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A fiercely independent woman is gang raped, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault. Academy Award, 1989: Best Actress (Jodie Foster).
The Accused Trailer

A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor.
Adam's Rib Trailer

Roger Cobb is a swinging bachelor, a lawyer, and a jazz musician. Edwina Cutwaters is a terminally ill spinster who is given another chance at life if her soul can be transported into another woman. However, the guru goofs, and Edwina's soul takes over the right side of Roger.
All of Me Trailer

The true story of how Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the White House involvement in the Watergate break in.
All the President's Men Trailer

Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Amistad Trailer

"Emotions flare as a jealous Army lieutenant pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his seductive, beautiful wife" -- Container.
Anatomy of a Murder Trailer

A young lawyer battles not only one-on-one injustice, but the whole justice system itself.
...And Justice for All Trailer

An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms.
Billy Budd Trailer

A Wall Street wheeler-dealer has everything going his way. But one night, in the right car with the wrong woman, he took a wrong turn at the wrong place, and nothing has gone right ever since!
The Bonfire of the Vanities Trailer

A transgendered youth starts living as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. He moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under his new identity. All goes well until his new friends discover his secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
Boys Don't Cry Trailer

Maya is an illegal alien who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union agitator whom the service-workers' union has assigned to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, Maya and Sam team up to fight her employer.
Bread and Roses Trailer

Based on a true story, this is the tale of three soldiers who are court-martialed at the end of the Boer War. In one of the most controversial court-martials in military history, they are defended by Major Thomas, a small town Australian solicitor who was only given one day in order to prepare for the case.
Breaker Morant Trailer