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1. The Outsider (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, Mare Winningham
Votes: 98,826
2. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 213,229
3. A Time to Kill (1996)
R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 182,486 | Gross: $108.77M
4. Justified: City Primeval (2023)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama
Series based on Elmore Leonard's novel "City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit."
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Votes: 17,960
5. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.
Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook
Votes: 140,202 | Gross: $65.63M
6. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.
Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy
Votes: 254,604 | Gross: $58.01M
7. The Undoing (2020)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Noah Jupe, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 106,399
8. Perry Mason (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham
Votes: 28,896
9. Body of Evidence (1992)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer
Votes: 16,441 | Gross: $13.28M
10. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen
Votes: 22,213
11. The Sentinel (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam
Votes: 11,981
12. Queen & Slim (2019)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.
Director: Melina Matsoukas | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny
Votes: 34,716
13. Marshall (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 26,892 | Gross: $10.05M
14. The Last Vermeer (2019)
R | 118 min | Drama, War
An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Director: Dan Friedkin | Stars: Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Roland Møller
Votes: 5,829
15. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Passed | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 22,990 | Gross: $8.33M
16. Ida Red (2021)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
Ida "Red" Walker may not survive her terminal illness while incarcerated for armed robbery. She turns to her son, Wyatt, for one last job and a chance to regain her freedom.
Director: John Swab | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Frank Grillo, Melissa Leo, Sofia Hublitz
Votes: 2,300 | Gross: $0.02M
17. Safe in Hell (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray
Votes: 2,056
18. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001 Video Game)
T | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a video game made by Capcom in which you play the role of Phoenix Wright, a funny, likeable defense lawyer who has to face countless and often bizarre court cases against ruthless prosecutors.
Director: Shu Takumi | Stars: David Crislip, Brandon Gay, Kou Hamasaki, Tatsuro Iwamoto
Votes: 623
19. Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2021)
PG-13 | 117 min | Documentary
Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler | Stars: Chief Egunwale Amusan, Josephine Bolling McCall, Gwen Carr, Tiffany Crutcher
Votes: 1,241
20. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 59
21. Sacrifices of the Heart (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama
Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. ... See full summary »
Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O'Reilly, Ken Howard, Terry Maratos
Votes: 244
22. The Hunted (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 673
23. Analysis Paralysis (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Analysis Paralysis is an LGBTQ romantic comedy about the intersection of imagination and anxiety, and the courage to reach for love. The story begins when Tyler O'Conner, a young gay author... See full summary »
Director: Jason T. Gaffney | Stars: Jason T. Gaffney, Kevin Held, Chopper Bernet, Laura Wernette
Votes: 156
24. Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018)
110 min | Drama, History
The prestigious politician and large-scale farmer Franz Murer, responsible for the Ghetto of Vilnius as SS leader and NSDAP functionary from 1941-1943, stands trial in Graz, Austria. ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Frosch | Stars: Karl Fischer, Alexander E. Fennon, Melita Jurisic, Ursula Ofner
Votes: 719
25. Frisco Lil (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Irene Hervey, Kent Taylor, Minor Watson, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 33
26. Sinking Sand (2016)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a loving wife murders a blackmailer to protect her husband's flourishing law career, she must watch as he prosecutes another for her crime.
Director: Brian Yarbrough | Stars: Jenn Gotzon, Tom Clark, Jim E. Chandler, Kevin Sizemore
Votes: 65
27. Absolutely 100% Guilty (1999 Video)
450 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Former Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi explores and explains virtually all aspects of the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial of 1995. This special video program is a ... See full summary »
Director: David G. Phinney | Stars: F. Lee Bailey, William Bodziak, Nicole Brown Simpson, Denise Brown
Votes: 28
29. The Best I Could (2013– )
Documentary, Crime, Drama
Stars: Gillian Tan, Luke Lee, Rayve Tay, Manuel Jerry Koedding
30. Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line
Documentary
Directors: Jan Haaken, Samantha Praus
31.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
Line of Duty
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bobby spends the night at Helen's. While they are in bed, someone calls Helen and leaves a message on her machine. It's the police telling her they're going to bust someone, which Bobby ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 125
32.
Dead Silent (2016–2021)
Episode:
His Blue Light
(2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
In the mid-to-late 1990s, a sexual predator police dub "The Blue Light Rapist" goes on a serial attack spree across Arkansas. As authorities scramble to stop him in his tracks, he sets his sights on seventeen-year-old Shannon Woods.
Director: Jacob Vaughan | Stars: Kelsey Rose Healey, Andy Gion, Shayna Benardo, Tom Clark
Votes: 15
33.
The People's Square (2018– )
Episode:
August Invictus Returns
(2021)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Borzoi Boskovic, Eric Striker, Augustus Invictus
34.
The Staircase (2022)
Episode:
911
(2022)
TV-MA | 65 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 2001, author and aspiring local politician Michael Peterson is charged with murder after the suspicious death of his wife Kathleen.
Director: Antonio Campos | Stars: Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Dane DeHaan
Votes: 1,183
35.
The Hillside Strangler: Devil in Disguise (2022)
Episode:
Bianchi vs. Buono
(2022)
TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
As Angelo Buono's trial begins, all eyes are on Ken Bianchi as the state's key witness.
Star: Lois Lee
Votes: 17
36.
The Client List (2011–2013)
Episode:
'Till I Make It on My Own
(2013)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama
As her husband Kyle (Brian Hallisay) risks being sent to prison, Riley (Jennifer Love Hewitt) faces some daunting legal challenges and tries holding her family together with a risky plan to buy the Rub.
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Loretta Devine, Colin Egglesfield, Rebecca Field
Votes: 154
37.
Don't Pick Up the Phone (2022)
Episode:
Episode 2
(2022)
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
A breakthrough in the investigation sends the detectives to Florida. People who obeyed the caller's commands face legal and personal consequences.
Director: Sara Mast | Stars: Jerry M. Burger, Randall E. Connelly, Victor Flaherty, Chris Hubbard
Votes: 128
38.
How the States Got Their Shapes (2011–2012)
Episode:
State vs. State
(2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Does size matter when you're a state? While the giants like to throw their weight around, there are some scrappy underdogs that have made their mark on the map.
Director: Laura Casey | Stars: Brian Unger, Mark Ballard, Sharon Broome, Stephen Howard
Votes: 13
39.
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth (2024)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2024)
TV-MA | Documentary, Crime
Messages and emails allegedly from Sheena add confusion to a bizarre case. Rahul Mukerjea takes the stand while journalists pursue the truth.
Directors: Uraaz Bahl, Shaana Levy | Stars: Dattatray Bhargude, Mikhail Bora, Anurita Jha, Vivek Kumar
Votes: 19
40.
Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery (2018)
Episode:
An Affair to Die For
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
It's discovered that Pam Smart was sleeping with her husband's triggerman, 15-year-old Billy Flynn. Salacious details emerge in the first broadcast gavel-to-gavel murder trial in America. ... See full summary »
Director: Rex Short | Stars: Bill Spencer, Dan Pelletier, Paul Maggiotto, Cecelia Pierce
Votes: 29