Foreign, Comparative, and International Law and Justice On Film and TV: Anatozlist
Foreign, Comparative, and International Law and Justice On Film and TV: Anatozlist
Foreign, Comparative, and International Law and Justice On Film and TV: Anatozlist
An A to Z List
(compiled by Lyonette Louis-Jacques, August 2010)*
Die Anwälte (Germany, 2009; documentary)(The Lawyers – A German Story, a movie about Otto
Schily, Hans-Christian Stroebele, and Horst Mahler)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439446/
Die Anwälte (Germany, ARD, 2008; TV series)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167324/
Ashita e no yuigon = Best Wishes for Tomorrow (Japan, 2007)(“A Japanese Class B war criminal
sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen…Lieutenant General
Tasuku Okada…”)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1052343/
Awara (India, Hindi, 1951; Director: Raj Kapoor; Top 3 Bollywood law movie; has long
courtroom scene)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043306/
Bamako (Mali/USA/France, 2006)(mock trial against the World Bank and the IMF by African civil
society)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814666/
Bandini (India, 1963; Director: Bimal Roy; Top 3 Bollywood law movie)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056850/
Black and White (Australia/UK, 2002)(“Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court
trial in which young aboriginal Max Stuart was sentenced to hang, having been found guilty of
the murder of a nine year old white girl”)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299547/
Bollywood Law: Commercial Hindi Films with Legal Themes (Michael H. Hoffheimer, 98 Law
Library Journal 61 (2006)(list Top 3 movies, and Top 20 recommended Bollywood law films)
http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_llj_v98n01/2006-03.pdf
China from the Inside (PBS, 2007; episode 4 focuses on freedom & justice)
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/
Confronting the Truth (United States Institute of Peace, 2006; documentary on truth
commissions)
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
The Constant Gardener (UK/Germany, 2005; starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz)(English
diplomat’s wife murdered in Kenya)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387131/
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
Courthouse on the Horseback 《马背 上的法庭》(China, 2006; Director: Liu Jie; Ma Bei
Shang)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1064775/
Cry Freedom (UK, 1987; Director: Richard Attenborough; starring Denzel Washington and Kevin
Kline)(“South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to
investigate the death in custody of his friend the black activist Steve Biko”)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092804/
A Cry in the Dark (Australia/USA, 1988; Director: Fred Schepisi; starring Meryl Streep & Sam
Neill)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/
En cas de malheur = Love Is My Profession (France/Italy, 1958; starring Brigitte Bardot and
Jean Gabin)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051579/
Gandhi (UK/India, 1982; Director: Richard Attenborough; starring Ben Kingsley, etc.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/
Hail, the Judge! (Hong Kong/China, Cantonese, 1994; starring Stephen Chow)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110201/
Human Rights in China: The Search for Common Ground (Sacred Mountain Productions, 2004;
documentary)
In the Name of the Father (Ireland/UK, 1993; Director: Jim Sheridan; starring Daniel Day-Lewis
and Emma Thompson)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107207/
In This World (2002)(two Afghan boys travel from Pakistan through Iran, Turkey, Italy, France
and the UK to refuge in London)
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
Lawyer, Lawyer (Hong Kong/China, Cantonese, 1997; starring Stephen Chow of “Kung Fu
Hustle” fame)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133059/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172963/
http://www.amazon.com/Lemon-Tree-Etz-Limon-
Region/dp/B002BZTOEU/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1281028055&sr=1-2
Let Him Have It (UK/France, 1991)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102288/
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
Matter of Life and Death (UK, 1946; starring David Niven; also called Stairway to Heaven)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
Music Box (USA, 1989; Director: Costas-Gavras; starring Jessica Lange)(Hungarian immigrant in
U.S. accused of war crimes is defended by lawyer-daughter)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100211/
Paper Dolls = Bubot Niyar (USA/Israel/Switzerland, 2006; Director: Tomer Heymann; documentary)
(Phillipines, Israel immigration)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783681/
Paths of Glory (USA, 1957; Director: Stanley Kubrick; starring Adolphe Menjou and Kirk
Douglas)(France)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/
Plaideurs (???)
The Reader (USA/Germany, 2008; starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (USA, 2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212439/
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
Red Corner (USA, English & Mandarin, 1997; starring Richard Gere & Bai Ling)(American lawyer
in China)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119994/
Le retour de Martin Guerre = The Return of Martin Guerre (France, 1982; starring Gérard
Depardieu)(“false impersonation in medieval times in the framework of a court session”)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084589/
The Story of Women (France, 1988; Director: Claude Chabrol; starring Isabelle Huppert)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096336/
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)(investigation of torture and killing of Afghani taxi driver)
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
Traffic (USA/Germany, 2000; Director: Steven Soderbergh; starring Michael Douglas and
Benicio Del Toro)(Mexico-U.S.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/
The Trial (France/Germany/Italy, 1962; Director: Orson Welles; starring Anthony Perkins and
Jeanne Moreau)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057427/
The Unwritten Law (Hong Kong/China, Cantonese, 1985; starring Andy Lau)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121259/
http://www.amazon.com/Veer-Zaara-Shahrukh-
Khan/dp/B0007V6MJA/ref=sr_1_25?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1281028621&sr=1-25
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383694/
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/dvds.php
La Vérité = Die Wahrheit = The Truth (France/Italy, 1960; Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot;
starring Brigitte Bardot)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054452/
Widow of Saint- Pierre (France/Canada, 2000; starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191636/
Z (France/Algeria, 1969)(Greece)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234/
*This list was compiled from suggestions from subscribers to the Int-Law <
http://listserver.ciesin.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=Int-Law> email list for exchange of
foreign, comparative and international legal information, and Twitter colleagues.