
The Whole Truth
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
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A Fall from Grace
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The Client
1994★ 6.7
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

No Mercy
1986★ 5.8
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1979★ 7.1
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Cape Fear
1991★ 7.3
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Sweet Girl
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2003★ 6.9
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2014★ 5.8
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The Trials of Cate McCall
2013★ 6.4
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Acts of Vengeance
2017★ 6.0
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Eye for an Eye
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A Thousand and One
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Standoff
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Body Double
1984★ 6.8
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Double Jeopardy
1999★ 6.6
Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest, however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superior and law enforcement colleagues, as she plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival, and revenge.