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Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking...

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A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.7

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such...

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful ad...

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The Verdict

The Verdict

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on...

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Primal Fear

Primal Fear

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 7.7

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex whe...

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The Trial of the Chicago 7

The Trial of the Chicago 7

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.7

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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The Reader

The Reader

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.6

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants i...

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Gifted

Gifted

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

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I Am Sam

I Am Sam

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a paren...

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Going Bye-Bye!

Going Bye-Bye!

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1934 IMDB Rating: 7.6

In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to sha...

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