...And Justice for All (1979), The Burning Bed (1984), The People vs. Jean Harris (1981), An American Crime (2007), Cape Fear (1991), The Last Seduction (1994), A Cry in the Dark (1988), A Shock to the System (1990) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Legal Loopholes movies.
Storyline: A lawyer (Al Pacino) in contempt of court agrees to defend a judge (John Forsythe) he hates, accused of rape.
Plot Keywords: legal, courtroom, moral dilemma, corruption, justice, lawyer, professional ethics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Francine Hughes (Farrah Fawcett) suffers the abuse of her husband, Mickey (Paul Le Mat), for almost a decade because she cannot find any help. When a drunken Mickey rapes her and then passes out, Francine pours gasoline over him and lights it on fire. In the ensuing blaze, Mickey dies and the house burns down. During Francine's trial, she testifies about her years of suffering, and her attorney, Aryon Greydanus (Richard Masur), tries to have her declared temporarily insane and acquitted.
Plot Keywords: domestic violence, women's rights, based on true story, courtroom drama, social issues, female empowerment, tv movie ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to one of the African countries to kill their president Njala. However, at the last moment the political situation changes and the French secret service turns him in to the African authorities, and he is sentenced to a long-term imprisonment. After the daring escape he returns to France and deliberately informs his former chiefs of his presence promising them to kill Njala who has just arrived to the country with the official visit.—Yuri German <blsidt1@imf.org>
Plot Keywords: based on a true story, courtroom drama, biography, crime, murder case, female protagonist, psychological analysis ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens, the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her six children. Times are tough, and Gertrude's financial needs cause her to make this arrangement before realizing how the burden will push her unstable nature to a breaking point. What transpires in the next three months is both riveting and horrific.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, true story, abuse, domestic violence, psychological thriller, courtroom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte)is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver" type family-man. Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, suspense, drama, psychological thriller, revenge, legal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bridget Gregory has a lot going for her: she's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's married to a doctor. But all of this isn't enough, as her husband Clay finds out. After she persuaded him to sell medicinal cocaine to some drugdealers, she takes off with the money, almost a million dollars, and goes undercover in a mid-American smalltown. Because Clay has to pay off a loan shark who'll otherwise damage him severely, he keeps sending detectives after her, trying to retrieve the money. When Bridget meets Mike Swale, a naive local who is blinded by her beauty and directness, she devises an elaborate, almost diabolical scheme to get rid of Clay once and for all.
Plot Keywords: film noir, thriller, crime, mystery, female-led, femme fatale, mind games ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain. During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claimed that she witnessed a dingo stealing her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body was never found. Police noted some apparent inconsistencies in her story, and she was charged with murder. The case attracted a lot of attention, turning an investigation into a media circus, with the public divided in their opinions.—Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
Plot Keywords: true story, courtroom drama, australia, murder case, miscarriage of justice, family tragedy, public opinion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When you think you're at the top of the corporate ladder and then discover they have managed to pull that ladder away, sometimes you have to take it upon yourself to "level" the playing field, both professionally and personally. Sir Michael Caine delivers an electrifying performance as Graham Marshall, who quickly catches onto the possibilities as he clears all the hurdles to occupy the corner office.—Edgy01
Plot Keywords: black comedy, crime, thriller, workplace, murder, psychological warfare, dark humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Peter and Tim are both law students looking to get into the battleground of politics in Washington, but they both have different ideals and ethics. Tim wants to pursue a career in justice, but Peter is determined to be a big political power broker any way he can, even if that means bending the rules. As their careers push them towards political opposites, their friendship must constantly adapt to the new situation.—Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
Plot Keywords: political thriller, moral dilemma, power struggle, idealism, corruption, ambition, american politics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Plot Keywords: political corruption, based on true events, abuse of power, moral decay, media exposure, courtroom drama, conspiracy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Utah (Jack Kilmer) and Opal (Alice Englert) are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White (Melissa Leo), and tech turned love interest, May (Jessica Rothe). They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Utah is no exception. Wood and his drug treatment mogul partner, Vin (Frank Grillo), take Utah under their wing, introducing him to the good life, though Utah's addiction remains his biggest obstacle.—Jeremy M. Rosen (producer)
Plot Keywords: crime, drugs, fraud, addiction, corruption, based on true events, social issues ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only four weeks before Sam Cayhall is to be executed, Adam meets his grandfather for the first time in the Mississippi prison which has held him since the crime. The meeting is predictably tense when the educated, young Mr. "Hall" confronts his venom-spewing elder, Mr. "Cayhall," about the murders. The next day, headlines run proclaiming Adam the grandson who has come to the state to save his grandfather, the infamous Ku Klux Klan bomber. While the old man's life lies in the balance, Adam's motivation in fighting this battle becomes clear as the story unfolds. Not only does he fight for his grandfather, but perhaps for himself as well. He has come to heal the wounds of his own father's suicide, to mitigate the secret shame he has always felt for the ...
Plot Keywords: legal thriller, courtroom drama, racism, death penalty, lawyer, grandfather, redemption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sara, a college student who was slandered by a classmate, finds herself framed for murder by Alex, who initially proposed the perfect, untraceable crime.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, drama, black comedy, female lead, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, noir, detective, murder, corruption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Charged with killing a client, call girl Claudia Draper is awaiting her trial. While Claudia's parents seek to have her declared insane so that she can avoid a likely guilty verdict and serve time for manslaughter, she rejects this approach because she doesn't want to be put in a mental institution. Lawyer Aaron Levinsky reluctantly takes on Claudia's case and tries to prove that she's not crazy, but the volatile prostitute doesn't make his task easy.
Plot Keywords: courtroom drama, psychological thriller, legal, family conflict, mental health, female protagonist, social issues ...
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