Courtroom Dramas - Blu-ray Movie Genres

Southern comforts abound in this big-screen adaptation of Harper Lee's novel as lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck, in an Oscar-winning role) defends an innocent black man (Brock Peters) against rape charges but ends up in a maelstrom of hate and prejudice. Meanwhile, with help from a friend (John Megna), Finch's children, Jem (Phillip Alford) and Scout (Mary Badham), set their sights on making contact with a reclusive neighbor (Robert Duvall).

a.k.a.	Du silence et des ombres Il buio oltre la siepe Wer die Nachtigall stört
Genres	Classic Dramas, Classics, Courtroom Dramas, Crime Dramas, Drama, Dramas based on Books, Dramas Based on Classic Literature, Dramas Based on the Book, Social Issue Dramas
Crew	Robert Mulligan (Director)
Cast	Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Paul Fix, John Megna, Alice Ghostley, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Collin Wilcox, Estelle Evans
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Ted (Dustin Hoffman) is a career-driven yuppie -- until he finds out his dissatisfied wife (Meryl Streep) is leaving him and their 6-year-old son. But just as Ted begins to love being a full-time parent, his wife reappears to reclaim the boy. Poignant and beautifully acted, this cinematic tearjerker swept the 1979 Academy Awards, winning Oscars for Hoffman and Streep in addition to Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay honors.

Genres	Action & Adventure, Blockbusters, Classic Dramas, Classics, Courtroom Dramas, Drama, Oscar-winning Movies, Tearjerkers
Crew	Robert Benton (Director), Néstor Almendros (Cinematographer)
Cast	Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander, Howard Duff, George Coe, JoBeth Williams, Joe Seneca, Bill Moor, Howland Chamberlain
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Nominated for seven Oscars, this legal thriller profiles the attempts of country lawyer Paul Biegler (James Stewart) to exonerate Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), who's charged with a local barkeep's murder but claims the victim raped his wife (Lee Remick). Employing a temporary insanity defense, Biegler tries to outmaneuver slick celebrity prosecutor Claude Dancer (George C. Scott) but discovers there's more to the case than meets the eye.

Genres	Classic Dramas, Classic Thrillers, Classics, Courtroom Dramas, Crime Thrillers, Drama, Thrillers
Crew	Otto Preminger (Director)
Cast	James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, Orson Bean, Duke Ellington, Russ Brown, Joseph N. Welch, Murray Hamilton, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell
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Re-creating a Tony-nominated performance, Laurence Fishburne stars in this one-man live show as renowned lawyer and civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Genres	20th Century Period Pieces, Biographies, Courtroom Dramas, Drama, Dramas Based on Real Life, Period Pieces, Social Issue Dramas, Special Interest, Theater Arts, Theatrical Performances
Crew	Michael Stevens (Director)
Cast	Laurence Fishburne
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Knowing full well that a guilty verdict means death, a jury of 12 men (including Jack Warden and Jack Klugman) must decide the fate of an 18-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his father. But only one juror (Henry Fonda) wants to take the time to coolly deliberate the case. Sidney Lumet (Network) made his directorial debut with this Oscar-nominated drama that illuminates all the petty impediments on the path to justice.

Genres	Classic Dramas, Classics, Courtroom Dramas, Drama
Crew	Sidney Lumet (Director)
Cast	Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Ed Binns, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Rudy Bond
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A washed-up, ambulance-chasing attorney gets a chance at redemption when his friend tosses him an open-and-shut medical malpractice case. But instead of accepting an easy cash settlement, he takes the powerful defendant to court.

Genres	Action & Adventure, Blockbusters, Courtroom Dramas, Drama, Dramas Based on Bestsellers, Dramas Based on Contemporary Literature, Dramas Based on the Book
Crew	Sidney Lumet (Director)
Cast	Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Binns, Julie Bovasso, Roxanne Hart, James Handy, Wesley Addy, Joe Seneca, Lewis J. Stadlen
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In this haunting drama, middle-aged lawyer Michael Berg reflects on the brief but formative sexual relationship he had as a teen with an older woman in 1950s Germany -- and his feelings years later upon learning she was on trial for Nazi war crimes.

a.k.a.	Der Vorleser
Genres	20th Century Period Pieces, Courtroom Dramas, Drama, Dramas based on Books, Dramas Based on Contemporary Literature, Dramas Based on the Book, Military & War Dramas, Period Pieces, Romance, Romantic Dramas
Crew	Stephen Daldry (Director), Roger Deakins (Cinematographer)
Cast	Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Susanne Lothar, Karoline Herfurth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jeanette Hain, Alissa Wilms, Florian Bartholomäi, Friederike Becht, Volker Bruch, Hannah Herzsprung, Linda Bassett, Kirsten Block
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This legal drama stars Glenn Close as steely litigator Patty Hewes, head of the revered Hewes & Associates. Dedicated to their work, Patty, protégé Ellen Parsons and senior associate Tom Shayes battle CEO Arthur Frobisher in a class-action suit.

Genres	Courtroom Dramas, Crime Dramas, Crime TV Shows, Drama, Television, TV Courtroom Dramas, TV Crime Dramas, TV Dramas
Cast	Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson, Anastasia Griffith, Michael Nouri, Zeljko Ivanek, Noah Bean, Glenn Kessler, Tom Aldredge, Philip Bosco, Mario Van Peebles
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Series	Damages (2007) [TV] Damages [TV]

The wealthy and kind John Jarndyce (Denis Lawson) takes orphaned Esther Summerson (Anna Maxwell Martin) into his household, where she befriends two of his wards, Richard (Patrick Kennedy) and Ada (Carey Mulligan). Meanwhile, Lady Dedlock (Gillian Anderson) guards a secret about Esther's origins -- and her fate. Charles Dickens's suspenseful yarn of legal justice comes to life in this BBC miniseries penned by period-piece writer Andrew Davies.

Genres	British Dramas, British Period Pieces, British TV, Courtroom Dramas, Drama, Dramas Based on Classic Literature, Dramas Based on the Book, Foreign, Foreign Countries, Period Pieces, Pre-20th Century Period Pieces, Television, TV Miniseries, United Kingdom
Crew	Kieran McGuigan (Cinematographer)
Cast	Denis Lawson, Anna Maxwell Martin, Patrick Kennedy, Carey Mulligan, Gillian Anderson, Timothy West, Charles Dance, Burn Gorman, Alun Armstrong, Tom Georgeson, Nathaniel Parker, Richard Harrington, Warren Clarke, Johnny Vegas, Hugo Speer, John Lynch, Tony Haygarth, Andrew Davies
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In this heartfelt drama, Philadelphia attorney Andrew Beckett launches a wrongful termination suit against the hand that feeds him when his law firm finds out about his HIV-positive status -- and his homosexuality -- and fires him.

Genres	Action & Adventure, Blockbusters, Courtroom Dramas, Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Gay & Lesbian Dramas, Medical Dramas, Social Issue Dramas
Crew	Jonathan Demme (Director)
Cast	Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Ron Vawter, Charles Napier, Joanne Woodward, Karen Finley, Buzz Kilman, Roberta Maxwell, Bradley Whitford, Chandra Wilson
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