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1. Gifted (2017)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer
Votes: 130,360 | Gross: $24.80M
2. High Crimes (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Adam Scott
Votes: 48,242 | Gross: $41.54M
3. Marshall (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 26,813 | Gross: $10.05M
4. Carbon Copy (1981)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, work, and in his social circles.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin
Votes: 3,256 | Gross: $9.57M
5. Spell (2020)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.
Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera
Votes: 9,705
6. Where the Truth Lies (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
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
7. The Real Untouchables (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
The three-part documentary examines Eliot Ness, Melvin Purvis and Thomas Dewey: three real-life heroes who battled organized crime between the two world wars.
Director: John Fothergill | Stars: James Woods, Bob Kaliebe, Dominic Capone III, Tom Clarke Hill
Votes: 23
8.
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
Episode:
Hate on Your Dial
(1989)
TV-MA | 46 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A racist uses a cursed antique car radio to travel back to 1954 and tries to prevent the arrest and death of his father, a member of the KKK.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Louise Robey, Steve Monarque, Chris Wiggins, Michael Rhoades
Votes: 120
9.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Chariots of Meyer
(1988)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Vernon Kepler, an old friend and client of McKenzie, peruses a frivolous lawsuit against an old card playing rival of his and introduces McKenzie to his beautiful granddaughter, Jennifer, ... See full summary »
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 41
10.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Great Balls Afire
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama
Rollins is representing a doctor who is doing research on treatments to treat people with cardiac problems, who is being sued by her Jewish benefactor over her using data from Nazi ... See full summary »
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins
Votes: 33
11.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Victor/Victorious
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Grace once again faces off against her rival Lee Atkins, the conniving and race-baiting lawyer, who once again uses the issue of race in which Grace is prosecuting his latest client, a ... See full summary »
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 35
12.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Away in the Manger
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
In this cross-over from an episode on 'The X-Files', the week before Christmas has Sheriff Brock, Kenny, Maxine and other deputies searching a farm when Carter suspects that strange genetic... See full summary »
Director: Bill D'Elia | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 55
13.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Blue Christmas
(1993)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Family
A locker search for drugs at the local high school leads to the arrest of Kimberly's best friend, Lisa Fenn. Meanwhile, a protected Federal witness turns up in Rome which leaves Sheriff ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 59
14.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Changing of the Guard
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
Sheriff Brock asks Laurie Bey to help him, Maxine, and Kenny look for Mayor Ed Lawson who's missing and wanted in connection to a murder, while Jill and the rest of the town begin the ... See full summary »
Director: Arvin Brown | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 85
15.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Close Encounters
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
An African-American woman chokes on the microphone and is pronounced dead. She unexpectedly wakes up in Carter's morgue and recognizes him as her soulmate. Kenny and Maxine continue to test out their relationship.
Director: Bethany Rooney | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 50
16.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Down the Tubes
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
Cryptic dreams after his brother's death lead Littleton to make some drastic changes, including leaving Rome. To satisfy a charity request, Sheriff Brock prepares to do polka with the very ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 51
17.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Enemy Lines
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Judge Nance puts Jill in jail to make a point. Littleton asks Maxine out on a date which causes her to reexamine her views on interracial dating. Kimberly's attempt at starting an interracial friendship with Aisha turns into a fight.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 57
18.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Final Judgement
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
In the aftermath of Jill's criminal trial verdict, Judge Bone is asked to run on the validity of a law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. Meanwhile, Kenny and Carter investigate the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 54
19.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
For Whom the Wind Blows
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Brian Latham continues to plead his innocence, and everybody starts to doubt his guilt. The real murderer has confessed to Father Barrett, and Judge Bone tricks him into admitting that ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 54
20.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Frogman Returns
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
The Frogman's 13 year old son demands emancipation from his eccentric father. Matthew tries to move the car and runs over Zach who is hospitalized.
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 49
21.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Guns 'R' Us
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Matthew's attempt to get revenge for a humiliation by some high-school bullies lands one of them in the hospital, which causes the teen's younger brother to seek his own revenge. Meanwhile,... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 61
22.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Heroes and Villains
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
The hearing impaired Dancing Bandit is arrested when she visits Zach on his birthday. Federal authorities want her trial to be set in Rome, where the jury reaches a surprising verdict.
