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ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981)
Paul Newman, Sally Field.
A labor leader disappears. The prosecutor leaks false information about businessman (Newman), whose father was a gangster, to a reporter (Fields) in the hopes of pressuring the businessman into providing information. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

THE ACCUSED (1988)
Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis.
District Attorney (McGillis) encourages rape victim (Foster) to press charges. The film focuses on the legal systems treatment of the crime and its victim. Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her performance. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

ADAMS RIB (1949)
Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn.
Though married, D.A. (Tracy) and defense counsel (Hepburn) square off in a case involving a woman who shot her cheating husband. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

AMAZING GRACE (2007)
Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon
From the makers of Ray, AMAZING GRACE tells the inspiring story of William Wilberforce and his passion and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th century. Several friends, including Wilberforce's minister, a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn Amazing Grace, urge him to see the cause through. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

AMISTAD (1997)
Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins.
A drama about an 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a courtroom drama about the slave who led the revolt. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazarra, George C. Scott.
Army lieutenant (Gazarra) is charged with the murder of a bartender who allegedly raped his wife (Remick). Defense counsel (Stewart) spars with prosecutor (Scott). All is not what it seems. Or is it? Read reviews on Amazon.com...

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1979)
Al Pacino, John Forsythe.
An attorney (Pacino) with something to hide is pressured into representing a Judge (Forsythe) accused of rape. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL (1970)
William Shatner, Cameron Mitchell
A court martialed Confederate officer faces trial for running the notorious prison of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia, where over 14,000 Union prisoners died from disease, starvation and neglect. The defendant, Captain Henry Wirz, justified his actions with a plea that he was only following orders, believing he was relieved of any personal responsibility because he was performing his duty. However, the Army prosecutor contends that moral men must rebel against barbaric or inhumane orders, even if they are within the framework imposed by military discipline. A powerhouse courtroom drama in the style of Inherit the Wind, A Few Good Men and The Caine Mutiny. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

BEE MOVIE (WIDESCREEN EDITION) (2008)
Jerry Seinfeld
"Bee Movie" is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice—honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renee Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee’s honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race. That is until the ensuing chaos upsets the very balance of nature. It is up to Barry to prove that even a little bee can spell big changes in the world. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

BILLY BUDD (1962)
Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried. Read reviews on Amazon.com...

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