Here we've displayed a list of the best Trial films : Witness for the Prosecution(1957), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills(1996), JFK(1991), Anatomy of a Murder(1959), Blind Chance(1987), In Cold Blood(1967), The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939), The Narrow Margin(1952), 12(2007), The Reader(2008), My Cousin Vinny(1992), No End(1985) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Documentary
USA
1996
150 Minutes
Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky Jessie Misskelly Sr. Jason Baldwin Damien Wayne Echols Christopher Byers Michael Moore Steven Branch Pam Echols Domini Teer
teen boy adult friend father girlfriend judge bleak disheartening tennessee court murder trial satanism false accusations imprisonment mystery discovery 1990s
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
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.
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
Poland
1987
122 Minutes
Boguslaw Linda Tadeusz Lomnicki Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Boguslawa Pawelec Marzena Trybala Jacek Borowski Monika Gozdzik
medical student communist homeless person security guard lover brash creative profound train station poland train hospital airplane fate political activism love medical profession trial communism adventure
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Drama
USA
1967
134 Minutes
Robert Blake Scott Wilson John Forsythe Paul Stewart Gerald S. O'Loughlin Jeff Corey Will Geer John Gallaudet James Flavin Charles McGraw John McLiam
victim perry smith reporter police chief richard "dick" hickock dark uneasy chilling holcomb, kan. prison family home manhunt murder crime family trial execution pursuit revenge 1960s
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Drama
USA
1939
116 Minutes
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Edmond O'Brien Alan Marshal Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Katharine Alexander George Zucco Fritz Leiber
gypsy bishop beautiful woman monster hunchback deacon suspenseful passionate heartwarming touching paris church courtroom notre dame cathedral cathedral jail love corruption rescue framed
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
71 Minutes
Charles McGraw Marie Windsor Jacqueline White Gordon Gebert Queenie Leonard David Clarke Peter Virgo Don Beddoe Paul Maxey Harry Harvey
widow gangster partner police officer detective suspenseful train los angeles chicago courtroom protection trial testimonies secret mafia murder rescue revenge 1950s
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Russia
2007
153 Minutes
Sergey Makovetskiy Sergey Garmash Aleksei Petrenko Yuriy Stoyanov Sergei Gazarov Nikita Mikhalkov Mikhail Efremov Valentin Gaft Oleksii Gorbunov Sergei Artsybashev Viktor Verzhbitskiy
juror stepfather teenager musician entertainer survivor dark somber school russia prison murder racism trial survival war adoption rivalry fall 2000s
Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen adolescent charged with murdering his stepfather.
Romance, Drama
Germany|USA
2008
123 Minutes
Kate Winslet Ralph Fiennes David Kross Lena Olin Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara Hannah Herzsprung Volker Bruch Jeanette Hain Moritz Grove
student lawyer old flame criminal dark emotional germany courtroom jail train auschwitz romance nazism trial suicide coming of age love mystery discovery 20th century
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
Comedy
USA
1992
119 Minutes
Joe Pesci Marisa Tomei Ralph Macchio Mitchell Whitfield Fred Gwynne Lane Smith Austin Pendleton Bruce McGill Maury Chaykin Paulene Myers
teenager friend lawyer judge girlfriend hilarious quirky heartwarming cheeky alabama university courtroom hotel hunting cabin trial mistaken identity murder loyalty friendship family
Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.
Drama
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Documentary
Canada
2018
83 Minutes
Alan Dershowitz Benjamin Ferencz General Wesley Clark David Scheffer
prosecutor nazi engaging fascinating court biography trial nazis documentaries fight for justice pursuit 20th century
A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.
Documentary
USA
1992
89 Minutes
fbi agent native american shocking disheartening pine ridge reservation south dakota reservation life protest stand-off trial native americans injustice wretched excess quest 1970s
This film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S. Dakota where two FBI agents were killed.
