18 films match The Verdict

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling. (imdb)

Mr. Grodman was a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard until a mistake in an investigation caused the execution of an innocent man. He takes the blame and is dismissed, replaced by the obnoxious, gloating Buckley. Feeling vengeful, Grodman would like nothing more than to see Buckley look foolish on the job. His friend Victor Emmric, an artist with macabre tastes, wouldn't mind either and soon a mysterious murder occurs that may provide them with the chance. (imdb)

Can it be justified to shoot down a civilian plane, converted by terrorists into a deadly suicide missile? Can "human arithmetic" be a legal calculus? (imdb)

Raka, an idealistic and honest court security officer, witnesses daily how the law is manipulated by power and money.

When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc Segers decides to take justice into his own hands and will then compete with the constitutional state which let him down. (flandersimage.com)

Part religious allegory and part church pageant, it presents the heavenly trial of a woman who has died giving childbirth out of wedlock. The jailer wears a mask death's head mask and a nun's habit with a skull and crossbones on the front and God sits on an altar, flanked by angels, while the devil attempts to convict the woman for her sins.

When her son is put on trial for murder, Teresa Leoni appeals to a senior judge, Président Leguen, to show leniency. When it becomes clear that her son's case will be prejudiced by his father's gangster past, Teresa takes matters into her own hands. She kidnaps Leguen's wife and threatens to kill her unless her son is acquitted. Leguen uses his powers to arrive at the desired outcome, but Teresa's victory proves to be anything but happy... (fr.wikipedia.org)

Abused and battered wife, Joy, stands up for justice against her alcoholic husband, Dante, in a turmoil process of the justice system. (imdb)

From 1963 to 1965, twenty-two men, all former members of Hitler's SS who had served as officials at the Auschwitz death camp during World War II, were rounded up and put on trial in Frankfurt, Germany, for so-called "crimes against humanity" - a euphemistic phrase that is all too feeble in describing the unspeakable atrocities these incarnations of evil perpetrated on their fellow human beings. The documentary "Verdict on Auschwitz," made for German television in 1993 (IMDB Comments)

When a renowned criminal lawyer from São Paulo sees one of the people she loves most become a victim of the Brazilian penitentiary system, she must decide whether to cross the line that separates her between looking for justice or committing an unforgivable crime. (imdb)

Indian Naval commander Nanavati returns home to find about his wife's affair. Jealousy leads to a murder that sparks a nationwide drama. When people, media and politics get into a war of opinions, it turns into a case that divided India. (imdb)

When 'Gentleman' Burton boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter. But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain conceals diamonds on board as a favour...

Key players from inside the courtroom recount the trial of Michael Jackson, examining his complex legacy. (imdb)

A crucial chapter in the life of famed defense attorney Earl Rogers is re-created in the made-for-TV Final Verdict. Treat Williams stars as Rogers, who matriculates from small-claims court to the judicial Big Time in 1919. Defending a client whom he knows to be guilty, Rogers foments a crisis in his own family--and within himself. Glenn Ford co-stars as Rogers' minister father. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Producer Marty Rockman has a new concept for a TV show. Every week a real criminal case will be shown before all spectators in America, that will be the jury too, deciding death or freedom. First contestant is Ricky Carr, accused of the rape and murder of celebrity Dolly Hamilton. But once they are investigating, it seems that Ricky may be innocent, though American people is against him.

The successful prosecution of a man accused of murdering his wife catapults a young attorneys career into the position of assistant D.A. for a major city. Eight years later, alarming new evidence suggests that the jailed man may actually be innocent of the murder, and now he's gunning for the woman who put him away.

Former U.S. special prosecutor, Major Robert Lawson, begins to suspect that Nazi war criminal on death row, General Otto Stiegman, has been wrongfully convicted of leveling a French village along with all of its inhabitants in WWII.

Following a high profile murder trial, four everyday people try to piece together their lives again as they begin to question the case, the outcome and the day that changed their lives. (imdb)