Legal Eagles
A natural breeding ground for tension, suspense and witty repartee, the courtroom has long been an obvious choice for filmmakers. Here you will find murder ('In Cold Blood', 'Murder in the First'), injustice ('The Trials of Darryl Hunt', 'In The Name of the Father'), corruption ('Runaway Jury', 'Damages'), bigotry ('To Kill A Mockingbird', 'The Accused') and a few laughs as well ('Legally Blonde'). All be seated! Court is now in session!
Pictured: Brock Peters and the inimitable Gregory Peck who won the Oscar for his protrayal of Atticus Finch in 'To Kill A Mockingbird'.
Find Me Guilty (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Richard Portnow, Linus Roache, Alex Rocco, Annabella...
Sidney Lumet co-wrote and directs this bizarrely comic true story of mobster 'Fat Jack' DiNorscio who declined a deal for a shortened prison sentence,... Read more
Boston Legal: Season 5 (2008)
8.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: James Spader, William Shatner, Candice Bergen, John Larroquette, Christian Cleme...
In it's spectacular fifth and final season, "Boston Legal" tackles some of today's most inflammatory - and sometimes irreverent - social and moral iss... Read more
To Kill a Mockingbird ( Blu-ray ) (1962)
8.3/10
Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Brock Peters, Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Paul Fix, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall...
Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch, the defence lawyer of a black man accused of rape in the American South. Scripted by Hor... Read more
Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 7 (1992)
8.5/10
Director: Bill Hays
Starring: Leo McKern, Robin Bailey, Julian Curry
In the seventh and final series of the multi-award winning programme, rumpled barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) defends the Timson family who are... Read more
Jagged Edge (1985)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Marquand
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote
A publishing magnate (Jeff Bridges) is accused of the ritualistic slaying of his wife; an attorney (Glenn Close) is hired to defend him. They fall in... Read more
Stephanie Daley (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Hilary Brougher
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaf...
Stephanie (Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl, charged with concealing a pregnancy and then murdering her newborn child. She claims she knew nothin... Read more
Criminal Law (1989)
5.7/10
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Karen Young, Tess Harper
A psycho celebrates his acquittal of a rape/murder with a second bloody spree, leaving clues that only the lawyer who got him off will understand. Twi... Read more
The Practice: Season 1 (1997)
7.7/10
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, Camryn Manheim, Steve Harris, LisaGay Hamilt...
Before 'Boston Legal', and concurrent with his other hit show, 'Ally McBeal', David E Kelley created another legal eagle show, centred around a firm o... Read more
The Verdict (1982)
7.8/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea
Paul Newman gives one of his finest peformances as a Boston Lawyer who's hit bottom, until a medical negligence case gives him a chance to restore his... Read more
Let Him Have It (1992)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay
An absorbing drama based on the true story of Derek Bentley, a slow-witted youth who was pulled into a life of crime in post war England, and sentence... Read more