20 best movies like To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

List of the best movies like To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): A Time to Kill, Just Mercy, Brian Banks, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Crown Heights, Judgment at Nuremberg, Inherit the Wind, Denial, Snow Falling on Cedars.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:11

Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung jury. The movie then covers District Attorney, Bobby DeLaughters transformation and alliance with Myrlie Evers, wife of Medgar Evers, of the, as he becomes more involved with bringing Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. Some of the characters are played by the actual participants in this story.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:06

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA
Duration03:06

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:08

This gripping adaptation of the Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee play examines an issue that still causes great controversy—the role religion should play in the schools.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:36

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea—and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.

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: 7.6
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:42

Investigates the corrupt judicial system under which Alain Mar'caux and his wife Edith were arrested on accusations of pedophilia horrific acts they never committed- and the years he spent fighting to get out of prison, clear his name and keep his family.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration02:15

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:35

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA

The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.

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: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryMexico
Duration01:40

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:01

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, adventure, history
    CountryUSA

    Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita into taking his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama
    CountryIndia

    A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    A Liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:35

    After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but brand her as a felon for life. As word begins to spread that similar incidents are occurring in poor communities all across the country, Dee realizes that there are more mothers out there like her, and decides to take a stand against powerful district attorney Calvin Beckett. Now, despite being well aware of District Attorney Beckett's fierce reputation, Dee enlists the aid of ACLU attorney David Cohen and former narcotics officer Sam Conroy in overcoming the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that, if not navigated with the greatest of caution, now threaten to destroy her life. With the custody of her children on the line, one brave mother wages a valiant battle to strike at the very heart of the corrupt Texas justice system.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
    Duration01:47

    When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:37

    Luke O'Brien, a washed-up salesman turned night law student, decides to sue Satan for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files a default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself. On Satan's legal team are 10 of the country's best trial lawyers. The entire world watches on Legal TV to see who will win the Trial of the Century

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:43

    Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, adventure, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:44

    Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Kevin Hart highlights the fascinating contributions of black history's unsung heroes in this entertaining -- and educational -- comedy special.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

    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: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:39

    The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.




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