Judge Movies

List of the best movies about judges selected by visitors to our site: City Hall, The Shawshank Redemption, The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, Karadayı, Jesus of Montreal, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Third Murder, Find Me Guilty, The Legacy of the Bones, Witness for the Prosecution.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Markimdb: 9.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryItaly
Duration01:30

Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. Its focused on Arturo, a young boy who grows up in Palermo and tries to conquer his beloved Flora.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryTurkey

The Kara family's life is turned upside down because of a wrongful accusation that results in the imprisonment of Nazif Kara for a murder he didn't commit.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama
CountryCanada, France

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryJapan
Duration01:43

Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:05

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, crime
CountrySpain, Germany

Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that seem to follow a similar pattern.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits – but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:59

An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller
CountryCanada
Duration01:39

An unidentified man posts a live feed on social media showing that he has kidnapped two strangers and intends to kill one before the day is out. His intention is to hold a capital 'trial' online. As the authorities recognize what's happening, it becomes apparent that the online public is going to act as judge and jury.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex-wife who is now a public defender and has remarried—to a prosecutor.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama

Ten-year-old Nojoom was forced to marry a 30-year-old man. The dowry offered the family a small income and 'one less mouth to feed'. Nojoom discovers that her life will take a turn for the worse. Her husband is indifferent to her age. Every day after she is wedded, the child works under harsh conditions and every night, the child-bride is raped by a man 20 years older than her. A legitimate and acceptable arrangement for all, except for Nojoom.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend , to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:46

A grandmother seeks a governess for her 16 year old granddaughter, Laurel, who manages to drive away each and every one so far by exposing their past, with a record of three in one week! When an applicant with a mysterious past manages to get the job, Laurel vows to expose her. Meanwhile, Laurel's married-divorced-married mother tries to get her back.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:10

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryItaly
Duration01:27

Wrath of the crows is very gory and brutal, but tied by a strong concept and the whole story is focused on the characters' development. So there's not only splatter sequences, but also atmospheric moments, a few dream-like sequences and a final twist that will shock you all.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Israel, Germany

The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:01

A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIran

Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, musical, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:21

The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of the most important documents in the History of the United States, the Declaration of Independence.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryIndia

Three girls find themselves accused of attempt to murder after escaping molestation. Their only hope is an alcoholic lawyer who agrees to take up the case.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:34

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Judge George brings his young wife, Nathalie, to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her ex, Kent. When Kent ends up dead the next morning, Nathalie tries to hide the evidence before her husband gets home. After the body is found, the events of the previous night unravel, with unexpected revelations.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genreaction, crime
CountryUSA

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, adventure, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out some frontier justice.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryChina
Duration01:50

Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy
CountryGermany
Duration01:33

Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with plant-louses.

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