Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "district-attorney", "politics"

1. The Dark Knight (2008)

PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama

9.0

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84 Metascore

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine

Votes: 2,869,327 | Gross: $534.86M

2. The Nice Guys (2016)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

7.4

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70 Metascore

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

Director: Shane Black | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer

Votes: 373,063 | Gross: $36.26M

3. The Irishman (2019)

R | 209 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

7.8

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94 Metascore

An illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 430,874 | Gross: $7.00M

4. Inherent Vice (2014)

R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

6.6

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81 Metascore

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston

Votes: 110,684 | Gross: $8.11M

5. JFK (1991)

R | 189 min | Drama, History, Thriller

8.0

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72 Metascore

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau

Votes: 169,862 | Gross: $70.41M

6. Clear and Present Danger (1994)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.9

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72 Metascore

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida

Votes: 107,862 | Gross: $122.19M

7. Serpico (1973)

R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

7.7

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83 Metascore

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire

Votes: 134,705 | Gross: $29.80M

8. American Gigolo (1980)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.3

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57 Metascore

A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt

Votes: 29,421 | Gross: $23.00M

9. The Client (1994)

PG-13 | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.7

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65 Metascore

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 73,634 | Gross: $92.12M

10. Presumed Innocent (1990)

R | 127 min | Mystery, Thriller

6.9

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72 Metascore

As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, Greta Scacchi, Brian Dennehy

Votes: 45,773 | Gross: $86.30M

11. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

5.6

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27 Metascore

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down-and-out reporter.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall

Votes: 26,730 | Gross: $15.69M

12. Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.6

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60 Metascore

A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm

Votes: 8,796 | Gross: $9.88M

13. You Don't Know Jack (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 134 min | Biography, Drama

7.5

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A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Brenda Vaccaro, John Goodman, Deirdre O'Connell

Votes: 30,343

14. Chappaquiddick (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.4

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67 Metascore

Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern

Votes: 14,597 | Gross: $17.40M

15. Waking the Dead (2000)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

6.4

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59 Metascore

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Billy Crudup, Bill Haugland, Nelson Landrieu, Ivonne Coll

Votes: 7,615 | Gross: $0.33M

16. The Odessa File (1974)

PG | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

7.0

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Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm

Votes: 12,069 | Gross: $1.11M

17. Fury (1936)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

7.8

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When a wrongly-accused prisoner barely survives a lynch-mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 13,725

18. Q&A (1990)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.6

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66 Metascore

Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal

Votes: 7,002 | Gross: $11.21M

19. The Glass Key (1942)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

7.0

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A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville

Votes: 7,399

20. Salt of the Earth (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History

7.4

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74 Metascore

Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer

Votes: 4,042

21. Alias Nick Beal (1949)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir

7.1

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A district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready

Votes: 1,275

22. Strange Illusion (1945)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.2

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Paul dreams that his father's fatal accident actually was murder. When details of his dream repeat themselves in reality he seeks the help of psychiatrist Dr. Vincent, and they attempt to solve the riddle - with dangerous consequences.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Regis Toomey

Votes: 1,132

23. The Glass Key (1935)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.9

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Ed Beaumont is the personal friend, advisor and bodyguard to Paul Madvig, the political boss of a large city. When a mysterious murder is committed---the son of a Madvig political opponent-... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: George Raft, Claire Dodd, Edward Arnold, Rosalind Keith

Votes: 521

24. Judgment in Berlin (1988)

PG | 96 min | Drama

5.8

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American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Max Gail, Jürgen Heinrich

Votes: 884 | Gross: $0.23M

25. Where the Truth Lies (1999 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

6.0

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An ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer defends a deaf political campaign manager accused of murder. Is her client too blinded by love to reveal all?

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Regina King, Philip Lester, Robert Blanche

Votes: 310

26. A Night of Adventure (1944)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

6.2

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A wealthy lawyer begins to suspect that his inattention to his wife is making her cheat on him. When he discovers the truth he's charged with murder.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Tom Conway, Audrey Long, Edward Brophy, Louis Borel

Votes: 276

27. La gran fiesta (1986)

101 min | Drama, Romance

6.6

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In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a U.S. Military base. The guests drink, seduce, and gossip, but some also plot against each other.

