12 Angry Men (1957), Three Colors: Red (1994), Ernest & Celestine (2012), Johnny Belinda (1948), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Sleepers (1996), The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2004), Animal Kingdom (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Acquittal movies.
Storyline: Assistant District Attorney Cleve Marshall, depressed about marital troubles, is drowning his sorrows in a bottle of whiskey when the mysterious and alluring Thelma Jordon walks in to report an attempted burglary. The two become romantically involved and not long afterwards there is a burglary and murder at Thelma's aunt's house. Cleve is drawn further and further into defending and covering up for Thelma. It soon becomes clear that this road will only lead to disaster.—B.A. Black
Plot Keywords: jury, usa, suicide, slang, sheriff, secretary, rich woman ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the killer, he agrees to again defend him... much to the consternation of his friends. However, he explains that by being his attorney he will be better able to catch the man in a mistake... and on this the rest of the film develops, with the killer playing a cat and mouse game with the attorney until, at last, they both must recognize that they are not all that different.—BOB STEBBINS <stebinsbob@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: murder, rain, two word title, reference to friedrich nietzsche, murder of an innocent person, gynecologist, gagged ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Composer Gordon Stuart brutally rapes a fashion model, goes to trial, gets freed, comes back and rapes her little sister. She takes revenge.—Humberto Amador
Plot Keywords: rape and revenge, anal rape, nudity, female full frontal nudity, female nudity, rape victim, sexual abuse ...
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