Drama
France
1981
150 Minutes
Ellen Burstyn Martin Balsam Richard Dysart Peter Coyote Priscilla Morrill Al Ruscio
headmistress mistress defense attorney prosecutor judge doctor disturbing intense melodramatic virginia courtroom new york state bedroom school murder case trial infidelity crimes of passion jean harris confession
Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
2001
116 Minutes
Billy Bob Thornton Frances McDormand Michael Badalucco James Gandolfini Katherine Borowitz Jon Polito Scarlett Johansson Richard Jenkins Tony Shalhoub Adam Alexi-Malle
barber wife boss attorney pianist brother-in-law brooding suspenseful california department store prison court hospital lake murder blackmail suicide trial affair fall
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
War
UK
1964
86 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Tom Courtenay Leo McKern Barry Foster Peter Copley James Villiers Jeremy Spenser Barry Justice
private captain military officer lawyer gritty bleak england battlefield courtroom horrors of war world war i desertion trial military trauma fall underdog 1910s
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Western
USA
1960
118 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Woody Strode Constance Towers Billie Burke Juano Hernandez Willis Bouchey Carleton Young Judson Pratt William Henry Walter Reed Chuck Hayward
defender defendant prosecutor judge witness wife intense uneasy army outpost fort arizona territory courtroom trial murder rape racial tension military mystery 1880s
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Henry Fonda Vera Miles Anthony Quayle Harold J. Stone Esther Minciotti Charles Cooper Nehemiah Persoff Laurinda Barrett Norma Connolly Doreen Lang Lola D'Annunzio
musician wife attorney judge criminal suspenseful disturbing thrilling engaging new york city prison courtroom mistaken identity robbery coincidence trial mental breakdown money escape quest
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Orson Welles Dean Stockwell Bradford Dillman Diane Varsi E.G. Marshall Martin Milner Richard Anderson Robert F. Simon
college student lawyer judge police officer witness juror fiery tense courtroom murder trial capital punishment class distinctions mystery quest 1950s
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2011
119 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Marisa Tomei Ryan Phillippe Josh Lucas William H. Macy John Alberto Leguizamo Michael Peña Bob Gunton Frances Fisher Bryan Cranston Trace Adkins
lawyer ex-wife daughter suspect playboy investigator confident tense los angeles car courtroom household trial investigation murder deception crime mystery pursuit discovery
A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.
Documentary
Canada
2018
78 Minutes
Oskar Gröning Alan Dershowitz Lawrence Douglas Benjamin Ferencz Ursula Haverbeck Eva Mozes Kor
ss officer holocaust survivor witness gripping intricate courtroom documentaries nazis trial holocaust justice revenge 2010s
Seventy years after WWII, Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving members of the SS, goes on trial as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Drama
UK|France
1994
103 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Ben Kingsley Stuart Wilson Karen Strassman Carlos Moreno Krystia Mova
husband doctor wife lawyer brutal intense south america paranoia fascism rape hostages trial mystery revenge 1990s
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Drama
Switzerland|West Germany|USA
1961
105 Minutes
attorney victim rapist father soldier disheartening powerful raw germany small town courtroom trial rape military occupation suicide father/daughter relationship fall wretched excess revenge 1960s
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.
Crime, Drama
UK|France
1991
119 Minutes
Christopher Eccleston Paul Reynolds Tom Courtenay Tom Bell Eileen Atkins Clare Holman Mark McGann Michael Gough Michael Elphick Murray Melvin Ronald Fraser
teen boy friend father mother sister police officer bleak disturbing england family home court prison suburbia murder case troubled youth trial injustice rebellion quest fall
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster movies. Chris and Derek's ... See full summary »
Musical, Drama
USA|Germany|Canada|UK
2002
113 Minutes
Catherine Zeta-Jones Renée Zellweger Richard Gere Queen Latifah John C. Reilly Christine Baranski Lucy Liu Taye Diggs Colm Feore Dominic West Denise Faye
murderer lawyer singer celebrity reporter sexy woman striking hedonistic chicago prison nightclub courtroom show business song and dance murder scandal trial infidelity mystery fall
Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
Documentary
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Daniel Anker
african-american teenager white person prosecutor accuser defense attorney disturbing powerful alabama tennessee courtroom train small town scottsboro boys false accusations rape lynching corruption trial wretched excess underdog
The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
89 Minutes
Anthony Perkins Tuesday Weld Beverly Garland John Randolph Dick O'Neill Clarice Blackburn Joseph Bova Ken Kercheval Don Fellows Parker Fennelly
worker teenager guard mother probation officer chilling uneasy creepy dark new england factory household courtroom paranoia murder sabotage manipulation mother/daughter relationship trial fall
When a mentally disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him, and murder and mayhem ensue.
Drama
Germany|Luxembourg|France|Israel
2012
113 Minutes
Barbara Sukowa Axel Milberg Janet McTeer Julia Jentsch Ulrich Noethen Michael Degen Megan Gay Nicholas Woodeson
adolf eichmann philosopher new yorker fascinating jerusalem courtroom trial magazine war crimes discovery
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Crime, Drama
USA
1969
108 Minutes
Leonard Kastle Shirley Stoler Tony Lo Bianco Dortha Duckworth Doris Roberts Marilyn Chris Mary Jane Higby Kip McArdle Mary Breen Barbara Cason Guy Sorel
con artist nurse widow pregnant woman chilling brutal disturbing dark nursing home new york city suburbia house jail murder swindling loneliness jealousy honeymoon trial adventure
An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.