Licensed to Kill (1997), A Short Film About Killing (1988), Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 (2000), Lion's Den (2008), Witnesses (2003), Murder! (1930), Neshoba: The Price of Freedom (2008), Out of Innocence (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Trial movies.
Storyline: In this documentary, homosexual filmmaker Arthur Dong interviews men who were imprisoned for slaying gays. Dong, who was physically attacked because of his own sexuality in the 1970s, tries to ascertain the convicts' motives -- why they would commit such heinous crimes. Some prisoners express remorse for their acts of violence, while others believe the murders they committed were justified. The interviewees include a U.S. military officer, a devout Christian and a petty thief.
Plot Keywords: documentary, crime, murder, true story, homosexuality, hate crime, usa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz) in Warsaw represents a drifter (Mirosław Baka) who killed a malicious cabdriver (Jan Tesarz).
Plot Keywords: crime, moral dilemma, violence, social critique, polish cinema, law, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky chronicle the appeals process of three men indicted for the murders of three children in Robin Hood Hills.
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, true story, murder, courtroom, legal, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An Argentine woman (Martina Gusmán) struggles to raise her newborn from behind the walls of a prison-ward nursery.
Plot Keywords: prison, mother, legal, argentina, women, maternal love, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A detective and a journalist (Alma Prica) investigate the murder of a Serb living in a Croatian town.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, drama, french film, psychological, courtroom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Actress Edna Druce is found dead, and fellow thespian Diana Baring (Norah Baring) can't explanation why she's holding the murder weapon. Diana seems destined for conviction and the death penalty, but juror Sir John Menier (Herbert Marshall) thinks she's innocent. An actor himself, Sir John collects clues and revisits the crime scene in an attempt to clear Diana, but his noble efforts might finger another performer with ties to Edna and Diana's touring company.
Plot Keywords: suspense, crime, murder, courtroom, drama, mystery, psychological ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1964, three civil rights activists go missing in Mississippi. The bodies of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are found months later, and the three Klansman accused of murdering them are put on trial. All three are found not guilty, including Edgar Ray Killen who openly flaunts his involvement in the killings for years after the trial. Interviews with local community members and the victim's families highlight the ongoing effort to bring Killen to trial a second time.
Plot Keywords: documentary, civil rights, murder, racism, 1960s, justice, cold case ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A confused and scared young mother confesses to a crime she did not commit.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, mystery, thriller, legal, courtroom, based on true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Adrien (Michel Blanc) is a middle-aged doctor who's still single and enjoys cruising younger men. One night he's sexually rebuffed by a boy named Manu (Johan Libéreau) but pursues a friendship with him anyway. He takes Manu along on a seaside vacation with his best friend, Sarah (Emmanuelle Béart), and her policeman husband, Mehdi (Sami Bouajila). Shortly thereafter, Manu and Mehdi begin an affair, causing significant tension within the two couples that worsen when Manu is diagnosed with AIDS.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, suspense, drama, witness, courtroom, legal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Billy Corben looks at the circumstances leading up to an alleged rape at a college fraternity house. Actual footage shot the night of the party is shown, the same footage that was used to persuade the police not to press charges in the case.
Plot Keywords: documentary, true story, legal, controversy, sexual assault, florida, justice system ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, barrister takes on a murder case,. The case is defending American war vet Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who's accused of murdering his middle-aged lonely and wealthy acquaintance, Emily French. The evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer, butr the csse has constant revelations.
Plot Keywords: courtroom drama, mystery, crime, drama, film noir, classic, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The mythos of a faceless, digital-age bogeyman known as Slenderman was created on the Internet, but his influence was felt in the real world when two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods for a brutal murder.
Plot Keywords: documentary, crime, psychological thriller, true crime, internet culture, urban legend, social media ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An attorney (Bellamy Young) tries to get convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez (Lou Diamond Phillips) to confess to crimes attributed to a death row inmate.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, horror, serial killer, true story, documentary, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary of a gruesome triple murder in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent trials of three suspects, takes a hard look at both the occult and the American justice system in 'small-town' America. Three teenagers are accused of this horrific crime of killing three children, supposedly as a result of involvement in Satanism. As in their previous documentary, things turn out to be more complex than initial appearances and this film presents the real-life courtroom drama to the viewer, as it unfolds.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, true story, murder, miscarriage of justice, courtroom, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "The Execution of Wanda Jean" chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen. By telling one woman's story, the film becomes an unforgettable exploration into one of America's most controversial moral and political dilemmas: the death penalty. "The Execution of Wanda Jean" is an unflinching investigation of the role that poverty, mental health, race, and sexuality play within the criminal justice system.
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, true story, justice system, death penalty, race, gender ...
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