Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "legal-aid"

1. House of Sand and Fog (2003)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama

An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.

Director: Vadim Perelman | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher

Votes: 72,781 | Gross: $13.01M

2. Two Weeks Notice (2002)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey

Votes: 126,193 | Gross: $93.35M

3. The Last Wave (1977)

PG | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow

Votes: 11,078

4. City Hall (1996)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello

Votes: 22,510 | Gross: $20.20M

5. A Kid Like Jake (2018)

R | 92 min | Drama

The loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with the fact that their child is gay.

Director: Silas Howard | Stars: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 3,902 | Gross: $0.04M

6. The Mule (2014)

103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After a trip to Thailand, a first-time drug mule finds himself in police custody, with his stomach crammed with narcotics. Now, he has to endure seven sphincter-clenching days to convince them of his innocence. Will nature take its course?

Directors: Tony Mahony, Angus Sampson | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie

Votes: 6,839

7. The Runner (I) (2015)

R | 90 min | Drama

In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.

Director: Austin Stark | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Peter Fonda, Connie Nielsen

Votes: 5,903

8. Samba (2014)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin

Votes: 17,354 | Gross: $0.15M

9. Antigone (I) (2019)

109 min | Crime, Drama

A modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.

Director: Sophie Deraspe | Stars: Nahéma Ricci, Rachida Oussaada, Nour Belkhiria, Rawad El-Zein

Votes: 1,870

10. Steel Toes (2006)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama

A Jewish humanist and lawyer (Academy-Award® nominated David Strathairn) is court-appointed to represent a Neo-Nazi Skinhead on trial for the racially-motivated murder of an East Indian immigrant.

Directors: Mark Adam, David Gow | Stars: David Strathairn, Andrew W. Walker, Marina Orsini, Ivana Shein

Votes: 1,257

11. Mr. Troop Mom (2008 TV Movie)

G | 84 min | Comedy, Family

Funnyman George Lopez stars in this family misadventure as a dad who volunteers to chaperone his daughter's camping troop - unaware he'll be the only guy in a world of girls.

Director: William Dear | Stars: George Lopez, Daniela Bobadilla, Jane Lynch, Julia Benson

Votes: 929

12. That Burning Feeling (2013)

TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Adam Murphy - a real-estate hotshot and confirmed bachelor - feels the burn of failed love(s), when a social disease takes him face-to-face with a handful of one-night stands, revealing the shortcomings of his own image.

Director: Jason James | Stars: Paulo Costanzo, Ingrid Haas, Tyler Labine, John Cho

Votes: 357

13. The Line (2009)

Action, Drama

Being police officers has stripped Max and Donny bare, to the point where they're about as morally ambiguous as the criminals they chase. Max has developed his own methods for dealing with ... See full summary »

Stars: Ron White, Daniel Kash, Clé Bennett, Sarah Manninen

Votes: 157

14. Milestones (1975)

195 min | Drama, History

"A many-faceted portrait of those individuals who sought radical solutions to social problems in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It cuts back and forth between six major story... See full summary »

Directors: John Douglas, Robert Kramer | Stars: Mary Chapelle, Sharon Krebs, Jim Nolfi, Grace Paley

Votes: 260

15. Park Place (1980– )

30 min | Comedy

Harold Gould as David Ross head of a NYC free legal-aid clinic, with a staff of very young attorneys.

Stars: Harold Gould, David Clennon, Don Calfa, Alice Drummond

Votes: 11

16. The Temptress (1951)

105 min | Drama, Mystery

The young Lut Loris is undergoing a trial for killing his girlfriend Maria Luce. According to the reconstruction of the facts, the young man would shoot his mistress making it then end up ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Leonviola | Stars: Anna Maria Ferrero, Michel Auclair, Michel Simon, Valentine Tessier

Votes: 28

17. Penalty of Justice (2013)

14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Life is wonderful until one day the sportsman is brutalized, falling a victim to a corrupt criminal justice system. Not giving up, he seeks justice at the European Court of Human Rights.

Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Stars: Bohdan Savitskyy, Roman Kotyk, Tetyana Zhuravel

Votes: 140

18. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: May and June: Part One (1997)

TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a lifetime of sibling rivalry, mousy May accepts an invitation from her recently-widowed younger sister June, to live with her in her elegant home.

Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Christine Kavanagh, Michael Nardone, Phoebe Nicholls, Tina Hobley

Votes: 77

19. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and the Alternative Society (1978)

Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumpole defends a hippie-type schoolteacher on a narcotics charge and finds himself attracted to her and her lifestyle.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Leo McKern, Jane Asher, Nigel Gregory, Peter Jeffrey

Votes: 155

20. Shelley (1979–1983)
Episode: Shelley Versus Shelley (1982)

Comedy

Shelley is dismayed when Fran starts divorce proceedings against him - meaning they both have to hire lawyers. But can his insatiable inability to get out of bed in the mornings really be grounds for a degree absolute?

Director: Anthony Parker | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Josephine Tewson, Derek Francis

Votes: 14

21. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode: Live Free or Die (2006)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama

Tony hires help from overseas to fulfill a favor he was asked for by Johnny Sack and decides if one of his top earners deserves a second chance as he acknowledges to Dr. Melfi he was given a second chance when he survived his gun shot wound.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli

Votes: 6,312

22. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 15 April 2019 (2019)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

Richard explains yesterday's fake tan debacle; legal aid for IS bride; Home Secretary to treat knife crime like a disease; Dubai mum's nightmare; plus, a look ahead to the final season of Game of Thrones.

Stars: Richard Madeley, Kate Garraway, Nick Dixon, Joshua Rozenberg

23. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 16 April 2019 (2019)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

Flames engulf Notre Dame cathedral; Extinction Rebellion to cause more chaos in the capital today; the miracle op baby; should Brits fund IS bride's legal appeal?

Stars: Richard Madeley, Kate Garraway, Richard Gaisford, Mikey Kay

24. Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.75 (2019)

96 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Anne asks - Should Shamima Begum receive legal aid? Do celebrity mental health campaigns make a difference? Would you sell your home at a reduced price if you could live their rent free for life with the buyers?

Director: Tim Cook | Stars: Anne Diamond, Storm, Martin Roberts, Angela Epstein

25. Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode: Saul Gone (2022)

TV-14 | 69 min | Crime, Drama

Revelations. Regrets. RICO violations. Jimmy's worlds - and identities - converge in one final showdown.

Director: Peter Gould | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Barbara Rosenblat

Votes: 56,641

26. The Good Wife (2009–2016)
Episode: Conjugal (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The firm gets a retrial in a case involving a convicted death row inmate, and Alicia is forced to turn to her husband to get information that will help them win the case.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles

Votes: 836

27. Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.9 (2019)

96 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Jeremy asks - Should the speedboat killer Jack Shepherd be stopped from accessing legal aid while he is on the run? Should dogs be banned from playgrounds? Is Andy Murray Britain's greatest sportsman?

Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Peter Bleksley, Michelle Gayle