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates|UK
2013
112 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Barry Pepper Jon Bernthal Michael Kenneth Williams Melina Kanakaredes Nadine Velazquez Rafi Gavron David Harbour Benjamin Bratt Susan Sarandon Lela Loren
teen boy father police officer drug dealer district attorney brooding gritty tense household police station los angeles mexican-american border drug cartel undercover operations false accusations father/son relationship pursuit revenge 2010s
A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Spain|South Korea
2015
111 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Nicole Kidman Julia Roberts Dean Norris Michael Kelly Joe Cole Zoe Graham Alfred Molina
fbi agent investigator district attorney supervisor murder victim killer brooding dark intense thrilling emotional fbi headquarters crime scene stadium courtroom street apartment friendship murder grief
A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
Comedy
USA
1990
95 Minutes
Steve Martin Rick Moranis Joan Cusack Melanie Mayron Carol Kane Bill Irwin William Hickey Deborah Rush
mobster fbi agent criminal ex-husband district attorney neighbor playful offbeat amusing suburbia california nightclub manhattan witness protection culture clash mob divorce new life adventure transformation
An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.