The Specialist (1999), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Nothing but the Truth (2008), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Sacco and Vanzetti (1971), Excellent Cadavers (2005), Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz (2018), The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Prosecutor movies.
Storyline: The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.
Plot Keywords: war criminal, adolf eichmann, prosecutor, engaging, trail, justice, criminals ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After the 2008 financial crisis that nearly destroyed the world economy, none of the American financial institutions faced prosecutions for their shady dealings that contributed to this debacle, except one. Abacus Federal Savings Bank, a small Chinese-American bank that catered to the neglected market of their community, was indicted on fraud charges and loan falsifications. As the bank disputed these accusations, many in the mainstream news media noticed that far larger competitors appeared to have committed similar misdeeds without legal consequence; likely because they were "too big to fail." This film explores the history of Abacus and its legal battle for survival against this hypocritical, and likely racist, application of the law that seemed to determined to punish them as a scapegoat for crimes that much larger felons deserve to face.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Plot Keywords: banker, politician, detective, prosecutor, brooding, disturbing, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.
Plot Keywords: attorney, priest, young woman, prosecutor, judge, doctor, chilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city, and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship for John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: prosecutor, police officer, mobster, journalist, father, girlfriend, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The struggles and achievements of six individuals bring to light the situation in Darfur and the need to get involved. From a UCLA graduate in Los Angeles, California, to a Darfurian woman who joins rebel forces, to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, to a United Nations humanitarian on the ground in Sudan, to an internationally known actor and activist, and finally to a community leader in a West Darfur refugee camp, the film portrays the efforts of six people responding to a humanitarian tragedy unfolding before our eyes. The film explores the Darfur conflict through the first-hand experiences of Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mohammed Abakar, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and Adam Sterling.—Warner Independent Pictures
Plot Keywords: college graduate, actor, activist, politician, prosecutor, rousing, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the bad guys. His longtime sidekick, Smiley Burnette appears as an itinerant optometrist who is hardly in the plot line of the film. Jock Mahoney plays Jack Mahoney, an eastern educated dude who has come back home. The Durango Kid teaches Jack how to draw and fire a six-gun, and the two ultimately work together to bring the outlaws to justice. Evidently, the director, Fred f. Sears, and the cast had made this picture so many times they could not invent a new ending. At the end Smiley addresses the audience directly and assures us that everything turned out all right. He is puzzled, however, why Steve never got to meet The Durango Kid.—richardann
Plot Keywords: postal worker, prosecutor, thug, girlfriend, boxer, suspenseful, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her husband, Scott (Jeffrey Nordling), are accused of abusing their two young boys. It's a false accusation made by someone with a grudge against the family, and there is no proof to the claim. But that doesn't stop overeager prosecutor Andrew Gindes (John Billingsley) from getting the couple convicted and sentenced to life in prison. From behind bars, the couple fights for over a decade to prove their innocence and reunite their family.
Plot Keywords: father, mother, son, prosecutor, victim, brother, disturbing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During a time of anti-Communist paranoia, editor Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis) balks at turning over the identities of colleagues being sought by the House Un-American Activities Committee and is blacklisted as a result. After taking a job as an elderly woman's companion, her life falls into a normal rhythm -- until she checks out an argument in the house next door. Soon Emily is on the run and trying to unravel a Nazi plot. Meanwhile, Cochran (Jeff Daniels), an FBI man, tries to protect her.
Plot Keywords: editor, fbi agent, senator, prosecutor, old woman, nazi, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside café owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder.
Plot Keywords: drifter, restaurant owner, wife, prosecutor, shocking, hedonistic, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Dan Saxon (Charlie Sheen) is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, Blood (Michael Madsen), he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?—Alfred Jingle
Plot Keywords: cop, young man, gunrunner, thug, prosecutor, photographer, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young man lingers in the family home of his fiancee, after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and drawn into legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, he finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions.
Plot Keywords: young man, fiancé, father, mother, friend, prosecutor, solemn ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Plot Keywords: moonshiner, sheriff, corrupt cop, prosecutor, criminal, thrilling, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After a lawyer gets disbarred, he goes off to write a book about his experience. He meets a man who lets him read his manuscript. The man dies and the lawyer passes the book off as his. Just when the book becomes a big success. He gets arrested for the true life murders of the five lawyers in his book. He then finds himself, trying to prove that he is innocent of the murders.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: defense attorney, novelist, murder suspect, prosecutor, detective, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The film tells the story of the Podolsk cadets' heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets from the Podolsk infantry and artillery schools were sent to the Ilyinsky line of defense, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men in their teens laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. This film is not only about war. It is also about love, true camaraderie, and the path from boyhood to manhood. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
Plot Keywords: lawyer, prosecutor, civil rights activist, powerful, profound, rousing, courtroom ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: US Air Force veteran Ben Brown has been charged with the murder of aging Cole Clinton, a leading citizen of Durango County, New Mexico. Several months after the discovery of Clint's dead body, Ben was turned in to the authorities for a reward by his wife, Laura Mae Brown, who claims she witnessed the murder. Ben has signed two confessions to killing Clint, who picked up the Browns hitchhiking on the road on his way back home from an out-of-town cattle auction. In addition to the charge against Ben, Laura Mae is charged as a co-defendant, her trial to be separate from Ben's. Although the alleged murder did not happen in Durango County, the trial is held there where most of Clint's friends and family will definitely be in attendance, their goal to see Ben convicted and executed. Instead of District Attorney Paul Farish, Norris Bixby has been appointed special prosecutor to try the case. James Tucker, the presiding judge, appoints a surprised young widowed attorney named David Mitchell, to represent Ben. David's surprise is because he is not currently a trial lawyer, his recent work, especially since the death of his wife Lillian three years ago, being solely research, specifically writing briefs. David learns that his appointment was partly orchestrated by his mentor, respected invalid lawyer Art Harper, who wants to see Ben get a fair trial and get David out of his funk and back into trying cases. Even before working on the case, David sees it as an overall losing situation, he will not be able to get Ben off, and will get no business following this case for representing the popular Clint's killer. David doesn't even yet realize how much the cards are stacked against him and Ben as Bixby, an ambitious man, has managed to manipulate the evidence for the trial to be a slam dunk in his favor to advance his political aspirations. As such, David believes the trial will be a lynching. In meeting Laura Mae for the first time, David finds that she is a young woman who uses sex to her advantage and who cares nothing for Ben. Ben, on the other hand, seems only to care about Laura Mae and her welfare. As David comes closer to discovering the whole story which looks to be justifiable homicide under New Mexico law, he has to decide how To negotiate the problematic case. Standing by David's side throughout the proceedings is Art's daughter, Susan Harper, who has interests other than the case.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: lawyer, defendant, prosecutor, wife, mentor, judge, gripping ...
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