Public Defender Movies

When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken...

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of...

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth...

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex....

The story of Helena, a recently graduated attorney who works as a public defender of children and adolescents in the courts of the city of Santos,...

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is...