Legal Thriller
One of the very best legal thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

One of the very best legal thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

It has an 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 23 February) is Dark Waters, a 2019 legal thriller based on true events. It revolves around a corporate defence attorney (Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight) who takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company on behalf of a family friend and […]

1 month ago

A hit 2025 legal thriller movie is now available to stream at home

A hit 2025 legal thriller movie is now available to stream at home

Released in cinemas last November, the film stars two Oscar-winners. Nuremberg, the hit 2025 historical legal thriller starring Oscar-winners Rami Malek (The Amateur) and Russell Crowe (Gladiator), has just been made available to watch at home. Currently streaming through the service NOW, the movie is inspired by the true story of the eponymous trials held […]

2 months ago

A TV series remake of classic legal thriller movie begins airing tonight

A TV series remake of classic legal thriller movie begins airing tonight

Though set in America, the show was filmed in Ireland. The Rainmaker, a new TV show version of John Grisham’s legal thriller (which was previously made into a star-studded movie in 1997), is airing on TV tonight (Wednesday, 7 January). The book takes its title from the term for a lawyer, who wins spectacular cases […]

2 months ago

A star-studded war movie is airing on TV tonight

A star-studded war movie is airing on TV tonight

The film comes from the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 19 August) is Rules of Engagement, the 2000 war legal thriller. Directed by legendary filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in LA), the film stars Oscar-nominee Samuel L. Jackson […]

7 months ago

A brilliantly dark and twisty thriller movie is on TV tonight

A brilliantly dark and twisty thriller movie is on TV tonight

The legal thriller has an 81% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 10 July) is Jagged Edge, the 1985 neo-noir legal thriller starring Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges. The film centres around lawyer Teddy Barnes (Close), who reluctantly takes up the case of publisher Jack Forrester (Bridges). This is after […]

9 months ago

One of the very best legal thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

One of the very best legal thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

It has an 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 31 January) is Dark Waters, a 2019 legal thriller based on true events. It revolves around a corporate defence attorney (Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight) who takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company on behalf of a family friend and […]

1 year ago