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51. The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 1,608
52. The Story of the Fox (1937)
63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.
Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine, Léon Larive
Votes: 1,558
53. Lange Beine - lange Finger (1966)
92 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An English barrister falls for a young Austrian baroness who, together with her father, steals jewelry from ladies' necks by applying her grandmother's so-called "one and a half finger system."
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Senta Berger, Joachim Fuchsberger, Martin Held, Irene von Meyendorff
Votes: 115
54. Cop-Out (1967)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.
Director: Pierre Rouve | Stars: James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin, Paul Bertoya
Votes: 272
55. Cynara (1932)
75 min | Drama, Romance
London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 852
56. Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter
Votes: 479
57. Hostile Witness (1969)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ray Milland directed himself as a barrister whose daughter is killed in a "hit-and-run" accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as a murderer.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 549
58. A Voyage Round My Father (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life for this portrait of a difficult but enduring love between ... See full summary »
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 233
59. Avocats & associés (1998–2010)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: François-Eric Gendron, Frédéric Gorny, Cécile Rebboah, Muriel Combeau
Votes: 79
60. Hedd Wyn (1992)
Unrated | 123 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young poet living in the North Wales countryside competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, a tradition dating back a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Turner | Stars: Huw Garmon, Catrin Fychan, Ceri Cunnington, Llio Silyn
Votes: 457
61. Housewarming (2005)
95 min | Comedy
Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect... See full summary »
Director: Brigitte Roüan | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Didier Flamand, Françoise Brion
Votes: 788
62. Brothers in Law (1957)
94 min | Comedy
Roger Thursby is just starting out as a barrister, full of ideals, but he is a bit too keen in the opinion of his fellow lawyers.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Henry B. Longhurst, Edith Sharpe, Ian Carmichael, Henry Hewitt
Votes: 468
63. For Them That Trespass (1949)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Christy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter
Votes: 140
64. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
45 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Two leading British criminal barristers re-investigate historic murder cases on behalf of a relative of the person convicted of the crime, presenting any new evidence to a judge for assessment.
Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford
Votes: 111
65. Rag Tag (2006)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Raymond (Danny Parsons) and Tagbo (Damola Adelaja), "Rag" and "Tag", were inseparable childhood friends until Social Services tore them apart, removing Rag from his neglectful mother in London.
Director: Adaora Nwandu | Stars: Danny Parsons, Damola Adelaja, Tamsin Clarke, Geoffrey Aymer
Votes: 278
66. The Smugglers (1947)
Passed | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Told in flashback, this movie opens with a scene of a seventeen-year-old boy, Francis Andrews (Sir Richard Attenborough), being brutally lashed during a police interrogation, in which the ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Joan Greenwood, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 73
67. So Woman! (2009)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Clemence is a brilliant young lawyer who has just settled herself in a comfortable chair. She does not want to be involved in love.
Director: Jean-François Davy | Stars: Hélène de Fougerolles, Zinedine Soualem, Valérie Kaprisky, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 99
68. Villa des roses (2002)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War
Louise Créteur's husband dies on the Titanic trying to emigrate, so she must leave their boy Lucien with her old dad in Honfleur and leave the Normandy countryside for greater Paris. She ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Van Passel | Stars: Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall, Harriet Walter, Shirley Henderson
Votes: 478
69. The Imperfect Lady (1946)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Romance
While touring with a dance troupe in 1892, Millicent Hopkins meets Clive Loring who is campaigning for Parliament in the English Midlands. They fall in love and Millie remains behind at her... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Cedric Hardwicke, Virginia Field
Votes: 95
70. Up Rising (2000)
Comedy
Sitcom set in a pretty village, but with very different inhabitants - including: a retired professional, his refined wife, a wealthy but tasteless couple, 'alternative lifestyle' followers,... See full summary »
Stars: Michelle Collins, Kevin McNally, Nicola Pagett, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 11
71. Chambers (2000–2001)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: John Bird, James Fleet, Jonathan Kydd, Nina Wadia
Votes: 18
72. Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A bank robbery in London prevents - again - the marriage of Bulldog Drummond and his girlfriend. But this time, after the robbers are caught, it will be celebrated at last.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner, Reginald Denny
Votes: 528
73. A Pair of Briefs (1962)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what *is* the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds find the answer?
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda de Banzie, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 231
74. Is This Sexual Harassment? (2019 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Benjamin Zand hosts a social experiment in which a group of people watch a drama in 3 parts, debate what constitutes sexual harassment, hear from people whose life has been affected and from a barrister who explains the law.
Directors: John O'Kane, Pier Wilkie | Stars: Benjamin Zand, Karen Hassan, Sam Thorpe-Spinks, Sophie Thomas
Votes: 32
75. A Question of Infidelity (1958)
86 min | Drama
Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy ... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Julie London, Anthony Steel, Basil Sydney, Donald Houston
Votes: 63
76. The Silken Affair (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Spoiler: Roger Tweakham, a married accountant leading a humdrum life, gets involved with a motivating model, tweaks the books of a stocking factory whose owner he likes so it will show a ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: David Niven, Geneviève Page, Ronald Squire, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 53
77. Never Look Back (1952)
73 min | Drama
A female lawyer hears a knock on her door one night and discovers that it is an old boyfriend, whose current girlfriend has thrown him out, and he needs a place to stay the night. She ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Rosamund John, Hugh Sinclair, Guy Middleton, Henry Edwards
Votes: 71
78. Bermuda Mystery (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
A private eye (Preston Foster) and a niece (Ann Rutherford) investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Charles Butterworth, Helene Reynolds
Votes: 73
79. Hanging Perverts (2010)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary, News
Hanging Perverts is a film manifesto journeying in the world of hardcore bondage pornography, attacking issues of censorship and personal liberty. Includes interviews with Guardian ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Sherban | Stars: Andrew Sherban, Davide Previti, Tudor Plapcianu, Sebastien Thomas
Votes: 26
80. The Secret of St. Ives (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, History
Anatole de Keroual is captured by the British in the Napoleonic war and imprisoned in the dungeon of Edinburgh Castle with six companions. Floria Gilchrist, coveted by the fortress ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 50
81. Bastardi 3 (2012)
97 min | Crime, Drama
The teacher Tomás Majer, who came to one former special school in 2010, has disappeared. He came to the school a few months after his sister, also a teacher, was murdered. The boys that ... See full summary »
Director: Tomás Magnusek | Stars: Tomás Magnusek, Ilona Svobodová, Tomás Töpfer, Vlastimil Zavrel
Votes: 90
82. Debout les crabes, la mer monte! (1983)
90 min | Comedy
Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the life of a hitherto peaceful couple.
