Above the law

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows above the law

poster Buried Alive
Buried Alive
62mn - Crime, Drama, Romance
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed fo…
poster Civilization
Civilization
(3.0/5)
86mn - Drama
Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenger ship during wartime. His submarine is sunk in the following fracas. In the spirit world, Christ commen…
poster Below the Surface
Below the Surface
60mn - Drama
A widely respected deep-sea diver is approached by a ring of con artists who want him to be the front man for a phony scheme to recover gold from sunken ships. When he refuses, they send a sexy young woma…
poster Raise Your Hands, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest
Raise Your Hands, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest
(2.9/5)
94mn - Action, Romance, Western
A pacifist army medic witnesses the brutal massacre of wounded soldiers and transforms into a deadly avenger, hunting down the ruthless captain responsible in a relentless quest for vengeance across the A…
poster Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
117mn - Mystery, Crime
When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to…
poster Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
83mn - Western
The Governor of Kansas assembles six deadly gunfighters to liberate the town of Abilene from a corrupt, self-appointed sheriff who rules through terror and holds innocent hostages, including the governor'…
poster AWOL
AWOL
(2.8/5)
82mn - Drama
A young woman in the Army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going. Adapted from Deb Shoval's 2011 short film of the same name.
poster The Outlaw
The Outlaw
(4/5)
116mn - Action, Adventure, Western
When the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid crosses paths with the legendary gunslinger Doc Holliday, their unlikely friendship ignites a dangerous feud with Sheriff Pat Garrett. As the two renegades fight ove…
poster Blue Steel
Blue Steel
(2.7/5)
54mn - Action, Western
When Sheriff Jake sees a man at the safe and then finds the payroll gone, he trails him. Just as he is about to arrest him, the man saves his life. Still suspicious, he joins up with the man and later the…
poster A Simple Matter of Justice
A Simple Matter of Justice
58mn -
A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Wa…
poster The Oath and the Man
The Oath and the Man
12mn - History, Drama, Romance
A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is a leader of the peasants. His priest made him swear an oath to leave vengeance to God, howeve…
poster Vengeance Valley
Vengeance Valley
(3.0/5)
83mn - Western
When a noble ranch foreman is framed by his jealous foster brother for fathering an illegitimate child, he must clear his name while protecting the family that raised him from the devastating truth about …
poster Brand of the Outlaws
Brand of the Outlaws
(2.9/5)
60mn - Western
A drifting cowboy who saves a wounded sheriff finds himself framed for rustling and murder by the very gang he unknowingly helped. Now branded as an outlaw, he must clear his name and hunt down the corrup…
poster Bowery at Midnight
Bowery at Midnight
(2.7/5)
61mn - Comedy, Crime, Horror
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a s…
poster For Their Own Good
For Their Own Good
(3.1/5)
118mn - Drama, Short
When a factory worker faces an impossible ultimatum—submit to sterilization or lose her job—she rallies her fellow workers to fight back against their employer's shocking demands, challenging a system tha…
poster American Aristocracy
American Aristocracy
(3.1/5)
52mn - Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
poster An Awful Moment
An Awful Moment
12mn - Drama
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the…
poster Captain Apache
Captain Apache
94mn - Western
Captain Apache, a Native American cavalry officer, finds himself caught between two worlds when he's assigned to investigate the murder of an Indian Affairs commissioner. Armed only with the victim's dyin…
poster Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art
Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art
(3.5/5)
108mn - Documentary
Banksy is the world's most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts and daring invasions have outraged the establishment for over two decades. Featuring rare interviews with Banksy, th…
poster Interrupted Bathers
Interrupted Bathers
1mn - Crime, Comedy
Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter suddenly discovers two hoboes coming toward the bathers…
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