Director: Marcos Zurinaga | Stars: Daniel Lugo, Cordelia González, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Luis Prendes

Votes: 153

28. The Last Edition (1925)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.2

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The assistant foreman of the San Francisco Chronicle press-room, Tom MacDonald is passed over for the post of foreman in favor of a younger man. He gains satisfaction, though, when his son,... See full summary »

Director: Emory Johnson | Stars: Ralph Lewis, Lila Leslie, Ray Hallor, Frances Teague

Votes: 42

29. Lucky Losers (1950)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

6.2

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To solve the death of a friend, the boys go to gambling school, then go undercover as croupiers in an illegal gambling house.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Hillary Brooke, Gabriel Dell

Votes: 361

30. The Accusing Finger (1936)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.6

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An attorney is responsible for sending an innocent man to jail for a murder he did not commit. He soon gets a taste of his own medicine when his wife is murdered and no one will believe him when he claims he didn't do it.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Paul Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Kent Taylor, Robert Cummings

Votes: 83

31. San Francisco Docks (1940)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

7.0

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Barmaid in seedy docks does better detective work than the police to get her beau off a murder accusation, helped by a good priest who proves to be a good fighter for the truth.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Irene Hervey, Barry Fitzgerald, Raymond Walburn

Votes: 34

32. The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.4

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Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Marjorie Lord, Robert Shayne, Pierre Watkin, James Seay

Votes: 129

33. Criminal Lawyer (1951)

Approved | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.3

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Alcoholic lawyer sobers up to defend friend in murder case.

Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Castle

Votes: 129

34. Criminal Lawyer (1937)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama

5.8

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Criminal lawyer Barry Brandon visits the nightclub of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with spoiled society girl Betty Walker. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole ... See full summary »

Directors: Christy Cabanne, Edward Killy | Stars: Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Eduardo Ciannelli, Erik Rhodes

Votes: 223

35. I Was Framed (1942)

Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

5.4

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A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn't commit. He and another prisoner attempt an escape, but although the newspaperman... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tod Andrews, Julie Bishop, Regis Toomey, Patti Hale

Votes: 213

36. The Stork Pays Off (1941)

Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

5.9

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Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club run by a rival, Stud Rocco, only to ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom, Horace McMahon

Votes: 36

37. Nation Aflame (1937)

Approved | 74 min | Drama

6.5

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Believing they can make a ton of money, a gang of opportunists uses the country's racial and ethnic tensions to start a Ku Klux Klan-type organization.

Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Noel Madison, Norma Trelvar, Lila Lee, Douglas Walton

Votes: 61

38. The Jury's Secret (1938)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

6.4

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Bill Sheldon has a grudge against Midland City newspaper publisher Brandon Williams as Sheldon blames the city's recent flood against Williams for using his power and influence to hold up ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Kent Taylor, Fay Wray, Jane Darwell, Nan Grey

Votes: 34

39. The County Chairman (1914)

Comedy, Drama

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Jim Hackler is the political boss of a small town. When local lawyer Elias Rigby decides to run for Distrct Attorney, Hackler sees a chance to get revenge on Rigby--years ago both men were ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Harold Lockwood, Macklyn Arbuckle, Willis P. Sweatnam, William Lloyd

40. Fatal Ambition (2020)

Short, Action, Crime

6.4

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A politically ambitious district attorney pursuing The Mindblower is confronted by the serial killer himself in her condo. He demands that she publicly retract her false claim about a crime he never committed - or else he will murder her.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Marybeth Paul, Corey Wells, Paul Noonan, Angel Connell

Votes: 7

41. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)
Episode: Rabbit Hole (2021)

TV-MA | 61 min | Documentary, Crime, History

7.2

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In 1993, Maury interviews the elusive Berkowitz, who substantiates his theories about the cult. But his obsession with the case begins to take a toll.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Maury Terry, Wayne Darwen, David Berkowitz

Votes: 603

42. Supreme Team (2022– )
Episode: War & Peace (2022)

Documentary, Crime

7.1

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The Supreme Team was on top of the world: making money hand over fist as the crack epidemic swept the country. But when an NYPD officer was murdered in South Jamaica, the heavy hand of the law came down hard and fast.

Directors: Nas, Peter J. Scalettar | Stars: Irv Gotti, LL Cool J, Kenneth McGriff, Gerald 'Prince' Miller

Votes: 15