Director: Richard Masur | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 89
23.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Howard's End
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
A violent, humiliating incident with Howard leads to his son, Kevin, to shoot him, as Wambaugh claims, in self-defense. Meanwhile, Jill makes a decision in the operating room to not operate... See full summary »
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 62
24.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
May It Please the Court
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Carter has submitted a blood test and is thrilled when the result reveals pregnancy. Wambaugh finally gets his life's greatest moment at the Supreme Court in Washington.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 51
25.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Mr. Seed Goes to Town
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
Sheriff Brock's former wife Lydia has kept his sperm and wants to have a new child.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 49
26.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Pal Joey
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
A uptight doctor from Milwaukee, named Dr. Joanna "Joey" Diamond, who's also a TV personality, joins Jill in her practice. Meanwhile, Kenny looks into a video-dating service. An Asian ... See full summary »
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 42
27.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Remote Control
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Littleton and Wambaugh go head to head again in the courtroom as Wambaugh argues that his latest client, Timmy Hendricks, was predisposed to violence because of his exposure to television ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 58
28.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Squatter's Rights
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Maxine questions the motives of a 500-pound obese woman who confesses to killing her allegedly abusive husband by sitting on him. Meanwhile, Wambaugh demands a Beth Din when Rabbi Levin ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 58
29.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Strangers
(1993)
Crime, Drama, Family
Jill becomes a central witness when a man suffering from a rare visual disorder is arrested and tried for the alleged accidental shooting of his own brother after mistaking him for a late ... See full summary »
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 60
30.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Supreme Courting
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
On Valentine's Day, the long day brings love and controversy to all age groups in Rome when Carter enlists Maxine's help to impress Stacey Halford, the Mourning Widow, so he can romance her... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 59
31.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Survival of the Fittest
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Sheriff Brock and the rest of the town fears the worst when a local teenaged girl disappears and they arrest her boyfriend, Brian Latham, as a murder suspect. Meanwhile, Jill and members of... See full summary »
Director: Ron Lagomarsino | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 50
32.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
System Down
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
The trial against an African-American drug dealer is set in Rome because the town has Littleton as their district attorney. Sheriff Brock is chosen to serve on the jury.
Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 60
33.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Systematic Abuse
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Brian Latham is put on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Littleton and Douglas clash in court. Jimmy argues with his daughter. Kimberly gets life advice from Wambaugh.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 55
34.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
The Bus Stops Here
(1994)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Family
A Wisconson Federal judge orders that 400 black students from the Green Bay ghetto be bused to Rome's schools, prompting panic among Sheriff Brock and the parents, knowing that a good ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 61
35.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
The Song of Rome
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
After a lowlife teen shoots Father Barrett during an attempted robbery at the church, Mayor Laurie Bey's decision to continue with a planned spring pageant draws fire from Sheriff Brock and... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 93
36.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Under the Influence
(1993)
Crime, Drama, Family
Littleton explodes in court over Wambaugh's questionable defense of a woman accused of driving under the influence. Meanwhile, the crafty Dr. Sherve uses Maxine's confusion over allowing ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 58
37.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Upbringings
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
Sheriff Brock's attorney father arrives for an unexpected visit and creates tension the Brock household when he makes a seemingly generous offer that angers Jimmy. Meanwhile, Kenny and ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Malone | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 47
38.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
When in Rome
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
A convicted child molester with a surprising ancestry moves into Rome and has to tell all the neighbors about his past. Everyone openly despises him and shuns him and the whole town even ... See full summary »
Director: Lorraine Senna | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 60
39.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Without Mercy
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
Jill Brock performs a doctor-assisted suicide with morphine on a dying patient, and the authorities want to force the people of Rome to respect the law.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 50
40.
Taboo (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2017)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, Zilpha is met with darkness, the East India Company is under investigation, and Delaney faces a race against time to keep his plot a secret.
Director: Anders Engström | Stars: Tom Hardy, Jessie Buckley, Jefferson Hall, Oliver Powell
Votes: 3,872