Paths of Glory (1957), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), The Life of David Gale (2003), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Dead Man Walking (1995) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Defense Lawyer movies.
Storyline: Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Plot Keywords: prison, newspaper, bad girl, jazz age, reporter, marionette, ambition ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Others of course have taken over the business during his absence but that clearly isn't going to stop White. While he is gunning down the opposition, he decides he's going to give away the money he'll make to modernize the hospital in his old neighborhood. Drug dealers aren't the only thing he has to worry about however: a group of rogue cops decide they are going to take him down.
Plot Keywords: mob boss, cult film, female rear nudity, neo noir, female nudity, hooker, lingerie ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown.—David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>
Plot Keywords: dream, blood, rat, drunkenness, secret, cloud, mud ...
Movie Details Click Here!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: San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.
Plot Keywords: court, neo noir, guilt, san francisco california, psychopath, cold blooded murder, female nudity ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Alice and Darlene, best friends, decide to take a trip to Thailand to celebrate high-school graduation. While there, they are befriended by charming Australian rogue Nick Parks. Nick convinces them to take a weekend side trip to Hong Kong, but at the airport, they are busted for smuggling drugs. They are convicted in a show trial and sentenced to 33 years; in desperation, they contact Yankee Hank, an American lawyer based in Thailand who has been reported to be helpful if you've got the cash.
Plot Keywords: smuggling, false accusation, jail, women's prison, defense attorney, drug dealing, coercion ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.
Plot Keywords: death by gunshot, cover up, conspiracy, secret identity, false identity, true identity revealed, false accusation ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
Plot Keywords: pimp, rich woman, gigolo, pubic hair, voyeur, female masturbation, dildo ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on the actual events of the West Memphis Three, where three young boys were savagely murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Spurred on by the demand from a grieving town, the local police act quickly to bring three "devil-worshipping" teenagers to trial. With their lives hanging in the balance, investigator Ron Lax is trying to find the truth between the town's need for justice and the guilt of the accused.
Plot Keywords: mullet, child murder, mutilation, satanism, dead children, knife, police investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Shekar Saxena is arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Priti Saxena. Shekar strongly contends that he is innocent, and that the murder was committed by someone else. His lawyer, Simran Bhargav, is sympathetic and not only believes him but also successfully defends and gets him acquitted. After his acquittal, she starts having doubts about his innocence, and must protect herself, before she becomes his next victim.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: murder, loss of wife, knife, guilt, defense lawyer, deception, courtroom ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A man is out to kill a bunch of rivalries who killed his innocent mother and the mother of their kids in a car that was destroyed and got pushed down to the bushes, now he wants revenge building up a massive monster truck also known as the "ROLLING VENGEANCE"
Plot Keywords: rape and revenge, revenge, rape, carsploitation, blonde, shaking hands, birthday cake ...
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