Director: Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan | Stars: Martin Lamotte, Véronique Genest, Virginie Thévenet, Richard Bohringer
Votes: 99
83. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
70 min | Drama, History, Romance
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall
Votes: 163
84. Færgekroen (1956)
105 min | Comedy
The ferry crossing in Hørby is owned and operated by the two good friends Erik Hansen and Lars Tofte.
Director: Poul Bang | Stars: Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe, Kjeld Petersen, Lily Broberg
Votes: 169
85. The Day After the Fair (1986 TV Movie)
Drama, Romance
A young barrister falls in love with a beautiful young girl at a country fair. Adapted from Thomas Hardy's short story 'On the Western Circuit'.
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: Hannah Gordon, Kenneth Haigh, Anna Massey, Martyn Stanbridge
Votes: 52
86. To the Victor (1938)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A story about Cumbrian shepherds and their skilled sheepdogs. Grumpy old McAdam with aggressive Black Wull and civilized David Moore with educated Owd Bob compete to win the sheepdogs's cup. David also tries to win McAdam's daughter's heart.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Will Fyffe, John Loder, Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt
Votes: 128
87. What Happened Then? (1934)
58 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Richard Bird, Lorna Hubbard, Geoffrey Wardwell, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 33
88. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1972)
101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Alexandre Dumas Sr. is a charming but poor young man who comes to Paris in the 1820s and enters the service of the king. He is hired as a scribe, and from the moment he picks up a pen for the first time, his fate is sealed.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Martin Stepánek, Petr Stepánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlavácová
Votes: 40
89. The Naked and the Wicked (1951)
90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Using actors' names since they differ in the dubbed versions: Carla Del Poggio is the wistful companion of opera star Madam Stefania Monti. Carla soon learns that Madam's accompanist, ... See full summary »
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore, Gabriele Ferzetti, Tina Lattanzi
Votes: 37
90. Is This Coercive Control? (2020 TV Movie)
59 min | Drama, Reality-TV
A group of 20 young people aged 18-25 gather for a social experiment, to see if they understand what constitutes coercive control. Over two days they watch a specially-written drama unfold and decide if a crime has been committed.
Directors: John Howlett, John O'Kane | Stars: Mark Asante, Fo Cullen, Ellie Flynn, Sophie Harkness
Votes: 7
91. Barrister (1982)
Drama
Director: Salil M. Ghosh | Stars: Arun Govil, Vinod Mehra, Sulakshana Pandit, Zarina Wahab
92. Starecek vavríny vídenské slávy ovencený aneb Zpronevera (1988 TV Movie)
44 min | Comedy
The editor of an unspecified newspaper is amused to learn about the "career" of a certain pipe merchant. This elderly man earns money in an unusual way. He is popularly used by the ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Josef Bláha, Viktor Preiss, Radoslav Brzobohatý
Votes: 8
93. The Great Defender (1934)
72 min | Mystery, Romance
Sir Douglas Rolls had earned the reputation of being England's greatest barrister. But he has just been informed by Doctor Hackett, specialist on diseases of the heart, that overwork has ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman, Arthur Margetson, Richard Bird
Votes: 35
94. Byeonhosadeul (2005– )
55 min | Drama
A group of lawyers and their associates make fateful choices about their careers and romances with unforeseen consequences.
Stars: Jung Hye-young, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Seong-su, Jeong-eun Lim
Votes: 16
95. Criminal Matters and Prosecutions with Stephen Harvey QC (2016)
Documentary, Short
Director: Daniel ShenSmith | Star: Stephen Harvey Q.C.
96. Trial by Jury (1974 TV Movie)
32 min
Angelina takes Edwin to court for Breach of Promise of marriage.
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Norma Burrowes, Eric Shilling, John Brecknock, Dennis Dowling
97. Rigaru Hato: Inochi No Saiken Bengoshi (2019– )
Crime
Seichii Murakoshi is a lawyer who deals with corporate law. Companies of varying size work with his regarding litigation, bankruptcy and financial affairs. He is diligent, involved and has ... See full summary »
Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Eiko Koike, Isao Hashizume, Emi Wakui
98. Brothers in Law (1962)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Richard Waring, June Barry, John Glyn-Jones
99. Ortel (2000 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
The story of Friedrich Dürrenmatt, master of dramatic points and surprisingly unfolding stories, depicts an early evening of Alfredo Traps, a successful business traveler. Our hero is ... See full summary »
Director: Frantisek Filip | Stars: Václav Postránecký, Radovan Lukavský, Ludek Munzar, Radoslav Brzobohatý
Votes: 11
100.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Rumpole of the Bailey
(1975)
61 min | Comedy, Drama
An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Leo McKern, Joyce Heron, Noel Willman, David Yelland
Votes: 156