The Counsel / 2010

A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.

L'avocate / 1995

Chronik Fiction - L'Avocat / 2021

L'avvocato del terrore / 2007

A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Participants interviewed include Algerian nationalists Yacef Saadi, Zohra Drif, Djamila Bouhired and Abderrahmane Benhamida, Khmer Rouge members Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, once far-left activists Hans-Joachim Klein and Magdalena Kopp, terrorist Carlos the Jackal, lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, neo-Nazi Ahmed Huber, Palestinian politician Bassam Abu Sharif, Lebanese politician Karim Pakradouni, political cartoonist Siné, former spy Claude Moniquet, novelist and ghostwriter Lionel Duroy, and investigative journalist Oliver Schröm.

L'Avocat du diable / 2005

Documentary on Xavier Magnée, defense lawyer of Marc Dutroux, the Belgian who was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape of minors, murdering several girls as well as his alleged accomplice. The film concentrates on how a man can represent the "devil".

Lady Barrister / 1908

A woman attorney is seen in her apartment with her poor henpecked husband, who is more like her man servant than her better half. She is so taken up with her studies in law that she finds no time to bother with household duties, thus putting the burden on her husband who is compelled to take care of the baby, clean the house, do the cooking and be on hand, ready to answer whenever the wife calls on him to attend to her wants. Things do not run very smoothly, however, which is not at all surprising, so she finally decides to take a hand in the domestic affairs herself. (Moving Picture World)

L'avvocato del diavolo / 19977.2591 voti

Kevin Lomax è un giovane avvocato di successo della Florida. Non ha mai perso una causa, benchè talvolta consapevole della colpevolezza dei propri clienti. E' felicemente sposato con Mary Ann e ha un buon rapporto con la madre. L'eco dei suoi successi giunge all'orecchio di John Milton, fondatore e capo di uno degli studi legali più prestigiosi di New York, che gli fa un'offerta a dir poco allettante.

Per legittima accusa / 19935.34 voti

Jennifer Haines (De Mornay) si è fatta, benché ancora giovane, la fama di avvocatessa abilissima nel difendere i propri clienti. Le si presenta David Greenhill (Johnson), accusato di uxoricidio, che si dichiara innocente ma che si vanta di essere un perfetto gigolò. Lei, attratta dall'ambiguo individuo, accetta la difesa.

Un avvocato per Babbo Natale / 20115.52 voti

La gente ha perso fiducia in Santa Claus e quindi gli intenta una causa collettiva accusandolo di aver rovinato il Natale. A difenderlo ci pensa Michael Sherman, giovane avvocato da poco rimasto vedovo e con una figlia a carico, che fatica a trovare nuovi clienti. Salvare il Natale gli farà riscoprire la gioia di vivere.

Restraining Order / 1999

Robert Woodfield is a criminal defense attorney, and he has defended a lot of criminals, many of whom are guilty, but has maintained that everyone deserves a competent defense, which he provides whether they are guilty or not. Currently he is defending Martin Ritter, a killer, whom he gets off. Later he has dinner with a friend, and his friend tells him that he needs to talk to him about something important. He is about to leave when some masked men go to his friend and kill him, when one of the men takes off his mask; it's Martin Ritter. Now being his lawyer, Robert can't say anything about what he saw. But that doesn't stop him from investigating what his dead friend was so worried about. It seems that he has stumbled onto something big, and instead of killing him they frame his wife for murder to get him to back off. But he doesn't and both his wife and him are now in danger. And still has no idea what's going on. Will he find out before they get to him?

The Devil's Advocate / 1977

A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canonized.

Seeing Allred / 2018

Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight.

Darrow / 1991

The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.

Unlocking the Cage / 2016

Renowned filmmakers D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follow determined animal rights activist Steven Wise into the courtroom for an unprecedented battle that seeks to utilize the writ of habeas corpus to expand legal “personhood” to include certain animals. Wise’s unusual plaintiffs—chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko, once famed showbiz stars—are now living in filth, struggling to survive. Wise and his impassioned legal team take us into the field, revealing gripping evidence of such abuse and plunging us into the intricacies of their case as they probe preconceived notions of what it means to be a non-human animal.